Come journey with us as we discover the time line of events as written in Revelation. It is paramount to understand how the letter of Revelation is constructed and organized. Some view it as strictly a chronological record of events from its inception to the finish and that the entirety of this Book is prophecy. We will discover that there is an order but not necessarily chronological and that not all of it is prophetic.

Because of these issues when it comes to the book of Revelation, there seems to be two extremes amongst Christians. Some simply avoid delving into it because it’s too mysterious, controversial, too impractical and too scary. Revelation is one of the scariest books of the Bible. Others concentrate on the mysterious and never look past it and see a world dying without Christ.

That being said, we are going to delve into Revelation to see the hope in our dark times because we are living in dark times. All you have to do is view all the media available. There are school shootings, terrorism, sex crimes and murder every day. The Apostle John found himself living in a dark time. At that time the church was persecuted by the state.

The Epistle of Revelation is a book of hope. It was written to give hope in the center of persecution. It was written to soothe believers’ hearts and help them find hope in desperate times. Revelation describes the bleakest time on planet earth.