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Revelation 10:1–22:21
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Contents
VOLUME I
Abbreviations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
Transliteration Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xxx
Select Bibliography
. Revelation Works. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxi
. General Works. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . lviii
Foreword. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xcvii
Preface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . cv
1. Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
2. Superscription And Beatitude (1:1–3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
3. Greeting and Theme (1:4–8). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
4. The Commissioning Vision (1:9–20). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
5. Seven Oracles (2:1—3:22). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
6. The Court Scene (4:1–11). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509
7. The Seven-Sealed Book (5:1–14). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541
8. The Seals Opened:
The First Six Seals (6:1–17). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 605
9. Two Interludes (7:1–17) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 687
10. The Seals Opened: The Seventh Seal (8:1–5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 735
11. The Seven Trumpet Angels:
The First Six Trumpets (8:6—9:21). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 749
VOLUME II
12. Third Interlude:
The Little Book and John’s Action (10:1–11). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 843
13. Fourth Interlude:
The Measured Temple and Two Witnesses (11:1–13). . . . . . . . . . 870
14. The Seven Trumpet Angels:
The Seventh Trumpet (11:14–19). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 971
15. The Sun-Clothed Woman And the Red Dragon (12:1–17). . . . . . . . . 993
16. The Beast From the Sea (13:1–10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1042
17. The Beast From the Land (13:11–18). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1087
18. Visions of Blessing and Judgment (14:1–20). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1154
19. The Seven Last Plagues (15:1—16:21) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1187
20. The Harlot of Babylon and the Beast (17:1–18). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1257
21. The Fall of Babylon the Harlot (18:1—19:5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1364
22. The Final Victory of the Lamb (19:6–21). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1470
23. Satan’s Ruin and Final Judgment (20:1–15). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1509
24. The New Creation’s Coming (21:1–8). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1608
25. The New Jerusalem Bride (21:9–27). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1661
26. New Heaven and New Earth (22:9–17). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1697
27. Final Testimonies and Admonition (22:6–15). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1729
28. The Final Attestation and Blessing (22:16–21). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1750
Indexes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1765
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Third Interlude:
The Little Book and John’s Action
(10:1–11)
G
iven the narrative flow John established for the first five trumpet
soundings, we might expect the sounding of the seventh trumpet to
follow immediately after that of the sixth trumpet (9:13ff.). This is not
John’s method, however. He is writing a carefully crafted, emotionally com-
pelling drama.
Just as he inserted an interlude between the sixth (6:12ff.) and seventh
(8:1ff.) seals, he inserts two interludes here, in chapters 10 and 11, between
the sixth and final trumpets. This technique served to intensify suspense in
Revelation 4 and 5, where “the description of the scroll, the inability of any
man to open it, the prophet’s tears, and the elder’s consolation, all serve to
hold up the narrative. But the delay has the dramatic effect of focusing atten-
tion on the action of the Lamb” (Beasley-Murray 120). Now this delay of the
final trumpet serves to increase our anticipation once again. But it also has
an interpretive function: it provides explanatory material allowing for future
plot development.
As many commentators (e.g., Mounce 129; Witherington 16) note, the
books in chapters 5 and 10 are important to the flow of Revelation. Since
they are central to Revelation, I will elaborate rather fully on this chapter, and
especially because “some of the most debated material in the whole book of
Revelation is to be found in Rev. 10–11” (Witherington 155).
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cried out with a loud voice, as when a lion roars; and when he had cried out,
the seven peals of thunder uttered their voices. 4 When the seven peals of
thunder had spoken, I was about to write; and I heard a voice from heaven
saying, “Seal up the things which the seven peals of thunder have spoken,
and do not write them.”
with Christ himself.” This is not an extreme minority view, for this view is
also endorsed by Bauckham (1993a: 523–24), Caird (125–26), Hoeksema (337),
Ladd (141), Hendriksen (149), Swete (126), Wall (137), Scott (219), Richardson
(73), Chilton (259–60), “probably” Ford (163), Rowland (1982: 102), Mulholland
(1996: 52), Barker (147), and Boxall (152). Kline (1980: 84) concurs: “Revelation
10 may be cited as just one further passage identifying Christ as the Old Tes-
tament Angel” (cp. Mulholland 1990: 63). This interpretation is extremely sig-
nificant for the judicial point and rhetorical flow of Revelation; consequently,
I will spend some time on it, since it has import for fleshing out my redemp-
tive-historical preterist understanding of John’s forensic drama.
All commentators agree that Christ appears under a variety of symbols
in Revelation, including gigantic Christophany (1:13–16), slain-but-living lamb
(5:6; 14:1), glorious Son of Man (14:14–15), and conquering warrior (19:11–16).
Giblin (143) speaks of the idea of “distancing,” whereby John sees Christ not
as he is but by visual images, such as when he appears as the “Lamb.” For
instance, in chapter 1, John hears a voice but then sees one “like a son of man”
(homoion huion anthrōpou, 1:12–13). This opens the possibility that he could
also appear in angelic form and that John is reporting what he sees without
interpreting it.
As noted above, Christ’s appearance as an angel is not without precedent
in Scripture. In the Old Testament, the famous “Angel of the Lord” (mal’āk
yhwh) is the pre-incarnate Christ.1 The book of Revelation bears a most defi-
nite Old Testament cast (see Introduction), suggesting the appropriateness
of such an important Old Testament figure in “the Revelation of Jesus Christ”
(1:1). Elsewhere in Revelation, Jesus appears angelomorphically: in the “son of
man” vision in 14:14–15 and (probably) in 20:1–2, where an angel binds Satan
(which is Christ’s work).2 This is appropriate for Revelation: “in the Apoca-
lypse we find Jesus Christ functioning like an angel” (Carrell 185). Further-
more, presenting Christ in angelic form fits the context in that he comes with
a message in his hand and angelos means “messenger.” Justin Martyr (Apol.
1:63) observes, “Now the Word of God is His Son, as we have before said. And
He is called Angel and Apostle; for He declares whatever we ought to know,
and is sent forth to declare whatever is revealed; as our Lord Himself says, ‘He
that heareth Me, heareth Him that sent Me.’ ” That John falls down to worship
an angel elsewhere in Revelation (19:10; 22:8), probably suggests that he has
already seen Christ as an angel while writing the work.
But what evidence do we have to establish that this particular angel in
chapter 10 portrays Christ? The evidence flows primarily from the links in
1. Ge 16:17ff.; 21:17ff.; 22:1ff.; 24:7; 31:13; Ex 3:2; 14:19; Nu 22:22ff.; Jos 5:13–6:2; Jdg 2:1; 6:22;
13:20; Isa 63:9. See ISBE2 1:125; ZPEB 162–63.
2. Many commentators think John’s initial vision shows Christ in angelic form (1:13–16).
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this chapter to Christ’s initial appearance in chapter 1. Those links involve the
cloud imagery (1:7; cp. 10:1a) and the several Son of Man features.
First, this angel is clothed with a cloud (peribeblē menon nephelēn; 10:1b).
We must remember that “in biblical literature it is God or the Son of Man
alone who comes in heaven or to earth with clouds” (Smalley 257; cp. Beale
523).3 In that Revelation is the most “biblical” book in Scripture, this by itself
is highly suggestive. We should also note that “it is extremely rare for angelic
garb to be mentioned” in John’s prophecy (Mazzaferri 265).
Clouds are first mentioned in 1:7. That verse directly associates them with
Christ in his judgment-coming against Israel, which is the overarching theme
of Revelation (cf. Excursus 3 at 1:7). It is neither accidental nor insignificant
that immediately after the strong-angel vision in chapter 10, we read John’s
clearest pronouncement of the temple’s judgment (11:1–2). At the first temple’s
destruction, Jeremiah laments that God covers himself with a cloud “so that
no prayer can pass through,” because Israel has “transgressed and rebelled”
(La 3:42–44). The same is true in Revelation. Coming “with clouds” (1:7) can
easily be expressed as “clothed with a cloud” (10:1).
All agree that John’s theme in 1:7 derives from the Son of Man vision in
Daniel 7:13, and gives rise immediately to the Son of Man vision in 1:12–20.
The Son of Man cloud imagery is significant for John’s message of judgment,
for it appears again in another passage that very clearly applies to Christ act-
ing in judgment (14:14–16). And significantly, the reference to Christ in 14:14
is followed immediately by a statement that “another angel came out” (14:15),
requiring that Christ’s appearing in 14:14 was in angelic form (after all, John is
reporting what he sees, and he saw an angel).4
Second, the rainbow that was upon his head (10:1b) reflects the throne
vision of God in chapter 4: “there was a rainbow around the throne” (4:3).
Revelation 4:3 is not only John’s only other reference to a rainbow; it is also
the only other use of the term in the New Testament. Unlike in 4:3, the defi-
nite article appears in 10:1 before “rainbow” (iris), which is “likely an article of
previous reference” (Beale 524) reminding us of the earlier rainbow. We also
see a rainbow in the vision of God on the throne in Ezekiel 1:27–28, the obvi-
ous backdrop to John’s vision. In the context in Ezekiel, a book is presented
to the prophet and he eats it (Eze 2:9—3:3), just as in Revelation 10:9. Here
the rainbow from God’s throne now covers Christ “to signify that Christ has
taken over the reins of the Father’s plan” (Beale 528). This is significant for
3. For evidence, see Ex 14:20; 16:10; 19:9, 16–17; 24:15–18; 40:34–37; Lev 16:2; Nu 9:17–22; 10:11–
12, 22, 34; 11:25; 12:10; 16:42; 2Sa 22:12; 1Ki 8:10–11; 2Ch 5:13–14; Ne 9:12; Pss 18:11–12; 97:2; 104:3;
Isa 19:1; Jer 4:13; Eze 1:28; 10:3–4; Na 1:3; Da 7:13; Mt 17:5; Mk 9:7; 13:26; Lk 9:34–35; Ac 1:9; 1Co
10:1–2; 1Th 4:17.
4. Carrell 133. See his discussion of angelomorphic christology in his chs. 4–5.
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John’s judgment theme (1:7), “for not even the Father judges anyone, but He
has given all judgment to the Son” (Jn 5:22; cp. 9:39; Ac 10:42; 17:31).
Third, his face was like the sun (to prosopon autou hos ho helios, 10:1c) is
quite similar to the phraseology in 1:16 (hē opsis autou hos ho helios),5 which is
the first appearance of the sun shining in Revelation and serves as a clear indi-
cation of the Son of Man’s deity. Furthermore, the language in 10:1 is identical
to the transfiguration statement where Jesus’s divine glory shines through his
mortal veil (Mt 17:2): to prosopon autou hos ho helios. Paul’s own blinding vision
of Christ reminds us of this picture, as well: “At midday, O King, I saw on the
way a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining all around me and
those who were journeying with me” (Ac 26:13; cf. 2Co 4:6). These helioproso-
poic (face-as-sun) references all appear to refer to divinity. Though heavenly
residents can shine as the sun (Mt 13:43), they do not do so anywhere else in
Revelation, and Christ appears earlier in such a way. Carrell (132) notes that,
“in general terms, the appearance of the angel compares favourably with the
Psalmist’s impression of the appearance of the Lord in Psalm 104.1–3: ‘You are
clothed with honour and majesty, wrapped in light as with a garment … you
make the clouds your chariot’ (cf. Isa. 19.1).”
Fourth, John sees his feet like pillars of fire (10:1c). This is similar in effect
to chapter 1, where we read, “His feet were like burnished bronze, when it has
been made to glow in a furnace” (1:15). Since fire pictures judgment twen-
ty-four times in Revelation, it surely connotes judgment here. In the letter to
Thyatira, the imagery of Christ from chapter 1 applies to Christ the speaker
in 2:18. John mentions the “eyes like a flame of fire” and feet “like burnished
bronze” (2:18) that have been “made to glow in a furnace” (1:15). That letter
contains a severe rebuke for tolerating false prophecy and immorality and
warns of “great tribulation” (2:22), death by pestilence (2:23a), and a divine
recompense “to each one … according to [his] deeds” (2:23b). “This is the first
indication of many in ch. 10 that judgment is the predominant focus of the
‘little book’ and of John’s prophetic message of v 11” (Beale 529).
But the “feet like pillars of fire [stuloi puros]” is not fully explained by gen-
erally noting a connotation of judgment. To have feet like “pillars of fire” is
quite awkward: we would expect legs to represent pillars of fire, rather than
feet. This jarring statement is necessary for linking the two visions. It seems
John is reminding us of the “pillar of fire” associated with the divine Angel of
the Lord who led Israel through the wilderness (stulō puros; LXX: Ex 13:21, 22;
5. The word for “face” in 10:1c is prosōpon which “probably meant that which struck the eye
(pros, “towards,” and ops, “eye”), that which one looks at” (NIDNTT 1:585). The word for “face” in
1:16 is opsis, which also is based on ops, “eye,” and means “the experience of seeing something,
seeing, sight” or “the front portion of the head or expressions thereof, face, countenance” (BAGD
746).
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Ne 9:19). This exodus-pillar imagery is all the more probable in that the cloud
clothing “is reminiscent of the pillar of cloud signaling Yahweh’s presence in
the Exodus, Ex. 13:21” (Mazzaferri 265).6 The pillars stood between Israel and
the Egyptians (Ex 14:19–20), so that God saw the Egyptians through the pillars
and “brought the army of the Egyptians into confusion” (Ex 14:24; cp. Nu 12:5–
10; Dt 31:15–18). Though Caird (126) denies that the Angel of the Lord appears
here, he notes that “this is the angel who is to guide the new Israel through the
darkness of its Exodus pilgrimage from Egypt to the promised land.” This is a
most apt representation, given all the exodus allusions in Revelation.7 Christ,
the Angel of the Lord who dwells among his people (1:9–20), leads them out of
this new Egypt (apostate Israel, 11:8) by “pillars of fire.”
Given the divorce motif in Revelation, we should recall that when God
married Israel at Sinai (Ex 24), Moses set up an altar with twelve pillars at the
foot of the mountain (Ex 24:3). The twelve pillared-altar “called attention to
itself as something placed, and served among other functions a ‘legal’ pur-
pose, ‘to mark a legal relationship’ ” (Durham 343). In fact, “the main impor-
tance” of pillars “in the Bible is more symbolic than architectural,” and they
were frequently erected “as witnesses to a covenant” (DBI 645).8
Significantly, the two pillars of God (cloud by day, fire by night) repre-
sented God’s presence in leading Israel in the wilderness (Ex 13:18, 21–22; Nu
14:14; Ne 9:12, 19; cp. Ex 15:22; 8:2, 15) and are significant for the marriage
imagery. They show that since God had married Israel at Sinai, he was now
safely leading her as a good husband (Jer 31:32) because she was legally his
possession by covenant (Ex 19:1–2, 5; Dt 32:9–10; Pss 78:52; 136:16; cf. context
of Jer 2:6). In Deuteronomy, God stands at the door of the “tent of meeting”
in the “pillar of cloud” (Dt 31:14, 15), where he reveals a song as a “witness”
against Israel when she sins (Dt 31:19, 21).
Later, when Solomon built God’s temple, he erected “two pillars of bronze”
(cp. Rev 1:15) at the entrance of God’s “house” (1Ki 7:15–22, cp. v. 12; see 1Ki
10:26; 25:13, 16; 2Ch 3:15; Jer 52:17, 20). The two pillars of the temple were
free-standing (not supporting an upper structure); consequently, “the sym-
bolic function of these huge, magnificent gateposts was probably to indicate
6. Mazzaferri (265) notes that “it is scarcely a coincidence that stulos corresponds to ‘mwd as
precisely as pur to ‘š.”
7. Examples of exodus imagery include the Paschal lamb underlying 5:6; the first trumpet
reminding of Moses’ seventh plague (8:7); the sea becoming blood (8:8) like Moses’ first plague;
the two prophets’ power to turn water into blood (11:6); the woman’s flight to the wilderness on
eagle’s wings (12:14; cp. Ex 19:4); and the “song of Moses” regarding the Red Sea experience (15:3).
Court (75) lists the following plagues with Revelation parallels: Ex 7:20ff. (Rev 8:8, 10; 16:3, 4); Ex
8:5ff. (Rev 16:13ff.); Ex 9:8ff. (Rev 16:2); Ex 9:23ff. (Rev 8:7; 16:21); Ex 10:12ff. (Rev 9:3ff.); Ex 10:21ff.
(Rev 8:12; 16:10).
8. See Ge 31:44–48, 52; Ex 24:4; Dt 27:1–8; Jos 8:30–35; 22:26–28, 35; 24:26–27; Isa 19:19–20.
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that the Lord had passed through them, entered the temple and dwelt there in
the midst of his people” (DBI 645). At these pillars, Josiah and Israel reestab-
lished covenant with God in a renewed determination to live faithfully before
him: “The king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the Lord, to
walk after the Lord, and to keep His commandments and His testimonies and
His statutes with all his heart and all his soul, to carry out the words of this
covenant that were written in this book. And all the people entered into the
covenant” (2Ki 23:3). We should recall that Christ presented himself as God’s
temple9 (Jn 2:19–21) and fulfilled its sacrificial system (Heb 8–10), so that in the
new covenant he serves as the temple, replacing the earthly structure (21:22).10
Fifth, in 10:3a, the angel will speak as when a lion roars (10:3a). The lion’s
roar is often (though not always) a metaphor for God’s call (Jer 25:30; Hos
11:10; Joel 3:16; Am 1:2; 3:8). Consequently, this reminds us of the “Lion that is
from the tribe of Judah, the Root of David,” whom John has already mentioned
(5:5). But, of course, Revelation also associates the lion with one of the four
living creatures (4:7)—and even with the evil beast from the sea (13:2). The
evil beast is out of the question here in 10:3, for obvious reasons. This then
leaves the possibility that this “mighty angel” could be either: (1) one of the
four living creatures (but elsewhere they seem always to be designated as
“living creatures”) or (2) another of God’s angels, since they often have leo-
nine features (4:7). Still, the other lines of evidence quite suggestively point
to Christ.
Sixth, though Osborne denies that this is Christ, he points out a remark-
able fact: no other angel in Revelation is described in such detail (Osborne
393). The impressive detail suggests that this angel is distinctive in some way,
comporting well with his divine identity, especially since Christ is the domi-
nant positive figure in Revelation. “Within the Apocalypse itself this angel is
notable since no other angel carries explicit images connoting the visible and
audible presence of God such as the rainbow, the cloud, and the leonine voice,
and no other angel so closely resembles Jesus Christ” (Carrell 133). (For an
additional line of argument we should note a hint deriving from his standing
firmly on the sea; see 10:2 exposition.)
Seventh, the angel’s manner of appearing on the scene may indicate his
identity as Christ: He is seen “coming down out of heaven” (10:1a: katabainonta
9. See Nicholas Perrin, Jesus the Temple (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2010); Wright 1996:
426; ch. 13.
10. “Paul seems to apply one aspect of temple imagery to Christ. In Colossians 1:19 Paul
speaks of Christ as the one ‘in whom all the fullness was pleased to dwell,’ and in Colossians 2:9
he writes ‘in him all the fullness of deity dwells bodily.’ The language of God being ‘pleased to
dwell’ is used in Psalm 68:16 (LXX 67:16; cf. Deut 12:5) of Zion, the mountain where God would
reside forever So the ‘fullness’ of God being ‘pleased to dwell’ in Christ suggests an application of
the temple metaphor to the incarnation” (DNTB 1181).
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11.Others who agree: Desprez 244; Terry 359; Clark 70–71; Ewald (cf. Stuart 2:205); Beasley-
Murray 171–72; Ford 165; Sweet 177; Wall 135; Boring 139–40; Koester 102; Moyise 1995: 77;
Mazzaferri 271–74; Rowland 98; Bauckham 1993b: 80–81; Brighton 250; Wilson 308–9; Resseguie
153; Boxall 152–53. For a helpful discussion, see Beale 530–32 who allows only that it is “possible,”
as does Keener 280–81.
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(6) Even some commentators who distinguish the two books suggest that
size of “the little book” may not be emphasized at all (Morris 134). But if John
points to its smallness, he may be doing so in order to stress the largeness of
the “strong angel” striding land and sea (Michaels 133). It probably does not
indicate it is small enough for John to eat (Beale 526), because hyperbolic
imagery does not concern itself with the impossible, as when Christ holds the
stars and John in his hand (1:16–17) or when, after all the green grass is burned
up (8:7), we hear a command not to hurt the grass (9:4). Consequently, “with
one voice scholarship insists that John uses this diminutive with no diminu-
tive force whatever” (Mazzaferri, 269).
By bringing the book mentioned in Revelation 5 back into view, we learn
of the theological consequences of its opening, i.e., the redemptive-historical
results of the judgments upon Israel. In the preceding context, John notes that
Israel does “not repent” under God’s judgments after the Lamb unseals the
book (8:1; 9:21—10:1). Nevertheless, the larger purpose of God is not thereby
thwarted. As Revelation will ultimately demonstrate, John would agree with
Paul: “I say then, they did not stumble so as to fall, did they? May it never be!
But by their transgression salvation has come to the Gentiles, to make them
jealous” (Ro 11:11). We will discover in the following verses in this chapter and
in later chapters (chs. 20–22) that the devastation of Israel in AD 70 leads to
the full, permanent, and final inclusion of the Gentiles into the kingdom of
God. With this judgmental affirmation, the debates of Acts 11 and 15 and of
Galatians are dramatically and resoundingly resolved forever: The Gentiles
are now numbered among the people of God and are not subject to old cove-
nant ceremonial strictures.
Revelation 10:1—11:14 is an interlude: it precedes the sounding of the sev-
enth trumpet (11:15), which concludes the series that flows from the opening of
the seventh seal (8:1–2, 6–7). As such, this section of John’s prophecy functions
similarly to the interlude (7:1–17) before the breaking of the seventh seal (8:1).
Thus, it provides a “double function,” offering both a dramatic pause in the
action (“increasing suspense before the sounding of the last trumpet,” Boring
139) and explaining what is transpiring in order to encourage the beleaguered
church. It promises God’s protecting mercies upon elect Jews (i.e., Jewish
Christians, 7:4–8; 11:1) and highlights God’s redemptive victory for all nations
(7:9–12; 11:15–19) before the next series of intensifying judgments befalls apos-
tate Israel (e.g., 8:1ff.; 11:15ff.).
Presented in enormous stature and in dramatic posture, the mighty angel
(Christ) prominently strides sea and land: he placed his right foot on the sea
and his left on the land (10:2b). This is significant for John states this three
times for emphasis (10:2, 5, 8). Carrell makes an interesting observation: “The
resting of the right foot on the sea gives the impression that the sea is as
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stable as the land to the angel—a reversal of the usual connotations of the sea
in Jewish tradition as a place of chaos” (Carrell 132–33).
Formulaic references to “sea and land” often signify “the totality of ter-
restrial things” (Swete 127; Ford 162; cf. Ex 20:4, 11; Jnh 1:9; Job 11:9; Pss 69:34;
146:6; Pr 8:29; Isa 42:10). This is a common expression in antiquity, for the
emperor Augustus writes of the shutting of the gateway of Janus Quirinus
“whenever victorious peace is secured by sea and by land throughout the
empire of the Roman people” (Res Gestae Divi Augusti 1:13–14). For something
to be under foot indicates it is under dominion (11:2; cp. 1Ki 5:3; Pss 8:6; 18:38;
Mal 4:3; Ro 16:20). And Christ—not angels—certainly does have dominion
over all things (Mt 28:18; Php 2:9–11; Col 1:16–17; Rev 17:14; 19:16; cp. Ps 110:1;
Mk 12:36; Ac 2:34; 1Co 15:25–27; Heb 1:3; 2:8), which is most relevant to John’s
message in Revelation (1:5–6; 17:14; 19:16). Just as chapter 1 shows Christ pro-
tectively walking among the churches and chapter 5 shows him triumphantly
at the throne of God, this chapter encourages the saints with the knowledge
of Christ’s victory. Despite their opponents Christians should “take courage
[for] I have overcome the world” (Jn 16:33).
