Triumph of the Lamb: A Commentary on Revelation

by Dennis E. Johnson

Publisher:

P&R

, 2001

Overview

The book of Revelation is an unveiling, a vivid disclosure of invisible realities. Yet its bizarre imagery often leaves us puzzled.

Dennis E. Johnson deftly guides us through questions about how to interpret Revelation, what it meant to its original audience, and how it equips us today. He explains that Revelation fortifies the church against the Enemy’s wiles by disclosing the profound paradoxes of Christ’s victory and glory. The central themes of Revelation converge with Christ’s triumph over the Enemy.

Key Features

• Includes section-by-section commentary
• Focuses on the primary theological message of Revelation
• Proposes seven principles for the inductive study of Revelation

Contents

Top Highlights

“The challenge can be stated simply: You cannot understand any individual passage in Revelation unless you understand the book as a whole, but you cannot understand the book as a whole unless you understand its individual passages.” (Page 3)

“Revelation Makes Sense Only in Light of the Old Testament.” (Page 12)

“In Revelation, however, a literal-where-possible mode of operation raises more problems than it solves” (Page 11)

“It is therefore more likely that the first love lost in Ephesus was love for other people.” (Page 72)

“We want to ask When? Jesus is more interested in answering Why? and What for?” (Page 115)

Praise for the Print Edition

Johnson writes with masterful skill without losing the reader down exegetical rabbit trails. Triumph of the Lamb is essential reading on Revelation from a man with unique qualifications as a well-loved pastor, New Testament scholar, and now professor of practical theology. This book is itself a triumph.

—S. M. Baugh

Sophisticated but readable, methodically astute but eminently practical. This patient and sane book is an excellent guide for readers who find Revelation attractive but frightening, and for teachers who wish to share its treasures with their people.

—Dan Doriani

The strength of this work is the way it takes some of the best material on the interpretation of apocalyptic generally, and Revelation in particular, and presents it in a palatable, readable form. Johnson knows how to write, and his text is infused with a rare sanity—rare, that is, amongst those who write at a reasonably popular level on the book of Revelation.

—D. A. Carson

Product Details

• Title: Triumph of the Lamb: A Commentary on Revelation
• Author: Dennis E. Johnson
• Publisher: P&R
• Publication Date: 2001
• Pages: 400
• Resource Type: Commentary
• Topic: Revelation

About Dennis E. Johnson

Dennis E. Johnson (PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary) is professor of practical theology at Westminster Seminary California and associate pastor of New Life Presbyterian Church.