Revelation KJV

The last book of the Bible has frightened more people than any other. You’ll hear of beasts and a dragon, plagues and fire, a number stamped on the forehead, a battle called Armageddon. So most people close it, or they turn it into a puzzle to crack.

But listen to how the book names itself in its very first words: “The Revelation of Jesus Christ.” The word John writes is apocalypse, and it never meant catastrophe. It means an unveiling. Every seal that is opened, every vial that is poured out, every trumpet that sounds is a pulling back of the curtain on Him.

This is not a book about the darkness. It’s a book about the One who walks through it in blazing light. And it carries a promise that hangs over no other book: “Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy.”

The Lord Himself hands us the key to the whole book in the very first chapter. So what are the three things John is told to write, and how do they keep you from ever getting lost in this book?