Revelation / John Christopher Thomas, and Frank D. Macchia.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thomas, John Christopher, author.

Macchia, Frank D., author.

Series:

Two horizons New Testament commentary.

The Two Horizons New Testament Commentary

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Revelation--Commentaries.

Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (603 pages).

Place of Publication:

Grand Rapids, Michigan : William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2016.

Summary:

The book of Revelation is perhaps the most theologically complex and literarily sophisticated - and also the most sensual - document in the New Testament. In this commentary John Christopher Thomas's literary and exegetical analysis makes the challenging text of Revelation more accessible and easier to understand. Frank Macchia follows up with sustained theological essays on the book's most significant themes and issues, accenting especially the underappreciated place of the Holy Spirit in the theology of Revelation.

Contents:

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

Christ

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

Holy Spirit

The Need for Discernment

The Deity and Person of the Spirit

The Witness to the Nations

The Spirit of Life

Church

The Trinitarian Founding of the Church

The Worship of the Saints

Missionary Ecclesiology

The Witness of the Martyrs

Israel and the Nations

Salvation

Salvation, Trinity, and Divine Pathos

Atonement: Exclusion and Embrace

An Ecumenical Geometry of Salvation

Eschatology

John

Other New Testament Voices.

Conclusion

The Necessity of Eschatology

The Question of Apocalyptic

The Delay of Christ's Coming

The Ultimate Embrace

Uttering the Unutterable

Bibliography

Index of Names

Index of Subjects

Index of Biblical and Other Ancient References.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781467445498

1467445495

OCLC:

986066530