Interpreting Revelation

By: Meeerrill C Tenney

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Paperback | 7 October 1988

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For centuries the book of Revelation has been both an inspiration and a mystery to the Christian church. In hours of darkness it has given courage to its readers; but in periods of ease and prosperity it has become the subject of a bewildering assortment of approaches and interpretations.

Merrill C. Tenney has built his study on the thesis that Revelation had a definite message for those to whom it was first written, a meaning they could comprehend because they understood the structure, imagery, and contemporary allusions in the text in ways lost to modern readers.

Tenney's Interpreting Revelation attempts to recover how the book as a whole would have spoken to the ancient Christian world. In so doing, Tenney applies broad interpretive principles that will enable readers to think through the book for themselves and to formulate their own conclusions.

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Otto A. Piper in Theology Today "Dr. Tenney has here succeeded again in condensing a great deal of learning into a relatively small compass. He is able to present difficult and complicated issues in a simple and intelligent manner, and with all fairness to his predecessors, to chart his own original approach to the problem."

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Preface	p. vii
List of Illustrations	p. xi
The Background of Revelation	p. 13
The Character of Revelation	p. 13
The Author	p. 15
Its Place in the Canon of the New Testament	p. 16
The Historical Background and Date	p. 17
The Social Background	p. 22
The Religious Background	p. 23
The Literary Background	p. 26
The Theme of Revelation	p. 28
The Structure of Revelation	p. 32
The Introduction (1:1-8)	p. 42
The Title	p. 42
The Commendation	p. 44
The Author	p. 45
The Destination	p. 45
The Greeting	p. 46
The Dedication	p. 47
The Motto	p. 48
The Publisher's Imprint	p. 48
Vision I: The Seven Churches of Asia (1:9-3:22)	p. 50
The Setting	p. 51
The Church of Ephesus	p. 55
The Church of Smyrna	p. 58
The Church of Pergamum	p. 59
The Church of Thyatira	p. 62
The Church of Sardis	p. 63
The Church of Philadelphia	p. 64
The Church of Laodicea	p. 66
Vision II: The Process of World Judgment (4:1-16:21)	p. 70
Vision III: The Climax of Judgment (17:1-21:8)	p. 82
Vision IV: The Eternal City (21:9-22:5)	p. 91
The Epilogue (22:6-21)	p. 96
Observations and Conclusions	p. 99
The Old Testament Background of Revelation	p. 101
Titles of Deity	p. 105
Old Testament Concepts	p. 107
Continuous Passages	p. 112
The Christology of Revelation	p. 117
The Prologue: Christ in Communication (1:1-8)	p. 117
Christ in the Church (1:9-3:22)	p. 122
Christ in the Cosmos (4:1-16:21)	p. 125
Christ in Conquest (17:1-21:8)	p. 130
Christ in Consummation (21:9-22:5)	p. 132
The Epilogue: Christ Challenging (22:6-21)	p. 133
The Chronological Approach	p. 135
The Preterist View	p. 136
The Historicist View	p. 137
The Futurist View	p. 139
The Idealist View	p. 143
The Eschatological Method	p. 147
Postmillennialism	p. 147
Amillennialism	p. 151
Premillennialism	p. 154
Application	p. 163
The Terminology of Revelation	p. 168
Institutions and Objects	p. 168
Personalities and Places	p. 173
Formulae	p. 177
The Symbolism of Revelation	p. 186
Symbols Explained	p. 187
Symbols Paralleled by Old Testament Imagery	p. 187
The Unexplained Symbols	p. 189
The Meaning of Revelation for This Present Age	p. 194
Its Historical Significance	p. 195
Its Predictive Content	p. 196
Its Theological Teaching	p. 197
Its Spiritual Application	p. 199
Notes	p. 203
Bibliography	p. 207
Indexes
Subject	p. 213
Scripture	p. 215
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