Description
Revelation is the culmination of Scripture – not just because it is the final book of the Bible, but because it weaves together threads from both Old and New Testaments into glorious visions of heavenly worship, Christ’s victory and His Bride, the New Jerusalem.
But Revelation also takes us behind the scenes of Scripture, revealing the spiritual battle with dark and disturbing glimpses of the reality of evil – monstrous beasts, war and death. These stark apocalyptic images lead some to dismiss Revelation as too difficult to understand, and too strange or obscure to be relevant to our lives today. However, all Scripture is God-breathed, and the Word of God is living and active. No matter how challenging Revelation may appear, God has something to say to us through it.
So how should we go about reading Revelation? What message does it have for us in the twenty-first century?
In the first of two volumes, Roger Forster introduces the book of Revelation, and explores chapters 1–11, looking at how we can interpret the book in a consistent and down-to-earth way, which helps us apply it to our lives.
Roger’s considerable, deep, but accessible theological and linguistic scholarship brings Revelation’s text alive.’ ~ Prof Rob George King’s College, London