When reading the book of Revelation, the modern reader is bombarded with visual images that at first may seem surprising or even terrifying. Beasts emerge from the sea, locusts swarm with the tails of scorpions, the moon turns to blood, and four horsemen are unleashed over all of creation. IS THIS THE APOCALYPSE?!?!!
Read MoreOne of the reasons many people struggle to understand the book of Revelation is simply a lack of understanding about how to approach the genre of the book. God has inspired his holy word to work within the human genres of literature Into which it was written. This means that we must read Revelation not on our terms, but on the terms of the genres of literature utilized. What makes Revelation unique is a combination of three genres of literature.
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