The Victorious Christ: A Study of the Book of RevelationWestminster John Knox Press, 1996 M01 1 - 142 pages The Victorious Christ is the perfect guide for nonspecialists in search of a reliable and interesting exploration of the book of Revelation. The reader is invited to approach the text in a logical and nonthreatening fashion. After acquainting the reader with the book of Revelation and the basic questions, C. Freeman Sleeper deals with matters such as imagery and symbolism and the use of these images in other texts from the same period. He goes on to address the difficult issues of interpretation and the implications of Revelation for Christian living today. |
Contents
The People | 3 |
The Places | 27 |
3805 | 39 |
Images of Natural Catastrophes | 45 |
Images of Military Conflict | 54 |
The Cosmic Victor | 62 |
The New Testament Context | 73 |
The Old Testament Context | 85 |
Holy War Holy Warrior | 92 |
Misinterpreting Revelation | 103 |
Johns Historical Context | 111 |
Persecution Ethics | 117 |
Notes | 129 |
Common terms and phrases
angels apocalyptic appears army Asia Minor audience authority Babylon beast biblical Book of Revelation Branch Davidians century B.C.E. chapter Christian Reconstructionism clues conflict conquer context Corinthians cosmic victor David Koresh death described destroyed Deuteronomic Deuteronomy Dispensationalism dispensationalists dragon early Christian earth emperor enemies Ephesians evil EXERCISE faithful final battle God's Gospel Grand Rapids heaven heavenly Hebrew Bible holy human identified idolatry imagery interpretation Israel issues Jerusalem Jesus Christ Jewish Jezebel John Knox John's images John's message judgment kingdom kings Koresh Lamb letters literally literary look Lord Messiah Nicolaitans Old Testament passages Paul Paul's Pergamum phrase plagues praise prophecy prophets QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION Qumran refers resurrection rider risen Christ Roman ruler saints Satan scroll seal seven churches symbol tells temple term theology throne Thyatira tion tradition trumpet verse victory War Scroll warrior words worship write YHWH