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Revelation, Illustrated and Made Plain

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If you really want this book, it's because you're into collecting them. If you don't collect, get REVELATION UNVEILED, the current update for this book. I have copies of both and I like REVELATION UNVEILED simply because it uses the NIV whereas this edition uses the KJV. Other than that, the two books are identical, so do yourself a favor and by the newer version. You'll be glad you did.

OK, there are a few things you need to check yourself on before you decide whether you'll love--or like this book. You'll like it if you want a thorough, but readable commentary on Revelation.

You'll love it if you want the same with charts, and from a pretribulational rapture viewpoint, holding to a literal millennium on earth. Obviously, being a former student from Dallas Theological Seminary--I loved the book!

LaHaye (who also wrote `Revelation Unveiled'--nearly the same book in the NIV text) explains Revelation in a well-organized format. He centers (as He should) on Jesus Christ, and many of the author's comparative outlines would make for great sermon or teaching material.

To be sure, there are much more thorough and much briefer commentaries on Revelation. But this one (at 300 pages) is just about right--in length, and in depth. There is no wild specualtion here, and interpretation is from Scripture itself--hooray!

It is said that one can discern whether an author is correct in his or her interpretation of this book by examining their interpretation of `the woman' in Revelation 12. LaHaye takes the (correct in my view) position that the woman is Israel, and I should be able to conclude that he's pretty accurate the rest of the way. Having taught this book numerous times over the last twenty years, I can say without hesitation, LaHaye's is right on.

HIGHLY recommended!

For years, I've been curious about Revelations and after reading the LEFT BEHIND series (5 books) and waiting for Assassin to come out started looking for additional books on Revelations. On a whim, searched on Tim LaHaye and found this book. It has alot of good material and interpretation. In many cases he tells you it is his opinion or someone elses and/or give comparisons. I have purchased other books on Revelations and am in the process of comparing them myself but so far the general ideas are the same. However, the other books give a different perspective which helped elaborate the facts for me. I have given my left behind series to friends who are Catholic and they thought it was a good fictional series and never picked up on the relationship to Revelations. What a shame! I have also started lending out this book for it needs to be read by anyone who is trying to really understand everything they can from Revelations. Highly Recommended!

LaHaye has many valuable insights and has good grasp of word meanings, and has done moderate historical work. Yet I find major flaws in his interpretative philosophies. This is especially surprising because he starts with the basic rule of interpretation which states that one should use the plain sense whenever possible. He then proceeds to violate this by devoting considerable energy to matching the seven churches to the different eras in church history. If he does not intend to say that these principles are inherent in the text of R. he doesn't say so. And yet there is no reason to say that it is inherent and to do so is at best coincidental, and at worst blasphemy. Those who read principles into Bible text without reason to do so inherent in the text lead to many grievous errors. Once the interpretor has done this, we make our doctrine experiential rather than based on the truth of the Word. The Bible never intends us to interpret major doctrines based on our experience or observation. There are too many basic Bible doctrines that go against our basic experience and against our logic, and worse, against what we would want it to read. This is not to say that our applications are not to some degree experiential - they must be. We just must avoid making our doctrines such. If the reader takes care not to get drawn into these "observations" and make them "truth", there are many keen insights in this book.

A great easy to read book on Revelation. He explains why he believes the things he does. He believes that if it is possible to take something literally in Revelation then we should. Only when it is not possible to take something literally should we try to take it symbolically. He also shows what some other people's thoughts are. I found this book very interesting.

Read this, get right with Jesus, and live the rest of your life with confidence. Highly recommended.

A great book. More interesting than most novels. I buy them to give to friends.