Revelation (New American Commentary | NAC)

by Paige Patterson

Publisher:

B&H

, 2012

Overview

In the Introduction to his commentary on Revelation, L. Paige Patterson observes the widespread neglect of this closing book of the New Testament. “Aside from a few journal articles and fewer monographs, few homiletical adventurers have evidenced the moxie to enter the eschatological lists and take on this book in the pulpit. This remains the case even though curiosity abounds in many congregations where parishioners fervently wish that their respective pastors would explain the book to them. Among those who embark on this adventure, most sail no further than the message to the seven churches . . . thus missing the grandeur of the promises that proliferate in chapters 4–22.”

Patterson writes with the strong conviction that preachers and professors can grasp Revelation and expound it fruitfully. To that end he has written this commentary, and in doing so, interacts with a wide array of interpreters of Revelation across the centuries. The reader who follows Patterson’s interpretive decisions will experience a virtual hermeneutical workshop—but far more than that. He will see more clearly than ever the glory and grandeur of Jesus Christ.

The New American Commentary: Revelation is for the pastor, student, or layperson who wants to understand and expound the Scriptures. What’s more, with the Logos edition, Scripture passages are linked to numerous English translations for quick reference, or to the original Greek texts for original-language study! That gives readers quick access to the message of the Bible as they study it! The commentary can also be read along with Bible dictionaries, encyclopedias, other commentaries, and the wealth of other Bible study tools in your digital library.

Key Features

• Commentary based on the NIV
• The NIV text printed in the body of the commentary
• Sound scholarly methodology reflecting capable research in the original language
• Readable and applicable exposition

Contents

Top Highlights

“multiplied until what began as a trickle became a wadi” (Page 375)

“The Lord of the lampstands says to the church at Laodicea that like your own water supply you are lukewarm and disgusting to my taste. I wish that you were either a fresh, life-giving drink of cold water or else a healing, hot mineral bath. But, because you are neither refreshing and life giving nor healing, you are simply disgusting; and I will spew you out of my mouth.” (Page 140)

“What is in view in the church of Ephesus is a question of motivation and priority. Certainly, one can do all the right things and yet do them for an inadequate or ignoble reason. One can even do the right things for some of the right reasons but fail in the service of the Lord in terms of the noblest reasoning. Perhaps Ephesus had succeeded well in many areas, but the maintenance of that success had become more important than the motivation for service—namely, the love for Christ.” (Pages 85–86)

“In other words, the first resurrection is a resurrection to eternal life while the second resurrection will be a resurrection to damnation.” (Page 354)

“Specifically, the sin at Thyatira was the sin of tolerance.” (Page 113)

Product Details

• Title: New American Commentary: Revelation
• Author: L. Paige Patterson
• Series: New American Commentary
• Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
• Publication Date: 2012
• Pages: 480

About Paige Patterson

Paige L. Patterson (born 1942) is the eighth President of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and a leader of the Conservative Resurgence of the Southern Baptist Convention in the 1990’s. A graduate of Hardin-Simmons University, Patterson received Th.M. and Ph.D. degrees in theology at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. He was twice elected president of the Southern Baptist Convention, serving Southern Baptists in that role from 1998-2000.

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