Revelation 1:1

¹⁰ “Wallace has fallen into the same pit as have so many others by his neglect of the basics of hermeneutics. One of his glaring errors violates the principle of single meaning. In his consideration of a category he calls the ‘Plenary Genitive,’ he labors the point that a particular passage’s construction may be at the same time both objective genitive and subjective genitive. . . . Wallace consciously rejects the wisdom of past authorities . . . His volume could have been helpful, but this feature makes it extremely dangerous.”—Robert L. Thomas, Evangelical Hermeneutics (Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel Publications, 2002), 158.

¹¹ Foos, “Christology in the Book of Revelation,” 105.

¹² This equality among the persons of the Trinity while fulfilling different roles well-illustrates the principle of equality of value, but difference in role so essential to the biblical family unit. The man and the women are absolutely equal in value before God, yet occupy different roles if the harmony and synergy God intended is to come to fruition in the family unit. The man is to be the leader (1Cor. 1Cor. 11:3; Eph. Eph. 5:22-24; Col. Col. 3:18) while demonstrating sacrificial love toward his wife (Eph. Eph. 5:25; Col. Col. 3:19). This delicate balance within the family unit requires selflessness. It is selfishness which factors large in divorce.

¹³ Alan F. Johnson, Revelation: The Expositor’s Bible Commentary (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House, 1966), 21.

¹⁴ MacArthur, Revelation 1-11 : The MacArthur New Testament Commentary, Rev. 1:1.

¹⁵ Thomas Ice, “Preterist ‘Time Texts’,” in Tim LaHaye and Thomas Ice, eds., The End Times Controversy (Eugene, OR: Harvest House Publishers, 2003), 105.

¹⁶ An exception to this statement can be made in the case of full preterism which holds that the entire book of Revelation has already been fulfilled. But this is outside of orthodox Christianity.

¹⁷ Monty S. Mills, Revelations: An Exegetical Study of the Revelation to John (Dallas, TX: 3E Ministries, 1987), s.v. “Introduction.”

¹⁸ Ice, “Preterist “Time Texts”,” 105.

¹⁹ Wallace, Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics - Exegetical Syntax of the New Testament, 536.

²⁰ The Conservative Theological Journal, vol. 4 no. 13 (Fort Worth, TX: Tyndale Theological Seminary, December 2000), 304-305.

²¹ Ice, “Preterist “Time Texts”,” 104.

²² Mal Couch, “The War Over Words,” in Tim LaHaye and Thomas Ice, eds., The End Times Controversy (Eugene, OR: Harvest House Publishers, 2003), 295.

²³ Robert L. Thomas, Revelation 1-7 (Chicago, IL: Moody Press, 1992), 55.

²⁴ “ ‘Soonness’ means imminency in eschatological terms.”—Johnson, Revelation: The Expositor’s Bible Commentary, 21.

²⁵ Thomas, Revelation 1-7, 56.

²⁶ Mills, Revelations: An Exegetical Study of the Revelation to John, Rev. 1:1.

²⁷ Thomas, Revelation 1-7, 56.

²⁸ Merrill C. Tenney, Interpreting Revelation (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 1957), 186.

²⁹ Thomas, Revelation 1-7, 59.

³⁰ Arnold G. Fruchtenbaum, The Footsteps of Messiah, rev ed. (Tustin, CA: Ariel Ministries, 2003), 12.

³¹ Seiss, The Apocalypse: Lectures on the Book of Revelation, 20.

³² Tenney, Interpreting Revelation, 34.