Adrian Rogers is a man I deeply respect. His Bible teaching was always incredibly clear, and his writing was just as good as his preaching. He had a marvelous preaching voice. He had such a winsome demeanor and a contagious glow about him.
This book is really a commentary on the book of Revelation, but not so much a verse-by-verse as it is a paragraph-by-paragraph. Throughout the entire work, the glory and superiority of Jesus is proclaimed. Due to the nature of the structure of Revelation, Bro. Rogers' book was necessarily repetitive concerning certain ideas - but he always managed to approach similar thoughts in unique and thought-provoking ways. He also alliterated everything, which usually bothers me because of the great lengths preachers will go to find the right matches for the alliterations. Adrian Rogers' alliterations, however, seemed to flow naturally from the text of Scripture, and they were not tiring or distracting at all. He also managed to fill the book with interesting or inspiring stories (some personal, some not) to help illustrate the truth he was expounding.
The greatest characteristic of this book is that it is highly evangelistic. Rarely would a chapter end without an invitation to receive Christ as your Savior if you have not done so. This tells me much about the man behind the book - that he had a heart for soulwinning. And anyone who is a dedicated soul-winner has a great love for the Lord (and for people).
Minor criticisms would concern my disagreement with some of the symbolism that the author interprets from the passages; but since it is possible that he is right and I am wrong, I can't hold it against him! Even though it seemed to be a fairly introductory look at prophecy in Revelation, I did learn some things from the book.
This was a great book from a great man of God who was also a great preacher. Highly recommended!
P.S. Many thanks to Bro. Paul Lowe for loaning me this Kindle Edition!
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