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"Quite possibly the most significant Revelation scholarship in a generation."
480 pages • Paperback • 6×9. For more, scroll down.
A Personal Message from Gary
In this short video, Gary explains the central idea behind The Apocalypse Unplugged and why it challenges long-standing assumptions about how Revelation is read.
What This Book Does ...
Not another commentary bending Revelation into familiar categories, The Apocalypse Unplugged treats the book as a ruggedly poetic, confrontational work whose imagery, structure, and language are meant to disturb settled assumptions and to reshape how reality is seen.
A unique contribution of this work is its text-driven deployment of linguistic framing for OT concepts that directly shape Revelation itself. It reexamines key words, titles, and images—especially the figure of "the Coming One”—showing how their meaning is generated from within the Apocalypse's own language and poetic world.Â
Through a sustained close reading of texts, Revelation’s violent imagery, archetypal symbols, and poetic force are read not as predictions to decode but as enduring patterns that speak to communities under pressure in every age. The result is a reading that restores urgency, depth, and imaginative power to John's Apocalypse—without turning it into a timeline, a system, or a theological abstraction.
What Readers Are Saying ...
"A clearer and more confident approach to reading Revelation ... a model for thoughtful engagement."
— James C. Savage, MTh, PhD, PhD, LPCC; Foreword
"Quite possibly the most significant Revelation scholarship in a generation—a methodological masterclass that redefines apocalyptic reading through linguistic framing.... The author's command of 'the Coming One' in Hebrew and Septuagint is worth the price of admission alone."
— Brad Thornton, MA, MDiv, JD
"Singularly fair, reasoned, and unique ... focus on the text itself."
— Dawn Gentry, MDiv, DMin (expected 2027)
"Hard-hitting ... relentless ... potential to revolutionize."
— Lee Patmore, IABC Senior Teaching Fellow; Lead Minister
"Rather than shying from complexity, Collier steps up—letting Revelation speak unplugged from modern assumptions."
— Sam Draper, MA, MDiv, DMin
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Foreword by Dr. James C. Savage
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The Draw of Its Text over System
Prioritizing Revelation’s textual argument over theological systems, charts, or imposed frameworks.
The Intensity of Its Poetic Style
Highlighting Revelation’s rugged poetic construction as central to how meaning emerges.
The Ultimacy of Its Archetypes
Tracing how recurring archetypal patterns challenge parousia thinking in the late first century.
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Apocalypse of John Translation
Available Now! An all new translaton. Written in the dramatic, emotional, and lyrical style in the Book of Revelation. Introduction to the language of Revelation: is it poetry? And the apocalyptic message.
$19.95 USD
4-Hr Revelation Symposium
A 4-part discussion of the book, The Apocalypse Unplugged. Readings from that book with group discussion of major topics. Recorded live over four months. Will challenge you to think while offering a new approach.
$25.00 USD
40-Hr Revelation Seminar
40 + hours of study of ancient texts leading up to and including the Apocalypse of John. PLUS current live seminar. PLUS 700 hours of Recorded biblical text classes. PLUS 24/7 email discussion group. PLUS more.
$57.00 USD every month
IABC Revelation Initiative
Our best Revelation value. All the resources on this page plus two more at a huge discount. Six items in all:Â both books at 40% discount and access to the 40 -hr "context seminar,"Â the 4-hr Syposium, the 13 hr-seminar, and the 700-hr archive.
