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Welwyn Commentary #66
Revelation: The Lamb is All the Glory
The book of Revelation is the glorious culmination of Scripture. Everything focuses on the one who is the Lord of glory Jesus Christ. As Joel Beeke observes, 'Richard Brooks comes afresh to the message of Revelation with a warm, pastoral exposition that feeds the hearts as well as the mind of the reader. This volume is practical, clearly written, and easy to understand. Above all, it points us to the glorious victory that awaits all those who faithfully follow the Lamb of God'.
The interpretation of the book of Revelation has led to a vast array of prophetical and historical schemes that have deterred many Christians from serious study. This volume will help prevent us from being deterred. The visions are clearly explained, and there is, throughout, good application.
The interpretation of the book of Revelation has led to a vast array of prophetical and historical schemes that have deterred many Christians from serious study. This volume will help prevent us from being deterred. The visions are clearly explained, and there is, throughout, good application.
264 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1993
About the author
Richard Brooks
147 books22 followersFormer tax-inspector Richard Brooks reports for Private Eye on a range of subjects and has contributed to the Guardian, the BBC, and many other media outlets. With David Craig he was co-author of the bestselling Plundering the Public Sector. In 2008 he was awarded the Paul Foot Award for Investigative Journalism. He lives in Reading.
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April 10, 2021
Um comentário simples e devocional, porém muito instrutivo sobre o livro do Apocalipse. Em certos aspectos similar ao "Mais que vencedores", de Hendriksen. Perspectiva amilenarista.
April 10, 2021
Excelente livro sobre o Apocalipse. Simples, prático, devocional. Em breve pela Editora Monergismo na tradução de Valter Graciano Martins.
July 4, 2026
So helpful. Comforting, convicting and it's the truth. I encourage every Christian to read this book especially the book or Revelations in the Bible and every non believer to be warned. The title of this book "The Lamb is all the Glory" sums up every aspect of Revelation.
August 29, 2019
A wonderful devotional commentary on the book of Revelation. This book keeps the major theme of the book before you at all times--The Triumph of Christ and of His Church.
September 5, 2026
The author tells us he is excited to begin a study of “this often neglected portion of the word of God”. Exhorting us not to be frightened, he dives straight into Chapter 1 with this opening gambit: “The whole of the Bible is full of Christ.” What, no lengthy introduction dealing with background, authorship, date, interpretation issues, etc? No.
Like other Welwyn Commentaries, this is no formal, technical commentary. Welwyn Commentaries are written by and large by serving pastors and are based on their ministry. They take us through a Bible book in sermon-sized chunks with informal, even chatty introductions and asides, homely illustrations and sometimes extended application. This commentary is informal and devotional rather than technical. You won’t find a comment or explanation for every verse. Nor will you find every possible issue or question dealt with.
This gives the book its strength. It is highly readable and accessible companion for an ordinary Bible reader’s personal devotions. As with all Welwyn Commentaries, it reflects an evangelical and reformed understanding of the Bible. Frequent quotations from hymns to illustrate or express a point are a feature. The New International Version is the default Bible version.
With Richard Brooks as your companion, you will feel that you have found a way through the last book of the Bible without being baffled and confused. Sometimes that pastoral background becomes a weakness, as topical issues, perhaps referred to in a sermon, are too specific and now dated. For example, a reference to the powers that be includes “The British government, Opposition and SDP-Liberal alliance … The Leaders of the Soviet Union … oil sheiks”.
There is a tendency to declare an interpretation without showing the reasoning. Inevitably lines are then taken that raise questions and with which theologically similar commentators disagree. Speaking, for example, of “that woman Jezebel” (Rev 2:20), Brooks comments, “that was probably her real name”. Why is that probable? Others assume that the name is symbolic.
Brooks helpfully points out that the rider on the white horse (Rev 6:2) cannot represent Jesus, as he is the one opening the seals from which the four horsemen emerge. But the author immediately asserts with no reasoning, “What we do have here, surely, is a picture of the conquering power of the gospel.” Others argue that since the other horsemen bring negative consequences (violence, poverty, death), the first horseman is more likely to represent rapacious human greed and aggrandisement.
