Revelation (Concordia Commentary)

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Summary: Sound exegesis, great study aid
Review: Dr. Brighton does a wonderful job of presenting an interpretation of Revelation from an amillenialist viewpoint. He clears up many of the controversies surrounding the book of Revelation with careful exegesis of the text and proper matrixing of related Scripture. Pastors, seminary students, and laypeople alike will find this book to be very useful in their own study of Revelation.

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Summary: Thorough Commentary on Revelation
Review: Dr. Brighton's passion for the final NT book is shown throughout the commentary. His love for this work and its complications meld well together in his years of teaching, research and preaching from Revelation. Although he engages with the scholarly works at hand, he is also very practical in his giving forth of much that can be gleaned for teaching and preaching. I know its usefulness will be great in Christ's church.

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Summary: The definative Amillennialist Revelation Commentary
Review: In the United States today, the dominant view among Christians concerning the end-times is something very similar to the "Left Behind" scenario. This commentary on Revalation gives a completely different, centuries-old amillennialist interpretation of one of the most difficult books of the Bible.

Brighton is a professor emeritus at Concordia Seminary in Saint Louis (and one of the nicest people--student, prof. or other--that I've met on campus) and has an extrodinarily high reputation in the New Testament department. His commentary is based on the Koine Greek, which is translated into English. Any awkward translations of unique word usage is explained to the point that, by the end of the book, one is able to see Semetisms in John's hasty writing.

As far as the text goes, Brighton masterfully lays out his amillenialist view: that the seven seals, trumpets, etc. all introduce the same period of time (not following strict chronology) and that these visions all represent what is happening in the church today. Symbols are clearly explained and frequent reminders are provided so that the reader doesn't get confused trying to keep them all straight.

For many people, the thought of the end of the world is quite frightening. Brighton's Revelation commentary is Christ-centered and has a clear focus on the Good News of life eternally with Christ in heaven. Instead of feeling fearful as I read eschatological prophesy, I found myself longing for Christ's return. Highly recommended.

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Summary: The definative Amillennialist Revelation Commentary
Review: In the United States today, the dominant view among Christians concerning the end-times is something very similar to the "Left Behind" scenario. This commentary on Revalation gives a completely different, centuries-old amillennialist interpretation of one of the most difficult books of the Bible.

Brighton is a professor emeritus at Concordia Seminary in Saint Louis (and one of the nicest people--student, prof. or other--that I've met on campus) and has an extrodinarily high reputation in the New Testament department. His commentary is based on the Koine Greek, which is translated into English. Any awkward translations of unique word usage is explained to the point that, by the end of the book, one is able to see Semetisms in John's hasty writing.

As far as the text goes, Brighton masterfully lays out his amillenialist view: that the seven seals, trumpets, etc. all introduce the same period of time (not following strict chronology) and that these visions all represent what is happening in the church today. Symbols are clearly explained and frequent reminders are provided so that the reader doesn't get confused trying to keep them all straight.

For many people, the thought of the end of the world is quite frightening. Brighton's Revelation commentary is Christ-centered and has a clear focus on the Good News of life eternally with Christ in heaven. Instead of feeling fearful as I read eschatological prophesy, I found myself longing for Christ's return. Highly recommended.

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Summary: Revelation (Concordia) Commentary by Louis A. Brighton
Review: It is rare for a biblical commentary to "catch on" so to speak,
but it is evident that this is an exception. It went into a third printing in less than a year. This is the definative
commentary of Revelation for any student of the Bible. I have
not heard of any scholarly detraction of this work from the academic community or from the discerning layman. Dr. Brighton
is Professor Emeritus at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, MO. I know that he is sought after to lecture on the Book of Revelation both here and abroad and often does so. I gave friends and relatives this book as a gift.

Rating:
Summary: Sound exegesis, great study aid
Review: It is rare for a biblical commentary to "catch on" so to speak,
but it is evident that this is an exception. It went into a third printing in less than a year. This is the definative
commentary of Revelation for any student of the Bible. I have
not heard of any scholarly detraction of this work from the academic community or from the discerning layman. Dr. Brighton
is Professor Emeritus at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, MO. I know that he is sought after to lecture on the Book of Revelation both here and abroad and often does so. I gave friends and relatives this book as a gift.

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Summary: Both good and original
Review: The Revelation commentary is both good and original. The good parts, however, do not appear to be original and the original parts do not appear to be very good. There is little or no evidence of what the first audience heard, especially when the names of heathen gods appear regularly in the text but are not mentioned at all not in the commentary. Even though "martus" a "witness" appears in 1:5, the significance of a martyr, one who will die for his testimony, is apparently not significant. The commentary makes very good use of linguitsic variances between the "koine'" and classic Greek. This is very good in a study of the book. However, if you wish to hear and understand what the first hearers of this book actually heard in their 1st century world, this is not the place to find it.

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Summary: Faithful to Revelation instead of Faithful to Newspapers!
Review: This commentary takes seriously the Greek New Testament text of the Book of Revation without all the last-minute hype from last week's newspaper. Commentary takes the historical context of the early New Testament church into account and does not fall into the mistaken belief that Revelation was written for the present generation of Christians and had nothing to say to the first generation of Christians in the Roman Empire. If you are looking for one commentary on the Book of Revelation that won't be outdated in five years, this is it. Its refreshing to read a commentary that actually makes the Christ of the New Testament the focus and center of each section.

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Summary: revelation of the Lamb's High Feast
Review: This is the best and most scholarly review of this book of the bible. The discussions are thourough and rely on evaluation of revelation in context of the saving love of God in Christ Jesus.The correlation among various events of scripture as portrayed in the 3 fold vision in revelation is well done. Proper discussion of who the characters are, the revelation of our salavation as having already occured in baptism and before the creation of the world and yet not yet played out in our human experience in temporal time is dicussed in the words and promises of God as spoken coinsistently throughout time in His written Word. The best discussion of what is going on at the mount of transfiguaration occurs here. The saints whorshiping on earth in the celebration of the Eucharist ,with the saints of old and the angels and archangels and the glorious company of heaven, as yet to be revealed to us ,is of great comfort to those who are being saved.One of the best commentaries on scripture written.