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The Climax of Prophecy: Studies on the Book of Revelation is unavailable, but you can change that!

The Apocalypse of John is a work of immense importance and learning. Yet among the major works of early Christianity included in the New Testament it has received relatively little scholarly attention. This work is a significant contribution to remedying this neglect. The author examines the meticulous literary artistry, creative imagination, radical political critique and profound theology of...

them finds that the number of beatitudes is the number symbolic of completeness, seven.39 Moreover, this discovery gives the beatitudes greater meaning. Together they spell out the adequate response to John’s prophecy (reading/hearing and keeping: 1:3; 22:7; faithfulness as far as death: 14:13; 22:14; readiness for the Lord’s coming: 16:15) and the fullness of divine blessing that attends that response (rest from labours: 14:13; invitation to the Lamb’s marriage supper: 19:9; participation in the
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