Full Description
How should we read the book of Revelation?
Interpreting Scripture faithfully is a challenge with regard to any text and for any reader of the Bible. But perhaps no text confronts and confuses readers as much as the book of Revelation. With its vivid imagery and rich prophetic language, John's Apocalypse provokes and stirs our imaginations. Some have viewed it primarily as a first-century anti-imperial document. Others have read it as a book of prophecies or eschatological promises. Still others wonder why it is in the biblical canon at all.
Theologian and biblical scholar Brandon Smith brings clarity to this question by reading the book of Revelation primarily as John's vision of the triune God. In conversation with early church theologians, including Irenaeus, Origen, Athanasius, and the Cappadocians, as well as modern biblical scholarship, Smith shows how John's vision can help us worship the one God who is Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
Studies in Christian Doctrine and Scripture, edited by Daniel J. Treier and Kevin J. Vanhoozer, promotes evangelical contributions to systematic theology, seeking fresh understanding of Christian doctrine through creatively faithful engagement with Scripture in dialogue with church tradition.
Contents
Foreword by Lewis Ayres
Acknowledgments
Series Introduction: Studies in Christian Doctrine and Scripture
Abbreviations
Author's Note on Sources
Introduction: Doing Theology with the Trinity
1. Toward a Trinitarian Reading of Revelation
2. Father: The One Seated on the Throne
3. Son: The Slain Lamb and Risen King
4. Holy Spirit: The Revealer to John and Speaker to the Churches
5. A Constructive Account of the Trinity in Revelation
Bibliography
Name Index
Subject Index
Scripture Index
