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The Revelation: An Analysis and Exposition of the Last Book of the Bible is unavailable, but you can change that!

Most interpretations of Revelation are chiefly occupied with symbols of the Book—mysteries, judgments, promised consummation—and neglect to sufficiently emphasize the person of Jesus Christ. If Jesus so prominently stands at the book’s center, what makes the symbolism so appealing and distracting? Gaebelein firmly orients the symbolism, the prophecy, and the apocalyptic predictions in the book...

of thunder: “Come.” The words “and see” must be omitted here and in verses 3, 5 and 7. A rider upon a white horse appears; his is a bloodless conquest. He has a bow, but no arrow. He receives a crown and goes forth to conquer. Many expositors make this rider the Lord Jesus or some power which represents Him. It is positively incorrect. The Lord is indeed pictured as a rider upon a white horse, but when He comes it will be at the close of the judgment and tribulation period and His victorious conquest
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