The Revelation (or Apocalypse) of St. John, the last book of the Christian Bible, can be rather difficult to make sense of. And when you throw into the mix the wide range of conflicting teaching on how to interpret it, things can get very complicated indeed. Since we’re just getting into this book now in the 2019 Prayer Book’s Daily Office Lectionary, here’s my overview on what this book is about and how to read it profitably.

For further reading:

* https://leorningcniht.wordpress.com/2013/10/17/how-to-read-revelation-literally/

* https://leorningcniht.wordpress.com/2013/04/30/10-thoughts-about-revelation/

* https://leorningcniht.wordpress.com/2018/09/25/the-bible-is-apocalyptic/

Subject Index:

* 00:00 Revelation/Apocalypse

* 02:46 Signs, Metaphors, and the Literal Sense

* 07:17 Examples: seven lamps, lamb that was slain, city dressed as a bride

* 12:58 Interpretive Approaches: preterist, historicist, futurist, spiritualist

* 20:18 The 1,000 Years: pre-millennial, post-millennial, amillennial

* 30:30 Concluding Summary