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“Sgraffito Murals of the Book of Revelation,” 1964
St. Benet’s Chaplaincy, Queen Mary’s University, London
Revelation, the last book of the Scriptures, is gorgeous, riveting, compelling, and… perhaps somewhat difficult to understand! God gave it to his people, not to obscure but to reveal spiritual realities. It does so in ways that can be unfamiliar to modern minds, and the Gospel it communicates is a difficult truth to begin with. Nevertheless, “he who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches” (seven times in Rev. 2 & 3). We’re going to take a while and see if we can’t do just that: hear what God has to say to us in the Revelation of Jesus Christ to John.
These are some recommended* resources that might be referenced during this series. Take a look, follow along via online sermons, and invite a friend to visit with us for the series!
- G. K. Beale, Revelation: A Shorter Commentary (or here’s his “longer” one…) – If you were going to get just one book for in-depth personal study, this would be a good one!
- Warren Gage, “The John-Revelation Project“
- Dennis Johnson, Triumph of the Lamb: A Commentary on Revelation
- Craig Koester, Revelation and the End of All Things
- Peter Leithart, Revelation 1-11 and Revelation 12-22
- J. Ramsey Michaels, Revelation
- Leon Morris, Revelation
- Eugene Peterson, Reversed Thunder: The Revelation of John and the Praying Imagination
- Vern Poythress, The Returning King: A Guide to the Book of Revelation
- N. T. Wright, Revelation for Everyone
(*Disclaimer: it should go without saying, but simply because a resource is recommended doesn’t mean every view promoted by the resource is being endorsed. If you need to know that everything someone says is 100% biblical before you’re comfortable listening to him at all, you’ll never be comfortable—not even with yourself. By God’s grace, we can learn from all kinds of people, even if we disagree about important things.)