Ever wished for an illustrated Book of Revelation that simply depicts what is described without trying to interpret it?
I finally found one, at Wal-Mart of all places. A complete text with the art of Chris Koelle.
The Book of Revelation
The Book of Revelation
Discussion in 'General Baptist Discussions' started by Aaron, Dec 27, 2018.
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So what that it was translated by a Catholic priest?
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Lol, after skimming over the reviews I ordered me one. Like Aaron says, it seems most everyone is impressed with the illustrations and finds them helpful.
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While this looks interesting, I was just wondering how useful this "graphic novel" of Revelation is. After all, there are many different interpretations of Revelation, and it's so full of symbolic language. Does this lean toward any particular interpretation (e.g. Dispensationalist, Preterist, Amillennialist, etc.)?
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tyndale1946 Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
chris koelle revelation - Google Search -
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Now I feel like the guy who's given away the ending of a movie :). Thanks for the link.
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tyndale1946 Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
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Now I feel like the guy who's given away the ending of a movie :). Thanks for the link.
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tyndale1946 Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
Kentucky and I have be ribbing each other ever since I've been here... I just got his dander up cause he didn't think of it first... Brother Glen:Biggrin
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But, I know the Preterist view, and I didn't come away with this book favoring any particular view. Here is a response to the review cited by kyredneck.
Austin,
Thank you for your thoughtful review. I am the adapter and art director of the book and I do want to say that the "Preterist interpretation" was not part of our thought process in giving a narrative to this Scripture. From the outset we chose to personalize the story by focusing on John's point-of-view. We attempted to get behind his eyes and see the world as he would have seen it in 95 AD. Revelation is the only narrative book in the NT that is told strictly from the first person, and the Apostle John as the teller would have carried the emotional woundings of the murders of his brethren Peter and Paul, as well as the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem, all of which could be linked back to the Roman emperor. At the time he wrote it there was a new wave of persecutions going on, and John himself had been exiled to a prison camp in the Aegean. So we felt the adaptation would have greater emotional relevance if it revolved around John and his life experience at the time.
Revelation has many different ways to interpret it, and we settled on the personal because we want readers to "feel" the vision as though they were standing in John's sandals. Again, thanks for your comments, and for the opportunity to provide some insights from our perspective. -
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19 one who for a certain insurrection made in the city, and for murder, was cast into prison.
25 And he released him that for insurrection and murder had been cast into prison, whom they asked for; but Jesus he delivered up to their will. Lu 23
….consider these passages as you read the eyewitness account from Josephus concerning the horrible calamities (insurrection and murder) of the civil war that fell upon the Jews. -
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Now it'll probably snow like 4' deep....
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