Reading Revelation, Meaningfully – Part 1

What kind of book is Revelation? The fancy name for Revelation is the Apocalypse, a Greek derived word meaning ‘uncovering’ or ‘unveiling or literally ‘revelation’ in other words ‘not covering up’. “a famous book in which St. John concealed all that he knew. The revealing is done by commentators who know nothing.” (Ambrose Bierce) Revelation commentaries are often like a black hole (in astronomy) they are so dense that no light can escape from them…