Exploring Revelation

John Phillips Commentary

by John Phillips

Books in the John Phillips Commentary Series are designed to provide pastors, Sunday school teachers, and students of the Scripture with doctrinally sound interpretation that emphasizes the practical application of Bible truth. Working from the familiar King James Version, Dr. Phillips not only provides helpful commentary on the text, but also includes detailed outlines and numerous illustrations and quotations. Anyone wanting to explore the meaning of God's Word in greater depth—for personal spiritual growth or as a resource for preaching and teaching—will welcome the guidance and insights of this respected series.

265 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1974

About the author

Dr. John Phillips was born in Britain. He served in the British Army in Palestine where he saw many of the events which led to the birth of the State of Israel. After the War he joined the Bank of Montreal and went to Canada. In the Canadian north-west he founded and pastored a small church in a bi-vocational capacity. He served as assistant director of the Moody Bible Institute's Correspondence School and became well known as a Bible teacher in the Moody Evening School and over the Moody Radio Network. For four years he directed the Emmaus Correspondence School, one of the largest in the world at that time with courses available in over 100 languages. Returning to Moody Bible Institute he traveled widely as an itinerant Bible teacher for the Institute's Extension Ministry. He is best known for his EXPLORING and INTRODUCING books. He has written on all the New Testament books and on numerous Old Testament books including EXPLORING GENESIS, EXPLORING PSALMS (2 vols), EXPLORING PROVERBS (2 vols) and EXPLORING THE MINOR PROPHETS. Dr. Phillips' resources have been the companions of pastors, teachers and Bible students everywhere who have turned to them for instruction, illumination, and illustration.

Reviews

[Charles Carter · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book is probably simple, and if I read it now I'd probably find it even more simple than when I read it as a teen. However, this book is also dealing with a complex subject - one that always leaves my head spinning. So, good or bad/right or wrong, I can't say. My head is still spinning, and my heart is still racing just remembering this book (or any other eschatology book).

[Brandon Vaughan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dr. Phillips has the uncanny ability to illustrate scripture and magnify Christ in a way that few others can. His commentaries should be on the shelf of every pastor.

[Keith Bryan · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is AWESOME! I never got Revelation until I read this book. It reads a little like a text book, but that couldn’t stop me from reading it until the end. You have to get through it in order to get the amazing truths that Phillips brings to the table. He portrays the end times in real time events and situations as well as fictional representations by other classic authors. Let me tell you, that really keeps you interested! He also helped by translating the measurements and imagery of the book into things that we know and can relate to, using things we understand or already know like other Scripture and classic novels or plays. The book was very intense and unrelenting in its depiction of the end times. I enjoyed it so much I find no words good enough to describe it! Quite frankly this book is worth every bit of time you invest in it. It took me quite a while to get through it, but I am extremely glad that I did!

God is king and I am His servant destined to someday sit with Him on high and rule over Earth as was intended from the start! 2000 years for us is like two days to Him, so be patient. God is coming, and He will reward those who are faithful! My hero is not a man who can fly around with his underwear on the outside of his tights, He is not a man who has metal bones and blades between his knuckles, but He is all powerful and all present and all knowing! My God is an awesome God!

Overall opinion: Get it. Read it. Follow God. Love God. That is all you’ve got to do.