Revelation in Focus

For centuries, the book of Revelation has stirred both fascination and confusion, dividing readers over its symbols, timeline, and ultimate message. Revelation in Focus brings clarity to the conversation by placing two compelling interpretive approaches side by side in a thoughtful, Scripture-driven dialogue.

In this unique and engaging volume, Jason L. Quintern presents the case for partial preterism, arguing that much of Revelation finds its fulfillment in the first-century events surrounding the fall of Jerusalem. H. Michael Shultz Jr. defends an eclectic approach, integrating insights from multiple interpretive traditions to demonstrate that Revelation speaks not only to the past but also to the present and the future.

Written with both scholarly depth and pastoral concern, this book equips readers to wrestle honestly with the text without caricature, compromise, or confusion. Each perspective is presented clearly, followed by careful responses and rebuttals, allowing readers to evaluate the arguments for themselves.

Rather than forcing a single conclusion, Revelation in Focus invites you into the ongoing conversation anchored in Scripture, sharpened by faithful disagreement, and aimed at strengthening the church.

What has Christ done? What is He doing now? What remains to come?

This book helps you think clearly and biblically about the answers.

Jason L. Quintern holds a PhD in Bible Exposition, an MA in Biblical Exposition, and a BS in Biblical and Theological Studies from Liberty University. His doctoral dissertation, A Defense of the Neronic Date of the Book of Revelation, was written in response to Mark Hitchcock's defense of the Domitianic date.He serves as the general editor of Ecclesia Militans Journal and as an adjunct professor at Ecclesia College and Cornerstone College &Seminary, where he previously directed the Biblical & Theological Studies program. His scholarship centers on eschatology, Revelation, biblical theology, and Baptist history. He is the author of Rethinking Eschatology: A Postmillennial Perspective (Wipf and Stock) and has contributed to Baptist Quarterly, where his article "Baptism and Fellowship in the Seventeenth-Century Baptist Confessions" argues that early Particular Baptist confessions presented baptism as commanded obedience and the ordinary order of discipleship without making it an explicit exclusionary condition for the Lord's Supper. A United States Marine Corps veteran, Dr. Quintern lives in West Virginia with his wife, Chelsea, and their four children.

H. Michael Shultz Jr. is the husband of Storm. Together, they have three children on earth and two awaiting them in heaven. Since 2019, Dr. Shultz has served as pastor of Antioch Baptist Church. In 2022, he became associate professor of church history at Forge Theological Seminary, where he also serves as Director of Institutional Advancement.Dr. Shultz has published extensively. His most recent book is the first volume of a three-volume commentary on Revelation, A Fourth Man in the Furnace: An Eclecticist Commentary on Revelation (Laureatus Academic, 2026). His MDiv thesis was among the top 25 most widely read anthropology resources worldwide in 2021 and explores the influence Mennonites had on ending Russian serfdom. His DMin dissertation, published in 2024, is titled "Defending the Fixed-Period Perspective of 'Generation' in Matthew 24:34: An Engagement with the Dispensational-Ethnic Approach of J.B. Hixson." He is set to complete his PhD in 2026, publishing his dissertation on the historical theology ofuniversal salvation for infants who die in infancy. Previously a chaplain (captain) in the United States Air Force Auxiliary, Shultz now divides his time between pastoring, writing, reading, and playing with his children.

Ben Zeisloft is the editor of The Republic Sentinel, a conservative news outlet owned and operated by Christians, where he reports on business, economics, religion, and abortion policy. He is a former staff reporter for The Daily Wire and has written for The Spectator, Campus Reform, and other conservative news outlets. Ben graduated from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School with concentrations in business economics and marketing. Ben and his wife are members of Tenth Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.