Beyond Days of Vengeance
David Chilton’s The Days of Vengeance gets downloaded from my site over 30 times a day (add that up for three years!). It’s a great commentary, but Jordan’s lectures use the Bible instead of Josephus to interpret Revelation. Chilton was peeping through the keyhole. Jordan throws open the door. These are cutting edge and, I believe, indispensable for anyone with an interest in preterism.
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Days of Vengeance is on this page (near the bottom).
September 1st, 2009 at 7:40 am
This is kind of an old post, but I feel like commenting on it anyway now i’ve had a chance to listen to some of Jordan.
I think each of them interpret Revelation in a similar manner, but find slightly different themes. I don’t see CHilton as using Josephus all that much–his commentary certainly doesn’t stand or fall with Josephus–and I have read most of the way through it. Jordan and Chilton both see Revelation as the final summation of the Old Covenant and the full transition to the New Covenant. Now Jordan goes into a great deal more detail and I do think that’s a good thing. But to say that Chilton “only peers through the keyhole” I think is overly harsh.
September 1st, 2009 at 8:58 am
Kelby
I do agree there are many foundational truths in Days of Vengeance, but I think from chapters 6-15 Chilton’s interpretation is incorrect because he sees it as being about the Jewish war. Jordan sees it covering the history of the first century church from Acts to the Jewish war, and he is looking at the Old Testament allusions more than looking to see how Josephus’ history might fit the visions. But again, perhaps it was a bit extreme. It was a sales pitch!