Subject: Best commentary on Revelation? |
Bible Note: Gbzones I would agree that you need the Holy Spirit to understand the passage of Revelation or any other passage. However, it would be wise to stop and consider that the theologians who were mentioned as having given commentary on the subject of Revelation took a tremendous amount of time doing the very thing you point out, praying to have the scriptures illuminated to them by the Holy Spirit. Many of them udoubtedly incorporate what the other scriptures would have to say about Revelation as that is part of writing good commentary. Not having studied it to as great a length, how do we then do we say that those who have studied such things at great length, have not arrived at the truth without studying both the Bible and their work at length to say such things of them? The studying of the various works of commentators is not about a confusion of interpretations, each one has taken the time to do the excursions into the arts of exegesis and hermeneutics to arrive at his conclusion. We should endeavor to do the same to the best of our abilities in both our own private study of Revelation and in reading their works. The criteria for determining the truth, as you call it, or the meaning, as I would call it, of Revelation should be a thorough examination of the scriptures to arrive at the meaning. I think the term truth is a little off the mark here as appplying that to the conclusions of these men, as all scripture is truth and studying it is the garnering of the meaning of it. What we try to do in studying it is to arrive at the meaning of that truth. I have a question for you, and this is not to foster ill will, nor is it for argumentation sake. What does Genesis have to do with interpreting Revelation other than to understand the fall? What other clues could one garner from Genesis that could possibly help us understand Revelation? It seems, though perhaps only to me, that Daniel would yeild more clues about Revelation than any other book. For your consideration. blessings abound, bowler |