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Hope in Hard Times—The Final Curtain: Revelation is unavailable, but you can change that!

This is one of the most difficult books to interpret. We must be careful not to be dogmatic in our interpretation because godly people throughout history have disagreed on its meaning. It is a uniquely Jewish literary genre, apocalyptic, which was often used in tension-filled times to express the conviction that God was in control of history and would bring deliverance to His people. The author...

© “these are the ones who come out of the great tribulation” This is a PRESENT PARTICIPLE and is an allusion to the persecuted churches in John’s day (cf. 1:9; 2:9, 10, 22). However, it is obvious that the historical allusions in the Revelation also point to an end-time intensification of persecution. With this in mind, there are still two possibilities that this is somehow related to: (1) the persecution of God’s children (cf. Matt. 24:21–22; 2 Thess. 2:3ff; Rev. 2:10; Dan. 12:1) or (2) God’s wrath
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