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The book of Revelation tends to both fascinate and confuse us with its vivid and strange imagery. When we turn to trusted scholars for help, the widely divergent interpretations of the book can sometimes cause us to throw our hands in the air and stop reading. Are the visions to be taken literally or symbolically? Do they depict events from the first century or are they future, just before Jesus’...

You may have heard that Revelation is “apocalyptic” literature, which comes from apokalypsis, the Greek title for the book. But what does it mean? Apocalyptic designates both a type of literature and a mindset. As a type of literature, it describes a book that presents the revealing of hidden secrets by heavenly beings who communicate through a seer to God’s people. Esoteric symbols are at the heart of apocalyptic writings, for they both hide and reveal the truths
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