Wanted: Your Input for the Follow-Up to Revelation’s Rhapsody
February 5th, 2007
AN INVITATION TO DIALOGUE WITH ME CONCERNING VOLUME II
Revelation’s Rhapsody: Listening to the Lyrics of the Lamb,
How to APPLY the Book of Revelation
NOTE: Dr. Lowery is asking for your input for Volume II of Revelation’s Rhapsody. Please read through to the last paragraph to see how you can assist him in the writing of the second part of this intended triology. — Site Admin
In my first book, Revelation’s Rhapsody: Listening to the Lyrics of the Lamb, How to Read the Book of Revelation, I focused on what principles and steps we should follow in order to correctly interpret John’s writing. In the second volume, I will concentrate on what John’s message meant to the first recipients at the end of the first century and how it still speaks to us in the early years of the twenty-first century. Hence, the emphasis will be on application of the book then and now.
I plan on asking and answering a different set of questions when compared with the questions asked in other books. We need to remember that often the purpose of a book should guide us in deciding what questions to ask. Is the book of Revelation written for the purpose of knowing when the world will end or was it written only for the original recipient in order to help them live faithfully? For example, when authors today ask Revelation to describe the end of the world and tell them when it will occur, they will get certain kinds of answers back. The answers are often nonsense, however. The world has not ended in accordance with the interpretations of these authors. On the other hand, some authors go to the other extreme and conclude that the book spoke only to the people in John’s day. The result is that people think the book has nothing to say to us today.
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