This article has been dealing with the last book in the New Testament, that is Revelation or the Apocalypse. It is one of the most difficult to understand because it abounds in unfamiliar and extravagant symbolism, which at best appears … Continue reading
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As I ended the last installment of this article, I was sharing thoughts, drawn from biblical scholars, about how we should, in our present day, interpret the book of Revelation. Should we think about it as revealing things to come … Continue reading
A chronological approach to the book of Revelation sets its composition in the late first-century and asks what it meant (past tense) then. What did its language mean to its author and to the early Christian communities to which it … Continue reading
In the last issue of this article I began giving a brief synopsis of the visions that are contained in Revelation. I presented the first two visions and would continue with the third. Seven angels blowing seven trumpets. A third … Continue reading
In dating the writing of Revelation, we look closely at the seven letters that are within the book. I have already reviewed the first letter in the last issue. The second letter, that to Pergamum, names one Christian who has … Continue reading
I ended the last installment of this article on the New Testament with the idea that REVELATION contains highly symbolic language and that numbers are also highly symbolic, especially the number seven. In Revelation there are seven letters, a scroll … Continue reading
I have been sharing thoughts about the last book in the New Testament, namely Revelation or the Apocalypse. The author names his location as the island of Patmos and so he is often called John of Patmos. There is a … Continue reading
In this article I just began sharing thoughts about the last book of the New Testament, Revelation. It cannot be adequately comprehended except against the historical background which occasioned its writing. Like the Book of Daniel and other apocalypses, it … Continue reading
The last document in the canonical New Testament is Revelation or Apocalypse. It is named this because it speaks of the second coming of Jesus, the ending of this world, and its replacement by a new heaven and a new … Continue reading