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The Two Most Annoying Things About ‘Revelation’ Commentaries

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Dean Jones
Jan 26, 2019
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It’s always in the first few pages.

Every author does it, though I’m sure some are ‘asked’ to do it by their publishers, though they would rather keep it out of their books.

Some people may not be annoyed by it, but for me, it’s one of the most frustrating things about commentaries on the book of Revelation.

”INTERPRETATIONS OF THE BOOK OF REVELATION”

That may be one of the biggest misnomer and backhanded comments from the author to other Christians I’ve ever read in a biblical commentary.

Let’s discuss this.

Whenever you talk about the book of Revelation, you are talking about the contents of your interpretation. You are talking about how you think and understand the highly symbolic and image based book found at the end of the Bible.

How do you understand the mark of the beast?

What do you think of the Seven Letters to the Churches?

When will Jesus’ thousand year reign begin?

Depending on what you think, on how you interpret Revelation, you will give different answers.

Theologians have agreed…

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