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"Though St. John the Evangelist saw many strange monsters in his vision, he saw no creature so wild as one of his own commentators." ~ G.K. Chesterton

The book of Revelation was written to do just that: reveal. But most commentaries nowadays either engage in bizarre speculations about the future,…


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1 author picked When the Man Comes Around as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

I can count on one hand how many times I've read a "commentary" in book format, but I read it because the topic was interesting and I found Douglas Wilson's writing style to be imaginative. I grew up in a classic Christian environment where the book of Revelation was about the anti-christ, a boogyman character used to invoke fear and trembling in Christians and potential converts. The perspective in the book is actually about the revelation of Jesus as King, how he knows and loves his church, which is a positive perspective.

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