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Revelation Commentary: When the Man Comes Around
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"Though St. John the Evangelist saw many strange monsters in his vision, he saw no creature so wild as one of his own commentators." ~ G.K. Chesterton
The book of Revelation was written to do just that: reveal. But most commentaries nowadays either engage in bizarre speculations about the future, or they keep an embarrassed distance from all the apocalyptic events that the apostle John says will “shortly take place.”
In this commentary, Douglas Wilson provides a passage-by-passage walkthrough of the entire book, showing how John’s most notorious prophecies concern the Fall of Jerusalem in A.D. 70. Explaining symbols and characters as he goes, Wilson shows from the text that not only is this book not an elaborate code, but that Revelation is not even ultimately concerned with the end of the world as we know it. Revelation is about the triumph of the Church, which always happens when the Man comes around.
284 pages
I grew up in a staunch premillenialist dispensationalist family and denomination. My father died a dispensationalist,disappointed that the Rapture had not occurred. Around that time I went from being premillennialist to preterist, and futurist when it comes to the time of Apostasy, Return of Christ ,the General Resurrection and the Last Judgement . Douglas Wilsons's book reinforced that change .For example he refers to Christ's prophecy of the Tribulation,how it was a prophecy about 70 AD. I did not realise that the Siege of Jerusalem lasted 3 and a half years, which was a time of tribulation for those in Jerusalem nothing like that do I recall ever hearing from a pretrib pulpit. Then the Beast and the 10 horns,I did not take into account the 7 emperors and also the ten imperial provinces where of course the Emperor was worshipped ,and where many of our forebears were martyred for refusing to bow the knee to anyone but Christ. What Wilson's book has done made me reflect, if we are Raptured, as Darby stated then partial preterists, post and amillenialists, historical premillennialists , & historicists would say yep we were wrong.in our timing But I then thought, if we are not Raptured , and ,go through a time of Apostasy ,before Christ returns, we should be ready to live for Christ and die for Him if needs be . Wilson's approach is that of the Moravian Church "In essentials unity,in non essentials liberty and in all things charity ".
I grew up in a staunch premillenialist dispensationalist family and denomination. My father died a dispensationalist,disappointed that the Rapture had not occurred. Around that time I went from being premillennialist to preterist, and futurist when it comes to the time of Apostasy, Return of Christ ,the General Resurrection and the Last Judgement . Douglas Wilsons's book reinforced that change .For example he refers to Christ's prophecy of the Tribulation,how it was a prophecy about 70 AD. I did not realise that the Siege of Jerusalem lasted 3 and a half years, which was a time of tribulation for those in Jerusalem nothing like that do I recall ever hearing from a pretrib pulpit. Then the Beast and the 10 horns,I did not take into account the 7 emperors and also the ten imperial provinces where of course the Emperor was worshipped ,and where many of our forebears were martyred for refusing to bow the knee to anyone but Christ. What Wilson's book has done made me reflect, if we are Raptured, as Darby stated then partial preterists, post and amillenialists, historical premillennialists , & historicists would say yep we were wrong.in our timing But I then thought, if we are not Raptured , and ,go through a time of Apostasy ,before Christ returns, we should be ready to live for Christ and die for Him if needs be . Wilson's approach is that of the Moravian Church "In essentials unity,in non essentials liberty and in all things charity ".
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