The more we introduce a book, the better it is for understanding its various stages. In this episode, the Irish Scripture Scholar, Frances Hogan continues to introduce the Book of Revelation. Why had the sacrifice of Jesus not transformed the world? - A question that lingered in the hearts of the early Christians. This is a perennial question so God gives them a perennial answer; He gives them the same answer that he gives Job at a time of testing. God speaks to His people from the heart of the tempest.

St. John says the early Christians and us in the end times:

1. See world history - the mystery of Good and Evil - through God’s point of view
2. Look at men in power from God’s point of view
3. Look down at the things on Earth from the perspective of Heaven

Through this, St. John tells us that we need to have a spiritual world vision.

Though there are many views on how to interpret the Book of Revelation, it remains the most difficult book to interpret in the Bible.

Bible References:

• Job 38:1 - God came to Job in the heart of the tempest and show him His omnipotence
• Job 42:2-6 - The omnipotence of God and how we, as humans, have a tendency to interfere with God’s plans. This is what St. John wants to tell us.
• Matt. 13:31-32 - Parable of the Mustard Seed
• Matt. 24 and Luke 21 – The final discourse of Jesus: the death of the temple, the city, and the nation

Historical References:

1. The Roman empire was the superpower of the day; from here, the disciples had to go to the ends of the Earth.
2. St. John uses exotic images because he was a prisoner on a penal island; he had to get his text past the Roman guards to get it out to the Church.

Scripture Scholar, Frances Hogan, takes you to the world of the Apocalypse of John shown to us in the Book of Revelation written from the Greek island of Patmos. Through this podcast, we will try to understand the Book of Revelation through St. John’s warnings, the punishment that awaits, and the consolation the Lord offers to the faithful.

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