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Seasoned New Testament scholar and popular speaker Peter Williamson interprets Revelation within the living tradition of the Church for pastoral ministers, lay readers, and students alike. His faithfully Catholic exposition is supplemented by features to help readers understand the Bible more deeply and use it more effectively in teaching, preaching, evangelization, and other forms of ministry.

divine? Suffice it to say that no created being in the whole universe, including the angels, is found worthy to open the scroll or to examine it (literally, “look into it,” NRSV, RSV). This provokes many tears on the part of the prophet. John has been invited into heaven to see “what must happen afterwards” (4:1). He perceives that the scroll before him contains the message he is called to prophesy, a revelation that indicates what God will do to rescue his people and establish his kingdom. Daniel
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