Revelation.

Intro -- The Two Horizons New Testament Commentary -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- INTRODUCTION -- Structure and Nature of the Book -- Literary Markers Recognized by a First-Time Hearer of Revelation -- Revelation as Visionary Drama -- Revelation as Christian Prophecy -- Revelation and the Apocalyptic Tradition -- Revelation as Intertext -- The Canonical Location and Function of Revelation -- Audience -- Geographic Location - Asia Minor -- The Johannine Community -- OT Literature (Intertextuality) -- People of the Spirit -- Women -- Witness and Persecution -- Opponents and Opposition -- Cosmic Opposition -- Concrete Expressions of Opposition -- Date -- Internal Indicators -- External Evidence -- A Modest Proposal with regard to Date -- Authorship -- John the Prophet -- Writing in the Spirit -- John the Prophet and the Other Johannine Literature -- John in Early Christian Tradition -- Revelation and Its Streams of Influence: The History of Effects -- Disastrous Interpretations of Revelation -- Other Johannine Apocalyptic Documents -- Art -- Music -- Poetry -- Film -- Commentaries -- COMMENTARY -- Prologue (1:1-8) -- "In the Spirit on the Lord's Day" (1:9-3:22) -- The Inaugural Vision of Jesus (1:9-20) -- The Seven Prophetic Messages to the Seven Churches of Asia (2:1-3:22) -- To the Angel of the Church in Ephesus (2:1-7) -- To the Angel of the Church in Smyrna (2:8-11) -- To the Angel of the Church in Pergamum (2:12-17) -- To the Angel of the Church in Thyatira (2:18-29) -- To the Angel of the Church in Sardis (3:1-6) -- To the Angel of the Church in Philadelphia (3:7-13) -- To the Angel of the Church in Laodicea (3:14-22) -- "In the Spirit in Heaven" (4:1-16:21) -- The Inaugural Vision of Heaven, the One Who Sits on the Throne, the Lamb, and the Scroll Sealed with Seven Seals (4:1-5:14).

The Opening of the Scroll Sealed with Seven Seals (6:1-8:5) -- The Opening of the First Six Seals (6:1-17) -- The Interlude of the 144,000 and the Great Multitude (7:1-17) -- The Opening of the Seventh Seal and the Golden Altar (8:1-5) -- Seven Angels with Seven Trumpets (8:6-11:19) -- The Sounding of the First Six Trumpets (8:6-9:21) -- The Interlude of the Little Scroll and the Two Witnesses (10:1-11:14) -- The Sounding of the Seventh Trumpet (11:15-19) -- The Struggle of God's People in Cosmic Perspective (12:1-14:20) -- Signs in Heaven: The Woman Clothed with the Sun, and the Red Dragon (12:1-13:1a) -- The Two Beasts (13:1b-18) -- The Lamb and the 144,000, the Harvest and the Winepress (14:1-20) -- Seven Angels with Seven Bowls of Plagues (15:1-16:21) -- Another Great Sign in Heaven: The Seven Angels (15:1-8) -- The Pouring Out of the Seven Bowls (16:1-21) -- "In the Spirit" - Carried to a Wilderness (17:1-21:8) -- The Woman on the Beast: Babylon the Whore (17:1-18) -- The Destruction of Babylon (18:1-24) -- From Babylon the Great to the New Jerusalem - from the Last Judgment to the New Creation (19:1-21:8) -- Rejoicing in Heaven and on Earth and the Marriage Supper of the Lamb (19:1-10) -- The King of Kings and Lord of Lords (19:11-16) -- Victory over the King's Enemies (19:17-21) -- The Thousand-Year Reign (20:1-6) -- Satan's Final Rebellion and Defeat (20:7-10) -- The Final Judgment (20:11-15) -- The Descent of the New Jerusalem (21:1-8) -- "In the Spirit" - Carried to a Great High Mountain: The Description of the New Jerusalem (21:9-22:5) -- Epilogue (22:6-21) -- THEOLOGICAL HORIZONS OF REVELATION -- God -- Revelation and Biblical Theology -- Revelation -- Gospel of John and 1-3 John -- Matthew and Mark -- Luke and Acts -- Paul -- Other New Testament Voices -- Conclusion -- Revelation and Systematic Theology.

The Sovereign God of Classical Theism -- Doxology: The Point of Departure -- The Sovereign God of Resurrection -- The Sovereign God of Love and Grace -- The Sovereign God in Holiness -- The Sovereign God at War -- Conclusion -- Christ -- Revelation and Biblical Theology -- Revelation -- Gospel of John and 1-3 John -- Matthew and Mark -- Luke and Acts -- Paul -- Other New Testament Voices -- Conclusion -- Revelation and Systematic Theology -- Christological Method -- Worship and the Mediation of the Lamb -- Christ and the Challenge of Pluralism -- Toward a Nonviolent Christology -- Word of the Father and Man of the Spirit -- Conclusion -- Holy Spirit -- Revelation and Biblical Theology -- Revelation -- Gospel of John and 1-3 John -- Matthew and Mark -- Luke and Acts -- Paul -- Other New Testament Voices -- Conclusion -- Revelation and Systematic Theology -- The Need for Discernment -- The Deity and Person of the Spirit -- The Witness to the Nations -- The Spirit of Life -- Conclusion -- Church -- Revelation and Biblical Theology -- Revelation -- Gospel of John and 1-3 John -- Matthew and Mark -- Luke and Acts -- Paul -- Other New Testament Voices -- Conclusion -- Revelation and Systematic Theology -- The Trinitarian Founding of the Church -- The Worship of the Saints -- Missionary Ecclesiology -- The Witness of the Martyrs -- Israel and the Nations -- Conclusion -- Salvation -- Revelation and Biblical Theology -- Revelation -- Gospel of John and 1-3 John -- Matthew and Mark -- Luke and Acts -- Paul -- Other New Testament Voices -- Conclusion -- Revelation and Systematic Theology -- Salvation, Trinity, and Divine Pathos -- Atonement: Exclusion and Embrace -- An Ecumenical Geometry of Salvation -- Conclusion -- Eschatology -- Revelation and Biblical Theology -- Revelation -- John -- Matthew and Mark -- Luke and Acts -- Paul -- Other New Testament Voices.

Conclusion -- Revelation and Systematic Theology -- The Necessity of Eschatology -- The Question of Apocalyptic -- The Delay of Christ's Coming -- The Ultimate Embrace -- Uttering the Unutterable -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index of Names -- Index of Subjects -- Index of Biblical and Other Ancient References.

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