Here, however, the phrase seems to drive to the same conclusion (uni-
versality) by a different route peculiar to John’s language and purpose. That
is, given the plot of Revelation’s drama, the “sea” appears to represent the
nations (Gentiles), and the “land” Israel (Jews) (Chilton 261–62; Leonard 72,
95–97). This interpretation aptly coheres with the central thrust of the vision:
Jew and Gentile relations (see “the mystery of God” exposition at 10:7). The
reference to Christ’s dominion over sea and land also anticipates the two
beasts, one from the sea (13:1) and the other from the Land (13:11). Those
beasts portray the Roman emperor (who rules the nations, Lk 2:1) and apos-
tate Judaism (headquartered in “the Land”).
It is somewhat unexpected to see the sea mentioned before the land, since
John usually mentions man’s realm (the earth) before the sea, as in 10:6 where
creation is mentioned (cp. also 5:13; 7:1–3; 12:12; 14:7). This order is justified
from Old Testament passages elsewhere (Pss 98:7; 144:7; Isa 5:26–30; 17:12–13;
57:20; 60:5; Jer 6:22–23; Eze 26:3, 19; Lk 21:25b). In fact, Christ’s straddling sea
and land in Revelation 10 leads directly to his prophecy regarding “many peo-
ples and nations” (10:11; cp. Eze 26:3) which suggests people are particularly in
view, rather than mountains, plains, and rivers. The earth and sea are targets
of Satanic action in Revelation 12:12, which surely signifies woes upon people
rather than upon solids and liquids. By now, we are quite familiar with Israel’s
designation as “the Land” (cf. 1:7; 7:1ff.; Excursus 7 at 6:10).
Though I believe the Gentile/Israel interpretation of the sea/land is most
likely, it may not seem as compelling in this context in Revelation as in oth-
ers. But even if we discount this more direct “sea = Gentile / land = Israel”
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12. See also Lk 2:32; Ac 4:27; 9:15; 14:2, 5; 21:11, 21; 26:17, 23; Ro 9:24; 11:25; 1Co 1:23; Gal 2:14.
13. Note that John was “about to write,” which may suggest that John recorded the visions as
they came to him, not later (Stuart 207).
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(Ps 29:3); the angel stands on the sea (Rev 10:2, 5). His voice (phōnē) is “pow-
erful” and “majestic” (Ps 29:4); the angel cries out with a “loud voice” (phōnē,
Rev 10:3). His voice creates “fire” (puros, Ps 29:7); the angel has feet like pillars
of “fire” (puros, Rev 10:1). His voice “uncovers” (apokalupsei, Ps 29:9), whereas a
voice from heaven commands John to “seal” (sphragison) what he has heard (Rev
10:4). He sits as king “forever” (eis ton aiōnon, Ps 29:10); the angel swears by him
who lives “forever and ever” (eis tous aiōnas tōn aiōnōn, Rev 10:6).
But what do these thunders “speak”? And why does the voice from heaven
command John to “seal up” their message and forbid him to “write them”?
As Beckwith reasonably observes, the thunders must signify something for us
(Beckwith 578), for why else would they be mentioned in such a highly struc-
tured book?
We may not know specifically what the peals of thunder “spoke”—after
all, John must “seal” them up. In fact, John emphasizes this by noting the
command both to “seal” the vision and not to write it down (10:4). Sealed
documents are by definition unknowable (Isa 29:11; Da 12:4). Who are we to
intrude into the secret things of God (Dt 29:29)? Nevertheless, we may at
least surmise the general idea: as “peals of thunder” they signify the prospect
of further divine wrath (Rev 8:5; 11:19; 16:18; cp. Ex 9:23ff.; 19:16, 19; 1Sa 7:10;
12:17; Ps 29:3; Isa 29:6).
And we may be sure that their sealing (and consequent suppression)
relates to the symbolic actions that immediately follow in this intricately
woven work, actions that emphasize that “there shall be delay no longer”
(10:6) because “the mystery of God is finished” (10:8; cp. 16:17).
It would seem, then, that to interpose this further series of thunder judg-
ments would effectively forestall the final conclusion toward which God’s wrath
is moving. Many commentators wrongly transport the promise of no delay into
the distant future and declare that John is speaking “from the perspective of
that future time” (Brighton 251; cp. Beasley-Murray 168). Bauckham (1993b: 82;
cp. 1993a: 259) points out that given the previous progress from one-fourth, to
one-third, we might here have expected one-half to be judged. But God is here
“cutting short” the time, as it were (cf. Mk 13:20; Caird 126).
Having witnessed one series of judgments (the trumpets) arising from
another (the seals), the audience needs to know that this partial fulfillment will
not continue any more. The next series of judgments (the bowls) will be the
last (15:1). The basic significance of this vision is expressed in the announce-
ment “that there will be no more delay” (Rowland 97). God’s hastening on Rev-
elation’s progress by suppressing the thunder series underscores his concern
with the martyr’s cry for final vengeance and his promise that it will be “soon”
(6:9–11; cp. Lk 18:8). This is another indicator of the nearness of the events of
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Revelation, for God acts to cut short these further actions so that the climax
may be hurried along.
Now John reports that the angel lifted up his right hand to heaven, and
swore by Him who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and the things
in it, and the earth and the things in it, and the sea and the things in it (10:5–
6a). The oath swears by him “who created heaven and earth” and seems to tie
back into the throne vision where God is praised as the Creator (4:11). Though
by itself certainly not conclusive, this linkage fits nicely with the argument
that the two scrolls of chapters 5 and 10 are the same, as well as the Lamb and
the “strong angel” (note also Christ’s relation to creation, 3:14).
We discover the exact model for this image in Daniel 12:7, which exercises
an important eschatological influence upon John, here and elsewhere (Beale
539–40): “I heard the man dressed in linen, who was above the waters of the
river, as he raised his right hand and his left toward heaven, and swore by Him
who lives forever that it would be for a time, times, and half a time; and as
soon as they finish shattering the power of the holy people, all these events
will be completed.” Before interpreting John’s echo, it will be helpful to briefly
summarize the message of the vital portion of Daniel 12.
In Daniel 12:1 we find “a time of distress [LXX: thlipseōs],” an episode of
unparalleled trauma for Israel “such as never occurred [LXX: ou gegonen] since
there was a nation.” Undoubtedly Jesus alludes to this passage in his Olivet
Discourse: “For then there will be a great tribulation [thlipsis megalē], such as
has not occurred [ou gegonen] since the beginning of the world until now, nor
ever will” (Mt 24:21). Daniel 12:1 and Matthew 24:21 refer, then, to what John
calls “the great tribulation [tēs thlipseōs megalēs]” in Revelation 7:14.
In Daniel 12:2–3 the prophet views the nation as a grave site under the
curse of God (they are in the “dust,” Ge 3:19; Job 7:21; 20:11; 21:26; Pss 7:5;
22:15; 90:3; 104:29; Ecc 3:20; 12:7; Isa 26:19). This is much like the situation in
his contemporary Ezekiel’s vision of dry bones (Eze 37).14 As Jesus expresses
Israel’s situation in AD 70: “Wherever the corpse is, there the vultures will
14. Thus, Daniel 12 does not directly teach individual, bodily resurrection. Nevertheless, the
fact that it uses such language shows that a literal bodily resurrection lay behind the image, and
so it indirectly affirms the future bodily resurrection.
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15. See my discussion of Luke 2:34 in Bock 1999: 252–54. My discussion of Romans 11:15 is
found in that same work on pages 141–42.
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passages forming the backdrop (Beale 537; Carrell 135). He swears an oath
on a dramatically lengthened name of God that emphasizes God’s absolute
sovereignty over all things: he swore by Him who lives forever and ever, who
created heaven and the things in it, and the earth and the things in it, and the
sea and the things in it (10:6). His swearing will result in sure consequences.
Significantly, Deuteronomy 32:41, the verse just after our oath-taking context,
contains a promise of divine vengeance upon God’s enemies: “If I sharpen My
flashing sword, / And My hand takes hold on justice,/ I will render vengeance
on My adversaries, / And I will repay those who hate Me” (Dt 32:41). Lupieri
(170) surmises that “this may well indicate John’s desire to be very specific
about the way in which God’s mystery is realized,” that is, through judgment
on Israel.
It is significant that the strong angel’s oath is rooted in creation, since this
reflects God’s covenant revelation to Israel. “The opening chapters of the Book
of Genesis [are] part of the historical prologue to God’s covenant with Israel,”
wherein is “set forth an account of the creation of the heavens and the earth.”16
Therefore, God often calls heaven and earth to witness in covenant transac-
tions (Dt 4:26; 30:19; 31:28; 32:1) and lawsuits (Mic 1:2; Isa 1:2; cp. Mic 6:2). For
instance, “I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that you will
surely perish quickly from the land where you are going over the Jordan to
possess it. You shall not live long on it, but will be utterly destroyed” (Dt 4:26).
This oath rooted in creation anticipates the conclusion to Revelation: the
coming of the new heavens and new earth (21:1ff.). As God’s judgments befall
Israel, he is fully opening the way for worldwide redemptive transformation,17
which will come to its conclusion in the consummate new heavens and new
earth (2Pe 3:13). The new heavens / earth / Jerusalem come in the permanent
establishing of Christianity as God judges Israel and destroys the temple sys-
tem in AD 70. Consequently, the new order began legally and spiritually under
Christ and his Apostles;18 it was confirmed publicly and dramatically in AD
70 by the removal of the typological, old covenant order (which was “ready
to disappear,” Heb 8:13) so that the final new covenant order could be firmly
established (Heb 12:22–28).
Some see this oath-making as counter-evidence to the mighty angel
being Christ: “the swearing of an oath … does not look like an action of Christ”
16. Mark W. Karlberg, Covenant Theology in Reformed Perspective: Collected Essays and Book
Review in Historical, Biblical, and Systematic Theology (Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2000), 363.
17. The salvation of the world through the progress of redemption is a recurring theme in
Johannine literature (Jn 1:29; 3:17; 12:31–32; 1Jn 2:2; 4:14; Rev 7:9; 15:4; 22:2). See Gentry 2009:
ch. 12; Benjamin B. Warfield, “Jesus Christ the Propitiation for the Whole World,” in Gentry
2003: ch. 3.
18. For example, 2Co 5:17; Gal. 6:15. Cp. Lk 4:16–21; Eph. 2:10; 2:12–16; 4:24.
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(Morris 134; cp. Beckwith 580; Ladd 141; Mounce 201). Of course, since Christ
is God, this form of doubt should result in perplexity also in Christ’s calling
God “My God” (3:2, 12). Furthermore, does he not appear as a “witness” in
Revelation (1:5; 3:14)? In John’s drama, the economic Trinity lies closer to the
surface than the ontological Trinity due to the emphasis on Christ’s death
(1:18; 2:8; 5:6; God cannot die, 4:9; 10:6) and his being the sacrificial Lamb (the
Lamb is Revelation’s central figure, appearing twenty-seven times in chs. 5–7,
12–15, 17, 19, 21–22).
That this argument would be so widely presented is remarkable in that
many places in Scripture show God swearing oaths19—sometimes in a similar
form, established on his identity as the living God (Nu 14:21, 28; Isa 49:18;
Jer 22:24; Eze 5:11). In the Song of Moses, which was given to Israel from the
“pillar of cloud” at the door of the tent of meeting (Dt 32:14, 15, 22), the Lord
swore: “Indeed, I lift up My hand to heaven, and say, as I live forever” (Dt
32:40; cp. Jer 44:26). This song opens with a call for witnesses (Dt 32:1) to tes-
tify that Israel is “His people” (Dt 32:9) whom he cared for in the wilderness
(Dt 32:10–12). He warns Israel not to make him “jealous” (Dt 32:16, 21).20
Here Christ is appearing in the judicial imagery of Revelation as the
“witness” par excellence to God’s covenantal integrity (1:5; 3:14), making this
oath ceremony conform to one of the main purposes in Revelation. He is, in
effect, appearing as the “angel of the covenant” (Mal 3:1) to “witness” regard-
ing “judgment” (Mal 3:5) against rebellious Israel (Mal 3:3–15). In Malachi 3:2,
the question arises: “Who can endure the day of His coming? And who can
stand when He appears?” This reminds us of the sixth seal, which speaks of
the “presence of Him who sits on the throne and the wrath of the Lamb” (6:16)
and leads to the question, “The great day of their wrath has come, and who is
able to stand?’ ” (6:17). It also suggests the question regarding the scroll in its
sealed state: “Who is worthy?” (5:2). The Lamb alone is worthy, and here he
appears as the worthy witness against Israel.
The sworn oath solemnly declares that there shall be delay no longer
(10:6b) because the mystery of God is finished (etelesthē; 10:7b). The strong
adversative alla immediately follows the declaration of no further delay,
thereby emphasizing the approaching end (telein) in view: “there shall be delay
no longer, but.… ” The KJV may imply that temporal history is concluding
because it reads, “there should be time no longer.” This view is urged by some
commentators: “It refers to the end of this world when time itself will cease to
be” (Osborne 400; cp. Milligan 159; Barker 185; Beale 539, but cp. 543). Most
19. Ge 22:16; Ex 6:8; 32:13; Nu 14:30; Pss 28:2; 63:4; Isa 45:23; 54:9; Jer 49:13; Eze 20:5; 36:7;
44:12; Am 6:8; Heb 6:13.
20. “In the Pentateuch we hear of Yahweh’s jealousy, an emotion that is only proper to an
exclusive relationship like marriage” (DBI 539).
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21. 2Ki 9:7; 17:13, 23; 21:10; 24:2; Jer 7:25; 25:4; 26:5; 29:19; 35:15; 44:4; Eze 38:17; Da 9:6, 10; Am
3:7; Zec 1:6.
22. Cp. Mt 8:10–12; 28:18–20; Ro 11:16–17.
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Church,” noting that “the sense does not seem to be much different here”
in Revelation 10. Beale notes the “striking parallel” between the context of
Revelation 10 and that of Romans 16:25–26, which reads, “Now to Him who is
able to establish you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ,
according to the revelation of the mystery which has been kept secret for
long ages past, but now is manifested, and by the Scriptures of the prophets,
according to the commandment of the eternal God, has been made known
to all the nations, leading to obedience of faith.” The correspondences are
certainly remarkable:
Revelation 10 Romans 16
God “lives forever and ever” (v. 6) “the eternal God” (v. 26)
“preached” (v. 7) “preaching” (v. 25)
“mystery of God” (v. 7) “mystery” (v. 25)
“the prophets” (v. 7) “the prophets” (v. 26)
“nations” (v. 11) “the nations” (v. 26)
As long as the temple stands, confusion veils the proper approach to God:
Does one have to accept the Jewish ritualistic approach to God, or not (Ac
11:1–3; 15:1–3, 12–17; 20:26–28, 34–36, 44–45; Gal 2:8–14)?23 But when the tem-
ple finally collapses into dusty oblivion, the spiritual truth of the breaking
down of the “barrier of the dividing wall”24 is permanently secured and pub-
licly affirmed (Mt 21:43; 22:1–10; 24:29–31;25 Eph 2:14–17). The Old Testament
dispensation is forever closed (Heb 8:13; 12:25–28; cp. Jn 4:21; Gal 4:22–31; Rev
21:22; Mal 1:11; 1Ti 2:8).
While the first-century temple stood, however, it carried within it a
constant and tangible reminder of the exclusion of Gentiles: “When you go
through these [first] cloisters, unto the second [court of the] temple, there
was a partition made of stone all round, whose height was three cubits:
its construction was very elegant; upon it stood pillars, at equal distances
from one another, declaring the law of purity, some in Greek, and some in
Roman letters, that ‘no foreigner should go within that sanctuary’ for that
second [court of the] temple was called ‘the Sanctuary’ ” (Jos., J.W. 5:5:2 §194;
cp. 6:2:4 §124, 125).26 Paul was assaulted on one occasion when the Jews
thought he had brought Gentiles past this wall (Ac 21:27–31; 24:6).
Feuillet (1964: 255) argues that the “catastrophe of 70 A.D. brought
23. For helpful insights into the Judaizing problem, see Barnett 1990: chs. 6–8.
24. See discussion of the barrier wall in my exposition of 11:2.
25. See my discussion of Mt 24:29–31 in Gentry 1999: ch. 2. See also France 1987: 345.
26. See also Philo, Alleg. Interp. 212; Mishnah, Mid. 2:3; Kelim 1:8.
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about the final separation of the Church from the synagogue.” As Adams (67)
observes, “The predominantly Jewish nature of the church was to be ended
by the destruction of the temple, the distinctive feature in which it centered.”
Consequently, as Renan (141) expresses it, “the native land of Jesus was to
be of no account in the history of Christianity.” This had been forty years
coming: In Acts, Paul is increasingly frustrated with the Jewish mission while
he serves as the “preacher of eschatological repentance to Israel” (Moessner
96). In Acts 13:46 we read, “Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly and said,
‘It was necessary that the word of God should be spoken to you first; since
you repudiate it, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we
are turning to the Gentiles.’ ” The Jews blaspheme (slander) in Revelation 2:9
and 3:9, and we find the same thing happening in Luke’s description of Paul’s
denunciation of the Jews in Acts 18:6: “When they resisted and blasphemed,
he shook out his garments and said to them, ‘Your blood be upon your own
heads! I am clean. From now on I shall go to the Gentiles’ ” (cp. Mt 27:25). He
declared himself “innocent of the blood of all men” (Ac 20:26), and in context,
especially the Jews (Ac 20:19, 21). He did this because he was preaching “the
whole purpose of God” to them, including the blood of Christ (Act 20:26–28).
Paul’s last recorded debate with the Jews in Rome concluded with him citing
Isaiah 6:9–10 against Israel as a hardened people, “dull” with “closed” eyes (Ac
28:26–27). Then he declared: “Let it be known to you that this salvation of God
has been sent to the Gentiles; they will also listen” (Ac 28:28).
The next chapter in Revelation will focus on the removal of the temple
(11:1–2a), the survival of nascent Christianity through that event (11:2b–13),
and the consequent opening of the temple in heaven (11:19). Ultimately,
Christ’s trans-national kingdom was publicly and dramatically declared with
the collapse of Jerusalem (11:15; cp. Mt 8:10–12; Mk 9:1), having been formally
and legally secured at the cross and symbolized in the rending of the tem-
ple veil (Mt 27:51//; cp. Heb 9:8).27 But before AD 70 the writer of Hebrews
admits that “now we do not yet see all things subjected to him” (Heb 2:8); he
looks to the collapse of the temple system as evidence we “are receiving”
(paralambanontes) the kingdom of Christ (Heb 12:25–28;28 cp. 8:13). This has
27. The temple’s destruction became an apologetic for early medieval Christians. See Gentry
2002: 125–26.
28. Hebrews, like Revelation, shows the superiority and permanent establishment of Christianity
over Judaism, while looking to the destruction of the temple as that event finally marking the
great transition. The “created things” that will be shaken and removed (Heb 12:27; cp. 8:13; 10:9)
represent the earthly temple and its implements (Heb 9:6, 8, 11, 24; cp. Mk 14:58). See Moses
Stuart, A Commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews (London: H. Fisher, R. Fisher, and P. Jackson,
1834), 520–21; Francis S. Salmon, Critical Commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews, ed. Robert L.
Dabney (New York: Robert Carter, 1856), 461–62; Frederic Rendall, The Epistle to the Hebrews: In
Greek and English with Critical and Explanatory Notes (London: Macmillan, 1883), 134; Gill 9:481–82;
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already been intimated just prior to the breaking of the seventh seal (7:9—8:1);
here it is unambiguously declared by judicial oath.29 “Christianity only became
a world religion (or kingdom—to use the biblical term) after it became totally
disassociated from Judaism in 70 A.D.” (Adams 70). “The Christian dispen-
sation, which has replaced Judaism, is the final dispensation” (Feuillet 1964:
225).
Not only did apostolic Christianity tend to view itself in Jewish categories
(hence the various Judaic controversies in the church, e.g., Ac 11; 15; Gal), but
Rome allowed its practice as a religio licita on this assumption. Earlier in the first
half of the first century, Rome did not see a distinction between Judaism and its
Christian sect. We see this problem in the imperial confusion under Claudius
when Jews were banished from Rome because of “Chrestus” (Christ).30
After AD 70, Rome would no longer conflate the two. Many scholars note
that Rome began to recognize Christianity as a separate religion and increas-
ingly regarded it as a religio illicita in the period beginning with Nero’s opening
persecution (AD 64) and ending in the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem
(AD 70).31 Workman confidently asserts that
we can date with some certainty this distinction in the official mind
between Jew and Christian as first becoming clear in the summer of 64.
The acquittal of St. Paul in 61 or 62—an event we may fairly assume
as probable—is proof that in that year Christianity, a distinct name for
which was only slowly coming into use, could still claim that it was a
religio licita … still recognized as a branch of Judaism.… At any rate, both
Nero and Rome now clearly distinguished between the religio licita of
Judaism and the new sect.… The destruction of Jerusalem would remove
the last elements of confusion.32
“Once Christianity presented itself in the eyes of the law and the author-
ities as a religion distinct from that of Judaism, its character as a religio illicita
was assured. No express decree was needed to make this plain. In fact, the
Clarke 6:783; Russell 1887: 288–91; Barnes 1339; Arthur W. Pink, An Exposition of Hebrews (Grand
Rapids: Baker, 1954), 1056–104. See also (hesitantly) Donald Guthrie 1985: 264–65, and (partially)
B. F. Westcott, The Epistle to the Hebrews: The Greek Text with Notes and Essays, 3rd. ed. (London:
Macmillan, 1903), 423.
29. For further discussion of the change of relationship between Jew and Gentile, see
comments at Rev 20:1–3.
30. Suet., Claud. 25:4: “Since the Jews constantly made disturbances at the instigation of
Chrestus, he expelled them from Rome.” That Christians were affected by this banishment is
evident from Ac 18:2. Obviously, the fact that many Christians were Jewish at this time prompted
the Romans to consider Christianity a Jewish sect.
31. Ramsay 1897: 251; HCC 1:377–81; Workman 57; Sweet 28; Peake 94.
32. Workman 22. Cp. Witherington 2001b: 338.
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‘non licet’ was rather the presupposition underlying all the imperial rescripts
against Christianity” (Harnack 1:488). John presents us with this great real-
ity in 11:15–17 when he records the majestic announcement declaring Christ’s
assumption of power and his possession of the kingdom of the world.
All of this fits perfectly with the redemptive-historical setting of Revela-
tion, as I discuss in my Introduction. Revelation 10 establishes the new cov-
enantal theological motif of equal salvation to Jew and Gentile. Chapter 11
focuses on the historical outworking of this theological transaction through
the collapse of the temple system: the Christ of Revelation 10 claims the
redemptive-historical principle; the Christ of 11:15–17 receives the historical
results. Then in Revelation 12, John backs up to give a little broader historical
context by displaying the ethical implications of all of this: Satanic resistance
to Christ’s international rule, beginning with his assault upon the newborn
Christ, then his followers. The large role exorcism played in Christ’s ministry
illustrates the collision of two kingdoms locked in a life-and-death struggle.
This sub-section opens with John’s statement that the voice which I heard
from heaven, I heard again speaking with me (10:8a). The articular hē phonē
refers back to the unidentified voice from heaven that he heard in verse 4.
Notice that he hears the voice “from heaven” one more time: “again” (palin).
Smalley (266) observes that John’s use of the present active participles lalou-
san (“speaking”) and legousan (“saying”) “emphasizes in this context the active,
and no longer passive, role which John is about to play in the drama.” As we
will see, he soon receives commands directing him to take the book, eat it, and
prophesy (10:9, 11), and after that to measure the temple (11:1).
As I noted briefly earlier, John’s backdrop for this vision is Ezekiel 2:8—3:3.
