David R DarnellThe author was raised in Churches of Christ, non-instrumental;he is a graduate of Abilene Christian and Florida Christian Colleges.He preached for Churches of Christ for nine years.He studied Classical Greek and Hebrew at the University of Toronto, seking to learn everything in the Bible concerninginstrumental music, and concluding that opposition to instrumentalmusic in Christian worship is basically mistaken. Disfellowshipped by Churches of Christ, he graduated from Brite Divinity School at Texas Christian University. He served Christian Churches, Disciples of Christ while attending Brite, then while earning the PhD Degree from Duke University, majoring in Biblical Languages, and serving an inter-racial congregation in Fayetteville, North Carolina.He taught at the University of North Carolina, and later at the SouthFlorida Center for Theological Studies in Miami, Florida.Uniquely, his Commentary roots the Book of Revelation in the Pentateuch (the Five Books of Moses) and thereby ties the last Book in the New Testament to the first Books of the Old Testament. He holds that the statement that Jesus is "coming with the clouds" (Revelation 1:7) is rooted in Yahweh's "coming to Israel in a thick cloud" (Exodus 19:9)Yahweh was with Israel in the cloud by day, and the fiery pillar at night, always guiding, protecting, blessing, disciplining Israel. So Jesus has always been and is with His people, the Church-He is with the seven churches of Asia in the first century, teaching, encouraging, rebuking them, and throughout history is always with His people, as He Reigns by the side of Yahweh. This is quite different from the common interpretation that His coming with the clouds means His "Second Coming" at the end of time.He also holds that the mission of Israel, as depicted especially inthe Pentateuch, to make Yahweh known to the nations through Israel, is fulfilled in Jesus and the Church, as the close of Revelation picture sthe nations entering the New Jerusalem. This makes the Book of Revelation the fulfillment of these basic themes (and many others) ofthe Old Testament.It is my deep hope that this kind of scholarship, which is increasingly being engaged in today by Biblical students, includingnumerous women commentators, will result in a new Biblical Theology that unites Christians with a new love for the entire Bible, and for one another!...in his own words: Dr. David R. Darnell, 07.03.1931 - 03.13.2025 Read More Read Less