Wrath & Glory Bengali Edition

210 Pages·2011·2.82 MB·English

Wrath & Glory
Unveiling the Majestic Book of Revelation
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Wrath & Glory
Unveiling the Majestic Book of Revelation
Dr. David R. Reagan
Dedicated to:
The Bengali-speaking peoples of India and Bangladesh
Copyright ©2011 by Lamb & Lion Ministries. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used
or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission of the copyright owner, except
in the case of brief quotations in articles and reviews. For information write:
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Cover Painting by Phelan Douglas Hicks
All Scripture quotations in this book, unless otherwise noted, are taken from the New American
Standard Bible, © 1995 by the Lockman Foundation. Used by permission.
“And men will go into caves of the rocks
And into holes of the ground
Before the terror of the Lord,
And before the splendor of His majesty,
When He arises to make the earth tremble.”
Isaiah 2:19
Books by Dr. David R. Reagan
The Christ in Prophecy Study Guide (McKinney, TX: Lamb & Lion Ministries, 1987).
Second edition in 2001.
Trusting God: Learning to Walk by Faith (Lafayette, LA: Huntington House, 1987).
Second edition in 1994.
Jesus is Coming Again! (Eugene, OR: Harvest House, 1992).
The Master Plan: Making Sense of the Controversies Surrounding Bible Prophecy
Today (Eugene, OR: Harvest House, 1993).
Living for Christ in the End Times (Green Forest, AR: New Leaf Press, 2000).
Wrath and Glory: Unveiling the Majestic Book of Revelation (Green Forest, AR: New
Leaf Press, 2001).
America the Beautiful? The United States in Bible Prophecy (McKinney, TX: Lamb
& Lion Ministries, 2003). Second edition in 2006. Third edition in 2009.
God’s Plan for the Ages: The Blueprint of Bible Prophecy (McKinney, TX: Lamb &
Lion Ministries, 2005).
Eternity: Heaven or Hell? (McKinney, TX: Lamb & Lion Ministries, 2010).
Jesus: The Lamb & The Lion (McKinney, TX: Lamb & Lion Ministries, 2011)
Contents
Preface ........................................................
Chapter 1: Understanding Revelation ..................................
Is it possible to understand Revelation
and, if so, what are the keys?
Chapter 2: Interpreting Revelation ....................................
An overview of the entire book,
chapter by chapter.
Chapter 3: Systematizing Revelation ..................................
How do the events portrayed in
Revelation relate to each other
and to other end time prophecies?
Chapter 4: Probing Revelation .......................................
Taking a look at the most frequently
asked questions about Revelation.
Chapter 5: Applying Revelation ......................................
Lessons from Revelation that apply to
Christian living here and now.
End Notes ........................................................
Prophecy Study Resources ...............................................
Recommended Prophecy Ministries .......................................
List of Illustrations
Figure 1 The Earth: Past, Present and Future ............................
Figure 2 The Prophetic Perspective ...................................
Figure 3 The Historic Premillennial System ............................
Figure 4 The Amillennial System ....................................
Figure 5 The Postmillennial System ..................................
Figure 6 The Modern Premillennial System ............................
Figure 7 An Overview of End Time Events .............................
Figure 8 The End Time Sequence of Resurrections .......................
Figure 9 The Biblical Concept of Hades ...............................
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Preface to the English Edition
Winston Churchill once said that Russia is “a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.”
That’s the way most Christians view the book of Revelation. They shudder at the thought of reading
or studying it.
That is a shame because, as I hope to show in this book, it is a spiritual gem that can be
understood and applied to our lives here and now. You don’t have to be a rocket scientist nor do you
have to be clairvoyant to understand it.
I want to express my appreciation to Mrs. H. Grant Hicks of Henryville, Indiana, for
permission to use the incredible painting, Messhia, on the cover of this book. It was painted by her
son, Phelan Douglas Hicks when he was only 17 years old. Two years later he drowned in Lake
Michigan while doing mission work in the Chicago inner city.
The book of Revelation is full of vivid pictures like the one painted by Douglas Hicks. Those
pictures have become a part of my soul, and their message has been a great blessing to me. I want
to share that blessing with you. As you read this book, I pray you will be drawn into a deeper
relationship with Jesus. I pray too that your hope will be greatly enhanced as you come to a better
understanding of the incredible promises that God has made about the future.
Dr. David R. Reagan
2001
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Preface to the Bengali Edition
I praise God for making it possible to get this book published into the Bengali language. Since
it was first published in 2001 in English, it has been translated and published in several of the
languages of South Asia.
I want to express special appreciation to John Ishmael of Revival Literature Fellowship in
Bangalore, India, for his assistance in making this translation possible. He is a great man of God
with a zeal for lost souls. He is responsible for getting many of our materials translated and
published in a variety of languages, including many articles from our magazine, The Lamplighter.
It is my hope that this book, through this Bengali edition, will impact many souls in the
Bengali-speaking world, helping them to better understand the wonderful book of Revelation. It is
a book with a very important message, and that message for Christians is, “We win in the end!”
Jesus will return one day soon to pour out the wrath of God on those who have rejected His
love, grace, and mercy. Jesus will then begin his glorious reign over all the earth, bringing peace,
righteousness and justice. Wrath, and then glory. What a day that will be! The very thought of it
causes me to shout from the depths of my soul, “Maranatha! Come quickly, Lord Jesus!” (1
Corinthians 16:22).
Dr. David R. Reagan
2011