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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’...

then be not so much clumsy as emotionally charged, used for theological emphasis. Second, there seem to be theological differences between John’s Gospel and Revelation. John, the argument goes, is a Gospel of love and seeks the conversion of the world, while Revelation is a book of judgment and condemnation, seeking the destruction of the world. This, however, is a misnomer, for John’s Gospel has a great deal of judgment (e.g., John 5:22, 30; 9:39), and Revelation also promotes repentance and conversion
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