Preface
1. We Do Not Have to Be Afraid of The Revelation
2. The Gift of Weakness
3. God Is God, and We Are Wee
4. 1:1-3 and 9-11--A Vision to Sustain Us in Suffering: The "Mysterious" Purposes of God
5. 1:5-8--Who Is Christ for Our Suffering?
6. 1:12-20--Who Is the Son of Man?
7. Chapters 2-3--Flaws and Virtues
8. 2:1-7--Ephesus: Losing Our First Love
9. 2:8-11--Smyrna: Limitations of Suffering
10. 2:12-17--Pergamum: The Importance of the Word
11. 2:18-29--Thyatira: True Authority
12. 3:1-6--Sardis: The Call to Renewal
13. 3:7-13--Philadelphia: An Open Door
14. 3:14-22--Laodicea: Whatever Our Limitations We Don't Have to Be Tepid
15. 4:1-11--The First Reason for Praise: The Gift of Life
16. 5:1-14--The Second Reason for Praise: The Lamb Who Saves by Suffering
17. 6:1-7:8 and 19:11-21--Don't Forget the First Horse of the Apocalypse!
18. 6:9-11 and 7:9, 13-15--Endurance: The Meaning of Biblical Patience
19. 7:9-17--The Third Reason for Praise: Hope for the Future
20. 8:1-6--Skills to Read The Revelation: Silence and Trust in God's Vindication
21. 8:6-9:21--The Persistence of Sin and the Immensity of Grace
22. 10:1-11:13--Asking the Right Questions in Our Suffering: How Long? and Meanwhile?
23. 11:14-12:17--42 Months, 1,260 Days, and 3 1/2 Years
24. Chapters 12-13--Taking the Presence of Evil Seriously
25. Chapter 14--Songs, Proclamations, and Harvests
26. Chapters 15-16--We Wouldn't Want Love without Holiness
27. Chapters 17-18--Fallen! Fallen Is Babylon the Great!
28. 19:1-21--Preludes and Wedding Songs
29. 20:1-21:8--The Ultimate Defeat of the Powers of Evil and the Present Reign of Christ
30. 21:9-22:7--The Beautiful City: An Agent of Healing
31. 22:8-21--"Come!": Living Now in the Coming Victory
Epilogue: Qualities for a Theology of Weakness: Perspectives from The Revelation on Suffering
For Further Consideration