Revelation

Revelation is the 66th Book of the Bible. Revelation comes from the Greek word for apocalypse and reference that which is unknown. This is the final book of the Bible.

The book of Revelation advises us that we will face and tribulation. Tribulation will be a time of judgment, a time when those left on the earth after the rapture will suffer deeply for their non-belief. John showed this judgment as a series of twenty-one events—inaugurated by the breaking of seven seals, the blowing of seven trumpets, and the pouring out of seven bowls. This grand judgment on the sinfulness of humanity shows the seriousness with which God views sin—payment will be taken from those not covered by the blood of Jesus Christ.

The overall message is Christ will prevail over all the evil of the land. He will yet again redeem us, and we shall have the victory for truth, goodness and beauty. Jesus will once and for all heal the wounds as a result of sin, reign for a thousand years on earth, and then re-create the world into a place that represents God’s original design. The Bible’s narrative is a simple one: creation, fall, re-creation. Without the completion of the redeeming work of Jesus recorded in Revelation, we wouldn’t have the end of the story, leaving our hope for the future in serious doubt.

Revelation provides a bookend for the entire Bible, which begins in Paradise and ends in Paradise. More than judgment on the evildoers, Revelation is a book about hope for the faithful in Christ.

“I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last,” says the Lord God. “I am the One who is, and who was, and who will come. I am the Mighty One.” Revelation 1:8