I recently finished Ravished by Beauty: The Surprising Legacy of Reformed Spirituality. Belden Lane has written a wonderful book which I include in a piece soon to appear on Scot McKnight’s blog, Jesus Creed.
Lane makes the point that John Calvin wrote commentaries on most books of the Bible, yet steered clear of Revelation. On the other side of the ledger, Jonathan Edwards did not really write Bible commentaries, but he wrote a lot on the book of Revelation. It is interesting to note the difference among these two stalwarts of the Reformed faith.
So how about you? Do you think there ought to be more or less teaching on the book of Revelation?
More AND less. There should be more teaching on THE REVELATION of Jesus Christ as He is described in the book, triumphant and enthroned, coming in glory as judge and ruler. There should be less teaching on the supposed REVELATIONS in the book concerning detailed descriptions of a whole series of soon-to-come historical events that can be checked off one at a time so as not to be caught unprepared. Just my humble opinion.
Nicely put Dave. It is amazing to me how the major point of Jesus reigning and ruling no matter what gets lost amidst all the speculations.
Other than to say that I’ve been told that Scripture is Scripture and all of it is important (and certainly ANYTHING FROM GOD must be valuable) I believe I will be more equipped to reply in April 2014 after studying the Book of Revelation via Community Bible Study. I’ve been a believer in Jesus Christ since 1975 and have participated in many Bible studies, yet I’ve never studied this book. I suppose that in itself says something.