This work will, of course, be of interest to those who have adopted the author's position regarding the interpretation of the book of Revelation. It will also open new horizons to those who have tried, so far in vain, to decipher this enigmatic book. But it will also allow those who have read Revelation differently to experience their own understanding of its message.
This last book of the Bible, written at the end of the first century, certainly had a specific meaning for John's contemporaries. But it must have the same meaning and the same relevance for the Church today, still confronted with persecution of which the apostle knew the first waves.
For Hendriksen, the visions that make up the Apocalypse must be viewed in a cyclical, not chronological, manner. It highlights a parallelism between them, which is confirmed throughout its development, a parallelism not excluding, moreover, an internal progression towards the end of the history of our world.
No ! Despite all appearances, it is not evil, but good, it is not Satan, but God who will ultimately triumph. And, with him, those who loved him will be “more than victorious”!
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