Revelation as a whole is often viewed as a very hard book to understand. ... The first step to understand the book is to understand when it was written and the occasion and purpose for which it was written. ... Revelation 1:4 provides yet another intriguing aspect of the book in general. ... In totality, it is used 52 times throughout the entire book. ... In summary, Revelation 1 is mostly warning for the unbeliever and encouragement for the believer....

• Word Count: 1466
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The book I chose to read is called The Origin of Satan, by Elaine Pagels. ... Therefore while I mention a decent amount I will be commenting on the information I present opposed to writing a summary and then commenting afterwards. ... In this book Elaine Pagels mentions "The book of James", "The book of Philip", and "The book of Thomas". ... One of the most interesting sections of the book I read was in the last chapter where Elaine Pagels speaks of this anonymously written book calle d the Testimony of Truth. ... I never knew exactly how all of the European pagan religions died out until I...

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The theme of the book of Amos is divine judgment and its aim is to effect repentance and reformation in view of the inevitability of impending judgments unless the people amended their ways, that is why violence is shown so much in this book. The message of the book logically divides into four major parts: (1) a denunciation of evil coupled with a warning of judgment (chs 1:1 to 2:16); (2) an appeal to return to the Lord (chs 3:1 to 6:14); (3) an emphatic warning of the finality of this appeal (chs 7:1 to 9:10); (4) a promise of national blessing and restoration in the event of ...

• Word Count: 1376
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School