City Church Tulsa

The Book of Revelation Reimagining Books for further study: Reading Revelation Responsibly: Uncivil Worship & Witness by Michael Gorman The Theology of the Book of Revelation by Richard Bauckham The NIV Application Commentary: Revelation by Craig Keener See the Strange: The Gospel According to Revelation by Brett Davis & Richard Bauckham WHAT THE BOOK OF REVELATION IS NOT? A detailed account of the end of all things A message of doom and gloom A book primarily rooted in our current time or the near future WHAT IS THE BOOK OF REVELATION? It’s apocalyptic language that uses symbols & imagery that are bizarre and other-worldly at times It’s a pastoral-prophecy letter sent to the church It’s resistance literature It’s hopeful and empowering to a weary church Revelation 1:1-3 The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, 2 who bore witness to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesu