Iron Scepter

This contribution to The New International Commentary on the New Testament is a revision of Robert Mounce's original entry on the book of Revelation and reflects more than twenty additional years of mature thought and the latest in scholarship.

Anthropos is in danger. So Wesley, Kurt and Lisa are once again magically transported from their home in Winnipeg to help save this threatened land. The Iron Sceptre, the source of King Kardia's power to rule, is in peril. The children, joined by their cousin Mary, are called on to stop Mirmah and her chief sorcerer, Archimago. But to do so, they must travel beneath the Northern Mountains, around Goldcoffin's Palace and into the very heart of Mirmah's kingdom. What awaits is much more than a mere adventure.

The experimental and diverse writing of John Milton's early career offers tanatalising evidence of a precocious and steadily ripening author. This book explores these writings, including 'Lycidas' and 'The Passion'.

This first-of-its-kind charts book does not seek to support specific interpretations of end-times prophecies. Instead, it depicts the literary, historical, and theological backgrounds of Revelation, arguably the New Testament's most challenging book. Includes seventy-nine charts, timelines, and maps. All charts are reproducible for classroom use.

The symbolism of Revelation has puzzled readers for centuries. Every generation falls prey to extreme views of interpretation. Even worse, they minimize the importance of John’s Apocalypse by not teaching or preaching from it. Yet Revelation is a profound work of New Testament theology and warrants a close study. John expects and prepares believers to follow the Lamb through suffering and possible martyrdom. The problem is centered on what the symbols mean. Are they literal? Are they symbolic? Do the images refer to events and people in the first century, or to the last days of planet earth? Moreover, how is the book structured? Is it one vision, four visions, or more? Are the visions linear or recapped? Lions, Locusts, and the Lamb: Interpreting Key Images in the Book of Revelation demonstrates a way to unlock John’s structure and unravel his symbols. The key is to follow a logical step-by-step interpretive approach that accents the historical, cultural, intertextual, extratextual, and particularly intratextual allusions and connections. The result is a book that delivers the basic meaning of three hundred images and categorizes them into an accessible guide for teachers, preachers, and readers of Revelation.

Revelation reveals the truth about the last days and the signs leading up to the last days. This book is an in depth study of the book of Revelation. It is a verse by verse study put together in a chronological sequence. It reads like a novel, but it is truly non-fiction. This book is unique in that it describes a different, but more scripturally accurate time line for the Rapture, Seals, Trumpets and Bowls than the current and popular view. This book will answer questions like these: * What are the signs of the end times? * What is the Rapture? * What events immediately preceed and follow the Rapture? * What is the Tribulation? * What happens during the Tribulation? * How long does the Tribulation last? * Why do I need to be concerned with this anyway? God does want us to know about the end times. He has revealed the truth to us in the book of Revelation. Come with me on this journey and let's take a look at it.