There Ezekiel receives a “scroll” (LXX: bibliou, Eze 2:8–9) from a “hand” (cheir,
2:9) with a command to eat it (phage, 3:1). He then comments as he eats the
scroll that it is “in my mouth sweet as honey” (en stomati mou, hōs meli gluka-
zon, 3:3). After that, he hears a command to go and speak the words on the
scroll (3:4, 11).
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the bitterness is not a passing taste on the tongue but a lasting nausea in
the stomach. If the drama were emphasizing the sweetness at this point, we
would expect that the ephemeral taste would be bitter while the more signifi-
cant result in the stomach would be enjoyable.33
Ford (165–66) argues that the ordeal of jealousy in Numbers 5:11–31 lies
behind John’s imagery here. In that legislation a husband who suspects his
wife of adultery is to bring her before the priest for testing. The priest then
takes some of the dust from the floor of the tabernacle and mixes it in water to
concoct “the water of bitterness that brings a curse” (Nu 5:18; cp. 5:19, 23, 24,
27). He has the woman swear an oath (5:21) while he writes curses on a scroll
and washes the inscribed scroll with that water (Nu 5:23). The woman is to
drink the water (Nu 5:24, 27) and if her stomach swells, this is a sign that she
is guilty (Nu 5:27). This was a well-known law in Israel: Josephus mentions it as
evidence of God’s opposition to adultery (Ant. 3:11:6 §270–273); the Mishnaic
tractate Sotah deals extensively with this law. In Numbers Rabbah 9:49, this law
applies to the covenant relation between God and Israel (Ford 166). On Ford’s
interpretation, John is acting out the ordeal of jealousy as a sign against Israel,
since his book is highlighting Israel’s adultery against her husband (God) and
bringing judgment against her for it.
Ford’s interpretation could be valid, despite the fact that John’s primary
backdrop is clearly Ezekiel 1–3. Ford suggests that Ezekiel’s passage itself has
Numbers 5 as its backdrop. So here in Revelation, John could involve a sec-
ondary allusion to Numbers 5. This would not be unusual, for many com-
mentators recognize that John frequently engages multiple allusions. This
particular allusion would fit well in John’s developing plot. As I noted earlier,
the seven-sealed scroll (Rev 5) appears to be God’s divorce decree against
Israel. Jerusalem will eventually appear as a harlot (e.g., 17:1–5) who is judged
(19:2) before the wedding supper of the Lamb (19:7–9), where the new Jerusa-
lem appears as a bride (21:2). Not only so, but Revelation 5 has several points
of contact with Numbers 5, including oath-taking (Nu 5:19, 21; cp. Rev 10:5–6),
an act of ingestion (Nu 5:22, 24, 26, 27; cp. Rev 10:9–10), specific mention of
the stomach (Nu 5:21, 22, 27; cp. Rev 10:9–10), and the ill results of the inges-
tion (Nu 5:18, 19, 23, 24, 27; cp. Rev 10:9–10). The evidence of a link with Num-
bers 5 is not strong, but it is quite suggestive and plausible.
Revelation 10 is the first time John takes part in the drama (he enters
the court room in 4:1 is as an observer, not a participant); he will participate
again in 11:1–2. This may suggest prophetic theater, wherein he acts out Isra-
el’s love of her evil ways (the initial sweetness of the taste) though they will
33. In modern terms, we might mention that medicine tastes bad but causes good, long-term
results.
The Little Book and John’s Recommissioning (10:8–11) 867
34. In biblical history, prophetic theater was a non-verbal communication, a verbum visible
which involved prophets acting out their warnings. We see examples of this phenomenon in
Isa 20; Jer 13:1– 11; 19; 27:1–15; 32; 43:8–13; Eze 4:1–3; 4:4–8; 4:9–17; 5:1–54; 12:1–16; 12:17–20;
37:15–28. That John would employ prophetic theater in a written work he would never perform is
“astonishing,” indicating his intent is not only for “emphasis,” but “as a striking attempt to signal
his prophetic identity” (Mazzaferri 329).
868 12: Third Interlude (10:1–11)
is in the plural form: “they say to me” (kai legousin moi). This could be “a
meaning equivalent to the passive, ‘it was said’ ” (Smalley 268; cp. Aune 573;
Kistemaker 317; NLEK 633). Or as Robertson (374) suggests, it could be an
“indefinite statement in the plural as in 13:16; 16:15.” He continues, though,
noting that “it is possible that the allusion is to the heavenly voice (10:4, 8)
and to the angel (10:9).”
Whoever is speaking, the speech obviously comes from heaven. John
must prophesy again concerning many peoples and nations and tongues and
and kings (10:11b). Once again, John emphasizes his authority in this legal
drama: his commission is being intensified and personalized as he is told his
mission is not over. He must “prophesy” to many “peoples and nations and
tongues and and kings.” The fourfold designation here (and elsewhere, 7:9;
10:11; 11:9; 17:15) emphasizes universality. Lupieri (172) notes that the term
“tribes” which appeared earlier in 5:9 and 7:9 is conspicuously absent: “This
is not simply a stylistic decision to vary a repeated list but … it indicates
from this point on he will be paying particular attention to the destiny of
the nations, and that it should be considered different from, and at times
opposed to, that of the people of Israel.” The tribe concept appears again in
11:9, in a passage dealing with Jerusalem (11:1, 8) and the temple (11:2), as well
as in 13:7, which describes Rome’s universal dominance (Rome is also closely
linked with Jerusalem in Revelation), and in 14:6, which speaks of the univer-
sal offer of the gospel (even to Israel).
Despite the anticipation of the seventh trumpet and the promise that
“there will be delay no longer” (10:6), John’s prophetic ministry is not over: he
“must prophesy again” (palin), focusing not only on Israel’s judgment but that
of the nations who are in collusion with her. He has been concentrating on the
judgment of the harlotrous wife (Israel); he must also prophesy the judgment
of her partner in adultery (Lev 20:10; Dt 22:24), Nero’s Rome, the empire of
nations (see especially chs. 13 and 17, though note 11:7, 9).
John’s renewed commission must refer to prophetic judgment rather
than gospel ministry (contra Osborne 405; Bauckham 1993a: 264–66). He is to
prophesy “upon” (epi), that is, “against” the nations (Aune 573; NASB). Fekkes
(88n) observes that “epi should be translated as ‘against’ here. Prophēteusai epi
commonly translates hnb’ ‘l or hwb’ ‘l in Old Testament oracles against nations:
e.g., Jer. 25.13, 30; 26.11–12; Ezek. 4.7” (cp. Robertson 1934: 605).
The effect of the imagery requires prophetic judgment because his inges-
tion of the book leaves John with a bitter stomach, which would not comport
with a promise of the progress of the gospel (though later chapters do estab-
lish that glorious hope). In fact, the very next reference to the fourfold peoples
is 11:9, where they forbid the burial of Christ’s two witness-prophets: those
“nations” will be “enraged” (11:18).
The Strong Angel and the Solemn Oath (10:5–7) 869
All of this fits well with John’s Old Testament model, Ezekiel, who prophe-
sied judgment against Jerusalem (Eze 2:8—3:11). Revelation 10, then, prepares
John for the intensifying of the judgment scenes in the remaining chapters.
Those chapters bring to a conclusion the overthrow of Jerusalem and high-
light the Roman imperial assault upon Christians. The following chapters will
emphasize the absolute obliteration of the old order in the establishment of
the new (Ford 173).
John will soon mention Rome (Rev 13). In fact, the Roman beast is surpris-
ingly anticipated in the next few verses when “the beast” (to therion) appears
proleptically and without explanation in 11:7, as if the readers already know
of “the” beast. Kistemaker (332), citing Van De Kamp, suggests that prior to
writing the Apocalypse, John had seen the entire revelation: “Thus, he was
fully aware of the beast, even if he had not yet mentioned him.” More likely,
though, the beast was well-known as Daniel’s fourth beast—the Roman
empire.35 This prepares the audience for the beast’s arising in Revelation 13
after the sounding of the seventh trumpet (11:15), with chapter 12 explaining
why he appears (Court 83).
35. For thorough discussions, see Young 1949: 275ff. and KD 7:658–68.
indexes
Author Index
Volume I: pp. 1–842 Volume II: pp. 843–1873
1767
1768 Author Index
C Corsini, Eugenio, 76, 154–155, 171, Fekkes, Jan, III, 130, 131, 154, 183,
217, 272, 990, 1090, 1136–1137, 197, 868, 1269, 1472–1473, 1518
1195, 1260, 1273, 1289, 1624 Feldman, Louis H., 56, 64
Cachemaille, E. P., 89 Couch, Mal, 1626, 1700n2 Feuillet, André, 22–23, 522, 573,
Caird, G.B., 12, 21, 88, 122, 123n92, Court, John M., 22, 109, 150, 160, 860–862, 902, 904, 929, 1020
139–140, 257–258, 308, 636, 690, 934, 947n111, 1036, 1287, 1633 Filho, J. A., 123n93, 167
736, 848, 946, 1371, 1440, 1609 Craigie, Peter C., 1486 Fiorenza, Elisabeth Schüssler, 76,
Callahan, A. D., 77–78, 157 123, 123n92, 166, 170, 193–194,
Calvin, John, 2, 2n5, 1017, 1622, 196, 247, 1651
1644–1645 D Fishbane, M., 137
Campbell, Gordon, 551 Fitzmyer, Joseph A., 406n25
Campbell, Roderick, 100n85, 167, Flannery, Edward H., 208
Danby, Herbert, 1446n68
187, 196n134, 197, 204, 379–380,
Davids, Peter, 1417–1418 Flusser, David, 210, 906
387, 760, 959, 1259
Davidson, A. B., 552 Ford, J. Massyngberde, 14, 24, 551,
Canfield, Leon H., 1073
Davies, G. I., 558 630, 866, 886, 989, 1067, 1090,
Carmignac, J., 145 1233, 1348n108, 1360, 1367, 1408,
Carpenter, W. Boyd, 920 Davies, W. D., 905 1420, 1475, 1486, 1495, 1643, 1693
Carrell, Peter R., 847 Davis, Moshe, 1353 Fox, Michael, 455
Carrington, Philip, 8, 94, 100, 110, Day, John, 126 France, R. T., 146, 206, 212, 308,
125, 126, 163, 186–187, 189, 233, Decock, Paul B., 123, 125, 133, 136, 678, 875, 1560–1561
264, 306–307, 522, 612, 669, 682, 147, 160 Freeman, Gordon M., 556, 557
704, 712, 938n97, 975, 989–990, Deissmann, Adolf, 1053 Frend, W. H. C., 650, 660, 931n86,
1001, 1017, 1021, 1088n1, 1173, Delitzsch, Franz, 382 1077–1078
1232–1233, 1235, 1264, 1273, 1305, Delizsch, F., 1722
1420, 1459, 1461, 1474, 1486, 1726 Freyne, Sean, 216–217, 434
deSilva, David A., 39, 97, 120, 197, Friesen, Steven J., 36, 374–375,
Carson, D. A, 15, 36, 76, 80, 120– 410, 736, 1057
121, 124–126, 131, 133–134, 138, 434, 695
157, 184, 226, 269, 273, 404, 660 Desprez, Philip, 1263
Carson, D. A., 1136, 1137, 1293, Desrosiers, Gilbert, 89
1623 DeYoung, James C., 929, 1107 G
Cassidy, Richard J., 308, 1126, 1127, Dimant, Devorah, 133
1418 Dodd, C. H., 134n103 Gaffin, Richard, 1552
Catchpole, D. R., 308 Dokkum, Pieter van, 767 Galambush, Julie, 210, 557, 562,
Chance, J. Bradley, 717n17, 722 Draper, J. A., 709, 724–725 568–569, 956, 1292
Charles, R. H., 3, 38, 98, 109, 127, Dunn, James D. G., 904 Garland, David, 463
164, 334, 341, 400, 414, 431, 501, Düsterdieck, Friedrich, 72, 186, Gaston, Lloyd, 836, 876, 929, 1110
588n49, 606, 646, 665, 715, 729, 370, 400, 782, 1080, 1475 Georgi, D., 1616
808, 972n1, 1021, 1075, 1082, 1141,
1149, 1173, 1351, 1707 Geyser, Albert, 524
Gibbon, Edward, 662
Charlesworth, James H., 210 E Giblin, Charles H., 110, 1269, 1272,
Chester, Andrew, 1259
1518, 1732
Chesterton, G. K., 3
Ebrard, J. H. A., 1325 Giet, Stanislas, 1079
Cheyne, T. K., 466
Edersheim, Alfred, 23, 342, 737, Gill, John, 741, 1552
Chilton, Bruce, 1216 1290, 1387, 1389 Gilliver, C. M., 757, 816–817, 818,
Chilton, David, 51, 118, 140, 399, Ehrman, Bart D., 91 820, 827
590, 670, 737, 838, 896, 936, 992,
1035, 1042, 1064, 1100, 1123, 1460, Eichhorn, J. G., 777 Gleason, Randall C., 65n66, 670
1461, 1473–1474, 1518, 1609, 1666, Ellis, E. Earle, 12, 18, 25, 26, 131, González, Justo, 1073
1704 170–172, 360, 881 Goodman, Martin, 1215
Clarke, Adam, 3, 101, 319, 551, 920, Enns, Peter, 669 Goulder, M. D., 126
1089, 1135n50 Evans, Craig, 45, 214, 283, 419, 421, Grant, Michael, 247, 612, 626n13,
Coad, F. Roy, 91 433, 491 666, 672, 762, 902
Cohen, Shaye, 65 Evans, Craig A., 1051, 1052, 1111 Grant, Robert M., 25, 407
Cohen, Shaye J. D., 1626 Ewald, G. H. A., 1064 Gray, Timothy, 54, 66, 305n29, 715
Cole, R. Alan, 1111n22 Ezell, M. D., 130 Green, Michael, 1030
Collins, Adela Yarbo, 21, 79, 164– Grensted, L. W., 7
165, 170, 173, 215–216, 432, 555, Griffith, Terry, 410–411
1058, 1258, 1286, 1307 F Grogan, Geoffrey W., 120, 136,
Collins, J. J., 1336 1182–1183, 1682–1683
Collins, John J., 419 Farrar, F. W., 51, 68, 88, 233, 844, Grotius, Hugo, 99, 370
Collins, Oral Edmond, 88–92, 1089, 1372, 1466 Grundmann, Walter, 1295
309–310 Farrer, Austin, 162, 1122, 1194 Gumerlock, Francis X., 112n88,
Constantinou, Eubenia Scarvelis, Faulkner, Neil, 617, 757, 762, 783– 703
112 784, 818, 822, 898, 907, 1429 Gundry, R. H., 1635–1636
Conzelmann, Hans, 908n51 Fee, Gordon, 136–137 Guthrie, Donald B., 12, 14, 114, 119,
Cook, Michael J., 210 120, 122, 664, 896n35, 1148
Shedd, Russell, 1511 1564, 1569–1570, 1584, 1590, Wettstein, Jakob, 113, 551
Skarsaune, Oskar, 901 1683–1684 Whealon, J. F., 38–39, 76
Slater, Thomas B., 25, 26, 34, 42, Thomas, Robert L., 23, 105, 117, White, Fowler, 1513, 1515, 1518,
136 168, 183, 186, 191, 229, 240, 252, 1521–1524, 1526–1527, 1533–1536,
Smalley, Stephen, 874, 887, 487, 505, 532, 549, 591, 600, 692, 1537
932–933, 986, 998, 1007, 1049, 702, 751, 763 Whitehead, Alfred N., 4
1070, 1088, 1145, 1165, 1195, 1231, Thompson, A., 1546 Whittaker, Molly, 625
1260, 1365, 1370–1371, 1375, 1383, Thompson, J. A., 557, 562 Wiens, Delbert L., 1115, 1121
1407, 1432, 1461, 1474, 1483–1484, Thorndike, Herbert, 93
1489–1490, 1498–1499, 1507, Wikgren, A. P., 773
Towner, Philip H., 403–404 Wilcox, Max, 162
1524, 1527, 1556, 1557, 1602, 1635,
1654, 1670–1671, 1714, 1729 Townsend, Jeffrey L., 216 Wilken, Robert L., 61
Smalley, Stephen S., 12, 16, 25, 43, Townsend, John, 1288 Wilkinson, John, 968
50, 55, 100, 115, 164, 183, 192, 197, Trebilco, Paul R., 59, 83, 433–434, Williams, Margaret, 1079n32
231, 327, 396n18, 443, 480, 587, 470, 656, 660, 662, 1287n36, 1422
Willis, J. T., 136
611, 633, 666–667, 692, 709–711, Trites, Allison A., 198, 200,
728, 743, 755, 785 242n10, 1024 Wilson, J. Christian, 25
Smith, Ralph, 709, 718, 1720 Trudinger, Paul, 25, 123 Wilson, Mark, 12, 22–23, 31, 160,
575, 778n10, 1171n8, 1325
Smolarz, Sebsastian Ryszard, 137 Turner, Nigel, 100, 227
Wilson, S. G., 309
Sorek, Susan, 56, 632, 818
Winkle, Ross E., 716
South, Robert, 3
Spitta, Friedrich, 400 V Witherington, Ben, 5, 122, 130,
135, 166, 196, 204, 245, 341, 549,
Stambaugh, John, 448 604, 873, 932, 971, 1072, 1075,
Stern, Menahem, 60, 566, 877, Van de Water, Rick, 264, 656, 1114, 1195, 1397n38, 1707
1389, 1418, 1422, 1426, 1429, 1436, 662–663, 1044, 1046, 1079, 1090, Wolff, Hans Walter, 561, 1357
1448 1259, 1268 Workman, Herbert B., 863, 1075
Stevanovic, Ranko, 1664 Van der Waal, Cornelius, 52, 67, Worth, Roland H., 24, 26, 113,
Stevenson, Gregory, 878, 879 84, 100, 118, 145–146, 164, 746, 363n1, 372–373, 548, 662,
Stier, Rudolf, 786 1090 1150n68
Stolt, J., 25 Van Kooten, George H., 26, 30 Wright, N. T., 24, 59, 102n87, 108,
Stone, Michael, 876, 879 Vanhoye, Albert, 126n97 142, 145, 209, 503, 1107, 1109,
Stuart, Moses, 6, 103–104, 108– Venema, Cornelis P., 1484, 1516 1267, 1276, 1453n70
109, 113, 115–116, 233, 262, 264, Vincent, Marvin, 4
267, 327–328, 340, 480, 503, 522, Vogelgesang, Jeffrey Marshall, 127,
528n14, 535, 640, 693, 704, 773, 526, 550, 61, 512, 543–544, 1519, Y
810, 829, 887–888, 898, 908, 929, 1616, 1640–1641
933, 939, 944, 946, 952, 966, 981, Vos, L.A., 68, 130, 148, 565
990, 999, 1035–1036, 1040, 1044, Yamauchi, Edwin M., 364n2, 365,
1058, 1064, 1089, 1167–1168, 1236, 698
Young, E. J., 342, 1000, 1018, 1039,
1322, 1570, 1740 W 1110, 1614, 1622, 1645–1646
Sweet, J. P. M., 53, 232, 1149,
1259n4, 1337, 1491, 1643
Swete, H.B., 3, 6, 7, 10, 12, 19, 109– Waal, Cornelis van der, 24, 38, 48
110, 112, 119–120, 125, 128–129, Wainwright, Arthur W., 4, 8–9, 23, Z
143, 173, 266, 270, 334, 344, 352, 110, 111, 113, 170, 1090
431, 527, 528, 716, 763, 769, 885, Walker, Peter W. L., 210, 214, 320, Zahn, Theodor, 610
1351, 1494, 1589, 1634, 1693, 1723, 491, 1112, 1117, 1272, 1594
1725, 1726 Zakkai, R. Johanan b., 71n70
Wall, Robert, 349 Züllig, C. F. J., 400
Wallace, Daniel, 326n1 Zwingli, Ulrich, 2
T Walvoord, John F., 4, 43, 95–98,
101, 105–106, 110, 111, 114, 117,
168n114, 185–186, 229, 240, 252,
Telford, William R., 574 377, 487, 516, 599–600, 763,
Tenney, Merrill C., 35, 105, 131, 174 811–812, 1234, 1249, 1510, 1590,
1609–1610, 1626, 1679–1680
Terry, Milton S., 3, 22, 48, 53, 169,
173n115, 191, 264, 267, 316, 334, Wardle, Timothy, 66, 285, 658
433, 612, 667, 704, 721, 745–746, Warfield, Benjamin B., 3, 25, 166,
759n4, 773, 786, 812, 871, 896, 267, 1510
932, 965, 1089, 1123, 1259, 1277, Water, Van de, 38
1459, 1496, 1558, 1590, 1647, 1737 Watts, John D., 340
Testa, Emmanuele, 1156 Weatherly, Jon A., 211, 306, 1127
Thackeray, H. St. J., 71, 622, Webb, W. J., 1518, 1521
1303n57, 1626 Wenham, John, 286
Thayer, Henry, 889 Wesley, John, 2
Thomas, Robert, 1063, 1210, 1242, Westcott, B. F., 23
1269, 1332–1333, 1466, 1500, 1518,
Wetstein, J. J., 319, 929
Old Testament
3:17 1058 19:7 958
Genesis 3:19 856 19:22 1401
3:22 1702, 1707 19:24 825, 1128, 1401
1 539 3:22–24 1708, 1720 19:26 1394
1:1 666, 1620 3:23 428 19:28 676, 778, 825, 1219
1:1–31 6 3:24 428, 529, 1670 19:29 958
1:2 777 4:8 1005 19:31–33 1379
1:5 613 4:10 1135 21:10 916
1:6–08 1629 4:27 1014 21:17ff 1548
1:10 1627 5:3 458 22:17 719, 813
1:11 1620 6:2 1008 22:17–18 719
1:14 666 9:11–15 519 22:18 1708
1:14–16 1002 9:13 519 23:4 1500
1:14–17 674 9:15 519n4 24:2–9 1499
1:14–18 1030 9:16 519n4 24:35 1433
1:14–19 731, 768 10:32 708 24:67 1639
1:16 352 12 279 26:4 719, 1708
1:16–18 998 12:1 276, 640 26:19 1651
1:18 674 12:1–3 1708 28:14 314, 719, 1708
1:20–22 647 12:1–7 276 29:21 1473
1:24–25 647, 791 12:3 314, 860 30:1–24 310
1:26 1134 12:3b 720, 1642 30:6 715
1:26–27 1058 12:12a 720 30:22 349n14
1:26–28 598 13:2 1433 31:38 1135
1:26–30 1627 13:10 428 32:12 719, 813
1:31 1627 13:13 561, 1306 32:28 164, 999
1:31–2:3 590, 1005 13:16 719 35:10 164, 999
2:7 647 14:18 344 35:23–29 310
2:8 428, 1225 14:20 701 37:9 998–1000, 1002
2:9 428, 1702–1703 15:5 719 37:10–11 1000
2:10 428, 1620 15:11 1500–1501 37:25–28 1419
2:12 1682 15:12–19 1708 37:34 936
2:15 428, 598 15:18 809, 810, 1223 39:7 457
2:16 428, 1703 16:10 719, 720 41:25 169
2:17 1703 16:17ff 1548 41:32 169
2:20 1058 17:2b 720 41:42 693
2:21–22 647 17:4–5 1642 42:36 1315
2:22–24 1620 17:4b 720 46:29 1427
2:24 559 17:5 164, 388, 439, 1280 47:29–31 1499
3:1 428, 1023 17:5b 720 48:4 479
3:1–3 1703 17:6 720 48:14 543
3:2 428 17:14 912 48:17–18 543
3:3 428, 1703 17:20 479 48:22 616
3:8 428, 1604 18–19 693 49:3 258
3:10 428 18:9 1639 49:4 457
3:13 1024 18:18 1642 49:8 716
3:14 1720 18:23 957 49:9–10 586
3:14–19 1714 18:32 701 49:9–11 545
3:15 997, 1009, 1012, 1021, 1549, 19:4–5 561 49:16 715
1600 19:4–8 1306 49:17 718
3:15–16 1017, 1023 19:5 957 49:26 680
3:16 917
1772
Scripture Index 1773
41:25 545 52:1 27, 879, 1199, 1623, 1637, 62:8 543
42:5 539, 666 1716 62:10 1672
42:6 1002, 1690 52:1–2 997 62:11 997, 1487
42:10–12 1250 52:6 1490 62:12 1671
42:13 1494 52:7 880 63:1–3 1487
42:15 758, 1224 52:11 1623 63:2–3 1487, 1491
42:24 479 53 6 63:3 1497
43:4 417, 482 53:7 1100 63:4 1182
43:5f 142 53:8 573 63:5 1497
43:7 490 54:1 1682 63:9 742
43:8 422 54:1–6 997 63:18 890
43:9ff 203 54:4 1404 63:18–19 918
43:10–13 293 54:5 1637 64:10 879
43:10–19 497 54:5a 555 64:10–11 884
43:19 1622 54:6 1637 65:1–2 502
43:26 545, 945 55:1 1752 65:11 880
44:6 338, 429 55:8–9 462 65:15 388, 1467
44:10–20 305 55:11 897, 1651 65:15–16 496
44:18 422 55:12–13 81 65:16 493, 495
44:23 1135 56:2 245 65:16–17 495
44:27 1223 56:3 478 65:17 1620–1621, 1623, 1644,
45:2 345, 452 56:3–8 294 1649
45:7 768 56:5 444 65:17–20 1614, 1644
45:12 666 56:7 759, 880 65:17a 495
45:14 36, 273, 314, 460, 465, 481 56:8–11 213 65:18ff 70
45:15 481 56:10–11 1749 65:19 973, 1644, 1647, 1648
45:18 539, 666 56:13 759 65:20 1615, 1621
45:21 545, 945 57:1–4 1262 65:20b 1621
46:9–10 6 57:3 1162, 1455 65:20d 1621
47:7–8 1404 57:3–5 214 65:25 880
47:9 1406, 1454 57:13 277, 880 66:1 893
47:103 1430 57:20 1035, 1627 66:1–2 1113
48:1 884 59:12 922 66:1–3 1118
48:2 27, 879, 884 60:3 1690 66:2 1623
48:12 338, 348, 429 60:5 1627, 1690 66:3 213, 832, 836, 1109, 1113,
48:14 557 60:6 294 1140, 1214, 1695, 1749
48:18 1627 60:6e 1694 66:3d 1134
48:19 813 60:7d 1694 66:5 427
48:20–21 81 60:11 515, 1691 66:6 1196, 1235, 1276
48:21 1203 60:13 1694 66:6–9 1000
49:2 733, 1496 60:14 314, 460, 465, 481, 1594 66:7 1011
49:4–7 732 60:19–20 999 66:7–8 1000
49:6 294 60:20 1693 66:7–9 997
49:8 277 60:66 725 66:10 491, 517
49:8–12 81 61:1 420 66:15 798
49:10 732–733, 1205–1206, 1651 61:2 140, 333, 1182 66:18 294
49:12 142 61:6 1296 66:19 1250
49:18 859, 997, 1637, 1682 61:7 258 66:20 759, 880, 1595
49:23 140, 314, 452, 460, 481 61:10 997, 1472, 1477, 1637
49:23a 481 62:1 1487
62:1–5 997
Jeremiah
50:1 552, 673
50:1–2 762 62:2 444, 1487, 1672
50:1b 203 62:4 918, 1487 1:1–2 8n16
50:2 566 62:4–5 1637 1:1–3 1303
50:3 673 62:4b 568 1:2 162, 242
50:20 1224 62:4c 555 1:4 162
51:9 1005 62:4d 1487 1:5–10 347
51:11 1648 62:5 570, 1451, 1672 1:11 162
51:16 733 62:5a 1487 1:14 486, 637
51:17 1378 62:5c–d 1487 1:15 641
62:6 1671 1:18 345, 452, 489
New Testament
1:18 223, 1002 2:5 1050
Matthew 1:18–19 1663 2:6 278, 466
1:19 568n28 2:7 1050
1:1 153, 223, 434, 476, 1003, 1010, 1:20 353 2:9 1004
1674 1:21 1750 2:11 1004
1:1–17 404 1:23 1002, 1640 2:13 1004
1:2 586 1:25 1750 2:13–15 413
1:3 153 2:1–2 574 2:15 958
1:11 586 2:2 1003 2:16 1004
1:12 1009 2:3 575 2:16–21 102
1:17 346 2:4 284 2:21 278
2:22 283 6:10a 512 10:15 164, 274, 418, 481, 551, 752,
3:1–2 569 6:10b 512 825, 840, 911, 924, 1402
3:1–5 924 6:16 1130 10:15–20 566
3:1–12 160 6:20 431, 463 10:16 400
3:2 236, 837, 949 7:1–2 916 10:16–17 73, 75
3:3 924 7:6 452, 1749 10:16–18 913, 1090
3:5–12 161 7:12 209 10:16–23 49
3:7 264, 668, 697, 729, 924 7:15 392, 440, 1090 10:16–17 299
3:7–9 924 7:15–21 1103 10:17 84, 401, 1033, 1401, 1655
3:7–10 211, 837 7:16 392 10:17–18 654, 730, 924, 957, 1078,
3:8 837 7:16–18 391 1493, 1507
3:9 597, 1115, 1323 7:20 392 10:17–19 242, 910
3:9–12 73 7:25 690, 696 10:17–25 1309
3:10 264, 949 7:28–29 143 10:18 656
3:10–12 258, 924 7:29 1096 10:18–20 949
3:11 265, 837, 924 7:48–53 102 10:19 932, 945
3:11–12 837 8:1 1163 10:20 1228
3:12 924, 949, 1182, 1219 8:4 225n2 10:21 401, 440, 910, 913, 1168,
1755
3:13–14 924 8:5–10a, 575
10:22 169, 1083, 1168
3:23–38 404 8:8–12 947n110
10:23 67, 146, 299, 401, 466, 654,
4:1 432, 1600 8:10 914 910, 913, 925, 945–946, 1033,
4:5 27, 298, 432, 879 8:10–11 768 1401, 1507
4:8 432, 801 8:10–12 73, 224, 265, 465, 478, 10:24–25 1429
4:8–10 784 490, 1648, 1708 10:26 8
4:11 432, 1018 8:10b 575 10:28 436, 910, 1507, 1582
4:15 1246 8:11 502, 522, 576 10:32 1033
4:17 161, 236, 265, 517, 784, 838, 8:11–12 35, 54, 161, 298, 434, 481, 10:32–39 1655
949, 1004, 1013 517, 523, 915, 924, 1477, 1556, 1561
10:33 439
4:21 145 8:11–12 293
10:34 910
4:24 784 8:11f 142
10:34–35 401
5:3 245, 882 8:12 768, 1721
10:34–39 913, 1163
5:3–10 243 8:12a 915, 1221, 1413
10:35 664
5:3–11 245 8:13 575
10:35–36 910, 1168
5:5–8 245 8:14 457
10:35–37 1755
5:9 209 8:16 784, 1009
10:37 664
5:10 431, 1564, 1654 8:19–22 1163
10:40 239
5:10–12 1176, 1472 8:24–27 695
10:40–42 320
5:11 53, 243, 393, 654 8:26 1655
11:2 911
5:11–12 1177, 1559 8:28 696, 786
11:3 946
5:12 78, 147, 651, 655, 985, 1198, 8:29 784, 1010
11:7 873
1274, 1472, 1654 9:1 1634
11:8 911
5:13 452 9:4 391, 452
11:9–15 160
5:14 340, 934, 1668 9:6 341
11:10 352
5:14–16 1002 9:10–13 498
11:11–12 598n63
5:16 1472, 1684 9:13 146
11:11–13 265
5:21–22 1101, 1260 9:16–17 73, 519
11:12 600
5:21ff 143 9:18 1580
11:13 569
5:22 629 9:34 801
11:14 924
5:27–28 1101 10:1 784, 786, 911
11:15 357, 426
5:29 349, 629 10:1–2 239, 924
11:17a 1446
5:31 552n9, 565 10:2 18, 145, 910, 1677
11:19 498
5:31–32 581 10:4 1677, 1678
11:20–21 1221
5:33 1208 10:5 73
11:20–24 70, 73
5:33–34 1209 10:5–6 151, 315, 400, 911, 1033
11:21 147, 752, 838, 936
5:33–37 1208 10:5–7 145, 584, 924
11:21–22 551, 584
5:35 1209 10:5–17 709
11:21–24 1402
5:39 629, 1083 10:6 70, 566, 576, 654, 910, 1155,
1401, 1556, 1674 11:22 164, 418, 481, 924
6:2 959
10:7 143, 236, 517 11:23 147, 274, 349, 629
6:5 1130
10:8 784, 910, 911, 1009 11:23–24 315, 551, 825, 957
6:9–10 1665
10:10 873 11:24 418, 481, 924
6:10 976
10:14–15 924, 928, 957, 1401 11:25 727
1:8 1709 6:16 35, 50, 136, 154, 160, 524n8, 4:17–18 1291
1:9 325, 1709 894n32, 1002, 1367, 1496, 1594, 4:24 388, 595
1:12 222–223, 656 1595, 1619, 1631, 1666, 1675 4:30 694
1:13 319, 367, 477, 634 4:31 79
1:13–14 222 Ephesians 5:5 833, 839, 1657
1:14 832 5:8 934
1:16 860 5:11 326
1:17–18 973, 1148 1:1–2 251, 364 5:14 1725
1:18 66 1:2–3 223 5:18 329
1:23 319, 656 1:2–21 496 5:22–23 561
2:1 66 1:3 1002 5:23 319, 394, 1018, 1706
2:2 222 1:5 1653 5:25–32 997
2:4 425 1:11 6, 540, 973 5:25b–27 577
2:7 860 1:13 694 5:26 1630
2:8–14 861 1:15 394 5:27 1476
2:9 279, 489 1:19–21 494 5:30 319, 1058
2:10 50 1:19–23 1018 5:32 352, 577
2:11–15 901 1:20 543, 589 6:8 683, 1607
2:15 222 1:20–21 261, 977 6:11 801
3:1–3 1758 1:20–22 505, 588, 592 6:12 794, 796, 1014
3:7 527, 1674 1:20–23 494
3:8 697 1:21 491, 1489
3:9 881n13 1:22 115, 319, 453, 601 Philippians
3:13 1714 1:23 1058
3:16 1010 2:2 496, 776, 801, 1008, 1234 1:2 253
3:23–25 49 2:4–6 520 1:6 333
3:27–29 900 2:5–6 733n22 1:7 326
3:28 683 2:5–10 494 1:9 1642, 1652
3:29 154, 697, 881n13, 1619, 1632, 2:6 428, 1002, 1718 1:10 333
1675 2:6–7 496 1:11 223
4:1 325 2:8–10 1477 1:20–23 1573
4:3 425 2:11–18 519 2:1–11 55
4:4 784, 1014, 1017, 1431 2:12–22 49 2:6–8 1018
4:6 256, 1642 2:12–22 299 2:7 1014
4:21–31 55, 947n110 2:14 55 2:8 1012
4:22–26 85 2:14–17 861, 1641 2:8–9 494
4:22–31 205, 425 2:15 595, 597 2:8–11 505
4:24–26 760 2:19–20 943, 992 2:8b–10 496
4:24–30 1594 2:19–21 881n13, 947n110 2:9–10 261, 588
4:25 491, 646, 1218, 1631 2:19–22 965 2:9–11 589, 1022, 1489
4:25–26 580, 881n13, 997, 1362 2:20 15, 1677 2:12–13 1477
4:25–26a, 1722 2:21 50 2:13 1746
4:25–31 279 2:21–22 938 2:15 340, 934, 1668
4:26 35, 85, 222, 491, 997, 1631, 2:22 329, 894 3:2 1101, 1140, 1749
1634, 1636 3:1 860 3:2–3 894
4:28–29 660 3:3 222 3:3 35, 697, 918, 1002, 1632, 1675
4:28–31 1722 3:3–6 860 3:4–5 597, 918
4:30 490, 914, 916, 918–919, 1631, 3:5 329 3:4–6 832
1634 3:5–6 352 3:4–7 404
4:31 760, 1631 3:6 1706 3:5 311
5:1 623 3:8 860 3:6 84, 319–320, 367, 477, 634
5:1–3 1140 3:9 539 3:7–8 1141
5:2 325 3:20 1706 3:20 1002
5:12 1101 4:1 473 4:1 521
5:20 1454 4:1–3 394 4:4 1647
6:8 469 4:4 319 4:6–7 1647
6:12 84 4:11 15
6:13 222 4:11–12 354
6:14–15 494 4:12 319 Colossians
6:15 222, 480, 595, 597, 733n22, 4:14–15 455
1367, 1632, 1634 4:15 394
6:15–16 434, 697 1:1 223
360, 364, 384, 387–388, 390, 442, 3:8d 478–479, 488 3:15–19 355
468, 469, 474, 492, 506 3:9 20, 33–36, 50, 70, 78–79, 85, 3:15a 498, 500
2:30 188 86, 118, 140, 146, 158, 160, 169, 3:15b 498
2:38 467 213, 222, 263, 270–271, 273, 289, 3:16 484, 499
2:41 656 291, 314, 350, 358, 371, 391, 393,
396, 399–400, 408, 417, 420, 3:16–17 383
2:90 188 422, 424, 426, 430, 434, 437, 441, 3:17 174, 376, 450, 456, 498, 1404
2:162 650 456, 460, 463, 465, 467, 470, 472, 3:17a 499
2:178 731 476–477, 479, 483, 486, 488, 489, 3:17b 500
2:264 188 496, 501, 506, 521, 523, 527, 574, 3:18 325, 376, 387, 473, 499, 500,
2:289 427 578, 599, 643, 706, 709, 777, 781, 521
801, 831, 884, 892, 895, 911, 995,
2:387 188 3:18–20 382
1023–1024, 1028, 1032, 1044,
3;11, 254 1078, 1088, 1090, 1094, 1101, 1103, 3:18b 500
3:1 163, 187, 251, 255, 273, 357, 1109, 1124, 1130, 1140, 1151, 1165, 3:18c 501
361, 363, 378, 388, 427, 438, 453, 1172, 1175, 1189, 1192, 1211, 1214, 3:19 238, 320, 332, 379, 387, 455,
468, 474, 498, 509, 590, 738, 1031 1224, 1227, 1266, 1281, 1307, 1323, 492, 501
3:1–21 573 1369, 1396, 1399, 1440, 1444, 1455, 3:19–20 390
3:1a 359, 468 1488–1489, 1528–1529, 1561n60,
3:20 350, 371, 387, 394, 492, 496,
1569, 1619, 1636, 1655, 1657, 1677,
3:1b 380, 468, 473 501
1692, 1695, 1704, 1722, 1736
3:1c 469, 471 3:20–21 332, 493
3:9–10 301, 1586, 1643
3:2 198, 353, 391, 859 3:21 101, 237, 363, 379, 383, 416,
3:9–11 146
3:2–3 174 427, 435, 437, 454, 467, 475, 484,
3:9a 477, 479 488, 491, 502–503, 505–506, 512,
3:2–3a 382, 470
3:9b 332, 460, 472, 480, 489 520–521, 524, 536, 723, 1034,
3:2–4 332, 341 1063, 1074, 1264, 1468, 1490, 1563,
3:9c 482
3:2b 469 1583, 1586, 1653
3:10 86–87, 280, 281, 320, 337,
3:2c 469, 471 350, 357, 358, 363, 416, 435, 454, 3:21a 427
3:3 87, 148, 237–238, 248, 320, 483, 486, 536, 635, 638, 641–642, 3:21b 505
357–358, 363, 379, 394, 416, 435, 646, 648, 650, 730, 774, 1064, 3:22 45, 97, 107, 162–163, 201,
454, 464, 468, 472, 484, 487, 536, 1065, 1068, 1080, 1326, 1538, 252, 354, 357, 360, 364, 379, 384,
1230 1569, 1572, 1747 387, 390, 442, 445, 469, 474, 492,
3:3b 383, 472 3:10–11 390 502, 506
3:4 270, 350, 363, 382, 387, 472– 3:10a 488 3:35 450
473, 500–501, 521, 647, 1492 3:10b 483–484, 486, 643 3:35–36 450
3:4a 473 3:10c 488, 643 3:122 388
3:4b 473 3:11 46, 47, 237, 332, 358, 383, 4 126
3:5 45, 86–87, 101, 202, 362, 383, 390, 439, 487, 521, 656, 793, 1569 4–5 342
387, 388, 416, 427, 435, 437, 443, 3:11a 484, 643
454, 468–469, 475, 484, 488, 491, 4–20 90
3:11b 484, 488 4–22 98
493, 501, 506, 512, 524, 536, 546,
723, 851, 983, 1034, 1063, 1074, 3:12 85–87, 152, 163, 188, 189, 193, 4:1 174, 186–187, 194, 201, 233n3,
1080, 1324 253, 362, 379, 383–384, 388, 416, 511, 578, 821, 866, 964, 998
421, 427, 435, 437, 454, 484, 488,
3:5b 444, 470, 472 4:1–2 171, 511, 998, 1484, 1563
491, 493, 506, 512, 536, 595, 723,
3:5c 474 775, 859, 884, 919, 1034, 1063, 4:1–3 1014, 1116
3:6 144, 162–163, 201, 225, 354, 1070, 1149, 1519, 1614, 1619, 1631, 4:1–5 687, 1056
358, 360, 364, 379, 384, 387–388, 1636, 1677 4:1–5:14 175, 502
390, 442, 445, 454, 469, 474, 492, 3:12a 372, 476, 489 4:1–11 126
506
3:12b 372, 477 4:1–22:7 76
3:7 154–155, 163, 202, 224, 325,
3:12c 489, 490 4:1–42 573
332, 347, 352, 362, 372, 387–388,
392, 426–427, 475, 492, 497, 509, 3:12d 478, 487, 489, 490, 643 4:1a 513, 515
643, 1464, 1541, 1548 3:12e 643 4:1b 514
3:7–12 403 3:13 45, 97, 144, 201, 203, 224– 4:1c 514, 533, 585
3:7–13 473, 1630 225, 252, 255, 357, 364, 377, 388, 4:1d 515
390, 442, 445, 469, 474, 484, 491, 4:2 20, 82, 174, 192, 203, 232, 255,
3:7a 380, 475
492, 506 256–257, 330, 347, 510n1, 511, 512,
3:7b 359, 475–478, 482, 488–489
3:13–17 492 516, 540–541, 542, 544, 685, 998,
3:7b7, 464
3:14 16n29, 152, 163, 201–202, 1016, 1235, 1284–1485, 1570, 1603
3:7c 131 241, 352, 362, 363, 378, 387–388, 4:2–3 253, 522, 630, 1560
3:8 86, 87, 152, 253, 340, 354, 371, 392, 427, 454, 465, 494, 495, 496,
378, 416, 435, 444, 453, 454, 469, 4:2–6 550
509, 539, 598, 603, 856, 859,
484, 498, 502, 536, 1561n60 1019, 1276, 1541, 1763 4:2–8 121, 139
3:8–10 332 3:14a 380, 492, 498, 1488 4:2a 516
3:8a 477, 479 3:14b 380, 464, 492 4:2c 510
3:8b 477, 483 3:15 381, 391, 438, 453, 469, 477 4:2ff 224, 516, 1068
3:8b–10 382 3:15–16 332 4:3 198, 513, 516, 519, 522, 541,
3:8c 478, 488 542, 821, 846, 1292
3:15–18 387
4:3–6 1603
10:5 579, 852, 854–855, 857, 1155 11:2a 914 11:11b 963
10:5–6 353, 922 11:2b 874, 881, 914, 978 11:12 187, 964–965, 994–995,
10:5–6a 856 11:2b–13 862 1607
10:5–7 543 11:3 85, 241, 424, 456, 494, 546, 11:13 187, 471, 473, 593, 602, 671,
10:6 236, 493, 534, 539, 579, 648, 850, 871, 885, 888, 921–922, 923, 886, 966, 986, 1241, 1472
855, 858–859, 861, 868, 879, 897, 931, 934–936, 951, 959, 984–985, 11:13a 966
971, 982, 1063, 1315, 1537 992, 995, 1015, 1032, 1391, 1539, 11:13b 967
10:6–7 857 1562 11:13c 967
10:6a 851 11:3–4 884 11:13d 963, 969
10:6b 851, 859, 950, 1043, 1169 11:3–7 883, 985 11:14 171, 173, 774, 804, 870, 970,
10:7 351, 535, 711, 853, 861, 879, 11:3–8 582 971, 994, 995
908, 975, 1046, 1261, 1273, 1311, 11:3–10 1124 11:15 165–166, 168, 198, 226, 262,
1537, 1736 11:3–12 633, 688, 871 282, 291, 294, 298, 353, 399, 493,
10:7a 860 11:3–13 872 510, 518, 534, 582, 587, 687, 738,
10:7b 859, 860 11:3–14a, 1046 747, 852, 854, 860, 862, 865,
869–870, 930, 971, 975, 989, 991,
10:8 851, 852, 855, 868 11:4 910, 937, 948, 1096, 1130, 994, 1004, 1013, 1027–1028, 1064,
10:8–9 851 1132 1381, 1471, 1493, 1550
10:8–11 1518 11:5 515, 921, 931, 935, 947, 948, 11:15–17 461, 535, 864
10:8a 864 950, 1128, 1129, 1495
11:15–18 129, 753, 974
10:8b 865 11:5–6 185, 910, 929, 930
11:15–19 167, 774, 852
10:9 240, 393, 846, 864, 867, 868 11:5a 939
11:15a 972, 973
10:9–10 865 11:6 154, 924, 935
11:15b 915, 973–974, 977, 979
10:9–11 1043 11:6a 950
11:15c 977, 1028
10:9b 865 11:6b 950
11:15ff 965, 1471
10:10b 865 11:6b–c, 940
11:16 154, 532, 593, 888, 973, 977,
10:10c 865 11:6c 951 999, 1008, 1314, 1339, 1481, 1563
10:11 19, 160, 183, 188, 262, 347, 11:7 237, 241, 261, 427, 467, 535, 11:16–18 197, 520
423, 514, 515, 720, 832, 850, 853, 546, 778, 869, 882, 921, 935, 952,
954, 995, 1065, 1212, 1474, 1491, 11:17 290, 533, 539, 602, 994,
861, 864, 868, 872, 996, 1042, 1009, 1052, 1316, 1471–1472, 1755
1064, 1163, 1261, 1694 1523–1524, 1539, 1546, 1562, 1584,
1640, 1655 11:17–18 738, 1219
10:11a 867 11:17a 978
11:7–8 290, 301
10:11b 865, 868 11:17b 973, 979, 1028
11:7–12 1518
10:23–28 1759 11:18 225, 301, 413, 711, 774, 860,
11:7a 922, 951
10:26–39 403 930–931, 983, 1064, 1708, 1736
11:8 70, 158, 223, 242, 282, 289,
11:1 28, 193, 310, 697, 850, 852, 315, 424, 460, 518, 533, 545, 564, 11:18a 979, 980
864, 868, 873, 884, 886, 915, 1016, 577, 646, 747, 752, 767, 778, 825, 11:18b 981, 1028
1046, 1069, 1128, 1160, 1271, 1441, 831, 840, 848, 850, 868, 883, 887,
1481 11:18c 983, 984, 985
892, 894–895, 923, 935–936, 11:18d 984
11:1–2 26, 28, 85, 154–155, 203, 940, 947n111, 948, 951, 958, 960,
270, 317, 466–467, 489, 497, 518, 975, 978, 1015–1016, 1024, 1027, 11:19 81, 94, 167, 193, 194, 195,
525, 579, 582, 646, 777, 846, 857, 1031–1032, 1101, 1163, 1172–1173, 298, 489, 510, 525, 582, 738, 741,
866, 870–871, 873–874, 879–880, 1188, 1189, 1212, 1214, 1217–1218, 747, 749, 855, 879, 886, 988–989,
883, 886–887, 892, 895, 908, 1224, 1241, 1260, 1263, 1265–1266, 992, 994, 997, 998, 1193, 1236,
916–917, 952, 955, 958, 988, 992, 1271, 1306, 1307, 1416, 1418, 1443, 1471, 1484, 1629
1001, 1027, 1032, 1124, 1193, 1212, 1463, 1566, 1594, 1602, 1637, 1677, 11:19–12:1 1008
1399, 1418, 1444, 1471, 1472, 1518, 1698, 1722 11:19a 379, 988
1528, 1620, 1640, 1643, 1672, 1678, 11:8a 954 11:19c 989, 990
1695, 1746
11:8b 955 12:1 187–188, 529, 591, 712, 793,
11:1–2a 862, 978 994, 997–998, 1001, 1004, 1007,
11:8c 954
11:1–6 991 1016, 1032, 1036, 1037, 1100, 1187,
11:9 188, 311, 312, 709, 720, 868,
