by Justin Marple | May 3, 2010 | Canon Commentary, COMMUNITY, Monthly Newsletters, Revelation Commentary
People have been asking me to teach on Revelation for more than five years and I have always avoided doing so until now. John Calvin, the great Reformer, wrote wise and perceptive commentaries on almost every book of the Bible. But he never wrote a commentary on...
by Justin Marple | Apr 25, 2010 | Revelation Commentary, TEACHING
Here we find the letters to the seven churches and thus to the complete (symbolism of the number 7) church. This is the second half of the vision of Christ. Instead of continuing to mark new paragraphs with “I heard” or “I saw,” now a new...
by Justin Marple | Apr 19, 2010 | Revelation Commentary, TEACHING
It is pretty easy to divide up these verses. Rev 1:9 pretty well stands on its own, introductory in nature, but clearly looking forward to the text that follows rather than back at the introduction. It is interesting that John begins by introducing himself as...
by Justin Marple | Apr 5, 2010 | Revelation Commentary, TEACHING
We stressed before, as Poythress would put it, that the book of Revelation is not a puzzle book but a picture book. That is, the book’s formal structure is a series of four visions. It is a word picture book (that even includes word sound effects).If I can...
by Justin Marple | Mar 29, 2010 | Revelation Commentary, TEACHING
As Vern Poythress would stress about the book of Revelation, there are many ways to outline the book. I will be relying heavily on Poythress for any posts on Revelation, but as you might imagine I am not simply rehashing his teaching but in some ways simplifying it...
by Justin Marple | Mar 24, 2010 | Genesis Commentary, OT Torah Commentary, TEACHING
The current sermon series, I have been preaching on the temptations and the trial of Christ, has driven me back to the beginning. Book One of Genesis displays the same themes that I have been preaching.In Book One, Adam is the one being tested but he responded by...
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