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In order to understand the content of the Bible, readers first need to understand how the content is expressed. The literary forms and features of the Bible are a crucial part of understanding the Bible’s message—both for its original audience and for readers today. Compared to conventional study Bibles that answer the what of a passage, the ESV Literary Study Bible guides readers through the...
Chapter 4 is a “swing chapter” that can be viewed as a climax to the letters to the churches and a preview of the seven seals that will follow. The letters to the churches had ended with very brief anticipations of ultimate glory; chapter 4 gives us the full vision of heavenly glory. But the chapter is also our entrance into the heavenly scenes that will follow. Symbolism is the basic mode, with interspersed *lyric hymns of praise. We should not try to visualize the details
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