Revelation (New International Commentary on the New Testament)

703 Pages·2016·3.88 MB·English

by  Robert H. Mounce

Table of Contents

THE NEW INTERNATIONAL COMMENTARY ON THE NEW TESTAMENT
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Foreword
EDITOR’S FOREWORD
AUTHOR’S PREFACE
AUTHOR’S PREFACE
ABBREVIATIONS
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
Introduction

Text, Exposition, and Notes

I. PROLOGUE (1:1-20)

A. SUPERSCRIPTION (1:1-3)
B. SALUTATION AND DOXOLOGY (1:4-8)
C. INAUGURAL VISION AND COMMISSION TO WRITE (1:9-20)

II. LETTERS TO THE SEVEN CHURCHES (2:1-3:22)

A. EPHESUS (2:1-7)
B. SMYRNA (2:8-11)
C. PERGAMUM (2:12-17)
D. THYATIRA (2:18-29)
E. SARDIS (3:1-6)
F. PHILADELPHIA (3:7-13)
G. LAODICEA (3:14-22)

III. ADORATION IN THE COURT OF HEAVEN (4:1-5:14)

A. WORSHIP OF GOD AS CREATOR (4:1-11)
B. WORSHIP OF THE LAMB WHO ALONE IS WORTHY TO OPEN
THE SCROLL (5:1-14)

IV THE SEVEN SEALS (6:1 — 8:1)

A. FIRST FOUR SEALS: THE FOUR HORSEMEN (6:1-8)
B. FIFTH SEAL: CRY OF THE MARTYRS (6:9-11)
C. SIXTH SEAL: THE GREAT EARTHQUAKE (6:12-17)
INTERLUDE: VISIONS OF SECURITY AND SALVATION (7:1-17)
D. SEVENTH SEAL: A DRAMATIC PAUSE (8:1)

V. THE SEVEN TRUMPETS (8:2-11:19)

A. PREPARATION (8:2-5)
B. FIRST FOUR TRUMPETS (8:6-12)
C. EAGLE’S WARNING (8:13)
D. FIFTH TRUMPET (FIRST WOE): DEMONIC LOCUSTS (9:1-12)
E. SIXTH TRUMPET (SECOND WOE): FIENDISH CAVALRY (9:13-
21)
INTERLUDE: VISIONS OF THE PROPHETIC ROLE (10:1-11:14)
F. SEVENTH TRUMPET (11:15-19)

VI. CONFLICT BETWEEN THE CHURCH AND THE POWERS OF EVIL
(12:1-14:5)

A. THE WOMAN, DRAGON, AND MALE CHILD (12:1-6)
B. WAR IN HEAVEN (12:7-12)
C. WAR ON EARTH (12:13-17)
D. THE BEAST FROM THE SEA (13:1-10)
E. THE BEAST FROM THE EARTH (13:11-18)
F. THE REDEEMED AND THE LAMB ON MOUNT ZION (14:1-5)
INTERLUDE: VISIONS OF FINAL JUDGMENT (14:6-20)

VII. THE SEVEN LAST PLAGUES (15:1-16:21)

A. PREPARATION FOR THE BOWL-PLAGUES (15:1-8)
B. PLAGUES POURED OUT (16:1-21)

VIII. THE FALL OF BABYLON (17:1-19:5)
A. THE PROSTITUTE AND THE SCARLET BEAST (17:1-18)
B. FUNERAL DIRGE OVER ROME (18:1-24)
C. HYMN OF VINDICATION (19:1-5)

IX. THE FINAL VICTORY (19:6-20:15)

A. MARRIAGE OF THE LAMB ANNOUNCED (19:6-10)
B. THE WARRIOR-MESSIAH APPEARS (19:11-16)
C. ANTICHRIST AND ALLIES DESTROYED (19:17-21)
D. SATAN BOUND (20:1-3)
E. MILLENNIAL REIGN (20:4-6)
F. SATAN DESTROYED (20:7-10)
G. FINAL JUDGMENT (20:11-15)

X. THE NEW HEAVEN AND THE NEW EARTH (21:1-22:5)

A. THE NEW CREATION (21:1-8)
B. THE NEW JERUSALEM (21:9-27)
C. EDEN RESTORED (22:1-5)

XI. EPILOGUE (22:6-21)

INDEX OF SUBJECTS
INDEX OF AUTHORS
INDEX OF SCRIPTURE REFERENCES
THE NEW INTERNATIONAL COMMENTARY ON
THE NEW TESTAMENT

General Editors

NED B. STONEHOUSE
(1946-1962)

F. F. BRUCE
(1962-1990)

GORDON D. FEE
(1990- )

First edition © 1977
This revised edition © 1998 by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Mounce, Robert H.
The Book of Revelation / Robert H. Mounce. — Rev. ed.
p. cm.
(The new international commentary on the New Testament)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-802-82537-7 (cloth: alk. paper)
1. Bible. N.T. Revelation — Commentaries
1. Title. II. Series.
BS2825.3.M69 1998
228’.06 — dc21
97-25322
CIP

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