Revelation - Background

By David Maas
{BACKGROUND AND INTERPRETATION}
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  1. A Brief Introduction to the Book of Revelation - {PDF Copy}
  2. The Fourfold Division of Revelation - {PDF Copy} - (The book has four major literary divisions marked by John finding himself "in the spirit")
  3. Outline of the Second Division - {PDF Copy} - (Revelation 4:1 - 16:21)
  4. The Isle of Patmos - {PDF Copy} - (Revelation 1:9 - John was exiled to the Isle of Patmos for his testimony for Jesus)
  5. Common Errors in the Interpretation of Revelation - {PDF Copy} - (The real-life relevance of the book of Revelation is easily lost if we approach the book with incorrect presuppositions)
  6. Provided Interpretations in Revelation - {PDF Copy} - (Revelation communicates symbolically and provides many important interpretations of its images)
  7. Revelation's Target Audience - {PDF Copy} - (The entire book is addressed to seven very real first-century churches)
  8. A Call to Action - The Seven Beatitudes - {PDF Copy} - (The purpose of Revelation's seven beatitudes)
  9. The Key that Unlocks the Book of Revelation - {PDF Copy} - (The interpretive key to the book of Revelation - the Lamb)
  10. Literal and Nonliteral Language - {PDF Copy} - (The false dichotomy between "literal" and "nonliteral" interpretation)
  11. Linear Chronological Sequence? - {PDF Copy} - (Are Revelation’s visions presented in chronological sequence?)
{INDIVIDUAL TOPICS}
  1. These Last Days - {PDF Copy} - (The new era of fulfillment began with the death, resurrection, and exaltation of the Son of God, Jesus)
  2. Unsealing Daniel's Scroll - {PDF Copy} - (What Daniel was commanded to seal shut is unsealed and revealed by the Lamb in the book of Revelation)
  3. John, A Fellow-Participant in the Kingdom - {PDF Copy} - (John functions as a surrogate for faithful believers, especially the seven churches of Asia)
  4. The Missing Seventy Weeks of Daniel - {PDF Copy} - (The book of Revelation never refers to the "Seventy Weeks" prophecy; a glaring omission)
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