RevelationSample

As we dive into these two chapters we will be looking at The Final Battle and the Millennium. These are controversial events that are often debated.

One thing we first must note is that as we continue reading revelation, it is not a complex puzzle for us to figure out what the future will be. But rather it is a vision for the church before, now, then, and everywhere in between. Within this vision we can see a continued pattern that resurfaces in history over and over again. New kingdoms and cities rise and become powerful and corrupted, reflecting imagery to be just like that ancient city, Babylon. But this vision also reveals a promise that we can hang our hope on, that Jesus will return and he will finally remove evil from this world. Understanding the poetic and symbolic nature of Revelation, we can read it with more ease and curiosity, rather than fear of the future and preferred ignorance.

As we read this week, let’s meditate on what it looks like for us to join in with Jesus in bringing that new creation now, instead of passively waiting for the “end to come.”