Revelation- A Book of Open Secrets

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Revelation—A Book of Open Secrets

Don’t you think it strange, that the one book of the Bible called The

Revelation is viewed by many as a book filled with unsolvable mysteries?

Some Bible scholars have concluded that Revelation, filled with symbolic

Prophecies is a concealment of truth rather than a revelation as its title claims.

Is God trying to keep the climactic events of the future a secret by veiling them in cryptic symbolism? No.

Revelation is unmistakably clear on at least one point: there are some very serious issues

at stake at the end of the world, not the least among them being our eternal

salvation.

“At the end of time,” God explains, “there’s going to be a sinister beast

(one of Revelation’s symbols) with a terrible mark to enforce (another

symbol), and if you follow this beast and receive his dreadful mark, you’ll

be lost and suffer My wrath.”

The Bible says He wants all of us to be saved and none to be lost (see 2 Peter 3:9). Why then

would He deliberately make it impossible for us to understand the crucial

issues we will be facing at the end of time, issues of judgment and destiny.

The fact is, He wouldn’t, and He hasn’t.

Yes, Revelation is a highly symbolic book. But while its meaning will always

be a mystery to God’s enemies, it is intended to be an opening of divine

secrets—a disclosure of vital end-time truth—to those who love God and want

to be ready for the return of Jesus.

Concealed or Revealed?

The first three verses of Revelation express God’s desire that we understand

its symbolism: “The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto Him, to

shew unto His servants things which must shortly come to pass; and He sent and

signified it by His angel unto His servant John: who bare record of the Word of

God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw. Blessed

is he that reads, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those

things which are written therein: for the time is at hand” (Revelation 1:1-3).

What are the first five words? “The Revelation of Jesus Christ.”

And what is it intended to reveal? “Things which must shortly come to pass.”

The book of Revelation is a foretelling of future events from John the Revelator’s day

to the end of time. This is why, in 1:3, John refers to the visions he received

as prophecy. A prophecy is a prediction of something to come. Revelation is

composed of eight basic prophetic visions, given to John by Jesus through an

angel-guide, with the intent that we would understand the future of our world.

At first glance, it appears to many readers that Revelation is a disorganized,

hit-and-miss collection of random visions. Consequently, the relationship

between the visions seems unclear.

Revelation is a masterpiece of literary organization. And once its system of order is seen, so much that was difficult to grasp becomes clear.

As we read Revelation, it is helpful to remember that the chapter divisions are

not inspired by the Holy Spirit as is the book’s message itself. When John wrote

the book, he did not include chapter divisions. His own divisions are inherent in

the progressions and shifts from vision

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