Revelation: A Manual of Spiritual Warfare (Doner) / January 01, 2022

Requires Accordance 11.2 or above.

The strength of this two-volume set is the clarity, simplicity, and completeness of its exposition.  Nothing is left ambiguous, difficult passages are dealt with forthrightly, and scriptural proof is provided to support each assertion.

Eschatology in general and Revelation in particular will become understandable to the reader.  It will equip him to understand and successfully fight the spiritual warfare he is constantly exposed to.  Most importantly, it will help him see the triumph of Christ over all his enemies and the blessed future that lies ahead of him. This will greatly encourage him to keep on fighting the good fight of faith until the end.

This book is designed for pastors who need help in understanding, expounding, and applying the book of Revelation to their congregations from the pulpit.  The author has stated elsewhere: “As a pastor, I struggled with the meaning and interpretation of Revelation for many years. There were many books written on Revelation, but there were none that dealt with the book with the clarity, simplicity, and completeness I believed was necessary.  This book is clear, using language and explanation that makes it easy to read. It is simple, containing no unnecessary technical details that distract from the message and application of the book.  Most importantly, it is complete. Every phrase in every verse is dealt with and explained. Nothing is skipped. That was not the case with other books that were available to me. They were either highly technical and very tedious to read, or else they were too superficial and skipped over details that needed to be explained.”

This book will be satisfying to study because of the consistency of its approach, the clarity and simplicity of its language, and the completeness of its explanations. The outlines embedded in each chapter will be especially helpful to pastors who will be preaching through the book. The applications of the text will be transformative to his thinking, character, and conduct.

Synthesized in this one book is the distilled essence of the amillennial idealist approach with a completeness that others have not achieved.  This will save pastors enormous amounts of time in doing that work themselves.  This book provides a homiletical structure and approach that pastors will find valuable in message preparation.  It deals with issues in both the six-chapter introduction and in the four appendices that other books on Revelation do not.  It provides an extended explanation of the interpretive approach needed to understand the book and a presentation of the symbolic use of numbers, as well as an exposition of Matthew 24, Daniel 9, Ezekiel 40-43, and the source and nature of civil government in the appendices.