enforce justice—justice for which God’s people now yearn and for which God’s people will eternally praise God. One major purpose of the last book of the Bible is to comfort and encourage Christians by revealing future events and providing a heavenly perspective on present earthly difficulties. You could subtitle the book of Revelation as The Return of the King. We might quibble over how to interpret various details in the book, but the theological message is clear: the Lamb will consummate
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