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Additional Resources for Explaining All The Scary Stuff In Revelation

Use these additional resources to supplement your study on this topic. Because of the Internet’s changing nature, a link may modify or get deleted. If you discover a bad link in the list below, please contact us!

Study Resources:

• Revelation
  by Dr. Louis A. Brighton (theologian version)

• Revelation
  by Dr. Louis A. Brighton (popular version)

• Revelation - People's Bible Commentary
  by Wayne Mueller

• Worthy Is the Lamb
  By Rodney L. Rathmann, Julene Dumit, and Dale E. Griffin God's Word for Today series (Bible study)

• The Lutheran Study Bible
  The notes accompanying the book of Revelation are tremendously helpful.

Session Two:

• Read an Old Testament prophecy of Alexander the Great's accomplishments
  Daniel 8:1-8, 15-22

• What did Alexander have to do with Greek becoming the universal language of the Roman Empire and, ultimately, the New Testament?
  Read Dr. James W. Voelz' Concordia Theological Quarterly article: "The Linguistic Milieu of the Early Church"

• Read an in-depth biography of Alexander the Great.
  

• Read the eyewitness account of Jewish historian Josephus.
  

• Learn about the Roman celebration after the victory.
  

• How did the Roman emperors become involved in religion?
  

• Read about the Nazareth Inscription - its translation, commentary and date.
  

• Find out more about the historical context of the Nazareth Inscription.
  About an inscription forbidding people to take bodies out of tombs.

• Julius Caesar
  Roman leader who sought to turn the Roman republic into an empire

• Julius Caesar
  An eyewitness portrait of Julius Caesar

• Caesar Augustus
  Emperor at the time of Jesus' birth

• Tiberius
  Emperor at the time of Jesus' death and resurrection

• Nero
  In John's day, many Romans feared Nero would rise from the dead and come out of exile with a multitude from the east to attack the empire. Some scholars think John referred to this legend in Revelation 13:3.

• Domitian
  First emperor to carry out empire-wide persecution of Christians

Session Three:

• Nero's Persecution of Christians
  

• Perpetua - a Martyr's Story
  This is the story of a young woman martyred for her Christian faith.

• Read some accounts of current persecution from Voice of the Martyrs.
  

Session Four:

• Revelation's 1,000 years
  

• A Lutheran Response to the Left Behind Series
  This document from the LCMS Commission on Theology and Church Relations discusses the Left Behind series.

• Bible Study Companion to A Lutheran Response to the "Left Behind" Series
  The CTCR wrote this study guide to accompany the above document.

• The End Times: A Study of Eschatology and Millennialism
  This link takes you to the LCMS Document Libary Google search page. From there, click on "The End Times: A Study of Eschatology and Millennialism," and it will allow you to view the PDF "THE END TIMES: A Study on Eschatology and Millennialism."

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