Apoca-Lists index
Author
- Five things Revelation tells us about its author
- Six arguments in favor of John the apostle as author
- Eight arguments against John the apostle as the author of Revelation
- Two mentions of another John who could be the author of Revelation
- Two more radical theories about the authorship of Revelation
- Four conclusions about the authorship of Revelation
Date
- Ten factors scholars use to determine the date of Revelation
- Dave’s seven arguments for his proposed date for Revelation
Circumstances and purposes
- Five things Revelation tells us about the persecution John and his readers have already experienced
- Twelve characteristics of the imminent persecution John envisions
- Five things other than persecution that threatened John’s churches
- Five things about Rome other than persecution and the emperor cult that Revelation criticizes
- Several interesting facts about Roman persecution in the first century
- Ten interesting facts about the imperial cult (worship of Rome or the Roman emperor as gods)
- Should John’s readers assimilate to Roman culture? Warren Carter’s arguments pro and con
Genre
- Four ways in which Revelation is like a letter
- Eight characteristics of apocalyptic literature
- Four categories of apocalyptic works
- Ten ways in which Revelation is similar to a typical apocalypse
- Seven ways in which Revelation is different from a typical apocalypse
- Three ways in which Revelation is similar to a prophecy
- Three conclusions about the genre of Revelation
Transmission, acceptance
- Seven interesting facts about the Greek text of Revelation
- Several interesting facts about the acceptance of Revelation in church history
Interpretation and use
- The four principal ways to interpret Revelation
- Several ways in which Revelation has been interpreted throughout history
- Seven criticisms people have raised against Revelation
- Is Revelation guilty of what it condemns? Three accusations and responses
- 22 references to Revelation in the Reformed Confessions
- What the Westminister Confession and Longer Catechism say about Revelation
- English hymns that refer to Revelation
- Spanish hymns that refer to Revelation
- Several tips for interpreting Revelation
- Eight tips for preaching from Revelation
Structure and connections
- 18 observations about the structure of Revelation
- Several arguments in favor of ‘recapitulation’ in the book of Revelation
- Chart comparing the seals, trumpets and bowls
- Three theories about the relationship between the seals, trumpets and bowls
- Fourteen items found both at the beginning and the end of Revelation
- Seven connections between chapter 1 and chapters 2-3
- Seven connections between Jezebel in Revelation 2.18-29 and the prostitute in Revelation 17-18 (Witherington)
- Seven connections between the seals in Revelation 6 and the visions in Revelation 19-20 (Tavo)
- Six connections between Revelation 12 and Revelation 17 (Witherington)
Themes and theology
- Angels in Revelation
- Five evidences for the divinity of Christ in Revelation
- Creation in Revelation
- The death of Christ in Revelation
- The devil, demonic activity in Revelation
- Earthquakes in Revelation
- Nine ways in which the exodus event is echoed by Revelation
- Six ways that Revelation displays God’s sovereignty over time
- The Holy Spirit in Revelation
- Judgment in Revelation
- The names for God, Jesus and the Spirit in Revelation
- The nations in Revelation
- Prophecy in Revelation
- Two ways in which Revelation uses the theme of repentance
- Resurrection in Revelation
- The saints in Revelation
- Salvation in Revelation
- Sexuality in Revelation
- Suffering in Revelation
- The temple in Revelation
- Theology proper in Revelation
- Truth and lies in Revelation
- Victory in Revelation
- Witnessing in Revelation
- Eleven interesting facts about worship in Revelation
- Lots more lists on themes and theology to come…
Literary features
- 51 literary features found in Revelation
- The seven beatitudes of Revelation
- Seven major contrasts in the book of Revelation
- Four ways in which the number seven appears in Revelation
- John’s five ‘reaction shots’ in Revelation
- Several repeated phrases in Revelation
- 27 songs in Revelation
Relationship to the rest of the Bible
- Eight interesting facts about Revelation’s use of the Old Testament
- Gregory Beale’s nine ways in which Revelation uses the OT
- Eleven parallels between Revelation and the Synoptic Gospels
- See Six arguments in favor of John the apostle as author for parallels between Revelation and John
- Six parallels between Revelation and Paul’s letters
- Several parallels between Revelation, Acts and the General Epistles