Apocalypse: A Commentary on Revelation in Words and ImagesFor those searching for a way to demystify the often puzzling book of Revelation or for those seeking a splendid pathway into the Apocalypse, this commentary is an extraordinary aid to grasping the central visions-and to being grasped by them. Albrecht Durer's woodcuts are incorporated together with an introduction that describes both the Seer of Patmos and the artist of Nuremberg and gives a very brief overview of various ways of reading these texts (fundamentalist, mainline, liberation). It is followed by a commentary on the book of Revelation accompanied by and keyed to the woodcuts. |
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Revelation 19322 Johns First Vision and the Seven Letters | 15 |
Revelation 41514 Heavens Throne Room | 21 |
Revelation 618 The Four Horsemen | 1 |
Revelation 6917 Opening the Fifth and Sixth Seals | 7 |
Revelation 7117 The Seal of the Living God | 5 |
Revelation 1216 1317 The Woman and the Dragon | 17 |
Revelation 12712 War in Heaven | |
Revelation 13118 The Beast Whose Number Is 666 | 1 |
Revelation 1415 The New Song of the 144000 | 7 |
Revelation 1461621 Seven Angels of Judgment and Seven Angels with Seven Plagues | 11 |
Revelation 1711910 Babylon the Mother of All Whores | 15 |
Revelation 19112221 Binding of Satan and the New Jerusalem | 21 |
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Revelation 8113 Seven Angels with Seven Trumpets | 11 |
Revelation 9121 The Fifth and Sixth Trumpets | 7 |
Revelation 10111 Another Mighty Angel | 11 |
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Page xv - If the world is to be subject to the diabolical seductions of those three unclean spirits which proceed out of the mouths of the dragon, and the beast, and the false prophet, and who will possess and control the bodies of men in those days, it might fairly be inferred that there would also be arranged, on behalf of the Christians left on the earth, a corresponding demonstration of supernatural powers, and that they...