events (chaps. 4–22), though there are some addressed to the seven churches (chaps. 2–3). What does it mean, then, to heed the book of Revelation? It is a general command to long for Christ’s return and our eternal fellowship with Him. It calls on believers to desire heaven, to desire holiness, to desire to see Christ vindicated and triumphant over His enemies, to desire the end of the curse, and to desire the glories of Christ’s earthly kingdom and the new heaven and the new earth. After reading
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