11:1–7 1165 885–886, 935, 961, 1064 1273
11:1–13 870 11:9–13 934 12:1–2 522, 707, 1012, 1027
11:1a 871–872, 888 11:9a 958, 959 12:1–5 997, 1046
11:1a–b, 871 11:9b 958–960 12:1–6 239, 872
11:1b 874, 891, 892, 893, 895 11:10 281, 424, 486, 546, 642, 12:1–15:8 971
11:2 27, 28, 150–151, 169, 193, 298, 645, 774, 885, 921, 935, 939, 948, 12:1a 997, 1002, 1004
417, 424, 452, 545, 600, 749, 853, 960–961, 995, 1746 12:1b 998
857, 868, 872, 879, 881–883, 886– 11:10a 638 12:1c 1002
889, 891, 893, 896, 913, 915, 919,
921, 923, 930, 935–936, 943, 948, 11:10b 638, 962–963 12:1ff 168
959, 972, 984, 985, 1015, 1021, 11:10c 930 12:2 999, 1000, 1002–1004, 1011,
1028, 1046, 1064, 1069, 1103, 11:11 429 1021, 1023, 1546
1184, 1214, 1236, 1271, 1360, 1519, 11:11–12 506, 921, 965 12:2–5 1040
1539, 1629, 1699, 1708 11:11–13 930, 970 12:3 94, 590, 619, 954, 994, 996–
11:2–3 932, 939, 1071 11:11a 960 997, 1006, 1013, 1016, 1025, 1027,
1035, 1187, 1489
13:11–15 1157 14:2 194–195, 270, 345, 1071, 14:17–20 688, 1190
13:11–18 1080, 1094, 1125, 1156, 1160, 1233 14:18 240, 270
1192 14:2ff 974 14:18a 1184
13:11–20 1190 14:3 198, 257, 280, 520, 534, 595, 14:19 1174
13:11a 1087, 1154 597, 707, 1158, 1164, 1583 14:19–20 1495, 1497
13:11b 1087, 1088, 1226 14:3–4 81, 197, 533 14:20 345, 950, 1681
13:11c 1175 14:3–5 983 14:27 829
13:11f 1043 14:3a 1161 14:41 475
13:11ff 420, 1169, 1174, 1189, 1214, 14:3b 1161 15:1 251, 687, 739, 855, 997, 1206,
1500, 1505 14:4 188, 348, 351, 399, 425–426, 1253, 1362, 1366, 1380, 1391, 1396,
13:12 86, 281, 429, 486, 629, 638, 466, 576, 597, 717–718, 793, 1081, 1407, 1514, 1527, 1530–1531, 1708
774, 833, 1070, 1088–1089, 1103, 1153, 1180, 1475, 1562, 1654 15:1–4 1189, 1192
1226, 1314, 1540, 1555, 1567, 1741 14:4–5 416, 435, 454, 484, 536 15:1–16:21 165, 168, 752
13:12–18 1101 14:4–10 545 15:1–18:24 1481
13:12a 1069, 1088, 1095, 1128 14:4a 1162 15:1a 1187
13:12b 1088, 1099, 1103, 1154, 14:4b 1160, 1163 15:1ff 533
1453 14:4c 706, 1164, 1183 15:2 358, 427, 596, 1206, 1391,
13:12c 1122 14:5 87, 392, 471, 1165, 1304 1584, 1628
13:13 997, 1123, 1124, 1128, 1130 14:6 171, 311–312, 486, 587, 638, 15:2–4 193, 633, 688, 1008
13:13–14 1184, 1369 642, 646, 720, 772, 774, 923, 994, 15:2b 1190
13:13–16 1267 1065, 1080, 1168, 1693, 1708
15:2ff 974, 994
13:13a 1090 14:6–7 293, 1018, 1171
15:3 152, 154, 282, 321, 466, 533,
13:13ff 997 14:6–11 240, 994 539, 596, 711, 1009, 1052, 1084,
13:14 274, 420, 429, 486, 774, 997, 14:6–12 126 1188, 1190–1192, 1468, 1478, 1527,
1070, 1088, 1089, 1090, 1131, 1215, 14:6–20 1156, 1178 1755
1455, 1536, 1540, 1545–1555, 1580 14:6a 1166 15:3–4 81, 424, 511, 747, 1064,
13:14–15 1154, 1453 14:6b 1166 1753
13:14a 638, 1130, 1139, 1226 14:7 493, 525, 539, 540, 602, 1169, 15:3–5 1187
13:14b 638, 1133, 1137 1741 15:3–7 1253
13:14b–17 420 14:7–20 1181 15:3a 131
13:15 1103, 1205, 1312, 1314, 1334, 14:7ff 341 15:4 270, 472, 533, 602, 1478,
1555, 1567, 1571, 1656, 1741 14:8 155, 168, 261, 353, 579, 582, 1481, 1695, 1708
13:15a 1134 1064, 1171–1172, 1175, 1252, 1378, 15:4c 1192, 1478
13:15b 374, 1069, 1136, 1137 1379, 1474, 1657, 1672, 1708 15:5 359, 489, 689, 731, 1193,
13:15b–17 1139 14:9 1334, 1724 1248, 1300, 1484, 1527
13:16 450, 627, 868, 1174 14:9–11 1085, 1171 15:5–7 1276
13:16–17 374, 1724 14:9a 1174 15:5–8 1407
13:16–18 1158 14:10 259, 399, 466, 533, 545, 15:5–16:7 1231
13:16a 1138 588, 826, 1174, 1194, 1380 15:5–16:21 510
13:16n, 1138 14:11 490, 534, 676, 778, 1003, 15:6 270, 343, 489, 1018, 1197,
1466, 1724 1248, 1250, 1297, 1300, 1396, 1478,
13:17 490, 1138, 1142, 1146, 1148,
1453 14:11–13 290, 294 1701
13:17–18 1160 14:12 31, 169, 223, 248, 327, 363, 15:6–7 1267, 1302, 1361
426, 454, 511, 985, 1085, 1175– 15:6–8 739
13:17a 1069, 1140 1176, 1457, 1493, 1597
13:18 31, 1057, 1146, 1147, 15:6a 1193
14:12–13 1171 15:6b 1194
1152–1154
14:12b 1658 15:7 189, 294, 343, 532, 534, 544,
13:18a 1143
14:13 87, 194, 245, 348–349, 391, 594, 1194, 1315, 1380
13:18b 1144 450, 457, 981, 983, 1008, 1156,
13:20 450 15:8 270, 489, 1178, 1196, 1235,
1176–1177, 1479, 1564, 1581, 1582, 1300, 1391, 1396, 1468, 1638
13:32–35 581 1653, 1739
15:8a 1594
13:45 928 14:13a 244
15:14b 1234
13:46b–47 928 14:14 171, 340, 399, 642, 741, 793,
844, 846, 994, 1168, 1179, 1182, 15:18 1193
14:1 152, 259, 444, 466, 488, 490,
491, 523, 532, 694, 699, 707, 710, 1485, 1518, 1570 16:1 189, 320–322, 489, 739, 857,
760, 845, 994, 1037, 1070, 1138– 14:14–15 845 905, 994, 1188, 1200, 1205, 1213,
1139, 1158–1160, 1164, 1190, 1252, 1248, 1250, 1253, 1302, 1366,
14:14–16 187, 1553 1468, 1527
1304–1305, 1468, 1562, 1595, 14:14–20 167, 184, 1015, 1177
1664 16:1–2 1207, 1230, 1246, 1350,
14:15 193, 194, 240, 270, 353, 489, 1380
14:1–4 717, 857 615n4, 846, 1178, 1179
14:1–5 709, 1157 16:1–4 594
14:15–16a, 1183 16:1–21 1407
14:1–6 633, 688 14:15–20 1171
14:1a 706, 1156 16:1a 1196, 1197
14:15a 1178 16:1b 1197
14:1b 1309 14:17 193, 489, 1184
17:16 168, 262, 413, 577, 590, 18:10 525, 579, 773, 804, 1003, 1459, 1462, 1472, 1552, 1555, 1561,
1006, 1050, 1206, 1243, 1263, 1406, 1437, 1443 1698
1273, 1313, 1348, 1353, 1358, 1364, 18:10a 1414 18:59 692
1504 18:11 1293, 1431, 1460 18.5, 189
17:16b 1355, 1356, 1360 18:11–13 1390 19 20
17:17 1352, 1481, 1491 18:11–20 577 19–22 173n115
17:17b 1361 18:11a 1417 19:1 155, 194, 336, 359, 602, 719,
17:18 351, 1365, 1691, 1723 18:12 1299, 1358, 1434, 1438 726, 1467, 1763
17:18a 1362 18:12–13 1433 19:1–2 1397, 1457
17:19 259 18:12a 1421, 1422, 1434 19:1–3 175, 1475, 1562
18:1 689, 692, 719, 741, 775, 1275, 18:12b 1423 19:1–4 168, 525, 544, 1034, 1468
1317, 1391, 1399, 1442, 1515, 1533, 19:1–6 535, 665
1535, 1537, 1547, 1630, 1633 18:12c 1423, 1424
18:12d 1425 19:1–8 196
18:1–2 353, 1499
18:13 1419, 1449, 1567 19:1–9b 1462
18:1–3 240
18:13b 1426, 1427, 1428 19:1–10 633, 688, 1461
18:1–19:1 1318
18:14 1418, 1430, 1567 19:1a 1462
18:1–19:10 1272
18:14a 1431 19:1b 1027, 1463
18:1–24 1257, 1479
18:14b 1431 19:2 241, 242, 290, 392, 412, 413,
18:1a 1365 525, 533, 546, 579, 650, 711, 726,
18:1b 1365, 1366 18:14c 1432
743, 754, 866, 922, 957, 982, 985,
18:2 579, 781, 910, 1103, 1228, 18:15 194, 499, 627, 804, 1003, 1027, 1188, 1283, 1301, 1361, 1381,
1252, 1365, 1367, 1368, 1372, 1382, 1417, 1437, 1643 1463, 1465, 1478, 1489, 1491, 1493,
1383, 1537, 1672, 1723, 1746 18:15a 1433, 1434 1552, 1561, 1566, 1571, 1637, 1657,
18:2–3 582 18:15b 1432 1669
18:2a 1366, 1368 18:16 773, 1294, 1406 19:2c 1465
18:2b 1368, 1370, 1375 18:16a 1434 19:3 155, 534, 778, 1465, 1466,
18:2c 1368, 1375 18:16b 1434 1763
18:3 175, 260, 419, 627, 1275, 18:17 1371, 1408, 1443 19:4 232, 516, 520–521, 530, 532,
1283, 1379, 1382, 1417, 1434, 1465, 18:17a 1418 534, 544, 593, 978, 999, 1479
1553, 1657, 1691, 1708 18:17b 1434, 1435, 1437 19:4–5 197, 257, 1489
18:3a 1378, 1381, 1465 18:18 778, 1264, 1408, 1432, 1437, 19:4–6 1603
18:3b 1282, 1465 1445 19:4–8 983
18:3c 499, 1378, 1382 18:18–19 1243 19:4a 1467
18:4 419, 532, 957, 1391, 1399, 18:19 499, 627, 773, 804, 1371, 19:4b 1467
1400, 1433, 1475, 1480, 1489, 1496, 1390, 1406, 1408, 1439, 1443 19:4c 1467
1722, 1724 18:19–21 760 19:5 241, 288, 711, 978, 1638
18:4–5 544 18:20 16n29, 148, 168, 175, 194, 19:5a 1467, 1479
18:4–8 650 238, 290, 412, 577, 665, 767, 885, 19:5b 1467–1468
18:5 692, 1249, 1367, 1478 982, 985, 1008, 1034, 1264, 1276, 19:6 194, 270, 282, 533, 1009,
18:5–6 1746 1283, 1311, 1380, 1382, 1397, 1444, 1052, 1161, 1289, 1472, 1486, 1493,
1472, 1562, 1597 1755, 1763
18:5a 1397
18:20c 1440 19:6a 1470
18:5b 1397
18:20ff 974 19:6b 1470
18:6 175, 391, 419, 457, 916, 1399,
1433, 1466, 1493, 1495 18:21 240, 579, 805, 844, 1191, 19:7 116, 205, 259, 290, 310, 348,
1252, 1371, 1442 399, 466, 580, 602, 699, 1034,
18:6–7 1400
18:21–23 1466 1472, 1562, 1597, 1683
18:6–20 1391
18:21–24 1449 19:7–8 1358, 1472, 1752
18:6a 1395
18:21a 1441–1442 19:7–9 358, 580, 1475
18:6b 1401
18:21b 1418, 1443 19:7a 1472
18:7 222, 577, 1003, 1313, 1358,
1433, 1472, 1480 18:21c 1443 19:7c 1480
18:7a 1402, 1405 18:22 195 19:8 521, 983, 985, 1084, 1472,
18:7b 499, 1404, 1406 18:22–23 577, 1191, 1445, 1462 1477, 1478, 1480, 1486, 1492, 1663,
18:22a 1444, 1446 1701
18:8 175, 419, 472, 525, 629, 756,
780, 1206, 1395 18:22c 1449 19:9 116, 152, 205, 245, 335, 348,
18:23 419, 1181, 1390, 1445, 1460, 399, 466, 580, 1162, 1472, 1476,
18:8–9 419, 1243 1479, 1491, 1501, 1562, 1739
18:8a 1406–1407 1545, 1555, 1689, 1698
18:23a 1449 19:9–10 1661
18:8b 1408 19:9a 1479
18:9 194, 419, 535, 676, 778, 1408, 18:23c 1383
18:23d 1453 19:10 243, 255, 271, 320, 346, 354,
1418, 1432, 1433, 1439, 1460, 1657, 423, 593, 648, 711, 845, 888, 893,
1691 18:24 151, 175, 242, 253–254, 301, 922, 934, 1027, 1152, 1313, 1478,
18:9–10 1417 339, 423, 533, 545, 546, 590, 650, 1479, 1482
18:9–19 1283, 1412 714, 726, 754, 767, 885, 922, 982,
985, 1098, 1100, 1188, 1264, 1276, 19:10a 1481
18:9–24 126 1283, 1311, 1382, 1440, 1455, 1457, 19:10b 1482
18:9b 1413
1823
1824 Subject Index
Philadelphia and, 481–482 composition date and, 21–22
preterism and, 22, 99–101, 207, 971, 1518, 1543 court scene and, 524
prophetic authority of Christianity and, 70–72 court setting and, 1208
redemptive-historical focus and, 55–87, 1615, Eden and, 1709
1644, 1679, 1744–1747 Egypt and, 80–81, 155, 272, 442, 752
Roman imperial history and, 55–58 exodus and, 442–443, 747, 758, 848, 1016, 1191,
Sardis and, 472–473 1292, 1463
Satan and, 1029, 1032, 1036, 1546, 1552, 1555, Ezekiel and, 851, 866, 1419, 1460, 1583, 1639, 1652
1582, 1593 fall of Babylon the harlot and, 1378
Satan’s ruin and final judgment and, 1517–1518, final judgment of the harlot and, 1300
1527–1530, 1533, 1552, 1585, 1603 first six seals and, 642, 646–647
sealed 144,000 and, 711 first six trumpets and, 753–754, 795
separation of Christianity from Judaism marked function of, 153
by, 7, 35–38, 51, 54–58, 66–72, 102, 299, 412–414,
707, 852, 862–863, 902–904, 916, 977, 1035, Gog and, 1501
1488, 1495, 1625, 1653, 1753 greeting and theme and, 272–274
seven last plagues and, 1189, 1203, 1220–1221 Hebraic character and, 38, 155, 640, 1149, 1151,
seven oracles and, 412 1190
seven-sealed book and, 551–552, 575, 600 historical allusions, 360, 373–377, 402, 470
significance of, 55–72, 899–904 Holy Spirit and, 1700
spiritual destruction and, 914 Isaiah and, 1196, 1378, 1487, 1643–1644, 1651,
1667, 1685, 1752
sun-clothed woman and the red dragon and,
1021, 1031 Lamb and, 684, 734, 1164
symbolism and, 1021, 1517, 1531 land-dwellers and, 642, 646
theme and, 48, 54, 299 literary sources and, 129–139
times of the Gentiles and, 69 loud voice and, 868
two witnesses and, 929–931, 947–950 measured temple and, 882
universal temple and, 1683 Megiddo and, 1232
wealth and, 1418–1419 method of, 129–139
witness and, 939, 1023 new creation and, 1652
adornment, 344, 452, 594, 1294–1295, 1313, 1358, 1434, new heaven and new earth and, 1714
1637 Pergamum and, 374–375
adulterous generation, 74, 574, 584, 957, 1119, 1163, Philadelphia and, 476, 489–490
1262 polemical point and, 157
adultery (spiritual), 203–205, 415, 455–458, 551, 559– preterism and, 111, 1219
560, 566, 568, 574, 605, 613, 618–619, 699, 766, 794, prophetic tradition and, 160, 242
795, 840, 866–868, 1097, 1101, 1192, 1252, 1287, 1305, Red Sea and, 1190
1354–358, 1360, 1408, 1455, 1631
redemptive-historical focus and, 76
Adversary, 69, 274, 432, 434, 436, 739, 801, 905, 998,
Revelation as using more allusions than any
1024, 1096, 1122, 1308, 1404, 1676
other NT book, 76, 120
advocates (legal term), 16, 1030, 1075, 1078, 1536, 1759
Sardis and, 375
Aegean Sea, 327, 364, 369
Seven Last Plagues and, 1199, 1212, 1224
Aeneid (Virgil), 1570
seven oracles and, 44, 373–377
Agabus, 106, 357, 388, 643, 661
seven trumpets and, 1159
Against Apion (Josephus), 221
seven-sealed book and, 549
Against Heresies (Irenaeus), 40–41
Smyrna and, 373–374
Agrippa, 52, 284, 447, 659–660, 711, 814–817, 835, 897,
Stephen and, 1110
906, 928, 1050, 1056, 1098, 1186, 1215, 1239, 1251,
1279, 1349 Synoptic tradition and, 147
Agrippa II, 1098, 1215, 1385, 1424, 1448, 1684 theme and, 295–296
Ahab, 416, 426, 583, 593, 651 throne and, 1678
Albinus, 945, 1089, 1097, 1387 Thyatira and, 375
Alexander the Great, 365, 370, 374, 376 total number of, 130
Aliturus, 1075n31 translation and, 127–128
allegory, 93, 425, 570, 666, 760, 874, 956, 1136, 1197, tree of life and, 1670
1259, 1473 visions of blessing and judgment and, 1156–1157
allusions. See also Old Testament almighty, 140, 294, 302, 320–322, 345, 461, 528,
abyss and, 155 531–534, 536, 539–540, 648, 685, 802, 972, 978,
1009, 1052, 1071, 1094, 1130, 1135, 1139, 1161, 1187,
AD 70 and, 102, 913, 1235
1202, 1205, 1222, 1227, 1229, 1233–1234, 1463, 1470,
apocalypses and, 226 1471–1472, 1483, 1497–1498, 1524, 1616, 1635, 1640,
Babylon and, 155 1685–1688, 1723
beast from the sea and, 1048 Alogi, 10
classification of, 131–139 Alpha and Omega, 321–322, 348, 449, 539, 1071, 1638,
commissioning vision and, 336, 340–341 1651, 1733, 1735, 1742, 1745–1746
already / not yet, 428, 467, 975, 1518, 1608, 1610, 1620, of the covenant, 579, 859, 871
1622, 1644, 1646, 1649, 1653 Daniel and, 856–857, 1018, 1313
altars definition of, 352
beast from the Land and, 1130 Egypt and, 610
court scene and, 510 Ezekiel and, 29, 696
earthly altar, 579, 633–634, 646, 742, 805–806, fall of Babylon the harlot and, 1364–1390
1197, 1301, 1366, 1568, 1577 fifth angel and the vintage and, 1184–1186
Ezekiel and, 29, 1616, 1652, 1699, 1707 final judgment of the harlot and, 1275–1284,
fire and, 742, 744–749, 1128–1129, 1131, 1184, 1236 1312–1313
first six seals and, 633, 649 final testimonies and admonition and, 1729–1742
first six trumpets and, 169, 773, 777, 805–806 first angel and the gospel and, 1166–1171
golden incense altar, 155, 169, 739, 742–745, 749, first six trumpets and, 776–778, 807–812, 810t
804–805, 1276, 1297, 1422, 1426, 1450 four angels, 689–693, 694, 698, 711, 776–778,
heavenly altar, 235, 633–646, 742, 777, 806, 830, 807–812, 810t, 1698
835, 1135, 1184, 1205, 1366 fourth angel and the harvest and, 1180–1183
literalism and, 895 identity of, 1365–1366
measured temple and, 874–875, 888, 893–894 idolatry and, 1740, 1749, 1757–1758
Old Testament and, 80, 155, 848, 1128 interpretive assistance of, 32, 47, 190, 248, 263,
pillars and, 848 577, 1312–1313
scene changes and, 192 invitation of, 1275–1284
seventh seal and, 738–745 Jesus appearing under angelic imagery, 241, 257,
symbolism and, 875, 1128, 1577 341, 579, 844–853, 996, 1365, 1368, 1499, 1537
temple altar, 27, 29, 80, 155, 193, 270, 339, 590, of the Lord, 343, 353, 635, 692, 720, 742, 844–845,
633–634, 737, 835 847–848, 850, 1018, 1020, 1029, 1128, 1203
trumpets and, 739 mighty angel, 844, 849–850, 852, 858, 1019,
voice and, 623, 1205, 1581 1600, 1741
amanuensis, 21, 396, 435 Old Testament and, 154–155, 520, 696
amen, 78, 156, 231–232, 295, 299–300, 311, 492–495, Satan’s ruin and final judgment and, 1515,
603, 726, 1467, 1762–1764 1533–1537
amillennialism, 96, 238, 1522, 1535 sealed 144,000 and, 689–693, 694, 698, 711
anachronisms, 38, 912n56, 1043 second angel and Babylon and, 1171–1174
analeptic, 1567 seven angels, 352–353, 384–387, 423, 426, 429,
analogy, 72, 157, 269, 276, 553, 555, 570, 1309, 1523, 432, 438, 445, 461, 468, 475, 492, 1187–1188,
1683 1193–1197, 1213, 1235, 1243, 1253, 1267, 1269,
1272, 1275–1276, 1364, 1437, 1661, 1678, 1715
Ananias, 1109, 1127, 1132, 1216, 1227, 1387–1388, 1416,
1506, 1756 seven kings and, 30
Ananus, 284n11, 631, 652, 884, 898n40, 959, 1097, Seven Last Plagues and, 1193–1194
1215, 1359, 1414, 1452, 1506 seven mountains and, 32
anaphoric article, 338, 729, 961, 1523–1524 seven-sealed book and, 542, 548
Ancient of Days, 341, 344, 587 Son of Man and, 1166–1186
Andocides, 917 stars and, 352
Andreas of Caesarea, 23, 98, 112–113, 520, 666, 686, strong angel, 201, 542, 582–583, 760, 843–864
702–703, 1053, 1291 superscription and, 240–241
Androclus, 365 symbolism and, 32
angels. See also seven trumpet angels and seventh temple and, 29, 339
trumpet testimony of, 1729–1742
of the abyss, 776, 800–801, 954, 1008, 1152 third angel and beast worshipers and, 1174–1177
AD 70 and, 697, 807 transcendence and, 240
angelic descent argument, 1515, 1533–1537 visions of blessing and judgment and, 1166–1186
angelic messages and Son of Man and, 1166–1186 voice and, 336
angelomorphic, 201, 241, 345, 691, 741, 845, 996, Annas, 287, 289, 657, 1107, 1295, 1387, 1389
1365, 1368, 1499, 1537 Ante-Nicene Church, 89, 95
announcement of the fall and, 1364–1390 antichrist, 41, 88–89, 93, 718, 921, 1333, 1337–1339,
another angel, 691–692, 741, 846, 1166, 1171, 1174, 1658
1178–1180, 1184, 1317, 1364, 1365, 1391, 1499, 1539 anti-Judaism, 207–208, 210, 212, 1247, 1675n11
apocalypses and, 353, 520 antilegoumenoi, 10
archangels, 254, 635n17, 738, 1017, 1019, 1021 Antiochus Epiphanes, 69, 158, 829, 897, 1008, 1015,
attestation of, 1729–1737 1038, 1071, 1349, 1353–1354, 1437, 1447, 1520
Babylon and, 610 Antiochus II, 372
certification of, 15 Antiochus III the Great, 158, 365, 370, 372, 375, 470
commissioning vision and, 352–355 Antiochus IV, 1225, 1452
court drama and, 201–203 Antipas, 258, 416, 438–440, 443, 935, 1132, 1348n108,
court scene and, 520–521 1349
Athena, 369, 374 Bar Kochba revolt, 59, 411, 421, 565
Athens, 328, 365, 803, 815, 1052, 1169 barley, 277, 623, 625–628, 755, 797–798
Attalus I, 368–369 Barnabas, 35, 354, 389, 663, 862, 905, 916, 928, 946,
