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    A Whole New World: The Gospel According to Revelation
    A Whole New World: The Gospel According to Revelation
    A Whole New World: The Gospel According to Revelation
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    A Whole New World: The Gospel According to Revelation

    By Greg Uttinger

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    A person untaught in the Old Testament and unaware of even a few important chapters in the New Testament (i.e., Matthew 24, Mark 13, Luke 21, etc.) will struggle mightily with the Book of Revelation. However, by using the grid this book provides, the interpreter’s understanding will be greatly enhanced. The reason is that the grid is derived from the Book of Revelation itself, and not from any outside interpretive model or prejudice.George Santayana once said that brevity is “almost a condition of being inspired.” Brevity may have a stronger punch than a literary tome. Before we can have the last word, we must first hear the first word. This little book is that first word. This means it can be safely placed into the hands of any Christian, regardless of age or spiritual maturity. It gives each Christian a jump-start, significantly reducing the likelihood of a reading stall. The Book of Revelation is indeed a revelation, a revelation for all of God’s people. A Whole New World shows how this is true.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNordskog Publishing Inc.
    Release dateMar 29, 2017
    ISBN9780982492949
    A Whole New World: The Gospel According to Revelation
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    Greg Uttinger

    Greg Uttinger has been teaching systematic and Biblical theology to high school students for twenty-five years. He has written web and print articles for the Chalcedon Foundation and a number of handbooks on theology, history, and literature. He currently teaches at Cornerstone Christian School in Roseville, California. Greg, his wife Kate, and their three little girls live in nearby Sacramento.

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      This is a no-frills, straightforward introduction to the preterist interpretation of Revelation. Nothing new is presented. It’s a short little booklet you can read in a couple of hours.Preterism is the belief that most closely fits my own historical-critical treatment of Revelation, so I’m on board with the author. If you’re looking for a scholarly-yet-respectful interpretation, you do need to be aware of the preterist way of reading the Apocalypse. I just didn’t find anything too captivating about this presentation. The basics of Uttinger’s book follow:1. The radiant woman of Revelation is Israel, waiting for the arrival of the Messiah.2. The beast of Revelation is Rome.3. The “mark of the beast,” 666, points to Nero Caesar, who persecuted Christians in the first century.4. First-century Jerusalem is the “Babylon” of Revelation, and was destroyed as Revelation predicts.5. The New Jerusalem is a present reality … Revelation’s promise of a new age has already begun.Recommended for those wanting a glimpse of preterism, but such an abbreviated treatment will prove unconvincing.

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    Greg Uttinger’s book is refreshing for its brevity; it does not confuse the reader in the minutia of exposition. It demystifies Revelation by focusing the reader on the big picture. I do not agree with all of what the author says, but I would nevertheless encourage anyone to read it. Here is why. There are several views of Revelation that I believe are faithful to its message. Partial preterists, like Uttinger, believe much of the book was fulfilled by AD 70. Historicists believe the book represents the battle between Christ and Satan in the entire inter-advent period described sequentially. I follow the idealist view which also sees it as a description of the entire inter-advent period, though not viewed sequentially. All these positions are in agreement in seeing Jesus Christ as presently the prince of the kings of the earth (1:4). The blessing on those who read, hear, and keep the message of Revelation (1:3) was not referring to the academic or technical interpretation of the details of the book, but to its core message—that we serve the risen, victorious Lord of time and eternity. Uttinger’s book is faithful to that Revelation of Jesus Christ (1:1).

    — Mark R. Rushdoony

    President, Chalcedon Foundation

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    A WHOLE NEW WORLD

    The Gospel According to Revelation

    by Greg Uttinger

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    Second Edition

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    © 2007 by Greg Uttinger

    Published 2018 by Nordskog Publishing Inc. at Smashwords

    ePub ISBN: 978-0-9824929-4-9 Kindle ISBN: 978-0-9974221-2-2

    Library of Congress Control Number: 2007929360

    Cover Illustration © 1982, 1992 by Pat Marvenko

    Used by permission.

    Book cover & interior design: Desta Garrett

    Proofing: Kimberley Winters Woods & Mark Kakkuri

    E-Book Conversion: Michelle Shelfer, www.benediction.biz

    Unless otherwise indicated, Scripture quotations are from:

    Holy Bible, The King James Authorized Version

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    Table of Contents

    Praise for A Whole New World

    From the Publisher

    Foreword by Jim West

    About the Author

    Author's Preface

    The Imagery of Revelation

    When Shall These Things Be?

    Mystery: Babylon the Great

    The Makings of a Harlot

    The Seven Churches

    The Opened Book

    The Radiant Woman and the Beast

    The Mark of the Beast

    Blood and Wine

    The Millennial Kingdom

    A Whole New World

    The New Jerusalem

    Conclusion

    Appendix: An Overview of Revelation

    Poem: Apocalypse by Brittney Todd

    Endnotes

    Recommended Reading

    Eschatology Matters by Mark R. Rushdoony

    Invitation from the Publisher

    Other Quality Books from Nordskog Publishing

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    From the Publisher

    When my Theology Editor suggested we publish Mr. Uttinger’s book on Revelation, I shuddered, thinking, Haven’t too many books been written on the subject of eschatology already? But since the book came from my friend, Rev. Christopher Hoops, and was a short-read, I delved into the book wondering if there would be anything more that could be said about this vital topic.

    To my surprise, A Whole New World indeed captures the essence and truth of the book of Revelation given to the Apostle John on the Isle of Patmos sometime prior to the destruction of Jerusalem in AD 70. This brief summary book clarifies much of the confusion that exists about prophecy. It is a quick and easy read to supplement the Word of God itself. Nordskog Publishing was delightfully compelled to publish this updated second edition of the manuscript revealing the blessed hope that awaits us.

    I, too, was one who was influenced three decades ago by the interpretation of Hal Lindsey’s theoretical theological views in The Late Great Planet Earth, a strange version of the futurist viewpoint of the end times. In The Gospel According to Revelation, Greg Uttinger sees much of the book of Revelation fulfilled in God’s covenant acts in the first century, but also recognizes that its prophecies hold out a glorious future for the kingdom of Christ before He returns in glory.

    The author clearly and simply puts forth a reasonable and realistic interpretation, taken from Scripture as a whole, comparing Scripture with Scripture (and Old Testament with New Testament). He deciphers signs and symbolism from the Word of God and concisely and simply explains the glorious future all believers cherish as we walk and work in the Kingdom of God on earth now in anticipation of the Heavenly Kingdom and God’s ordained Whole New World.

    — Gerald Christian Nordskog

    Publisher

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    Foreword

    Not many years after my conversion

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