Description
About the Book: From the time of John being exiled to the Isle of Patmos, he saw visions of heaven. He saw the Throne Room of God. He saw angels, cherubim, souls, nations (peoples), living beasts before the Throne. He described them all in glorious detail. Then, John was shown images from the beginning of time through the end of time. Fantastic scenes of dangerous beasts, dragons with multiple heads, a prostitute who rode a dragon – and her destruction. But what did it all mean? Delve into the story. Find the meanings of the images John saw. Learn about the terrible things that are to come for the human race – and the One who comes to save them all! About the Author: Raised Southern Baptist, ordained Pentecostal (Connersville First Assembly), and now a Licensed Lay Preacher in the Episcopal Church – Diocese of Central Florida. In 2008, she, like many others, were questioning the “2012 Destruction” date that was predicted. For four years, she spent eight to ten hours per day, every day, reading and studying everything she could find that was written on the subject. Then, for two years, she wrote the first edition of Revelation – What John Knew. This new book incorporates several changes – especially cutting long passages and summarizing the content, making the book easier to read. What others say:
Susan Brunhofer –
Barbara Schobl-Legee’s Biblical scholarship and clarity of expression, stimulates thoughtful and heartfelt reflection on our faith which is tied so dearly to the Scriptures, as she skillfully connects the reader to the vast resources of the OT and NT writers and prophets whose verses parallel closely many in Revelation, esp, Daniel, Isaiah, and Jeremiah, among others. This helps the reader understand that the foundation of John’s expression, whom she concludes is the same John of the Gospels and I, II, and III John, is the OT which John richly demonstrates in all of his writing. And we also see here reflected, that the word and work of God is the same in the OT, NT and must be the same today as we grapple to understand what is happening in our present Last Days circumstances.
Reading Scripture with a good reference Bible, concordance and a topical Bible, is a good practice, as the great American Preacher, Dwight L Moody, reminds us in his classic “How to Study the Bible,” also a good commentary is a helpful and even indispensable in giving additional background to scripture, as well as interpretation. While many of these sources are helpful, Barbara Schoble-Legee brings a shorter more direct effort making these connections and a logical argument as to why John must also have been steeped in these OT references, enlightening his mind and heart as he received the core revelations through his dreams and visions, to which he then adds his own experience and knowledge through his lifetime of ministry and teaching his inspired testimony of Jesus Christ.
William Brunhofer, DMin