Attalus II, 368, 371 1079, 1120, 1123, 1310
audits, 196n134, 379, 387 Baruch, 675
Augustine, 9, 11, 78, 529, 702, 1057, 1280, 1369, 1376, basileus
1550, 1580, 1633 definition of, 282
Augustus Caesar, 30–31, 40, 284, 365–367, 369, 374, Israel’s religious authorities and, 283–286
430, 446, 470, 485–486, 537, 601, 620, 639, 1051, 1097, kings of the earth and, 283
1229, 1327 meaning of, 283
authorship determination. See Johannine authorship Revelation use of, 283–286
autopsy, 590, 634, 1455–1460 specific application of, 283–286
auxiliaries, 58, 448, 809, 817, 1225, 1353–1354, 1358, battering rams, 616, 672, 823–826, 969, 1238–1239,
1673 1671
beast (Roman), 424, 435, 710, 869, 936, 953, 1039,
1066, 1081, 1086, 1091, 1211–1212, 1214, 1215, 1267,
B 1275, 1286, 1288, 1305, 1314, 1317, 1334, 1336, 1343–
1344, 1350, 1352–1353, 1367, 1493, 1497, 1553, 1565,
Babylon. See also fall of Babylon the harlot; harlot of 1567, 1569, 1597, 1656, 1758
Babylon and the beast beast (seven-headed), 30, 32, 117, 188–189, 529, 591,
allusions and, 155 611, 1060, 1071, 1100, 1124, 1273, 1339, 1612
angels and, 610 beast (worship of), 1085, 1101, 1174, 1214–1217
apocalypses and, 669 beast from the land
captivity in, 876, 938, 1303, 1580 altars and, 1130
curtain of, 64 as Apostate Judaism, 1090
exile in, 29, 372, 732 authority of, 1096
Israel as, 650, 758–760 deception of, 1130–1134
Jerusalem as, 17, 154, 163, 204–205, 272–273, 315, elders and, 1176
499, 553n13, 639, 645, 650, 739, 745, 759, 781, Elijah and, 1123, 1128
837, 958, 1171–1174, 1228, 1258–1274, 1318, 1367– emperor worship and, 1104–1121
1368, 1400–1402, 1420, 1453, 1475, 1477 false prophets and, 1091–1092, 1103, 1123
Jezebel and, 419 fire and, 1123–1124, 1125, 1128–1129, 1132
judgments on, 104, 107, 116 as Flavius Josephus, 1090
mountains and, 760–761 function of, 1095–1103
new Jerusalem and, 271, 291, 491, 579–580 high priestly aristocracy and, 1089, 1098–1102,
Old Testament and, 104, 116, 155, 188, 191, 272, 1108–1109, 1125–1138, 1190, 1267, 1304
335, 536, 669, 675, 690, 758 historicism and, 1089
preterism and, 108 identity of, 1087–1094
proleptic anticipation and, 261 idolatry and, 1101, 1109–1119, 1130–1131, 1133
Roman Empire as, 100, 111 Jesus and, 1097–1098, 1100, 1121, 1125, 1136–1137
symbolism and, 675 Jewish persecution of Christianity and, 1096,
wind and, 690 1121–1125
Babylonian curtain, 1169, 1423, 1625 Jewish War and, 1092, 1108
backdrop of Old Testament. See Old Testament as Judean procurators, 1089, 1091
Balaam, 154, 158 Lamb and, 885, 953, 1059, 1066, 1081, 1085, 1087,
Balaamites 1103, 1157–1158, 1350–1352, 1493, 1526
apostasy and, 1149, 1755 mark of, 1138–1142
Jewish understanding of, 417, 441 Old Testament and, 1089, 1100, 1128, 1130–1131
meaning of, 417, 425 Olivet Discourse and, 1125
morning star and, 467 overview of, 420, 588n48
Pergamum and, 416, 440–441 phylactery and, 1139–1140
seven oracles and, 396, 398, 414–417, 426 as political messianism, 1090
sexual immortality and, 415–416 preterism and, 1089, 1124
symbolism and, 426 redemptive-historical excursus on, 1104–1121
synagogue of Satan and, 399–400 as religious entity, 1103
Balak, 154, 381, 385, 395, 414, 426, 440–441, 1149 Rome Empire and, 1096–1099
balances, 358, 623, 704 Satan and, 1103, 1121–1125
banishment, 160, 174, 328–330, 402, 438, 489, 503, symbolism and, 1100, 1107
506, 509, 863n30, 1025, 1043, 1045, 1141, 1349, 1371– synagogue of Satan and, 1101, 1122, 1140
1372, 1482, 1557, 1711, 1747 temple and, 1101, 1104–1121, 1130, 1133–1134
baptism, 255, 694, 729, 1004, 1491, 1552, 1700, 1702, as Vespasian, 1089–1090
1738 beast from the sea
baptism (Spirit), 1700 allusions and, 1048
judicial terminology and, 516–517 1003, 1009, 1010, 1013, 1097, 1141, 1235, 1295, 1383,
kings of the earth and, 518 1461, 1471, 1551, 1678, 1693
lightning and, 525–526 Crusades, 89
new creation and, 539–540 cups, 786, 839, 1102, 1174, 1194, 1199, 1228, 1234, 1242,
Old Testament and, 511–512, 517, 522, 525 1248, 1267–1268, 1283–1285, 1291, 1301, 1306–1308,
1312, 1354, 1368–1369, 1381, 1390, 1400–1401, 1478,
open door and, 513–514, 527 1656
overview of, 509–513 Cyprian, 18, 112, 299
promises and, 515 Cyril of Jerusalem, 2, 10
sea and, 526–527 Cyrus, 357, 365, 370, 375, 470, 1382
seven lamps and, 526
Son of Man and, 509, 515
spiritual transport and, 513–516 D
symbolism and, 529
throne of God and, 516–524 Dan (tribe), 715–716, 718
thunder and, 525–526 Daniel
trumpets and, 510 AD 70 and, 697, 991, 1018–1019
voice and, 514 angels and, 856–857, 1018, 1313
courtroom, 923, 1029, 1035, 1046, 1193, 1391, 1397, antichrist and, 1339
1439, 1467, 1478, 1560
anti-Judaism and, 34
courtroom drama, 196, 200, 242–243, 582, 585, 594,
636 antithetical allusions and, 1742–1743
covenant (new). See new covenant apocalypses and, 185, 223
covenant (old). See old covenant Babylon and, 1305, 1406
covenant, ark of, 80–81, 155, 192, 339, 443, 529 beasts and, 139
covenant curse, 136, 413, 551, 586, 624, 631, 636, 668, blasphemy and, 1069
673, 771, 785, 1022, 1188, 1194, 1196, 1199, 1204, 1230, burnished bronze and, 344
1244, 1443–1444, 1501, 1508 directive to conceal words and, 231, 237, 548, 583
covenant judgment, 75, 84, 249, 606, 768 dispensationalism and, 921
covenant lawsuit, 84, 161, 174, 198, 203–204, 257–258, dream of, 350
357, 379, 387, 393, 454–456, 563, 636, 640–641, 850, earthquake and, 1240
922, 929, 1252 final judgment and, 118
covenantal divorce, 1276 four beasts and, 869, 890, 934, 952–953, 1042,
covenantal judgment, 1466 1050, 1054, 1071, 1329, 1332–1333, 1337, 1519
covenantal structure, 379–384 fulfillment and, 1518
creation (new), 90, 172, 222, 428, 493–497, 519, 539– Gentile kingdoms of, 28n44
540, 548, 595, 597–598, 673, 678, 733n22, 768. See horns and, 1006, 1049, 1346
also new creation
Israel and, 118
creativity, 137, 147, 160, 272, 314, 547, 701, 984, 1337,
1519 King of kings and, 1498
Creator, 6, 19, 287, 450, 493, 519, 527, 530, 532, 856, kingdom and, 1067–1068, 1735, 1737
1624, 1629, 1649, 1741 literalism and, 186
creed, 1138, 1213, 1511, 1574 resurrection and, 962
crimes, 37, 84, 266, 299, 457, 546, 605, 794, 837, 839, Roman Empire and, 869, 1039, 1333
1074, 1097, 1116, 1453, 1503 saints persecuted and, 1008, 1038
Croesus, 365, 370 Son of Man and, 149, 316, 341, 344, 587, 846, 976,
cross (Jesus’), 65, 74, 111, 240, 291, 298, 305–307, 428, 1179
451, 518, 548, 589, 678, 862, 925, 988, 995, 1009, 1011, superscription and, 226
1012, 1025, 1028, 1102, 1104, 1107, 1111, 1163, 1213, symbolism and, 857, 1006, 1329, 1705
1221, 1224, 1235, 1316, 1452, 1459, 1491, 1494, 1551, theophanic appearance of Jesus in, 342
1584, 1639, 1650, 1702–1703, 1704
throne and, 1559, 1561–1562, 1603
crowns, 521, 591, 611, 996, 998–999, 1002, 1006, 1039,
1177, 1184, 1296, 1300, 1303, 1358, 1572, 1581, 1611 throne of God and, 203, 524
elders and, 201, 530, 534–535, 793 tribulation and, 856–857, 882, 1575
of gold, 9, 285, 519, 521, 793–794 two witnesses and, 935
of life, 45, 349, 374, 382, 385, 429, 436–437 as ultimate image source, 1562
crucified, 27, 37, 49, 54, 78, 84–86, 205, 270, 273, 289, white hair and, 344
297, 304, 307, 309–310, 313, 315, 319, 339, 401, 407, Darius the Mede, 1406
451, 462–463, 578, 631, 654–655, 754, 767, 883, 887, darkness, 17, 54, 168, 216, 265, 333, 434–435, 606, 668,
892, 909, 925, 940, 948, 951, 954, 1090, 1097, 1101, 672–676, 767–768, 777, 794, 796, 840, 848, 915, 931,
1119, 1198, 1204, 1213, 1232, 1241, 1265, 1289, 1309, 939, 1010, 1074, 1078, 1195, 1211, 1217–1219, 1221,
1362, 1375, 1416, 1437, 1443, 1459, 1506, 1602, 1677– 1413, 1444–1445, 1463, 1477, 1518, 1554, 1556, 1561,
1678, 1688 1625, 1639, 1645, 1668–1670, 1690, 1692–1694, 1698,
crucifixion (Jesus’), 36, 49, 51, 112, 150, 214, 271, 286, 1725, 1751
304, 306–307, 310, 318, 406, 412, 424, 429, 438, 575– date of composition. See composition date
576, 655, 660, 703, 767, 832, 883, 955, 982, 984, 986,
divorce court drama, 203–205 beast from the sea and, 1338
divorce ritual, 1357 clouds and, 190, 302
dogs, 631, 789, 796, 1109, 1214, 1656, 1749 as dragon, 1005
dominion, 284, 291, 294, 319, 322, 453, 462, 538, 581, exodus from, 80–81, 155, 272, 442, 556, 747, 831,
591–592, 602–603, 770, 800, 810, 815, 818, 853–854, 848, 895, 951, 1037, 1163, 1172, 1240, 1463, 1487
975–976, 1047, 1057, 1061, 1066, 1071, 1074, 1093, firstborn of, 259
1096, 1211, 1247, 1346, 1462, 1489, 1498, 1502, 1548, foreign alliances and, 561–562
1552, 1600, 1627, 1670
Hebraic character and, 321, 726
Domitian Caesar, 22–23, 25–26, 39, 41–42, 328, 366,
536–537, 627, 649, 1086n37 Jerusalem as, 17, 78, 163, 213, 273, 282, 289, 315,
396, 413, 417, 424, 460, 533, 590, 639, 752, 759,
doors, 421, 477–478, 513–514, 572, 675, 797, 834–835 831, 883, 887, 892, 894–895, 924, 940, 948, 951,
double entendre, 305, 446, 466, 913, 1034, 1047, 1050, 955–958, 1016, 1037, 1101, 1172–1173, 1189, 1191,
1277n22, 1518, 1693 1197, 1214, 1224, 1260, 1266, 1566, 1594, 1614,
doxology, 221, 290, 294, 534, 602, 726, 1203 1640, 1657, 1677, 1722
dragon, 188–190, 236, 273, 439, 619, 693, 707, 726, 777, Jewish War and, 58
801, 803. See also sun-clothed woman and the red judgment and, 48, 302, 736, 895, 1266, 1443, 1625
dragon kingdom of God and, 860
dramas. See forensic drama; judicial drama light and, 1240
dramatic form Old Testament and, 80–81, 155, 272, 442, 669,
courtroom drama and, 196–203 993, 1266, 1286–1287, 1338, 1443, 1475, 1494
divorce court drama and, 203–205 plagues and, 167, 259, 321, 533, 736, 751–755, 761,
Jewish War and, 195 764, 766–767, 779, 781, 798, 951, 956, 1191, 1196,
judicial drama and, 198–200, 199–200t 1199, 1205, 1218, 1221, 1223, 1235, 1490
oral drama and, 192–196 promise to, 860
throne of God and, 200–201 right hand and, 542
witness and, 200–202 Roman Empire and, 815, 1050, 1150, 1280
drink offering, 634, 1194, 1300 seven mountains and, 1333
drunk, 154, 175, 189, 481, 645, 650, 754, 841, 1101, 1124, symbolism and, 190, 675, 948, 1050
1174, 1194, 1264, 1268, 1274–1276, 1282–1286, 1289, eighth, 1314–1316, 1340–1346
1292, 1301, 1306–1309, 1312, 1364, 1378–1379, 1408, eighth plague, 766, 798
1439, 1461, 1478, 1553, 1555, 1657, 1698, 1723 Elder John, 10, 14
dry bones, 856, 962, 967, 1019, 1580, 1583 elders
banishment and, 1141
E beast from the land and, 1176
court scene and, 519–524, 530, 532–536, 540–541
covenant and, 521
eagles, 69, 528–529, 739, 769–774, 804, 811, 848n7, crowns and, 201, 530, 534–535, 793
854, 1016, 1036–1038, 1133, 1166, 1443, 1499, 1502
fall of Babylon the harlot and, 1467
early date view, 10, 22–26, 30, 35, 38, 40–42, 1314, 1317
forensic drama and, 973–974
ears, 143–144, 147, 187, 194–195, 204, 357, 393, 426, 493,
heavenly multitude and, 726–727
556, 574, 636, 773, 956, 1067, 1081, 1112–1113, 1164,
1226, 1326, 1487, 1572, 1734, 1740, 1752 heavenly temple and, 988
earthly altar, 579, 633–634, 646, 742, 805–806 Jesus and, 266, 518, 1106, 1111, 1122, 1142, 1208
earthquakes, 81, 150–151, 166–167, 187, 195, 202, 376, Jewish persecution of Christianity and, 658–659
489, 491, 499, 510, 526, 529, 665–666, 671–672, 680, judicial authority of, 1564
686, 735–736, 738, 746–748, 756, 838, 961, 966–967, kings of the earth and, 263, 287
988–990, 1193, 1220, 1234, 1236–1237, 1239–1243, measured temple and, 888
1625, 1632, 1639, 1686
new covenant and, 586, 594, 727
echoes, 131–133, 195–196, 271–272, 316, 321, 348, 414,
new song and, 1161
434, 449, 519, 539, 542, 570, 573, 590, 758, 761, 778,
835, 856, 911, 964, 997, 1011, 1059, 1069, 1208, 1238, old covenant and, 523–524, 586, 594, 1008, 1026,
1282, 1360, 1391, 1414, 1445, 1639, 1643, 1650–1651, 1678
1652, 1664, 1746, 1760, 1761 Old Testament and, 1467
economic issues, 24, 65, 76, 115, 238, 286, 430–431, seven oracles and, 455–456, 461
459, 499, 562, 654, 674, 682–683, 905, 1092–1093, seven trumpet angels and seventh trumpet and,
1126, 1142, 1214, 1243, 1282–1283, 1287, 1361, 1378, 977–981
1383–1386, 1390, 1417–1418, 1430, 1432–1433, 1448, seven-sealed book and, 563, 584–587, 589, 593–
1460, 1591, 1609, 1625 594, 601–603
Eden, 598, 779, 1009, 1023, 1504, 1589, 1604, 1620, Stephen and, 888, 1113
1670, 1682, 1699–1703, 1706–1709, 1713–1714, 1720, symbolism and, 522
1747
throne and, 977–979, 1485, 1563–1564
Edom, 104–105, 669, 675
throne of God and, 977–979, 1485, 1563–1564
Egypt
worship and, 977–979, 1471
AD 70 and, 63
wrath and, 981
allusions and, 80–81, 155, 272, 442, 752
Eleazar, 933, 1132, 1244, 1377, 1387, 1411, 1454
angels and, 610
754, 794, 832, 847, 936, 1170, 1292, 1294, 1296, 1298– 742, 744, 747, 769, 772, 793, 846, 977–979, 1017,
1300, 1307, 1357, 1414–1415, 1421–1422, 1683 1020, 1064, 1131–1132, 1464, 1485, 1559, 1561–
gates, 86, 115, 189, 213, 244, 274, 349, 413, 515, 622, 1562, 1563–1564, 1603, 1615, 1678, 1699–1700,
632, 680, 702, 707, 818, 834, 891, 990, 1197, 1298, 1723–1724
1366, 1425, 1428, 1445, 1506, 1612, 1674–1675, 1680 word of, 42, 45, 108, 121, 162, 202, 217, 242–243,
gē 248, 301, 328, 347, 354, 634, 862, 896, 901, 942,
Jesus and, 278–279 1222, 1351, 1361, 1470, 1479, 1480–1483, 1491–
1493, 1497, 1508–1509, 1547, 1559, 1565, 1568,
kings of the earth and, 275–282 1741, 1744, 1762
meaning of, 275–282 Gog, 80, 126, 154, 621, 1048, 1501, 1509, 1514, 1519–
New Testament use of, 278–279 1522, 1590–1592, 1595–1597, 1599–1601, 1605
Old Testament use of, 275–278 gold, 52, 83, 158, 188, 342, 345, 369–370, 372, 382, 387,
Olivet Discourse and, 278 453, 500, 538, 591, 694, 743, 770, 775, 793–794, 805,
Revelation use of, 279–282, 281t 819, 829, 831, 833–835, 872, 873, 878, 904, 937, 1106,
theme and, 309–310 1194, 1267, 1268, 1271, 1283–1284, 1291–1301, 1306–
1308, 1358–1359, 1389, 1412, 1415, 1418, 1421–1426,
generation, 7, 36, 39, 43, 48–49, 51, 74–75, 93–94, 110, 1431–1432, 1434–1435, 1448, 1450, 1665, 1667–1668,
112, 117, 146–147, 153, 209, 231, 234, 237, 252, 266, 271, 1675, 1678–1679, 1681–1684, 1688, 1694, 1698, 1708,
318, 361, 419, 431, 451, 487, 548, 574, 584, 592, 609, 1712
645, 668, 677, 721, 729, 785, 789–790, 842, 860, 904,
907, 957, 987, 1015, 1022, 1081, 1119, 1123, 1160, 1163, golden altar, 155, 169, 739, 742–745, 749, 804–805,
1175, 1183, 1218, 1240, 1262, 1274, 1311, 1347, 1353, 1276, 1297, 1422, 1426, 1450
1369, 1398, 1401, 1432, 1459, 1476, 1532–1533, 1744 golden calf, 1112, 1114–1115, 1118, 1121
genre, 182–185, 1326, 1577, 1579, 1763 golden crowns, 9, 285, 519, 521, 793–794
geo-political Israel, 207, 930, 947n109, 1692 golden girdle, 342, 1296, 1299, 1667
Gessius Florus, 897, 907, 1089, 1098 Gomorrah, 164, 191, 213, 274, 418, 584, 669, 752, 758,
Gnosticism, 120, 395–396, 400, 447, 461–463 825–826, 830, 840, 911, 924, 956–957, 1128, 1219,
1266, 1401
God
grace, 20, 77, 253–255, 406, 496, 634, 687, 692, 701,
as Alpha and Omega, 321–322, 348, 449, 539, 786, 817, 857, 871, 1248, 1477, 1487, 1531, 1616, 1629,
1071, 1638, 1651, 1733, 1735, 1742, 1745–1746 1642, 1644, 1647, 1677, 1706, 1724, 1732, 1758–1759,
as Creator, 6, 19, 287, 450, 493, 519, 527, 530, 532, 1763–1764
856, 1624, 1629, 1649, 1741 grammar, 38, 48, 77–78, 82, 123, 135, 156–157, 191, 242,
face of, 87, 684, 1724 248, 254, 269, 295, 326, 328, 727, 736, 766, 872, 1149,
as Father, 19, 65, 71, 212, 224, 253–255, 261, 1478, 1709, 1714
344, 450, 846, 847, 881, 915, 925, 930, 943, 973, grape harvest, 720, 1181, 1613
977–978, 985, 1014, 1031, 1033, 1036, 1064, 1074, grass, 188, 260, 625, 745, 755–756, 758, 780, 852, 1746
1103, 1107, 1118, 1138, 1154, 1158, 1160, 1164, 1170,
1174, 1178, 1228, 1235, 1262, 1264, 1304, 1315, great city, 54, 81, 170, 260, 310, 315, 580, 622, 756, 760,
1391, 1441, 1468, 1472, 1476, 1510, 1511, 1561, 837, 880, 882–883, 886–887, 892, 940, 947, 951, 954,
1569, 1573, 1581, 1603–1604, 1636, 1642, 1653, 958, 967–968, 975, 986, 1171, 1190–1191, 1198, 1217,
1658, 1665, 1668, 1684, 1686, 1699, 1725 1227, 1234, 1239, 1241–1242, 1260, 1263, 1265–1267,
1275, 1318, 1348, 1351, 1356, 1360, 1362, 1383, 1412,
as Governor, 6, 894, 1093 1415, 1416, 1418, 1423, 1434, 1437, 1441, 1443, 1445,
as husband, 203–205, 554–556, 559–561, 564– 1453, 1497, 1566, 1637, 1663
567, 619, 626–627, 699, 732, 766, 795, 831, 848, Great Commission, 75, 86, 1592
866, 917–919, 1286, 1294, 1300, 1305–1306,
1354–1357, 1404, 1438, 1453, 1477–1478, 1611, great fear, 961, 963, 1754
1619, 1635, 1637, 1639, 1642, 1663, 1667, 1683 great multitude, 169, 473, 572, 612, 633, 684, 702, 704,
as Judge, 6, 530, 534, 539, 584, 685, 1560, 1624, 712–714, 718–719, 721–730, 1026, 1061, 1161, 1163,
1657 1196, 1279, 1313, 1360, 1457, 1461–1462, 1467, 1470,
1472, 1502, 1543, 1571, 1597, 1666, 1676
kingdom of, 852, 860, 895, 908, 915–916, 940,
941–942, 965, 975, 979, 991, 1009–1010, 1022, great prophets, 145, 159, 257, 1267, 1743
1078, 1164, 1189, 1262, 1418, 1431, 1466, 1547, great supper, 87, 205, 244, 332, 334, 580, 584,
1551–1552, 1554, 1561, 1633, 1634, 1649, 1665, 1499–1501
1676, 1695, 1722, 1735, 1737, 1742, 1744 great tribulation, 55, 296, 317, 326, 382, 386, 451, 457–
name of, 87, 198, 427, 694, 840, 858, 1160, 1203, 458, 484, 516, 547, 721, 723, 727–734, 847, 856–857,
1205, 1208, 1303, 1337, 1467, 1698 873, 921, 1014, 1156, 1176, 1241, 1487, 1517, 1543, 1574–
as Redeemer, 917, 1003, 1032 1575, 1586, 1646, 1687
right hand of, 54, 188, 190, 266, 298, 313, 345– great white throne, 1560, 1602–1605
349, 351, 361, 380, 390, 453, 466, 505–506, 541– Greek, 7–8, 16, 20, 23, 32, 34, 39–41, 44, 46, 61, 77–78,
