Revelation (Understanding the Bible Commentary Series) Book

	Foreword
	Preface
	Abbreviations
	Introduction	1
1	Prologue (Rev. 1:1-3)	51
2	Greetings from John of Patmos to the Seven Churches of Asia (Rev. 1:4-20)	56
3	Greetings from Christ to the Seven Churches of Asia (Rev. 2:1-3:22)	66
4	Thanksgiving for God's Reign: The Ground of Christian Faith (Rev. 4:1-11)	89
5	The Exaltation of God's Lamb: The Penultimate Event of Salvation's History (Rev. 5:1-14)	98
6	The Lamb Breaks Six Seals of God's Scroll (Rev. 6:1-17)	109
7	Interlude: Reminder of God's Faithfulness to God's People (Rev. 7:1-17)	115
8	God's Lamb Opens the Seventh Seal (Rev. 8:1-5)	122
9	Angelic Trumpets Sound Six Judgments of God (Rev. 8:6-9:21)	124
10	Interlude: Two Reminders of God's Faithfulness (Rev. 10:1-11:14)	135
11	The Seventh Angel Sounds the Final Trumpet (Rev. 11:15-19)	151
12	Flashback: The Genesis of the Current Crisis (Rev. 12:1-12)	157
13	The War in Heaven Continues on Earth (Rev. 12:13-13:18)	166
14	The Eschatological Outcomes of the Conflict: The Vindication of the Faithful (Rev. 14:1-5)	177
15	The Eschatological Outcomes of the Conflict: The Judgment of the Faithless (Rev. 14:6-20)	183
16	The Third Sign in Heaven: Bowls of Eschatological Plagues Poured Out on Babylon (Rev. 15:1-16:16)	191
17	The Seventh Bowl: The Final Destruction of Babylon (Rev. 16:17-17:18)	202
18	The Aftermath of Babylon's Destruction (Rev. 18:1-19:10)	212
19	The Return of the Exalted Lamb: the Ultimate Event of Salvation's History (Rev. 19:11-20:15)	226
20	The City of God: Entering God's Promised Shalom (Rev. 21:1-22:6a)	243
21	The Epistolary Benediction (Rev. 22:6b-21)	261
	For Further Reading	273
	Subject Index	283
	Scripture Index	289