Brooks elsewhere asserts that the description of the end in Revelation 6:12-14 must be taken literally. He bases his assertion on the existence of several similar Bible passages about the end. That does not seem to constitute an argument, for they could just as easily all be figurative as literal. Leon Morris (Tyndale NT Commentary) firmly disagrees and offers a reason: “John … can scarcely mean this to be taken literally, for if so men would not be in a position to hide themselves, as in the next verse.” Morris has a point (though I would substitute the Holy Spirit for John in that sentence).
Identification of precious and semi-precious stones in Biblical text is not an exact science but it is confusing when Brooks confidently asserts that “jasper, like our diamond, is absolutely clear, transparent, brilliantly bright” when so many others tell us it is opaque.
The Lamb is All the Glory is a very helpful guide and companion to the book of Revelation. Read it alongside Leon Morris’s Tyndale NT Commentary or Paul Barnett’s Revelation: Apocalypse Now and Then to get a different view of some interpretations.
Like other Welwyn Commentaries, this is no formal, technical commentary. Welwyn Commentaries are written by and large by serving pastors and are based on their ministry. They take us through a Bible book in sermon-sized chunks with informal, even chatty introductions and asides, homely illustrations and sometimes extended application. This commentary is informal and devotional rather than technical. You won’t find a comment or explanation for every verse. Nor will you find every possible issue or question dealt with.
This gives the book its strength. It is highly readable and accessible companion for an ordinary Bible reader’s personal devotions. As with all Welwyn Commentaries, it reflects an evangelical and reformed understanding of the Bible. Frequent quotations from hymns to illustrate or express a point are a feature. The New International Version is the default Bible version.
With Richard Brooks as your companion, you will feel that you have found a way through the last book of the Bible without being baffled and confused. Sometimes that pastoral background becomes a weakness, as topical issues, perhaps referred to in a sermon, are too specific and now dated. For example, a reference to the powers that be includes “The British government, Opposition and SDP-Liberal alliance … The Leaders of the Soviet Union … oil sheiks”.
There is a tendency to declare an interpretation without showing the reasoning. Inevitably lines are then taken that raise questions and with which theologically similar commentators disagree. Speaking, for example, of “that woman Jezebel” (Rev 2:20), Brooks comments, “that was probably her real name”. Why is that probable? Others assume that the name is symbolic.
Brooks helpfully points out that the rider on the white horse (Rev 6:2) cannot represent Jesus, as he is the one opening the seals from which the four horsemen emerge. But the author immediately asserts with no reasoning, “What we do have here, surely, is a picture of the conquering power of the gospel.” Others argue that since the other horsemen bring negative consequences (violence, poverty, death), the first horseman is more likely to represent rapacious human greed and aggrandisement.
Brooks elsewhere asserts that the description of the end in Revelation 6:12-14 must be taken literally. He bases his assertion on the existence of several similar Bible passages about the end. That does not seem to constitute an argument, for they could just as easily all be figurative as literal. Leon Morris (Tyndale NT Commentary) firmly disagrees and offers a reason: “John … can scarcely mean this to be taken literally, for if so men would not be in a position to hide themselves, as in the next verse.” Morris has a point (though I would substitute the Holy Spirit for John in that sentence).
Identification of precious and semi-precious stones in Biblical text is not an exact science but it is confusing when Brooks confidently asserts that “jasper, like our diamond, is absolutely clear, transparent, brilliantly bright” when so many others tell us it is opaque.
The Lamb is All the Glory is a very helpful guide and companion to the book of Revelation. Read it alongside Leon Morris’s Tyndale NT Commentary or Paul Barnett’s Revelation: Apocalypse Now and Then to get a different view of some interpretations.
September 14, 2019
Don't bother with this one. Rather buy the later 'The Final Word' by Steve Wilmshurst, (This in the same series, so I gues the publishers had their own reservations as to the value of this book.) The author's use of phrases such as 'at the risk of appearing simplistic or a know all, surely the matter is quite clear,' (page 129), are particularly irrirating!
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