543, 545, 550, 578, 589, 591–592, 611, 613, 776, 120, 127–129, 132, 156–157, 166, 176, 184, 192–196,
856, 928, 963, 979, 1012, 1020, 1029, 1092, 1095, 221, 243, 246–247, 269, 279–280, 285, 300, 309–311,
1138, 1140, 1161, 1180, 1447, 1488, 1582, 1675, 1744 313, 316, 321, 344, 365, 390–391, 399, 406, 429, 432,
seven spirits of, 190, 255–256, 380, 386, 468–469, 436, 438, 442–438, 443, 448, 453, 466, 486, 493, 495,
526, 542, 585, 590–591 518, 524, 536, 577, 587, 591, 594, 598, 603, 633, 640,
649, 742, 752, 773–776, 800–801, 805–806, 811, 815,
throne of, 84, 152, 174, 192, 197–198, 200–203, 861–863, 867, 876, 889–890, 929, 934n88, 951, 954,
226, 242, 253–254, 257, 259, 310, 333, 502, 974, 978, 979, 1010, 1021, 1033, 1051, 1052, 1055, 1056,
510–524, 525, 527, 529, 532, 540, 544–546, 578, 1058, 1068, 1082–1083, 1085, 1110, 1118, 1143, 1145,
582–583, 587, 591–592, 597, 603, 605, 612–614, 1147–1150, 1152–1153, 1193, 1226, 1241, 1252, 1278,
689, 720, 723, 725–728, 730, 733–734, 738, 1285, 1321, 1330, 1375, 1378, 1390, 1402–1403, 1427,
Jewish War and, 56, 777 Qumran and, 1102, 1106, 1302, 1388, 1412, 1457
literary sources and, 128 Roman Empire and, 1095, 1099, 1109, 1122, 1216–
new Jerusalem bride and, 1695 1217, 1267, 1569
old covenant and, 1736 Sanhedrin, 54, 63, 84, 148, 263, 283–284, 286–
Old Testament and, 76–77, 554, 830 287, 305, 405, 455, 588, 652–653, 764, 767, 907,
926, 931, 966, 979, 1030, 1081, 1096, 1097, 1104,
overview of, 153–156 1111, 1115, 1118, 1126, 1136, 1140, 1169, 1209, 1213,
redemptive-historical focus and, 75–84 1229, 1282, 1295, 1299, 1311, 1363, 1382, 1387,
Satan and, 801 1401, 1452, 1488, 1504, 1670, 1685, 1744
Semitic languages and, 20–21, 77, 80, 129, 156 Satan and, 1031
seven lamps and, 526 seven last plagues and, 1227–1228
seven letters and, 153–154 symbolism and, 1092
seven oracles and, 388 synagogue of Satan and, 435
seven-sealed book and, 554 throne of the beast and, 1211
symbolism and, 616 wealth and, 1283, 1382–1387, 1413, 1420–1421
synagogue of Satan and, 154 Hippolytus, 18, 38, 98, 299, 319, 399, 703, 718, 844,
Hecataeus, 27, 285 1054
Hegesippus, 66, 698n4 historical allusions. See allusions
Helios, 371, 1053 historicism, 88–95, 750, 1089, 1531
hell, 86, 349, 426, 436, 629, 778, 796, 952, 1010, 1103, holiness, 278, 285, 487, 532–533, 535
1131, 1175, 1219, 1316, 1320, 1466, 1507, 1554, 1582, holocaust, 206, 600, 706, 899, 1475, 1666, 1744
1704 holy city. See Jerusalem
Hellenism, 56, 217, 396n18, 599, 877, 1423–1424 holy land, 906, 950, 1114, 1223. See also Israel
heresy, 217, 394–396, 398, 399–400, 403–404, 410– holy mountain, 759–760, 779, 880, 1159, 1249, 1252,
411, 413–418, 425, 441, 446, 453, 458–459, 461, 465, 1369, 1595, 1664, 1716
470–471, 476, 931, 1141, 1510. See also Balaamites; Holy Spirit
Nicolaitans
allusions and, 1700
hermeneutics / hermeneutical, 42, 97, 117, 136, 186,
195, 315, 719, 791, 947n109, 948, 958, 1265, 1562, 1574 circumcision and, 894, 896
Herod Agrippa I, 402, 537, 659, 928, 961, 984 demons and, 1228, 1551
Herod Antipas, 283, 288n16, 308, 1348n108 eyes of the Lord and, 591
Herod Archelaus, 1093 Ezekiel and, 1197, 1630
Herod of Chalcis, 1215 forensic drama and, 506, 509
Herod the Great, 284, 878, 889, 1004, 1098, 1099, 1127, greeting and theme and, 252–257
1133, 1159, 1213, 1215, 1247, 1283, 1288, 1296, 1349– holy temple and, 965
1350, 1361, 1423–1426 Jesus and, 1009, 1230, 1639, 1652, 1699
Herodians, 124, 266 Jesus’ words equated with, 437, 442, 468, 491
Herodotus, 625 living water and, 1651–1652, 1700
Hezekiah, 476, 1240, 1450 Messiah and, 738
Hierapolis, 252, 337, 366, 476 new covenant and, 894, 1642, 1670, 1679
high priestly aristocracy new Jerusalem and, 1616, 1666
AD 70 and, 1390, 1413, 1487 olive trees and, 938
beast from the land and, 1089, 1098–1102, 1108– prophecy and, 106, 203, 330, 357, 410
1109, 1125–1138, 1190, 1267, 1304 resistance to, 1113–1114, 1119, 1310
deception and, 1455 seven lamps and, 526, 590, 1325n77
extinction faced by, 760, 764 seven oracles and, 107, 163, 364, 377, 385–390,
fall of Babylon the harlot and, 1382–1383 394, 426–427, 468–469
as false prophet, 424, 1368, 1588, 1669, 1687, 1718 as seven spirits, 19, 190, 200, 254–256, 259, 339,
final judgment of the harlot and, 1296, 1299– 469, 738, 1325, 1603
1312, 1347–1349 in the Spirit, 20, 121–122, 171, 174–175, 192, 203,
garments of priests and, 65, 342–343, 527n13, 232, 287, 329–330, 335–336, 427, 506, 509–512,
1292, 1294, 1298–1300, 1307, 1414–1415, 516, 860, 872, 893–894, 918, 926, 994, 1009,
1421–1422 1110, 1219, 1226, 1255, 1270, 1284, 1366n2, 1595,
great splendor enjoyed by, 1126–1127 1609, 1635, 1645–1646, 1651, 1659, 1661, 1663–
1664, 1666, 1715, 1722, 1752, 1759
heavenly bodies and, 674
symbolism and, 1633
Jesus and, 74–75, 143, 266, 286, 305–306, 318,
405, 426, 466, 518, 576, 589, 655, 767, 835n28, throne and, 1064, 1615
1090, 1127, 1569, 1648 throne of God and, 200–201, 257, 259
Jewish persecution of Christianity and, 263, witness and, 928
658–659 homolegoumenoi, 10
kings of the earth and, 260–264, 266, 281, 283– honeymoon, 557, 699
289, 344, 494, 518, 1229, 1282, 1348, 1362, 1382, horns, 139, 188–190, 336, 350, 436, 529, 590, 804–806,
1385, 1413–1415, 1417, 1460, 1500, 1504, 1718 953, 1005–1006, 1049–1050, 1054, 1066, 1087–
Lamb and, 1567, 1724 1089, 1092, 1151, 1224, 1263, 1291, 1312–1314, 1316,
plagues and, 764
1174, 1180, 1184, 1196, 1213, 1234, 1235, 1264, 1457, spousal divorce and, 916–919
1461–1462, 1499, 1638 symbolism and, 874–875, 887–892, 896–897, 915
love (first), 353, 381, 385, 393 theme and, 909–910
LXX, 17, 128–129, 138, 157, 162–163, 203, 258, 269, threefold significance of casting out and,
274–275, 291–292, 296, 310, 321, 342, 346, 388, 428, 910–919
434, 442, 465–466, 495, 501, 512, 526, 533, 543–544, measuring rod, 26, 579, 871–873, 1664–1665, 1678
550, 641, 679, 708, 723–724, 732, 777, 795, 801, 836,
854, 913, 916–917, 936, 951, 1005, 1025, 1034, 1042, Mediterranean, 58, 144, 327, 360, 375, 620, 623, 754,
1110, 1165, 1199, 1226, 1242, 1252, 1293–1294, 1299, 763, 817, 1048, 1150, 1243, 1250, 1435, 1460, 1616
1301, 1327, 1367–1369, 1375, 1378n14, 1498, 1504, Megiddo, 1223, 1230, 1232–1233
1570, 1621, 1639n19, 1655, 1702, 1709–1710, 1713–1714, Melchizedek, 344, 453
1723–1724, 1756 Melito of Sardis, 10, 17–18, 28
Lydia, 369–370 Menim, 35
Lydian Empire, 367, 369–370, 374 menorah, 155, 339, 342, 526, 834, 1298, 1439, 1449–
Lysimachus of Macedonia, 365 1451, 1708
merchants, 1286, 1309, 1322, 1364, 1376, 1379, 1380,
1382–1390, 1412, 1417–1437, 1439, 1441, 1448, 1453,
M 1460, 1462
Messiah
bridegroom and, 570
Maccabean revolt, 283, 906
Caesar as, 1139, 1154–1155
macrocosm, 297, 358
false prophets, 423, 476, 608n2
made with hands, 66, 305, 747, 836, 893, 899, 989,
1101, 1104, 1110, 1111–1112, 1115–1118, 1169, 1176, 1241, Holy One and, 476
1533, 1624 Holy Spirit and, 738
made without hands, 305, 836, 1101, 1110, 1116 Jewish Christians and, 447, 456, 477, 646, 992,
magic, 367, 375, 447, 1114, 1123, 1134, 1305, 1453–1455 1003
Magog, 80, 126, 154, 1048, 1501, 1509, 1514, 1519–1522, as Jewish expectation, 420, 448, 465, 906,
1590–1592, 1595–1597, 1599–1601, 1605 947n109, 1225, 1689
malicious witnesses, 198, 636, 1397, 1400, 1440, 1455 keys of David and, 488
Man of Lawlessness, 537, 1049, 1322n74 light and, 1689
manna, 87, 158, 383, 385, 418, 422, 438, 442–444, 732, lion’s roar and, 854
1016, 1074, 1106, 1572, 1579 new creation and, 1614, 1622
manuscripts, 125, 132, 290, 597n61, 599, 614, 769n7, rejection of Jesus as, 37, 48, 49, 53, 257, 266, 275,
965n132, 1083, 1147, 1764 288, 298, 308, 313, 339, 397, 407, 409–410, 423,
marble, 365, 835, 1412, 1425 461, 465, 480, 533, 546, 550, 569, 712, 831–832,
836, 927, 942, 1044, 1100, 1117, 1119, 1130, 1134,
marriage contracts, 551–552, 555, 586, 626, 699,
1211, 1253, 1677
916–917
as Son of God, 419, 448–449
marriage feast, 1453, 1476, 1645, 1663
throne of, 1004, 1590
marriage supper, 87, 205, 244, 580, 584, 1470, 1476,
1479, 1492, 1501 would be Messiahs, 421
Martyrdom of Isaiah, 956–957, 1104–1105 wrath of, 1484
Masada, 565, 823, 880, 898, 1054, 1411 Messianic Apocalypse, 420
materialism, 11, 21 metaphors, 139, 191, 198, 242, 247, 265, 297, 303, 415–
416, 427, 439–440, 450, 456–458, 470, 488, 498, 542,
measured temple
545, 555, 559–560, 563, 563n21, 564–565, 568–570,
AD 70 and, 878–909 583, 611, 623, 672–673, 699, 730–731, 754, 781, 795,
allusions and, 882 825, 837, 849, 1011–1012, 1039, 1242, 1249, 1268, 1289,
altars and, 874–875, 888, 893–894 1342n104, 1381, 1456, 1475–1476, 1480, 1494, 1531,
apostate excommunication and, 911–916 1573n73, 1578, 1606, 1626, 1645
confidence and, 906 meteors, 187, 521, 763
demon exorcism and, 910–911 Methodius, 2
dispensationalism and, 873, 899 Michael, 236, 582–583, 726, 974, 998, 1016–1019,
ekballo and, 910–919 1021–1022, 1030, 1065, 1548
elders and, 888 microcosm, 297, 358–359, 442, 456, 667, 1516
Ezekiel and, 871–872, 895 mighty angel, 341, 593, 613, 844, 849–850, 852, 858,
1019, 1600, 1741
function of measuring and, 887–899
millennial kingdom, 600, 1585, 1597, 1680
futurism and, 873
millennium, 11, 56, 91, 110, 206, 505, 921, 1486, 1510–
historical setting of, 873–887, 881t 1511, 1541, 1543–1545, 1550–1551, 1565, 1573–1579,
Jerusalem and, 875–887 1581, 1585, 1587–1588, 1591, 1609, 1613, 1626, 1631,
Jewish War and, 904–909 1637, 1662–1663, 1707, 1725
Olivet Discourse and, 881 millstone, 760, 1239, 1322, 1441–1442, 1445, 1449
overview of, 870–873 Minucius Felix, 1057
preterism and, 874–875, 899 miracle worker, 1090
redemptive-historical excursus on, 910–919 Mishnah, 61–63, 278, 286, 552, 565, 582, 626, 724–725,
remnant and, 894–895 875, 901, 1037, 1104, 1138, 1171–1172, 1231, 1278, 1300,
suicide of, 25, 31, 38, 466, 504 Ezekiel and, 1616, 1620, 1630, 1632, 1639–1641,
worshipping of, 1052–1053 1652
Neronic persecution, 20, 51, 482, 634, 649–650, 662– fire and, 1613
663, 947, 953, 954, 1041, 1043, 1063, 1069–1072, 1075, function of vision of, 1617–1620
1077–1078, 1085–1086, 1094, 1137, 1379, 1439, 1458, goal in, 539–540
1657, 1721 idolatry and, 1657
new covenant Isaiah and, 1614, 1621–1623
AD 70 and, 66, 100, 168, 205, 264, 580, 600, 732, Jesus and, 673, 678–679, 1630, 1655
976–979, 1527, 1588, 1624–1625, 1644
last days and, 90
already / not yet dynamic of, 428, 467
light and, 1645
already/ not yet dynamic of, 1608
marriage’s results and, 1638–1658
biblical-redemptive history and, 65
Messiah and, 1614, 1622
Christianity and, 76, 153, 292–293, 336, 871, 884,
942, 962, 1188, 1193, 1363, 1444, 1451, 1561, 1588, new song and, 597
1595, 1611–1620, 1642, 1670, 1672, 1718, 1726 Noahic covenant and, 519
covenant lawsuit and, 204 Old Testament and, 1625, 1633, 1639–1640, 1648
earthquake as symbol of, 672–673, 1236 overview of, 1608–1610
elders and, 586, 594, 727 parallelisms and, 1643, 1643t
Ezekiel and, 1623–1624 preterism and, 1611
Gentiles included in, 716 redemptive-historical excursus on, 1611–1620
handmaids and, 716 resurrection and, 1644, 1647
heavenly new covenant, 990, 1002, 1030, 1176, sea and, 1628–1630
1252 spiritual dimensions of, 493–497
Holy Spirit and, 894, 1642, 1670, 1679 symbolism and, 1628, 1632
idolatry and, 639 temple and, 1640–1641
Isaiah and, 1000, 1614, 1621, 1647 vice list and, 1654–1655
judgment and, 168, 518, 540, 553, 600, 741, 1084, new exodus, 259, 291, 533, 596, 1016, 1100, 1189, 1191,
1615, 1619, 1625 1490, 1640, 1653, 1723–1724
kingdom and, 1493, 1596, 1598, 1665, 1692 new heaven and new earth
kings of the earth and, 271, 278–279 absence of curse and the accursed and,
marriage metaphor and, 205, 576, 732, 1475– 1709–1723
1477, 1663 allusions and, 1714
old covenant made obsolete due to, 7, 49, 65, 98, Ezekiel and, 1699, 1706, 1721
102, 298, 336, 412, 596–597, 747, 764, 858, 895, Genesis and, 1720–1721
942, 989, 991, 996, 1002, 1161, 1494, 1528, 1595, impact of sources for, 1718–1721
1648, 1650, 1653, 1666
meaning of curse and accursed, 1709–1712
open access of, 1629–1630
meaning of statement on the curse and,
preterism and, 98, 1621 1714–1718
redemptive-historical focus and, 238, 271, 360, nations and, 1707–1708
554, 580
new Jerusalem bride and, 1697–1726
remnant and, 1002, 1308, 1496
Old Testament and, 1714, 1714t, 1725
resurrection and, 962
open gates and, 1717
sacramental meal and, 1561
parallelisms and, 1725, 1725t
sealed 144,000 and, 523, 719
point of statement on the curse and, 1721–1723
seven trumpet angels and seventh trumpet and,
presence of God and, 1723–1726
990–991
redemptive-historical excursus on, 1709–1723
spiritual enthronement and, 520
river and, 1699–1700
symbolism and, 1635, 1690
source of statement on the curse and, 1712–1714,
temple and, 596–597, 849, 990–991, 1104, 1444
1712t
two witnesses and, 963, 1308
symbolism and, 1705
as universal kingdom of priests, 599, 1692
tree of life and, 1697–1709
voice and, 336
Zechariah and, 1718–1720
wine as symbol of, 573, 597
new Jerusalem
new creation
AD 70 and, 69–70
AD 70 and, 1613–1614, 1629, 1639, 1646
allusions and, 489
allusions and, 1652
Babylon and, 271, 291, 491, 579–580
apostates and, 1657–1658
as bride, 154, 204–205, 271, 551, 582, 599
bond-servants and, 1611
Christianity and, 17, 339, 747
bride’s representation and, 1620–1637
colors and, 518
Christianity and, 858, 1611–1620, 1648
dramatic goal and, 85, 87, 271
covenant promises and, 1641–1642
Ezekiel and, 69, 140
dispensationalism and, 1626
gates of, 707
exodus and, 1622
as heart of new creation, 493
beast from the land and, 1089, 1100, 1128, first six seals and, 610, 646, 667, 674
1130–1131 first six trumpets and, 774
beast from the sea and, 1048, 1081–1082 gē and, 278
commissioning vision and, 338–341 greeting and theme and, 270–271
court scene and, 511–512, 517, 522, 525 Jewish War and, 612
Egypt and, 80–81, 155, 272, 442, 669, 993, 1266, judgment and, 1015, 1038, 1123, 1276, 1285, 1394,
1286–1287, 1338, 1443, 1475, 1494 1459, 1487, 1495
elders and, 1467 literary sources and, 149–150, 152
exodus and, 67, 80–81, 596, 699, 772, 895, 913, measured temple and, 881
957, 1027, 1039, 1065, 1191–1192, 1260 Old Testament and, 146–147, 1276
fall of Babylon the harlot and, 1368, 1375, 1383, Revelation as expansion on, 72
1402–1403, 1428, 1432, 1439, 1454
seven seals and, 267
final judgment of the harlot and, 1303, 1306–
1307, 1321, 1330, 1338, 1340, 1354–1355 superscription and, 224
final testimonies and admonition and, 1741–1743 theme and, 315–316, 887
final victory of the Lamb and, 1475n4, 1496–1498 tribulation and, 856
first six seals and, 639–640, 641–642, 680–681 warning of, 1015, 1038, 1123, 1285, 1394, 1459,
1532
first six trumpets and, 751–752, 751t, 754, 760–
762, 825–826 Olympians, 639, 1051
forensic drama and, 937, 1756 Omega, Alpha and, 321–322, 348, 449, 539, 1071, 1638,
1651, 1733, 1735, 1742, 1745–1746
four living creatures and, 154
omniscience, 391, 459
gē and, 275–278
144,000. See sealed 144,000
greeting and theme and, 292–294
1,260 days, 696, 996, 1014, 1015, 1022, 1416
harlot and, 560–561, 581–582
1000 years, 227, 230–231, 233, 235, 244, 269, 464, 550,
harlot of Babylon and the beast and, 1260–1263, 757, 1014, 1048, 1508, 1542, 1546, 1557, 1594
1266, 1274
onomatopoetic, 247, 430, 773, 1226
Hebraic character and, 76–77, 554, 830
onyx, 1294, 1296, 1421, 1681–1683
idolatry and, 415, 560–561, 639, 683, 830, 1214,
1231 open door, 371–372, 382, 386, 474, 477, 481, 502, 512–
514, 527, 642
kings of the earth and, 268–269
opening beatitude, 243–244
literary sources and, 122–139, 142–143, 149–151
oracles. See seven oracles
little book and, 845–847
oral performance, 994, 1208
new creation and, 1625, 1633, 1639–1640, 1648
orality, 144, 147–149, 173, 191–196, 216, 247, 427, 514,
new heaven and new earth and, 1714, 1714t, 1725 606, 609, 694
Olivet Discourse and, 146–147, 1276 Origen, 11–12, 18, 62, 112, 116, 299, 318, 328, 330, 334,
overview of, 6–7 549, 550n7, 620, 1078, 1369, 1609
prophetic mantle and, 159–162 original audience, 42–46, 92, 94, 96, 98, 106–107, 112,
redemptive-historical focus and, 76–77, 80–81 134, 156, 195, 227, 232, 249, 252, 262, 300–301, 359,
Satan’s ruin and final judgment and, 1556, 1581, 467, 520, 553, 578, 1014, 1059, 1145, 1316, 1326, 1329,
1595 1332, 1485, 1538, 1602, 1614, 1618, 1654, 1737, 1754,
sealed 144,000 and, 693–697, 706 1764
seven last plagues and, 1225, 1229–1230, Orosius, 1045, 1072
1237–1238 orthodox, 18, 33, 88, 109, 215, 395, 422, 650, 662,
seven oracles and, 356–357, 418, 460 931n86, 1078, 1139, 1510, 1738
seven trumpet angels and seventh trumpet and, Otho, 319, 1059, 1316, 1327, 1333, 1335–1336, 1341
989 outline issues
seven-sealed book and, 547–551, 554–555, 572, approach of present volume to, 173–182
590–591, 595–596 basic outline, 175–182
seventh seal and, 740 challenges for outlining, 170–173
Son of Man and, 153, 338, 452 overview of, 170–182
stars and, 190, 674, 763 overcoming, 9, 45, 101, 152, 188, 253, 273, 357, 358,
sun-clothed woman and the red dragon and, 363, 416, 427, 437, 443–444, 454, 464, 467, 484, 489,
1034, 1038–1041 491, 502, 505, 512, 524, 586, 589, 611, 647, 714, 723,
theme and, 295–296, 315 853, 934, 951–954, 997, 1031–1032, 1034, 1039, 1063,
1066–1067, 1069–1071, 1074, 1085, 1166, 1264, 1323,
two witnesses and, 921–922, 937–938, 945, 1350–1352, 1391, 1493, 1505, 1524–1525, 1549, 1561,
