"Revelation! What Did The First Audience Hear?"

Name: Revelation! What Did The First Audience Hear?
Price: $19.95 USD
Author: Rev. Roger Phillip Drews
ISBN: 9781477219935

by Rev. Roger Phillip Drews

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Book Details

Language : English

Publication Date : 11/9/2012

Format : Softcover

Dimensions : 6x9

Page Count : 336

ISBN : 9781477219935

Format : Hardcover

Dimensions : 6x9

Page Count : 336

ISBN : 9781477219928

Format : E-Book

Dimensions : N/A

Page Count : 336

ISBN : 9781477220023

About the Book

"No Rapture?, No Armeggedon? What was the meaning of this Revelation in St. John's time? a view of Revelation you've never heard before."

About the Author

Born in Akron Ohio, Roger Phillip Drews, a retired Lutheran pastor has always been interested in the meanings of words. A great cross word puzzle aficionado, he searches for original meaning of other languages as well as the Greek Bible text. This Bible study of Revelation has been an accumulation over many years for his classes. Most of the members of the Bible class which started in 1999, are still his students as well as being good friends. Roger was pastor in Burnsville MN, Oak Creek WI, Woodbury MN, Hickory NC, China Grove NC, Madisonville KY and Evansville, IN. When health issues required him to retire he moved back to Oak Creek WI where he still resides. Roger’s bass voice is appreciated as a long-time member of the Lutheran Chorale of Milwaukee. He is father to 4 sons (one now deceased) and 3 daughters. He has 15 grandchildren and 2 great-grand daughters. He married his high school sweetheart 50 years after high school, after both their spouses died. A great fisherman, he rarely comes home without a catch. However, his greatest joy is being a “fisher of men” as the Lord called him to be.

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Reviewed by: John L. Hoh, Jr.

The book of Revelation, also known as St. John's Apocalypse, has fascinated people for centuries. What do the images in that book mean? Are the numbers literal or symbolic? Can we predict any Revelation era we might be in, or can we derive a millenium construct from the book? Does the book look forward, backward, or both? Rick Larsen believes one scene is a look at the birth of Jesus (see The Star of Bethlehem DVD).

Rev. Drews, of the ministerium of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS), sets out to comment on that book. His approach is to ""hear"" the book as the first audience (late first century, early second century) heard it. As such he does not really debate doctrinal issues. Instead he does a running commentary and comments on words and phrases used in the original Greek.

The book starts with the author's own translation. Here I must point out that every pastor qualified in the WELS (as well as the Evangelical Lutheran Synod, known as the ELS) has a working knowledge of Greek and Hebrew so as to be able to study the Bible in the original languages. Students at the seminary in Mequon can also take the Aramaic elective (a small part of the Old Testament is written in Aramaic).

The commentary then commences. Along the way Rev. Drews pulls out words that perhaps don't display their full force and meaning in the English. He explains the word, the implications of using a word, and how that word was used among the common people at the time St. John wrote down the visions he saw.

Along the way Rev. Drews also highlights common beliefs and understandings both among fringe groups of Christians as well as among society in general. In effect, John used the language of the people to relay the truths of salvation, the Christian faith, and the struggles Christians have. In the end, the bo

John Hoh
"Purchase

Reviewed by: John L. Hoh, Jr.

The book of Revelation, also known as St. John's Apocalypse, has fascinated people for centuries. What do the images in that book mean? Are the numbers literal or symbolic? Can we predict any Revelation era we might be in, or can we derive a millenium construct from the book? Does the book look forward, backward, or both? Rick Larsen believes one scene is a look at the birth of Jesus (see The Star of Bethlehem DVD).

Rev. Drews, of the ministerium of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS), sets out to comment on that book. His approach is to ""hear"" the book as the first audience (late first century, early second century) heard it. As such he does not really debate doctrinal issues. Instead he does a running commentary and comments on words and phrases used in the original Greek.

The book starts with the author's own translation. Here I must point out that every pastor qualified in the WELS (as well as the Evangelical Lutheran Synod, known as the ELS) has a working knowledge of Greek and Hebrew so as to be able to study the Bible in the original languages. Students at the seminary in Mequon can also take the Aramaic elective (a small part of the Old Testament is written in Aramaic).

The commentary then commences. Along the way Rev. Drews pulls out words that perhaps don't display their full force and meaning in the English. He explains the word, the implications of using a word, and how that word was used among the common people at the time St. John wrote down the visions he saw.

Along the way Rev. Drews also highlights common beliefs and understandings both among fringe groups of Christians as well as among society in general. In effect, John used the language of the people to relay the truths of salvation, the Christian faith, and the struggles Christians have. In the end, the bo

John Hoh
"Purchase

Reviewed by: John L. Hoh, Jr.

The book of Revelation, also known as St. John's Apocalypse, has fascinated people for centuries. What do the images in that book mean? Are the numbers literal or symbolic? Can we predict any Revelation era we might be in, or can we derive a millenium construct from the book? Does the book look forward, backward, or both? Rick Larsen believes one scene is a look at the birth of Jesus (see The Star of Bethlehem DVD).

Rev. Drews, of the ministerium of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS), sets out to comment on that book. His approach is to ""hear"" the book as the first audience (late first century, early second century) heard it. As such he does not really debate doctrinal issues. Instead he does a running commentary and comments on words and phrases used in the original Greek.

The book starts with the author's own translation. Here I must point out that every pastor qualified in the WELS (as well as the Evangelical Lutheran Synod, known as the ELS) has a working knowledge of Greek and Hebrew so as to be able to study the Bible in the original languages. Students at the seminary in Mequon can also take the Aramaic elective (a small part of the Old Testament is written in Aramaic).

The commentary then commences. Along the way Rev. Drews pulls out words that perhaps don't display their full force and meaning in the English. He explains the word, the implications of using a word, and how that word was used among the common people at the time St. John wrote down the visions he saw.

Along the way Rev. Drews also highlights common beliefs and understandings both among fringe groups of Christians as well as among society in general. In effect, John used the language of the people to relay the truths of salvation, the Christian faith, and the struggles Christians have. In the end, the bo

John Hoh

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