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Revelation is at once the most difficult and most intriguing book of the New Testament. The complexity of the scholarly questions concerning its interpretation is matched only by the fascination Revelation evokes in modern-day Christians and by their ongoing interest in what this mysterious book actually proclaims regarding the future of the church and of humankind. In this widely praised...

17:8; 20:12, 15; 21:27). The fullness of the writing contained in the book points to the multitude of names included in it (Rev. 7:9). The breaking of the seals indicates the disclosure of the names of the redeemed. This view is difficult, for it does not correspond with the events which accompany the breaking of the seals, and there seems to be no reason in the context for introducing the book of life at this place. A third view which goes back to ancient times is that the scroll is the Old Testament
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