956–958 1563–1564, 1569, 1571, 1581, 1583–1584, 1586, 1590,
visions of blessing and judgment and, 1159, 1169 1597, 1603, 1614, 1618–1619, 1630–1631, 1638, 1652–
Olivet Discourse 1654, 1656, 1669, 1672, 1677, 1687, 1708, 1721, 1730,
AD 70 and, 70, 890, 1487, 1564 1747, 1755, 1759
allusion and, 881 Ovid, 1058, 1316, 1325, 1404
beast from the land and, 1125
composition date and, 28, 36
false prophets and, 1123
234, 266, 274, 285, 287, 291, 326, 329–330, 333, 392, first six trumpets and, 165, 168, 735, 751–752,
399, 406, 423, 435, 440–441, 449, 463, 476, 489, 505, 751t, 754
585, 592, 600, 656–657, 662–663, 667–668, 674, 676, high priestly aristocracy and, 764
697, 706, 712, 729, 753, 832, 900–901, 941–942, 946, seven bowls and, 164–165, 168
947n111, 949, 1020, 1023, 1072, 1077–1079, 1121, 1159,
1171n8, 1219, 1393, 1438–1439, 1532–1533, 1561n60, Pliny, 367, 619, 754, 882, 1055, 1089, 1308n61, 1371,
1578, 1622n7, 1666, 1677 1679
Pharaoh, 752, 772, 793, 798–799, 813, 836, 913, 1005, polemics, 118, 123, 140, 157–159, 214, 282, 318, 397, 418,
1040, 1068, 1084, 1161, 1185, 1190, 1191, 1221, 1226, 429, 460, 491, 896n35, 1110, 1117, 1120, 1686
1233, 1338, 1442, 1487, 1667 political correctness, 206, 434
Pharisaic, 410, 464, 653, 834 political upheaval, 106, 264, 425, 486–488, 966, 1243
Pharisees, 56, 61, 63–64, 74, 83, 124, 264, 266, 271, 285, Polybius, 375
304, 318, 402, 408, 422, 426, 464, 470, 477, 498, 566, Polycarp, 79, 368, 431, 649, 961n123, 1080, 1510–1511
574, 583, 645, 653, 729, 775, 832, 834, 839, 916, 924, polyvalent image, 159, 272, 526, 766
977, 1028, 1030, 1088, 1090, 1093, 1102, 1121, 1125, Pompey, 69, 284, 652, 815, 879–880, 988, 1334, 1437,
1132, 1135, 1140, 1168, 1199, 1295, 1298, 1311, 1319, 1413 1672
Philadelphia Pontius Pilate, 263, 264, 266, 274, 275, 286, 288, 289,
AD 70 and, 481–482 306, 307–308, 313, 407, 451, 518, 576, 581, 639, 655,
allusions and, 476, 489–490 754, 767, 771, 803, 829, 838, 961, 984, 985–986, 1051,
closing call and, 384 1097, 1133, 1159, 1213, 1216, 1235, 1289–1290, 1302,
David and, 481–482, 488 1361, 1452, 1456, 1498
ethical stipulations and, 382 Poppaea, 662, 931n86, 1075, 1077–1079
historical prologue and, 380 population (Jerusalem), 27, 630, 783, 820, 885–886,
967–968, 1109
historical survey of, 371–372, 475
population (Jewish), 34, 52, 56, 84, 158, 368, 372, 430–
hour of testing and, 483–485 431, 447, 486, 496, 663, 908, 1078, 1150, 1280
inheritance provisions and, 383 population (Rome), 27, 52, 56, 447, 663, 908, 968, 1067,
Jerusalem and, 486–487, 490–492 1428
Jesus and, 413, 422, 430, 475–489 populism, 5–6, 11, 117, 221, 306, 408
legal sanctions and, 383 postal road, 107, 252
new Jerusalem promised to, 362, 383, 421–422, postmillennial, 1591, 1627, 1670, 1691
488 potter, 383, 386, 445, 465, 1448, 1569
open door image and, 477–482 poverty, 33, 37, 353, 381, 385, 413, 428, 430–431, 631,
opening address to, 380 665, 1141, 1419
oracle formatting and, 386–387 predestination, 474, 1361, 1653
seven oracles and, 371–372, 474–492 premillennialism, 11, 94–95, 98, 99, 103, 165, 186, 208,
Son of Man and, 475–476 230, 304, 306, 600, 749, 1510–1513, 1537, 1544, 1550–
sovereign’s identification and, 380 1551, 1553–1554, 1562–1563, 1573, 1576, 1581, 1584,
synagogue of Satan in, 33, 477–480 1590, 1613, 1707, 1745
those who dwell on the earth and, 486 preterism
Philip, 14, 942, 1349 AD 70 and, 22, 99–101, 207, 971, 1518, 1543
Philo, 52, 64–65, 158, 217, 285, 321, 343, 404, 408, 449, allusions and, 111, 1219
490, 519, 537, 619, 678, 701, 712, 724, 764, 833, 877, already / not yet nature of, 1610
880, 884, 890, 904–906, 960, 999, 1051–1052, 1057, ancient omission and, 108–113
1150, 1169–1170, 1247, 1278–1279, 1296–1297, 1303n57, antiquity of, 98–102, 920
1386–1387, 1404, 1416, 1422, 1625 anti-Semitism charges and, 205–209, 213
philosophy, 5, 94, 116, 124n96, 1494 Babylon and, 108
Philostratus, 33–34, 368 beast from the land and, 1089, 1124
phylactery (phylacteries), 1139–1140, 1304 biblical distortions and, 118
Pilate, 263, 264, 266, 274, 275, 286, 288, 289, 306, composition date and, 22
307–308, 313, 407, 451, 518, 576, 581, 639, 655, 754,
767, 771, 803, 829, 838, 961, 984–986, 1051, 1097, 1133, definition of, 98
1159, 1213, 1216, 1235, 1289–1290, 1302, 1361, 1452, development of, 98–99
1456, 1498 difficulties for, 103–118
pilgrimages, 83, 482, 717, 724, 848, 876, 899 dispensationalism and, 105, 113, 117, 206
pillars, 87, 154, 188, 340, 345, 383, 387, 421, 427, 474, early supporters of, 98
488–490, 817, 843, 847–849, 855, 859, 861, 890, 955, final judgment and, 103
1074, 1104, 1297–1298, 1425, 1438, 1572, 1614, 1631, first six seals and, 650
1677, 1687
forensic drama and, 845
Pisidian Antioch, 84
futurism and, 117
pit, 168, 188, 776–778, 802, 1141, 1219, 1548
greeting and theme and, 263
plagues. See also seven last plagues
harlot and, 650
Egypt and, 167, 259, 321, 533, 736, 751–755, 761,
historical-preterism, 99–100
764, 766–767, 779, 781, 798
Jesus and, 104, 116
exodus and, 81, 138
kingdom and, 975
first six seals and, 779–782
measured temple and, 874–875, 899
sanctions, 382, 550, 673, 909, 1193, 1565, 1751 visions of blessing and judgment and, 1154–1159,
sand, 370, 395, 700, 705, 808, 813, 816, 897, 1045, 1175
1047–1048, 1158, 1163, 1448, 1509, 1512, 1540, 1543, Satan’s ruin and final judgment. See also final judg-
1550, 1552, 1583, 1588, 1590, 1593, 1596, 1598 ment of the harlot
Sanhedrin, 54, 63, 84, 148, 263, 283–284, 286–287, AD 70 and, 1517–1518, 1527–1530, 1533, 1552,
305, 405, 455, 588, 652–653, 764, 767, 907, 926, 931, 1585, 1603
966, 979, 1030, 1081, 1096, 1097, 1104, 1111, 1115, 1118, angelic descent argument and, 1515, 1533–1537
1126, 1136, 1140, 1169, 1209, 1213, 1229, 1282, 1295, articular battle argument and, 1514
1299, 1311, 1363, 1382, 1387, 1401, 1452, 1488, 1504,
1670, 1685, 1744 beheading and, 1565–1568
Sardis binding of Satan and, 1544–1574
AD 70 and, 472–473 blessing of the martyrs and, 1585–1588
allusions and, 375 chronological alternative and, 1537–1543
Book of Life and, 472–474 cosmic destruction argument and, 1532–1537
call for repentance to, 472 deception of the nations argument and,
1513–1516
closing call and, 384
definite article argument and, 1523–1527
death image and, 469–470
destruction of the world argument and, 1515
ethical stipulations and, 382
dispensationalism and, 1544–1545, 1573,
historical survey of, 370–371, 468 1574–1579
inheritance provisions and, 383 dramatic considerations and, 1537–1538
Jesus and, 469 enthroned one and, 1602–1604
Jewish community in, 82, 470 Ezekiel correlation argument and, 1514, 1516–
legal sanctions and, 383 1521, 1522, 1538, 1592, 1596, 1596t, 1599–1600
opening address to, 380 final historical battle and, 1588–1607
oracle formatting and, 386 final judgment of the wicked and, 1602–1607
promises to, 473–474 final wrath of God argument and, 1514–1515
reputation of church in, 471 fire and, 1512
seven oracles and, 375–376, 468–474 forensic drama and, 1559
seven stars and, 469 functional considerations and, 1542–1543
sovereign’s identification and, 380 Gog and Magog and, 1590–1599
thief image and, 472 Har Megedon and, 1541–1542
Satan. See also synagogue of Satan Jesus and, 1548–1551, 1598, 1599–1602
Abaddon and, 800–801 Jewish War and, 1518
abyss and, 954, 1008, 1152, 1316, 1485, 1516, 1545– judged ones and, 1604–1607
1546, 1548–1549, 1553–1554, 1585, 1601 kings of the earth and, 1538, 1542, 1584
accusatory function of, 1030–1033 literalism and, 1544–1545, 1590
AD 70 and, 1029, 1032, 1036, 1546, 1552, 1555, metaphor and, 1573n73
1582, 1593
millennialism and, 1510–1511
as Adversary, 69, 274, 432, 434, 436, 739, 801,
905, 998, 1024, 1096, 1122, 1308, 1404, 1676 near-term expectations and, 1572
apocalypses and, 776–777, 802 Old Testament and, 1556, 1581, 1595
Apollyon as name for, 801–802 overview of, 1510–1513
beast from the land and, 1103, 1121–1125 parallelisms and, 1568
beast from the sea and, 1046, 1048–1049 premillennialism and, 1512–1513, 1553–1554,
1573, 1590
courtroom drama and, 1024, 1036
preterism and, 1528, 1531
deep things of, 382, 386, 396, 400, 460–463, 1755
prima facie considerations and, 1538–1542
as devil, 45, 79, 224, 235, 329
problems with the millennium and, 1574–1579
etymology of, 432
ramification and, 1537–1543
as evil ruler of great power in the fallen world,
801 recapitulation and, 1513–1537, 1540–1541
final judgment of the harlot and, 1338–1339, 1351 redemptive-historical excursus on, 1513–1543
final victory of the Lamb and, 1484–1485 release of Satan and, 1588–1589
first six trumpets and, 800–803 response to Robert Thomas and, 1577–1588
Hebraic character and, 801 resurrection and, 1556, 1580–1582, 1587
high priestly aristocracy and, 1031 rule of the martyrs and, 1559–1573
John’s use of Hebrew and, 78 sequentialism and, 1513, 1521, 1523
overcoming of, 1031–1032 serious problems and, 1574–1577
seven last plagues and, 1211–1212, 1234 similar language argument and, 1514, 1521–1523
sun-clothed woman and the red dragon and, souls and, 1567–1568
1006–1009, 1020–1041 suffering and, 1571–1572
symbolism and, 801 symbolism and, 1553–1555, 1559
throne of, 198n138, 374, 1209–1210 theme and, 1559–1560, 1569
thousand- year reign and, 1543–1588
superstitious, 667, 1061, 1073, 1075, 1112, 1118, 1335, seven last plagues and, 1210, 1224–1225
1490 seventh seal and, 743
suprahistorical, 93, 592, 1504, 1512 stars and, 118, 999–1002, 1007
sweet, 743, 745, 766, 864–867, 1422, 1426, 1436 sun-clothed woman and the red dragon and,
swords, 57, 73, 97, 105, 141, 150, 174, 188–189, 195, 216, 1006–1009, 1017, 1021
265, 312, 317, 335, 337–338, 345–346, 374, 380, 382, superscription and, 240
385, 389, 401, 437, 438, 441, 442–442, 466, 485, 504, two witnesses and, 929, 935, 948–949, 962–966
571, 606, 615–616, 618–619, 621, 628–630, 632, 651,
677, 757, 761, 765, 774, 783, 793, 805, 822, 842, 858, symmetry, 196, 378, 594
890, 949, 959, 964, 990, 1042, 1059, 1063, 1067, 1069, synagogue of Satan
1081–1082, 1085–1087, 1095, 1097, 1186, 1200–1201, anti-Semitism charges and, 213, 434
1226, 1244, 1246, 1266, 1320–1321, 1336, 1359, 1369, Balaamites and, 399–400, 1755
1371–1374, 1405, 1407, 1409, 1465, 1483, 1485–1486, beast from the land and, 1101, 1122, 1140
1488, 1492, 1494–1497, 1499–1500, 1503–1505, 1507–
1508, 1514, 1519, 1537–1538, 1564–1565, 1600–1601, blasphemy and, 1096
1636, 1670, 1720, 1746 composition date and, 29, 33–36
symbolism dramatic irony and, 1172, 1722
abyss and, 187 etymology of, 435–436
AD 70 and, 1021, 1517, 1531 fall of Babylon the harlot and, 1369, 1396
altars and, 875, 1128, 1577 final judgment of the harlot and, 1307
angels and, 32 first six trumpets and, 781
apocalypses and, 255, 351, 672, 675, 748, 786, 810 forensic drama and, 1189
Babylon and, 675 Hebraic character and, 154
Balaamites and, 426 high priestly aristocracy and, 435
beast from the land and, 1100, 1107 Jesus and, 36, 154, 432–434, 911, 1032, 1569, 1692
beast from the sea and, 1046–1050, 1058, 1146 Jezebel and, 399–400
bond-servants and, 691 Johannine authorship and, 17
commissioning vision and, 349, 351 kings of the earth and, 289
court scene and, 529 new Jerusalem and, 1631, 1657, 1677
Daniel and, 857, 1006, 1329, 1705 Nicolaitans and, 399–400
David and, 188 Qumran and, 36
dispensationalism and, 185, 252 Roman Empire and, 435
Egypt and, 190, 675, 948, 1050 seven last plagues and, 1214, 1224, 1227
elders and, 522 seven oracles and, 399–400, 417, 460
examples of, 186–189 sun-clothed woman and the red dragon and,
eyes and, 188 1024, 1028
Ezekiel and, 29, 242 synagogue system and, 1101, 1109, 1211, 1266
final judgment of the harlot and, 1330 theme and, 315
first six seals and, 610–611, 671–672, 675–676 visions of blessing and judgment and, 1169
first six trumpets and, 782 wrath and, 1189
futurism and, 252 synchronously, 1534, 1730
greeting and theme and, 251–252 Synoptic discourse, 609
harlot and, 112, 189–190 Synoptic Gospels, 145, 148, 150, 267, 315–316, 609,
1013
Hebraic character and, 616
syntax, 20–21, 135, 156, 269, 351, 535, 1149, 1333, 1507,
high priestly aristocracy and, 1092 1630
Holy Spirit and, 1633 Syria, 58, 82, 365, 448, 698, 762, 808–810, 815, 906,
idolatry and, 830–831 1015, 1050, 1148, 1150, 1223, 1225, 1233, 1247–1248,
Jezebel and, 426, 455 1279–1280, 1293, 1299, 1352–1353, 1359, 1422, 1427,
literalism and, 185–191 1431
literary genre and, 189–190 Syriac Apocalypse of Baruch, 61
locusts and, 1612
measured temple and, 874–875, 887–892, 896–
897, 915 T
new covenant and, 1635, 1690
new creation and, 1628, 1632 tabernacle, 58, 64–66, 80, 102, 116, 155, 184, 190, 193,
new heaven and new earth and, 1705 279, 339, 345, 379, 452, 490, 510, 525, 527, 556, 558,
new Jerusalem bride and, 1683–1684, 1690 576, 722, 724, 730, 731, 766, 805, 834, 835, 886, 894,
896, 912, 937, 988, 991, 1002, 1034, 1067, 1069–1070,
overview of, 185–191 1113–1117, 1130, 1131n42, 1187–1188, 1193, 1206, 1253,
preterism and, 117–118 1291–1292, 1294, 1297, 1298, 1300, 1421–1424, 1426,
Satan and, 801 1439, 1484, 1527, 1552, 1596–1597, 1615, 1625, 1629–
Satan’s ruin and final judgment and, 1553–1555, 1630, 1638–1641, 1665–1666, 1683–1686, 1689, 1708,
1559 1709, 1715
seven, symbolic meaning of, 187–190, 251–252, Tacitus, 33, 57, 485, 504, 624, 681, 748, 814, 827, 877,
544, 1331
Moses and Elijah as models for, 930–934, 939– emperorship of, 1059
942, 964–965 ending of Jewish War by, 1336
Old Testament and, 921–922, 937–938, 945, Josephus befriended by, 71–72
956–958 military strategy of, 681, 698, 816, 818, 897, 1207,
olive trees and, 939, 948 1250–1252, 1372, 1393
overview of, 919–922 revival of empire under, 1342–1343
plagues and, 951 taking of all of Judaea by, 63
preterism and, 941–944, 954 temple’s importance to, 877
proleptic anticipation and, 952 victory and, 155, 827–828, 937, 988
prophetic function of, 922–941 white horse as symbol of, 616, 793
providence and, 952 vestments, 62, 64–65, 343, 678, 764, 1098, 1124, 1214,
sackcloth and, 936 1292, 1299, 1307, 1358, 1414, 1418, 1420, 1422–1423,
Stephen and, 922, 926, 942 1434
symbolism and, 929, 935, 948–949, 962–966 vials, 166, 169, 365, 510, 551, 605, 611, 749, 870, 1350,
theme and, 923, 937, 941 1407, 1415, 1422, 1483–1484
two-age structure, 976n7 Victoria Navalis, 1201
two-edged sword, 337, 346, 361, 374, 380, 385, 437– Victorinus, 98, 107, 110–111, 150, 164–165, 328, 364,
438, 765 529
Tyconius, 1058 Virgil, 1057, 1316, 1325, 1570
typology, 81, 596, 895 virgins, 2, 205, 576, 701, 1153, 1162–1164, 1367, 1487,
1497
tyrants, 662, 788, 1055, 1072, 1075, 1374
virtues, 268, 286, 326, 391, 393–394, 453–454, 497,
Tyre, 12, 147, 265, 315, 426, 518, 536, 584, 752, 838, 1246, 1503
1248, 1261–1262, 1378–1379, 1419–1420, 1436, 1443,
1446 visions. See commissioning vision
visions of blessing and judgment
allusions and, 1156–1157
U angelic messages and Son of Man and, 1166–1186
best from the land and, 1157–1158, 1157–1158t
uncircumcised, 204, 271, 496, 558, 636, 1112–1113, fifth angel and the vintage and, 1184–1186
1118–1200, 1630, 1716, 1719, 1721 first angel and the gospel and, 1166–1171
unclean, 190, 328, 565, 781, 785–786, 926, 1199, 1202, fourth angel and the harvest and, 1180–1183
1226–1228, 1267, 1370, 1375–1376, 1695–1696, 1715– Jesus and, 1177–1179, 1182
1717, 1722 Jewish persecution of Christianity and, 1155–1156
universalization, 115, 118, 282, 299, 853, 868, 1013, Lamb and, 1154–1166
1515, 1618, 1642, 1676, 1691, 1693 Mount Zion and, 1156–1158, 1182
universe collapse, 105, 671, 1515, 1518, 1525, 1532– Old Testament and, 1159, 1169
1533–1532–1534, 1605, 1623, 1625, 1629, 1650
144,000 and, 1160–1166, 1182
unleavened bread, 83, 630, 783, 802, 827, 968n135,
1373, 1410 overview, 1154–1155
unrepentant, 49, 178, 441, 828, 1307, 1458 perseverance and, 1176
Urim and Thummim, 1105 Roman Empire and, 1173
Satan and, 1154–1159, 1175
second angel and Babylon and, 1171–1174
V son of man on the cloud and, 1177–1183
synagogue of Satan and, 1169
third angel and beast worshipers and, 1174–1177
Valerius, 1098, 1215
Vitellius, 319, 504, 1059, 1336
veil, 1, 64, 188, 222, 305, 422, 430, 527, 588, 678–679,
745, 764, 847, 862, 892, 920, 989, 1130, 1169, 1197, voice, 45, 235, 301, 325, 336, 461, 542, 583, 595, 601,
1298–1299, 1415, 1421, 1617, 1625, 1629, 1635, 1639n18, 623, 632, 634, 644, 688, 694, 719, 725–726, 769, 771–
1644–1645, 1686, 1686n19 774, 844, 854–855, 868, 928, 930, 961, 964, 994, 998,
1021, 1026, 1028, 1166, 1168, 1174, 1180, 1184, 1196,
Vespasian
1213, 1234, 1235, 1264, 1457, 1461–1462, 1499, 1638
acceding of imperial authority of, 57–, 817, 1065,
vultures, 769, 771, 856, 1499, 1508
1343
appointment of, 897–898, 1015, 1062
as beast from the land, 1089–1090 W
beginning of Jewish War and, 897–898
burning by, 676, 756
candelabra and, 1450 wake, 353, 375, 382–383, 468, 470, 472, 501, 506, 779,
857, 1018–1019, 1222, 1230–1231, 1630, 1725
Christianity under, 1073, 1343
war. See Jewish War
civil wars and, 621, 786, 1411
warning, 44, 47, 58, 67, 70, 85, 105, 106, 116, 134–135,
coin minted by, 1062, 1201, 1316–1317, 1325, 1413 147, 150, 169, 181, 214, 230, 234, 244, 248, 265–266,
commissioning of, 26–27, 106, 808 271, 280, 302, 311, 352, 357, 363, 375, 379, 388, 390,
emperor cult checked by, 1054 392, 401, 403, 412, 417, 418, 422, 424, 426, 441–442,
451, 455, 467, 470, 473, 477, 497, 523, 537, 551, 563,