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The book of Revelation tends to both fascinate and confuse us with its vivid and strange imagery. When we turn to trusted scholars for help, the widely divergent interpretations of the book can sometimes cause us to throw our hands in the air and stop reading. Are the visions to be taken literally o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Osborne, Grant R. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bellingham, WA : Lexham Press, [2016]
Colección:Osborne New Testament commentaries.
Temas:
Bible. > Revelation > Commentaries.
Bible. > Revelation
RELIGION > Biblical Studies > New Testament.
Commentaries
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Series Preface
  • Introduction to Revelation
  • What Kind of Book Is Revelation?
  • Methods of Interpretation
  • Author
  • Date
  • Historical Background
  • Use of the Old Testament
  • Structure of the Book
  • Theology of the Book
  • The Sovereignty of God
  • The Futility of Satan
  • The Doctrine of Christ
  • The Holy Spirit
  • Cosmic War
  • The Doctrine of Sin
  • Mission and Evangelism
  • The Perseverance of the Saints
  • Worship
  • Prologue: The Work of the Triune Godhead (1:1-11)
  • John Discloses the Four-Stage Process of Revelation (1:1-2)
  • John Blesses the Reader and the Heeder (1:3)
  • John Greets the Churches and Praises the Trinity (1:4-6)
  • Present, past, and Future (1:4A)
  • Seven Spirits (1:4B)
  • The Attributes of Jesus (1:5-6)
  • John Presents the Motto of the Book (1:7-8)
  • John Reveals His Own Situation (1:9-11)
  • The First Vision: The Glory and Power of Christ (1:12-20)
  • John Sees a Vision of the Exalted Christ (1:12-16)
  • The Long Robe and Golden Sash (1:13)
  • White Head and Hair (1:14A)
  • Blazing Eyes (1:14B)
  • Bronze Feet (1:15A)
  • Powerful Voice (1:15B)
  • Stars in His Right Hand (1:16A)
  • Sword from His Mouth (1:16B)
  • Radiant Face (1:16C)
  • Christ Expands John's Commission (1:17-20)
  • Letters to the Seven Churches, Part 1: A Truly Biblical Church (2:1-7, 12-29)
  • Ephesus: Restore Your First Love (2:1-7)
  • The City
  • Jesus Identifies Himself (2:1)
  • Situation and Strengths (2:2-3)
  • Weakness (2:4)
  • Solution (2:5-6)
  • Call to Listen and Challenge to Overcome (2:7)
  • Pergamum: Live Faithfully in Satan's Realm (2:12-17)
  • The City
  • Jesus Identifies Himself (2:12)
  • Situation and Strengths (2:13)
  • Weakness (2:14-15)
  • Solution (2:16)
  • Call to Listen and Challenge to Overcome (2:17)
  • Thyatira: Protect the Church (2:18-29)
  • The City.
  • Jesus Identifies Himself (2:18)
  • Situation and Strengths (2:19)
  • Weakness (2:20-23A)
  • Warning to the Churches (2:23B)
  • Further Words for the Faithful (2:24-25)
  • Challenge to Overcome and Call to Listen (2:26-29)
  • Letters to the Seven Churches, Part 2: Vindication in the Midst of Persecution (2:8-11
  • 3:7-13)
  • Smyrna: Suffering Is the Path to Greatness (2:8-11)
  • The City
  • Jesus Identifies Himself (2:8)
  • Situation and Strengths (2:9)
  • Coming Affliction (2:10)
  • Call to Listen and Challenge to Overcome (2:11)
  • Philadelphia: The Seemingly Insignificant Will Inherit the Earth (3:7-13)
  • The City
  • Jesus Identifies Himself (3:7)
  • Situation and Strengths (3:8)
  • Reward (3:9-11)
  • Challenge to Overcome (3:12-13)
  • Letters to the Seven Churches, Part 3: The Danger of the Worldly Church (3:1-6, 14-22)
  • Sardis: Resist Compromise (3:1-6)
  • The City
  • Jesus Identifies Himself (3:1A)
  • So-Called Strength (3:1B)
  • Solution (3:2-3)
  • Promise and Challenge to Overcome (3:4-6)
  • Laodicea: An Affluent Church Can Be Dangerous (3:14-22)
  • The City
  • Jesus Identifies Himself (3:14)
  • Situation and Strength (3:15-16)
  • The Problem and Its Solution (3:17-18)
  • Christ's Loving Discipline (3:19-20)
  • Challenge to Overcome and Call to Listen (3:21-22)
  • The Throne Room Vision, Part 1: The Majesty of God (4:1-11)
  • John Is Called to Ascend to Heaven (4:1)
  • God Is on His Throne (4:2-3)
  • Twenty-Four Elders Are Gathered around the Throne (4:4)
  • Celestial Phenomena Issue from the Throne (4:5-6A)
  • Four Living Creatures Worship around the Throne (4:6B-8)
  • Celestial Beings Worship God (4:8B-11)
  • The Creatures' Hymn of Praise (4:8B)
  • The Elders' Response (4:9-11)
  • The Throne Room Vision, Part 2: The Redemptive Work of the Lamb (5:1-14)
  • God's Hand Holds a Double-Sided Scroll (5:1).
