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Oct 1, 1995 · Magazine. The Book of Revelation. Antonio Fuentes • 10/1/1995. The last book in the biblical canon of the New Testament is the book of the Apocalypse (a.k.a. Revelation), written by John toward the end of the reign of Emperor Domitian (A.D. 95), when he was in exile on the island of Patmos.
- Antonio Fuentes
- Not A Literal Account
- Not Just About The End Times
- The Question of Rome
- The Question of Jerusalem
- The Church’s Persecutors
- Is It Relevant Today?
- The True Meaning of Revelation
Two related questions arise: 1) Is Revelation meant to be taken literally? and 2) Is it just a prophecy of the end times? Let’s start with the first. While much of the book gives the impression that it is simply recording future events the same way a historian would recount past events, it gives us a few clues that there is more to it than meets th...
But there’s more. Revelation not primarily an account of the end times. Sure, the final chapters clearly talk about Jesus’ second coming and the restoration of creation that will happen at that time, but the book is about so much more than just that. For example, Revelation was written to seven churches in Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey), and chapte...
So what is this book really about? To answer that question, we need to focus on the great city that gets destroyed right before John’s final visions of God’s ultimate victory over evil (chapters 14-18). Most scholars understand this city to symbolize Rome, the political power that ruled the world when Revelation was written, and this seems to fit. ...
But if she is not Rome, what city does she represent? The answer, I would suggest, lies in the fact that Jesus was killed in her. That can only refer to one place, Jerusalem, and the rest of the book confirms this for us. For example, if we turn back to the passage that mentions the seven hills, we find that it perfectly fits Jerusalem’s political ...
Finally, we can look back to the letters to the seven churches in chapters 2-3and see that those messages encourage the readers to remain faithful to Christ through thick and thin. They are exhortations to remain faithful in the face of hardship and persecution, as well as prosperity, which can make us lose sight of what really matters. The rest of...
The book tells us that one day the beast will perish too (Revelation 19:20), which means that while Revelation focuses on Jerusalem, it doesn’t forget about Rome. It foretells the fall of both cities but focuses more on Jerusalem because that city fell first. Yet, if the book is only about the fall of two ancient cities, how could it possibly have ...
Simply put, cultures, cities, and empires will change over time, but the basic message of Revelation remains the same. It tells us that we should always put God first and that we should never compromise our faith in order to fit in with the culture around us, no matter how much pressure we may feel to do so. No mere human power can last forever, so...
Apr 3, 2009 · Franciscan Father Stephen Doyle provides a Catholic commentary on the Book of Revelation and explains that today’s people do not understand what the author of Revelation is talking about....
- Prologue (1:1–3)
- Letters to the Churches of Asia (1:4–3:22)
- God and the Lamb in Heaven (4:1–5:14)
- The Seven Seals, Trumpets, and Plagues, with Interludes (6:1–16:21)
Dec 1, 2014 · The Book of Revelation: Guide to Catholic Worship. Peter Kwasniewski. According to Joseph Ratzinger, the last book of the Bible, Revelation or the Apocalypse of St. John, is showing forth a kind of “archetypal liturgy” to which all our earthly liturgies must bear resemblance: With its vision of the cosmic liturgy, in the midst of which ...
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Chapter 1 ⌄. 1 A revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him so that he could tell his servants what is now to take place very soon; he sent his angel to make it known to his servant John, 2 and John has borne witness to the Word of God and to the witness of Jesus Christ, everything that he saw. 3 Blessed is anyone who reads the words of ...
