A Pentecostal Commentary on RevelationThis new commentary approaches Revelation from a Pentecostal perspective, but you may be surprised at what this does and doesn’t mean in this case. This is a serious commentary based on the Greek text and includes discussion of all the standard topics (authorship, date, audience, etc.). It gives interpretive priority to the original context and audience while also discussing application today. Newton eschews all populist interpretations of Revelation and questions many assumptions built on futurist or historicist readings, but includes a survey of recent scholarly Pentecostal work on Revelation and an extended discussion of what an authentic Pentecostal reading of Revelation might look like. The commentary highlights features of Revelation that Pentecostals often look for, such as its pneumatology, but also draws attention to features that Pentecostal readers should take more seriously than they often do, such as its missional focus, the narrative flow, intertextual references, and the focus on atonement. This makes it a more optimistic commentary than many available. The commentary interacts in depth with five leading commentaries over the past twenty-five years as well as over two hundred other books and articles, including the oldest existing commentary on Revelation. |
Contents
Revelation Chapter 1 | 57 |
Revelation Chapters 23 | 76 |
Revelation Chapter 4 | 119 |
Revelation Chapter 6 | 140 |
Revelation Chapter 7 | 157 |
Revelation Chapter 8 | 171 |
Revelation Chapter 10 | 192 |
Revelation Chapter 12 | 218 |
Revelation Chapter 15 | 270 |
Revelation Chapter 17 | 289 |
Revelation Chapter 18 | 304 |
Revelation Chapter 19 | 320 |
Revelation Chapter 20 | 339 |
Revelation Chapter 21 | 354 |
Revelation Chapter 22 | 373 |
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Acts ancient angel Apocalypse appears argues audience Aune authority Babylon Bauckham Beale beast begins believers blood Book of Revelation called chapter Christ Christians church Climax of Prophecy coming commentary Daniel death described earth Empire especially Ezek faithful final fire followed four future give given God’s Greek happen hearers heaven holy human implies interpretation Isaiah Israel Jerusalem Jesus Jewish Jews John John’s judgment kind kings Koester Lamb language Leithart literal living Lord mark meaning mentioned narrative opened original parallel passage Paul Pentecostal perhaps phrase plagues points possible probably promise prophetic readers reading recall reference remind represents Revelation 1–11 Revelation 1–5 Revelation 6–16 Roman Rome says seal seems seen seven significant similar speaks Spirit stand story suggests temple Testament things Thomas throne tion translated trumpet verse vision witness worship