Revelation commentary from an amillennial and postmillennial perspective
Hi, I'm looking to purchase Revelation commentaries from an amillennial and postmillennial perspectives. I'm very familiar with a dispensational view and I would like to have commentaries from another perspective, I'm even open to a historical premillennial commentary.
Right now I have Revelation 4 Views from Steve Gregg, and I have The Days Of Vengeance by David Chilton. Is David Chilton an amillennial, partial preterist?
Other commentaries I've seen recommended are Peter Leithart's International Theological Commentary, G.K. Beale's NIGTC, More Than Conquerors by William Hendriksen. I read that Leithart is a partial preterist and postmillennial and G.K is partial preterist amillennial, and Hendriksen is also amillennial. Am I correct in all of this? And if anyone has read any of these, would you recommend these commentaries?
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I am a progressive dispensationalist, but Beale's commentary is a tour de force. It is a masterpiece and no one should try and study Revelation without it. He is partial preterist amil.
Eugene Peterson's Reverse Thunder is not a commentary, but is also probably a should-read, if not quite a must-read like Beale.
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I just recently read of progressive dispensationalism, so it's new to me. Is there a commentary from that perspective? Right now I'm in research mode in my eschatology
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I don't know if this fits into the premillennial/postmillennial/amillennial framework, but it's a really good commentary on Revelation that's also easy and accessible to read.
https://www.logos.com/product/156300/revelation-and-the-end-of-all-things-2nd-ed
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Do you know his eschatological views? Just so happens that I own that book here on logos already.
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Nathan Morales said:
Do you know his eschatological views? Just so happens that I own that book here on logos already.
As I said, he doesn't fit into any of the popular eschatological systems. But he gives a biblical, exegetically sound, contextual reading of Revelation which I think anyone can benefit from reading. He reads Revelation in its own 1st-century context.
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Interesting. That sounds like maybe a form of preterist. Thank you, I'll use it in my studies since I already own it.
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Nathan Morales said:
Interesting. That sounds like maybe a form of preterist. Thank you, I'll use it in my studies since I already own it.
Read it before you label it. Again, it doesn't fit neatly into the popular molds.
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Hi Nathan,
Here is a series from Dr. Kim Riddlebarger on YouTube. Sixteen vids all together.
(1) Amillennialism 101 - What Is Amillenialism? - YouTube
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I came in ready to recommend this particular work. Largely amil, it's not strictly a commentary but very useful on the whole subject of biblical eschatology:
https://www.logos.com/product/62340/biblical-eschatology
I purchased this as part of one of the $5 Wipf & Stock sales and was very pleasantly surprised. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like it's available for sale at the moment, but if you can wait perhaps you can pick it up sometime in the future.
ETA: I have the first edition; apparently there's a second one, but it's not in Logos either.
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Although they are not really commentaries, both of these books are excellent,
- Kingdom Come, The Amillennial Alternative by Sam Storms
- Discipleship On The Edge: An Expository Journey Through the Book of Revelation by Darrell Johnson
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Matt Leonard said:
Kingdom Come, The Amillennial Alternative by Sam Storms
This one is in Logos (link added).
The other one isn't, but should be. Darrell Johnson is great. I took his class on Revelation at Regent College that this book is based on. I've added a request for it on Feedbear. You can vote for it here:
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Justin Gatlin said:
but Beale's commentary is a tour de force. It is a masterpiece and no one should try and study Revelation without it.
Couldn't agree more! Beale is excellent. Either his shorter commentary https://www.logos.com/product/47515/revelation-a-shorter-commentary or his longer more technical one. https://www.logos.com/product/3467/the-book-of-revelation
Current MDiv student at Trinity Theological College - Perth, Western Australia
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How would you compare Sam Storm's Kingdom Come book with Kim Riddlebarger's A Case for Amillennialism?
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Chilton is preterist. Is not in Logos but The Avenging of the Apostles and Prophets by Arthur Ogden is great. He’s what he calls an early-historical preterist, but ammillennial also.
DAL
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Chilton is a full preterist?
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Chilton is a full preterist?
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Chilton is a full preterist?
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Nathan Morales said:
Chilton is a full preterist?
According to this article, he is partial preterist: https://reformedbooksonline.com/revelation-commentaries-preterism/
DAL
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For a commentary - Beale is without a doubt the gold standard from that perspective.
Also agree that Kingdom Come and The Case for Amillenialism are worthy reads and would add Dean Davis's The High King of Heaven.Logos 10 - OpenSuse Tumbleweed, Windows 11, Android 16 & Android 14
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Nathan Morales said:
I just recently read of progressive dispensationalism, so it's new to me. Is there a commentary from that perspective? Right now I'm in research mode in my eschatology
For Progressive Dispensationalism - Craig Blaising and Darrell Bock are respected for their views - while John Walvoord is usually considered a little early for the current Progressive version - his commentary was the standard "goto" for most pastors that I know who fall into that eschatological view.
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Which would you personally choose between Kingdom Come and The Case for Amillennialism?
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Frank Sauer said:
For a commentary - Beale is without a doubt the gold standard from that perspective.
Also agree that Kingdom Come and The Case for Amillenialism are worthy reads and would add Dean Davis's The High King of Heaven.Beale and Osbourne are my go to commentaries and when I don’t agree them, I just adjust from there and focus on the importance lesson. Milton, Chilton and Ogden are the best for my Preterist-Early Historical view.
DAL
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So, I've seen a lot of amillennial commentaries on Revelation here, but no postmillennial ones. Are there any relevant ones? What do you think about Steve Gregg's "Revelation: Four Views: A Parallel Commentary" and Dennis E. Johnson's "Triumph of the Lamb: A Commentary on Revelation"? Are they postmillennial?
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Not available on Logos yet. But Gentry has a new one out.
https://www.kennethgentry.com/the-divorce-of-israel-2-vols-2d-printing-by-gentry/
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We have a contract with Tolle Lege for Gentry's new Revelation commentary, but we haven't received the digital files from them yet.
Senior Publisher Relations Specialist • Logos Bible Software • Rick.Mansfield@logos.com
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Awesome!
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Steve Gregg's "Revelation: Four Views" is excellent.
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I've also found Gregg's Revelation: Four Views to be quite helpful. I like to give at least an overview of all the major approaches to Revelation, and the key interpretive decisions we have to make when deciding between them, when teaching Revelation. I find that having them laid out side-by-side the way Gregg does it is useful in helping me prepare for that.
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