https://doi.org/10.5325/jtheointe.17.2.0255 Journal of Theological Interpretation, Vol. 17, No. 2, 2023, 255–270 Copyright © 2023 The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA The Holy Spirit’s Eternal Procession in the Book of Revelation: Theological Interpretation in Pro-Nicene Perspective BRANDON D. SMITH Oklahoma Baptist University, United States ABSTRACT | Interpreting the book of Revelation requires careful exegesis on its own, but exegetical issues multiply when one attempts to draw out its pneumatology. Through theological interpretation and pro-Nicene categories, this article will demonstrate one way to understand the book of Revelation’s contribution to an articulation of the Holy Spirit’s eternal procession. KEYWORDS | theological interpretation, Revelation, Trinity, pneumatology, pro-Nicene, New Testament theology, systematic theology Perhaps no book in Scripture confuses and confounds quite like the book of Revelation. With its vivid imagery and rich prophetic language, interpreting Revelation requires unique care and attention. If one adds the doctrine of the Trinity—in this case, the particular aspect of pneumatology—to the interpre- tive task, the difculty increases. One way to approach this quandary is through theological interpretation (theological interpretation of Scripture, hereaf- ter TIS) 1 in pro-Nicene perspective. 2 Trough theological interpretation and I would like to ofer special thanks to Matthew Emerson, Madison Pierce, Ched Spellman, Scott Swain, and Tyler Wittman for their varied assistance on this article. 1. While there are many streams of TIS, I operate from the perspective of one who sees all of Scripture as a unifed witness to the triune God. In particular, Treier and Anizor ofer a helpful defnition of TIS for our purposes here: “the reading of biblical texts that consciously seeks to do justice to their nature as the Word of God, embracing the infuence of theology on the interpreter’s enquiry, context, and methods, not just results.” Daniel J. Treier and Uche Anizor, “Teological Interpretation of Scripture and Evangelical Systematic Teology: Iron Sharpening Iron?” Southern Baptist Journal of Teology 14.2 (2010): 4–17. 2. Te term “pro-Nicene” will be defned below.