What a shame, but not at all surprising I see it all the time. Johnson shows the plain revelation when he cross-references the relevant biblical verses in the notes for Rev 11.8 allowing the bible interpret the bible, but then he quickly tramples upon the clear revelation of mystery Babylon's identity with a gratuitous, forced interpretation (Rome) which is not from the bible and flatly contradicts it. These key verses lock in one place alone, and it isn't Rome, NYC, Edom (which is not a city), Ninevah, or anywhere other than Jerusalem.Ī second key witness, Yeshua Jesus Himself, to the true identity of mystery Babylon which also locks in Jerusalem, Jerusalem is Rev 18.24 taken with Mat 23.37 (see also 1Thes 2.14-16). where also their Lord was crucified" (Rev 11.8) which is also called the woman identified as mystery Babylon (Rev 17.5, 18 - she is also described in the colors and jewels closely describing the garb of the Levitical high priest, Exo 28.4-11 vs Rev 17.4, an important connection missed in the commentary). Johnson (Westminster Seminary California, Ph.D., Fuller Theological Seminary) who wrote the commentary for the book of Revelation, which I believe is the most important document on earth at this time - after the Christian has come to a saving grace and solid faith in the work of Christ on the cross thus bringing in the New Covenant which Jeremiah said would not be like the one at Sinai (Jer 31.31-32) with a new law out of Zion, not Sinai (Isa 2.3 Rom 3.27, 8.2 1Cor 9.21 Jam 1.25, 2.12 John 5.12,17, 6.29, 13.34-35 1John 3.23-24 Luke 7.20), notwithstanding the increasing barrage of mis-teachings targeting Christians to 'keep the law/sabbath' (old covenant) online and in publications consistently taking the same handful of key verses out of context as if coordinated (for example John 14.15 or Rev 12.17, playing on common ignorance of these referring to the "commandments" outlined in 1John 3.23-4, not the 613 commandments of Moses of which Sabbath-keeping is used as the gateway to, flying in the face of the plain reading of Acts 15, etc, etc) - but I digress.īack to Dr Johnson's interpretations in the book of Revelation the place this compromise is most evident is the place where arguably the clearest 'revelation' in the whole book of Revelation is given, namely, the identity of "the great city. The best example of this comes from the contribution of Dennis E. Having said that, I have removed a star after I found it to be what I consider to be (politically?) compromised in critical places. I haven't read the entire volume yet, or the numerous topical essays in the back, not by a long shot.
It's not exhaustive obviously and seems to be lite on comparing readings with manuscript families on some verses (NET notes is a pretty good source for that, but also a bit heavy handed with their own favored opinions I find), which is understandable. I like the print quality and fonts, but I mainly purchased it for the occasional insights I find in the commentary.
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I've been reading the ESV commentary via my Bibleworks software for years and finally decided to get a hard copy recently.
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