Come, Lord Jesus

The book of Revelation is at once familiar and strange,

full of fearsome warning and beautiful promise. It is a

letter, a prophecy, an apocalypse, and a spiral of visions,

a type of ancient literature no longer written. How can

Christians today understand the book of Revelation

and its meaning and implications for our lives? Mark

Braaten, a pastor and scholar who has spent years

studying and teaching Revelation, began this book

when his father asked him for a good introduction to

the difficult text. Not wanting to hand his dad a complicated

theological textbook or a popularized book that

might misread or misapply the message of Revelation,

Braaten set out to write his own guide. Come, Lord

Jesus is Braaten's response to his father's request, and

it answers the many questions that arise when modern

readers enter this ancient text. In this book readers will

come to understand the first-century context in which

Revelation was written--and readers will join the holy

choir in looking forward to the fulfillment of God's

plan, offering our own invitation: "Come, Lord Jesus."