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Revelation: Introduction, Translation, and Commentary is unavailable, but you can change that!

The book of Revelation, also called the Apocalypse of John, encourages Christians to be faithful to their Lord, Jesus Christ, through a rich mixture of symbolism and images. Perhaps the most puzzling book in all Scripture, Revelation introduces bowls and scrolls, saints and angels, horsemen and beasts, the bride and the lamb, in a wondrous end-times drama. The scene shifts from cataclysmic...

of a prophet, the hair mantle identical to that of Elijah which was inherited by Elisha; see 1 Kings 19:19, 2 Kings 2:13–14, cf. Zech 13:4. The import of John’s message was prophetic; he called people to repentance, warned of impending judgment, and spoke of preparing the way before the Lord. Indeed, he amply fulfilled the prediction of his father Zechariah (Luke 1:76–79, RSV): And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High; for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways, to give
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