Christians remain loyal to Christ, a notion that we will explore more fully in the chapters dealing with genre and the historical setting. Revelation was written to help us remain loyal to Christ. This chapter reminds us that the numerous references to Christ’s final coming in Scripture are not there to satisfy our curiosity about the future or enable us to work out a detailed schedule leading up to the end of the world. After all, hasn’t there been consistent failure on the part of those who have
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