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To many Christians, the book of Revelation is either an inscrutable enigma to avoid or a detailed blueprint of the end of history over which to obsess. Both approaches tend to miss the book’s rich teachings about God Almighty, the Lord Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit, God’s people, worship, spiritual warfare, perseverance, judgment, and more. J. Scott Duvall unpacks Revelation with an emphasis on...

God’s coming judgments will certainly affect the earth (i.e., the trumpet and bowl judgments), but they are here restrained for a time. This angel brings the “seal of the living God” for his servants, a sign that they belong to God and will be protected from the divine judgments (see the sidebar). The seal on the forehead, the place where slaves were usually marked in antiquity, indicates ownership and protection (cf. Ezek. 9:4–6) and distinguishes the servants of God from the inhabitants of the
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