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“The triumph of the kingdom; interpreting Revelation 6-16” by Laurie Guy, a lecturer at Carey Baptist College, property of Paternoster Periodicals highlights: the baffling and contentious nature of the material, considering purpose, considering structure, considering the interpositions and their place in interpretation, considering the content of the B material, the great revelation: the kingdom of God has come, understanding the doom-and-gloom material and abstractness of revelation. The key words also highlighted in this article are: hope; intercalation; judgment; kingdom; purpose; seals; Revelation; structure; trumpets. These words are important to this article because they are the highpoints of Revelation and are meant to be looked at with high importance. …show more content…
Guy states “anyone who ventures to explain that section is seen as courageous (in tackling the issue), or clever (in solving the conundrum), or crafty (in explaining away a real difficulty)” because the author is unsure if there even is a true and honest way to even interpret the material. However in the first highlighted section of the article, “the baffling and contentious nature of the material,” the author suggests that there are four factors that contribute to an appropriate reading of the material, Revelation 6-16. The four factors consists of: “considering the purpose/s of Revelation, investigating the structure of Revelation, to consider the role of the interpositions in the narrative storyline of these chapters and finally to consider the significance of the conventional language found within the

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