Acknowledgments

I am deeply grateful to the elders and members of First Baptist Church for giving me the time to write this commentary during a sabbatical several years ago, and for listening with delight and faith to the sermons that flowed from my study of this majestic book of prophecy. No pastor could ask for more than the godly and fruitful congregation FBC has become! I am truly honored to serve you with a team of godly elders as we all seek to be humble and contrite in spirit and tremble at the Word of God (Isa 66:2), and to spread the gospel of Christ among those who have never heard of his fame or seen his glory (Isa 66:19).