The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Book of Revelation

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Penguin, 2001 M12 1 - 320 pages
You’re no idiot, of course. You’re familiar with the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse and Judgment Day—especially in the wake of the new millennium. However, the Book of Revelation has existed for almost 2,000 years and is open to countless interpretations.

Don’t get confused by scholarly analysis and religious dogma! The Complete Idiot’s Guide® to the Book of Revelation shows you how so many meanings are derived from the book’s text. In this Complete Idiot’s Guide®, you get:

   • Various ways to interpret Revelation and its symbols
   • A detailed examination of the key elements, including the Seven Seals and the Antichrist
   • A look at how the Jewish Old Testament and prophecies relate to Revelation
 

Contents

The Beginning of the End
1
Hey Whos Been Messing with the End of My Bible?
3
Future Schlock?
11
A Drear John Letter
21
Seven Churches Get a Performance Review
31
The Storm Clouds Gather
49
Scrolled Sealed Delivered
51
Sealings Nothing More Than Sealings
61
All Bad Things Must Come to an End
151
Imagine Theres a Heaven
165
A Real Page Turner Comes to a Close
177
Theology Meets Optometry
185
Open to Interpretation?
187
Its the End of the World and We Missed It?
197
Revelation Interpretations Some Minority Viewpoints
207
Back to the Future
217

Horns of Plenty of Trouble
73
Witness for the Persecution
85
A Beauty and Some Beasts
95
Where the Grapes of Wrath Are Stored
111
The Bowled and the Beautiful
123
The Elaborately Dressed Blood Drinking Scarlet BeastRiding Prostitute
135
High Noon at the End Times Corral
149
Putting the Elation Back in Revelation
233
Epilogue Biding Your Time or Timing Your Goodbye?
243
Interpretation Methods
257
Additional Reading
267
A Few Web Links for Exploring
271
Index
277
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About the author (2001)

James S. Bell Jr. is the owner of Whitestone Communications and has served as executive editor of Moody Press and director of religious publishing at Doubleday. He is co-author of The Complete Idiot’s Guides to the Bible, the Book of Revelation, and the Reformation and Protestantism. He also serves as editor of the Christian Family Guide series from Alpha Books.

Stan Campbell has been a full-time writer in Christian publishing for 10 years and in a church ministry for 15 years. Among his almost three dozen books are an eight-book through-the-Bible series and other Bible-related books for teenagers and adults.

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