Revelation 1-5

Contents
Editorial Preface
Author’s Preface
Abbreviations
Commentary Bibliography
General Bibliography
Introduction
I. Prologue (1:1-8)
A. Title: The Revelation of Jesus Christ (1:1-2)
B. Beatitude (1:3)
Bibliography
Translation
Comment
C. Epistolary Prescript (1:4—5c)
D. Doxology (1:5d-6)
Form/Structure/Setting
Bibliography
Translation
Notes
Form/Structure/Setting
II. John’s Vision and Commission (1:9-3:22)
A. Vision of “One like a Son of Man” (1:9-20)
Form/Structure/Setting
Explanation
B. Proclamations to the Seven Churches (2:1-3:22)
1. The Proclamation to Ephesus (2:1-7)
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2. The Proclamation to Smyrna (2:8-11)
3. The Proclamation to Pergamon (2:12-17) ^
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4. The Proclamation to Thyatira (2:18-29)
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6. The Proclamation to Philadelphia (3:7-13)
7. The Proclamation to Laodicea (3:14-22)
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III. The Disclosure of God’s Eschatological Plan (4:1-22:9)
A. John’s Heavenly Ascent (4:1-2a)
B. The Sovereignty of God, the Investiture of the Lamb, and the First Six Seals (4:2b-7:17)