  • Who Is Worthy to Open the Scroll? (5:2-5)
  • The Lamb Takes the Scroll (5:6-10)
  • The Lamb Described (5:6-7)
  • Worship of the Lamb (5:8-10)
  • The Angelic Choir Worships (5:11-12)
  • Every Being Worships the Enthroned God and the Lamb (5:13-14)
  • The First Six Seals (6:1-17)
  • The First Four Seals Reveal Horsemen Riding into the World (6:1-8)
  • First Horseman-White (6:1-2)
  • Second Horseman-Red (6:3-4)
  • Third Horseman-Black (6:5-6)
  • Fourth Horseman-Pale Green (6:7-8)
  • The Fifth Seal Reveals the Martyred Saints (6:9-11)
  • The Sixth Seal Reveals the Shaking of the Heavens (6:12-17)
  • Cosmic Signs (6:12-14)
  • Terror of the Earth-Dwellers (6:15-17)
  • The Saints on Earth and in Heaven (7:1-17)
  • The Saints Are Sealed as God's Possession (7:1-8)
  • Holding Back the Winds of Destruction (7:1-3)
  • Sealing the Twelve Tribes (7:4-8)
  • John Sees a Great Multitude in Heaven (7:9-17)
  • Scene of Worship (7:9-12)
  • Identification of the Saints by the Elder (7:13-17)
  • The Seventh Seal and the First Four Trumpets (8:1-12)
  • The Seventh Seal Is Opened and Reveals Silence in Heaven (8:1)
  • The Trumpet Judgments Are Introduced (8:2-6)
  • The First Four Trumpets Are Blown (8:7-12)
  • First Trumpet (8:7)
  • Second Trumpet (8:8-9)
  • Third Trumpet (8:10-11)
  • Fourth Trumpet (8:12)
  • The Fifth and Sixth Trumpet Judgments (8:13-9:21)
  • An Eagle Announces the First Woe (8:13)
  • The First Woe Accompanies the Fifth Trumpet (9:1-11)
  • The Descending Star-Angel Opens the Abyss (9:1)
  • Locust Plague from the Abyss (9:2-6)
  • Description of the Locusts (9:7-10)
  • The King of the Demonic Swarm (9:11)
  • The Second Woe Accompanies the Sixth Trumpet (9:12-21)
  • Introduction/The Second Woe (9:12)
  • Release of the Four Angels (9:13-16)
  • Description of Demonic Warhorses (9:17-19)
  • Rejection and Refusal to Repent (9:20-21).
