Opening Up Revelation

by Roger Ellsworth

Publisher:

Day One

, 2013

Overview

The first readers of the book of Revelation were members of seven churches in Asia Minor. These believers were facing difficult and harsh circumstances, so much so that they must have often raised these profound questions: Why are we suffering? Who is in control? Where are things headed? In this book, Roger Ellsworth opens up the message of Revelation, showing how the Lord Jesus sent it to those believers to assure them both that he is in control of all things and that he and his people will finally triumph over all their difficulties. The good news is that this encouraging message applies equally to believers in every age.

Key Features

• Examines the message of Revelation
• Highlights the focus of each section, as well as key phrases and verses
• Features study guides, maps, and timelines
• Includes discussion questions for small group or independent study

Contents

• Blessed Things (1:1–18)
• Searching Letters from the Sovereign Lord (Part 1) (1:19–2:17)
• Searching Letters from the Sovereign Lord (Part 2) (2:18–3:22)
• Heaven Opened (4:1–11)
• Heaven’s Scroll (5:1–14)
• Scrolling through History (6:1–17)
• The Sealed and the Seventh Seal (7:1–8:1)
• Saints Praying and Angels Trumpeting (8:2–9:21)
• A Visit from the Mighty Angel (10:1–11:2)
• Two Witnesses and the Seventh Trumpet (11:3–19)
• The Devil in the Details (12:1–13:18)
• Worship, Warnings and Wrath (14:1–20)
• Seven Bowls of Wrath (15:1–16:21)
• The Harlot, the Beast and the Ten Horns (17:1–18)
• Goodbye Babylon! (18:1–24)
• The Triumphant Christ (19:1–21)
• Of Satan, Saints and Sinners (20:1–15)
• All Is Well! (21:1–22:5)
• The Last Words of the Last Book (22:6–21)

Top Highlights

“Every church’s problems begin when its members stop listening to the Lord or listen without really hearing” (Page 31)

“important to note that the pastors are pictured as being in the right hand of the sovereign Christ” (Page 30)

“ also declared the solution in three imperatives: remember, repent and do” (Page 32)

“Did the Lord really prefer the ‘cold’ position? Did he really prefer that the Laodiceans be lost? Yes, because there is always hope for the person who knows that he or she is lost. The problem with most of the folk at Laodicea was that they were as lost as those who had made no profession at all but, alas, they did not know it!” (Page 41)

“Lord’s rebuke reminds us that we can be sound in doctrine, energetic in service and even holy in life without loving Christ as we should. Every Christian loves Christ, but there are degrees in love. Sometimes our love flames brightly. At other times it barely flickers. It was flickering in Ephesus.” (Page 32)

Praise for the Print Edition

In this book, Roger Ellsworth has done a stupendous service for us all, with his highly informed and winsome eye-opener on the last book of the Bible. Scripture students and preachers worldwide will not have to look further for sheer clarity of exposition coupled with glowing comfort for followers of the Lamb in every generation.

—Richard Bewes, former rector, All Souls Church, Langham Place, London

Opening Up Revelation does precisely what it suggests: clarify and simplify John’s apocalyptic visions in ways that provide us with fresh and appealing snapshots of both John’s time and our own. Bridging the two horizons of the first and twenty-first centuries, this book will prove an ideal aid to Bible study, opening up for a new generation of believers John’s vision of a ruling, reigning, returning Christ whose purpose for the church remains the same: to bring glory to God in whatever circumstance she may find herself in.

—Derek W.H. Thomas, professor of historical and systematic theology, RTS Atlanta

Product Details

• Title: Opening Up Revelation
• Author: Roger Ellsworth
• Series: Opening Up Commentary
• Publisher: Day One
• Print Publication Date: 2013
• Logos Release Date: 2014
• Pages: 160
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Bible. N.T. Revelation › Commentaries
• ISBNs: 9781846254093, 1846254094
• Resource ID: LLS:OPENUP87REV
• Resource Type: Bible Commentary
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T02:04:28Z

About Roger Ellsworth

Roger Ellsworth is a retired pastor, active in ministry and writing. After coming to the knowledge of Christ at an early age, Roger Ellsworth began preaching at age 11 and pastoring at age 16. He has served as pastor of churches in Illinois, Kansas and Missouri. He currently lives in Jackson, Tennessee. Roger has written numerous books on the Christian faith, and has exercised a preaching ministry for over fifty years. Some of this books are Come Down, Lord!, Standing for God: The Story of Elijah, and Is There an Answer? published by the Trust. He is also a regular contributor to Evangelical Times and GraceTrax magazines. He served for two years as President of the Illinois Baptist State Association and for 10 years as trustee of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, for two of which he was the chairman of the board. He and his wife, Sylvia, have two sons, Tim and Marty, and they have three grandchildren. Roger and Sylvia love the message of the Bible, and they enjoy sharing the wonderful counsel of the Word of God in language that ordinary people can understand and appreciate.

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