Two-Volume Set: Revelation Commentary by Keneth Gentry, ThD

One of the great ironies of Scripture is that the most difficult book within it is called “Revelation.” To “reveal” means to “uncover, open up”—with a view to understanding. How can such a perplexing book as this be called a “revelation”? If we were naming the book, rather than calling it “The Revelation of Jesus Christ,” we might be tempted to title it “The Mystery from John the Apostle.” Indeed, John himself is perplexed and confused from time to time. Fascination with the mysteries of Revelation is not limited to those schooled in Christian study who are ready for the deeper things of God. That curiosity reaches all the way down to the newest believers in Christ. One of the great disappointments of the serious Christian exegete is the flood of literature on Revelation that is virtually worthless. When we combine the mysterious nature of Revelation with the continuing fascination with it, the market is primed to generate all sorts of would-be “prophecy experts” to fill the demand. In