The Book of Revelation: A Commentary on the Greek Text
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This new study of the book of Revelation will be especially helpful to scholars, pastors, students, and others seriously interested in interpreting the Apocalypse for the benefit of the church. Too often Revelation is viewed as a book only about the future. As G. K. Beale shows, however, Revelation is not merely a futurology but a book about how the church should live for the glory of God throughout the ages - including our own. Themelios "Beale's commentary reflects the distillation of a lifetime of research and thinking on the book of Revelation.... Beale leaves virtually no stone unturned in his careful analysis of the text of Revelation, while interacting with a wide range of commentaries, monographs and articles in several different languages. This commentary is a work of impressive scholarship and the size lends itself primarily to use as a reference tool. However, Beale's work could also be useful to pastors and theological students.... Beale has provided a valuable service to scholars, pastors and students in providing a commentary that should remain a standard for some time to come. This long-awaited commentary was certainly worth waiting for."
ForewordPrefaceAbbreviationsBibliographyIntroduction1The Date of the Apocalypse4The Situation of the Churches and the Purpose and Theme of the Book28Authorship34Genre37Major Interpretative Approaches44Interpretation of Symbolism50The Text of Revelation70The Use of the Old Testament in the Apocalypse76The Grammar of the Apocalypse100The Structure and Plan of John's Apocalypse108The Disputed Significance of Revelation 1:19 as an Interpretative Key to the Book152The Theology and Goal of the Apocalypse171Commentary1791:1-20: Prologue1812:1-3:22: The Letters to the Seven Churches: Christ Encourages the Churches to Witness, Warns Them against Compromise, and Exhorts Them to Hear and to Overcome Compromise in Order to Inherit Eternal Life2234:1-5:14: God and Christ Are Glorified Because Christ's Resurrection Demonstrates That They Are Sovereign over Creation to Judge and to Redeem3116:1-8:5: The Seven Seals3708:6-11:19: The Seven Trumpets46512:1-15:4: Deeper Conflict62115:5-16:21: The Seven Bowl Judgments: God Punishes the Ungodly during the Inter-Advent Age and Consummately at the Last Day Because of Their Persecution and Idolatry80117:1-19:21: Final Judgment of Babylon and the Beast84720:1-15: The Millennium Is Inaugurated during the Church Age as God Limits Satan's Deceptive Powers and as Deceased Christians Are Vindicated by Reigning in Heaven. The Millennium Is Concluded by a Resurgence of Satan's Deceptive Assault against the Church and the Final Judgment97221:1-22:5: The New Creation and the Church Perfected in Glory103922:6-21: Conclusion1122Index of Modern Authors1158Index of Biblical and Other Ancient Writings1174
