Revelation: Admit it! The book makes no sense!
When I look back at my days and years in evangelical Christianity, I remember joining the crowd in falling prey to a curious phenomenon. There were a few of our top-level leaders who sometimes made no sense. We'd sit there listening to them preach and, because they were our top-level leaders, assume that their sermons must be so deep and profound that our puny, unspiritual hearts couldn't grasp their meaning. Rather than grasp the obvious, that they were spouting nonsense!
This phenomenon afflicts believers in general when it comes to the Bible. They begin with the dogma that God inspired every word in it and therefore every word is important and in there for very good reasons. So when they come to the Revelation of John, they must assign it profound and relevant meaning. As it turns out, this is exceedingly difficult.
A certain brand of Christians, the ones who get all hot and bothered about the "end times," actually make some pretty good hay out of the insane rantings of the author, whoever he was. The rest of the Christian world just continues to flounder in its efforts to make it seem relevant to the average believer. But, as has been true throughout the history of the church, most people continue to ignore it.
So I say, let's just admit what we all know deep in our hearts: The book makes no sense!
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