I highly recommend reading the Book of Revelation, Chapters 6 through 19, then reading Josephus, War, books 4–7.6 John’s Revelation is almost universally misinterpreted because the keys to unlocking its mysteries have been overlooked—even though they were left in the front door by John long ago. John states early and clearly that the events he prophesies “must shortly come to pass” because “the time is at hand” (Rev. 1:1, 3; cp. 22:6, 10). As strange as it may seem to the modern Christian,