Osborne, Grant R.

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Series Preface

Introduction to Revelation

What Kind of Book Is Revelation?

Methods of Interpretation

Author

Date

Historical Background

Use of the Old Testament

Structure of the Book

Theology of the Book

Prologue: The Work of the Triune Godhead (1:1–11)

John Discloses the Four-Stage Process of Revelation (1:1–2)

John Blesses the Reader and the Heeder (1:3)

John Greets the Churches and Praises the Trinity (1:4–6)

John Presents the Motto of the Book (1:7–8)

John Reveals His Own Situation (1:9–11)

The First Vision: The Glory and Power of Christ (1:12–20)

John Sees a Vision of the Exalted Christ (1:12–16)

Christ Expands John's Commission (1:17–20)

Letters to the Seven Churches, Part 1: A Truly Biblical Church (2:1–7, 12–29)

Ephesus: Restore Your First Love (2:1–7)

Pergamum: Live Faithfully in Satan's Realm (2:12–17)

Thyatira: Protect the Church (2:18–29)

Letters to the Seven Churches, Part 2: Vindication in the Midst of Persecution (2:8–11; 3:7–13)

Smyrna: Suffering Is the Path to Greatness (2:8–11)

Philadelphia: The Seemingly Insignificant Will Inherit the Earth (3:7–13)

Letters to the Seven Churches, Part 3: The Danger of the Worldly Church (3:1–6, 14–22)

Sardis: Resist Compromise (3:1–6)

Laodicea: An Affluent Church Can Be Dangerous (3:14–22)

The Throne Room Vision, Part 1: The Majesty of God (4:1–11)

John Is Called to Ascend to Heaven (4:1)

God Is on His Throne (4:2–3)

Twenty-Four Elders Are Gathered around the Throne (4:4)

Celestial Phenomena Issue from the Throne (4:5–6A)

Four Living Creatures Worship around the Throne (4:6B–8)

Celestial Beings Worship God (4:8B–11)

The Throne Room Vision, Part 2: The Redemptive Work of the Lamb (5:1–14)

God's Hand Holds a Double-Sided Scroll (5:1)

Who Is Worthy to Open the Scroll? (5:2–5)

The Lamb Takes the Scroll (5:6–10)

The Angelic Choir Worships (5:11–12)

Every Being Worships the Enthroned God and the Lamb (5:13–14)

The First Six Seals (6:1–17)

The First Four Seals Reveal Horsemen Riding into the World (6:1–8)

The Fifth Seal Reveals the Martyred Saints (6:9–11)

The Sixth Seal Reveals the Shaking of the Heavens (6:12–17)

The Saints on Earth and in Heaven (7:1–17)

The Saints Are Sealed as God's Possession (7:1–8)

John Sees a Great Multitude in Heaven (7:9–17)

The Seventh Seal and the First Four Trumpets (8:1–12)

The Seventh Seal Is Opened and Reveals Silence in Heaven (8:1)

The Trumpet Judgments Are Introduced (8:2–6)

The First Four Trumpets Are Blown (8:7–12)

The Fifth and Sixth Trumpet Judgments (8:13–9:21)

An Eagle Announces the First Woe (8:13)

The First Woe Accompanies the Fifth Trumpet (9:1–11)

The Second Woe Accompanies the Sixth Trumpet (9:12–21)

The Little Scroll and John’s Commissioning Service (10:1–11)

A Mighty Angel Descends with the Little Scroll (10:1–4)

The Angel Makes an Oath (10:5–7)

John Is Commissioned to Prophesy (10:8–11)

The Altar, Witnesses, and Seventh Trumpet (11:1–19)

John Measures the Temple and the Altar (11:1–2)

The Two Witnesses Exercise Their Ministry (11:3–6)

The Witnesses Die and Are Resurrected (11:7–13)

The Third Woe Accompanies the Seventh Trumpet (11:14–19)

The Dragon and the People of God in Conflict (12:1–17)

The Dragon Opposes the Woman and Her Child (12:1–6)

War Breaks out in Heaven (12:7–12)

War Breaks out on Earth (12:13–17)

The Beasts from the Sea and the Land (12:18–13:18)

The Dragon Empowers His Agent, the Beast from the Sea (12:18–13:4)

The Destinies of Saints and Sinners Contrasted (14:1–20)

The 144,000 Sing with the Lamb (14:1–5)

Three Angels Urge Repentance and Issue a Warning (14:6–13)

The Earth Is Harvested (14:14–20)

Introduction to the Bowls: Angels with the Final Plagues (15:1–8)

Angels Arrive with the Plagues (15:1)

The Victorious Saints Sing by the Sea (15:2–4)

Seven Angels Emerge from the Heavenly Temple (15:5–8)

The Seven Last Bowl Judgments (16:1–21)

The Bowl Plagues Are Poured out on the Natural Realm (16:1–9)

The Bowl Plagues Are Poured out on the Beast's Throne (16:10–21)

The Great Prostitute on the Scarlet Beast (17:1–18)

An Angel Introduces the Great Prostitute (17:1–2)

John Describes the Great Prostitute (17:3–6A)

The Angel Interprets the Vision (17:6B–14)

Civil War Breaks out, and the Great Prostitute Is Destroyed (17:15–18)

The Fall of Babylon the Great (18:1–24)

An Angel Announces the Fall of Babylon (18:1–3)

A Heavenly Voice Commands Believers to Leave (18:4–8)

Three Laments Are Sung over Babylon the Great (18:9–19)

A Mighty Angel Announces Babylon the Great's Final Doom (18:20–24)

The Final Victory: The End of the Evil Empire at the Parousia (19:1–21)

Heaven Rejoices at God's Just Judgment (19:1–5)

The Multitude Praises God's Reign and John Is Commanded to Write (19:6–10)

In Revelation Verse by Verse, Grant R. Osborne offers a clear exposition of the book that takes seriously both its first-century context and what it means today.

Revelation Verse by Verse (Osborne New Testament Commentaries)

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In Revelation Verse by Verse, Grant R. Osborne offers a clear exposition of the book that takes seriously both its first-century context and what it means today.

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