I'm pleased to see the announcement of the Classic Commentaries and Studies on Revelation Upgrade (32 vols.). But I'm disappointed that it doesn't include this classic, which I've requested before [well I guess I haven't formally requested it on the Suggestions forum before], which was recommended by my pastor Earl Palmer:
The following review from Amazon.com should serve to highlight the importance of this commentary. Please try to get it and add it to this collection!
THE BEST REVELATION COMMENTARY
As a pastor I have many commentaries on this confusing and mysterious book. Without doubt this is the very best. Bishop Lilje knows from personal experience in Nazi concentration camps the evil of a totalitarian government and the clear and strong hope this book provides when rightly understood. Forty years ago a friend loaned me this book and because it was no longer in print nor available from the publisher, I photocopied the entire book. Recently when I found this book on Amazon I immediately ordered it.
Lilje presents the historical context of its writing. This clarifies the meaning of the strange characters within and avoids speculating about times and seasons, as Jesus warned us not to do. In this way Lilje gives us an understanding which is always relevant and applicable to persons and the church facing the persecution of totalitarian situations.
I cannot recommend this book highly enough to anyone who wants to get beyond the popular hysteria surrounding Revelation and come to understand what it meant to those to whom it was written.
Rev. H. Louis Engle
