Reference: Hamilton Jr, James M. Revelation: The Spirit Speaks to the Churches (Preaching the Word). Wheaton: Crossway. 2012.
To get the weight and balance of the whole book, an overview of Revelation will prepare us for the immediate future, the distant future, and the eternal future. To understand the book's flow of thought, its structure, and the main points made in each section will help us rightly understand the smaller units of the book in context when we study them. So we'll look at
To get the weight and balance of the whole book, an overview of Revelation will prepare us for the immediate future, the distant future, and the eternal future. To understand the book's flow of thought, its structure, and the main points made in each section will help us rightly understand the smaller units of the book in context when we study them. So we'll look at
- the Opening (Rev 1:1–8)--a prologue
- the Vision (Rev 1:9–22:9)--a body
- the Closing (Rev 22:10–21)--an epilogue