Revelation Footnotes
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1 This is a phrase used by Winston Churchill to describe Russia in the 1930s, but it applies just as well to John’s apocalyptic vision.
2 Beale has a great discussion on the Old Testament background to these titles in G. K. Beale, The Book of Revelation: A Commentary on the Greek Text, The New International Greek Testament Commentary (Grand Rapids, MI: W. B. Eerdmans, 1999), 297–301. I do see things a bit differently than he does.
3 Humanist Manifesto I can be found at http://americanhumanist.org/humanism/humanist_manifesto_i. Humanist Manifesto II can be found at http://americanhumanist.org/humanism/humanist_manifesto_ii. Both accessed April 5, 2016.
4 Source unknown. I am aware some of these observations are disputed.