  • The Little Scroll and John's Commissioning Service (10:1-11)
  • A Mighty Angel Descends with the Little Scroll (10:1-4)
  • The Angel Makes an Oath (10:5-7)
  • John Is Commissioned to Prophesy (10:8-11)
  • The Altar, Witnesses, and Seventh Trumpet (11:1-19)
  • John Measures the Temple and the Altar (11:1-2)
  • Measuring the Inner Court (11:1)
  • Excluding the Outer Court (11:2)
  • The Two Witnesses Exercise Their Ministry (11:3-6)
  • The Witnesses Die and Are Resurrected (11:7-13)
  • Death and Seeming Defeat (11:7-10)
  • Resurrection (11:11-12)
  • Judgment and Repentance (11:13)
  • The Third Woe Accompanies the Seventh Trumpet (11:14-19)
  • Third Woe Announced (11:14)
  • Announcement by Heavenly Voices (11:15)
  • Hymn of the Twenty-Four Elders (11:16-18)
  • Cosmic Events Heralding the End (11:19)
  • The Dragon and the People of God in Conflict (12:1-17)
  • The Dragon Opposes the Woman and Her Child (12:1-6)
  • A Great Sign in Heaven, the Woman (12:1-2)
  • The Other Sign in Heaven, the Dragon (12:3)
  • The Dragon Goes to War (12:4)
  • God Delivers the Child and the Woman (12:5-6)
  • War Breaks out in Heaven (12:7-12)
  • The War in Heaven Described (12:7-9)
  • The Heavenly Host Celebrating Victory (12:10-12)
  • War Breaks out on Earth (12:13-17)
  • Pursuit by the Dragon (12:13)
  • Care and Protection of the Woman (12:14-16)
  • Rage and Pursuit by the Dragon (12:17)
  • The Beasts from the Sea and the Land (12:18-13:18)
  • The Dragon Empowers His Agent, the Beast from the Sea (12:18-13:4)
  • The Emergence of the Beast from the Sea (12:18-13:2B)
  • Authority of the Beast (13:2C)
  • Fatal Wound Healed (13:3A)
  • Universal Worship of the Dragon and the Beast (13:3B-4)
  • God Permits the Beast's Activities (13:5-8)
  • God Allows Blasphemy and Slander (13:5-6)
  • God Allows the Beast to Conquer the Saints (13:7A).
  • God Allows the Beast to Receive Universal Worship (13:7B-8)
  • John Points out the Significance for Believers (13:9-10)
  • A Second Beast, the False Prophet, Praises the First Beast (13:11-18)
  • The Beast Described (13:11)
  • The Work of the False Prophet (13:12)
  • The Imitation-Great Signs (13:13-14A)
  • The Idol Speaks (13:14B-15)
  • The Mark of the Beast (13:16-17A)
  • The Number of His Name (13:17B-18)
  • The Destinies of Saints and Sinners Contrasted (14:1-20)
  • The 144,000 Sing with the Lamb (14:1-5)
  • The Lamb on Mount Zion with the 144,000 (14:1)
  • The Saints Sing a New Song (14:2-3)
  • The Triumphant Character of the Redeemed (14:4-5)
  • Three Angels Urge Repentance and Issue a Warning (14:6-13)
  • The First Angel with the Eternal Gospel (14:6-7)
  • The Second Angel Predicting Destruction (14:8)
  • The Third Angel Pronouncing Judgment on Those Who Follow the Beast (14:9-11)
  • Ethical Conclusion-Call for Endurance (14:12-13)
  • The Earth Is Harvested (14:14-20)
  • The Grain Harvest (14:14-16)
  • The Grape Harvest (14:17-20)
  • Introduction to the Bowls: Angels with the Final Plagues (15:1-8)
  • Angels Arrive with the Plagues (15:1)
  • The Victorious Saints Sing by the Sea (15:2-4)
  • Seven Angels Emerge from the Heavenly Temple (15:5-8)
  • Preparatory Events (15:5-6)
  • The Commissioning of the Angels (15:7-8)
  • The Seven Last Bowl Judgments (16:1-21)
  • The Bowl Plagues Are Poured out on the Natural Realm (16:1-9)
  • The Heavenly Command (16:1)
  • The First Bowl: Terrible Sores (16:2)
  • The Second Bowl: The Sea Turns to Blood (16:3)
  • The Third Bowl: The Inland Waters Turned to Blood (16:4)
  • A Doxological Hymn on Divine Justice (16:5-7)
  • The Fourth Bowl: The Sun Scorches People (16:8-9)
  • The Bowl Plagues Are Poured out on the Beast's Throne (16:10-21)
  • The Fifth Bowl: The Beast's Throne in Darkness and Pain (16:10-11).

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