and doom and horror, but a message of gospel hope, offering a way to cope with life in a difficult world. It offers a bright future that impacts on all a person does. Whether in Revelation or in any other book of the New Testament, the gospel always focuses on the cross of Christ, that great act by which Jesus paid the price to redeem, or save, the human race from its lost condition. Although the language of Revelation is strange and somewhat bizarre, the role of the cross in redeeming the human