5:25) is ready for her husband (21:2), God can finally dwell with His people and be their God (Rev 21:3), and that ultimately death has been forever defeated (Heb. Revelation 21 says in The End, God’s judgment is no more (21:1), the bride for whom Jesus died (Eph. Then, in chapters 21 and 22, we read clearly the message of the gospel. First, we identify with Jesus’ reminder in Revelation 3 that we (like the church of Laodicea) are indeed wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked. The Gospel is not about “getting to heaven when we die”īy the end of this intense, apocalyptic vision from the Apostle John, we’ve seen something of utmost importance.

I think there is more for our church and my students in Revelation than a blood-soaked, Bible-themed version of The Hunger Games, where everyone kills everyone else while waiting for someone to finally “win.” Here are two things I desperately want my students to know through our study of Revelation.ġ. How can the book of Revelation be relevant to any of us, let alone our youth? There’s a reason most people stop reading after chapter 5. We’ve seen dragons the sun and moon darkened with smoke from the abyss angels with swords coming out of their mouths and thunderous flashes of hail and fire mixed with blood. We are currently walking through the book of Revelation as a church. Is that even possible? How could this movie be based on something that is inspired by the Holy Spirit of God? Now imagine reading a review afterwards that says this movie was based on the book of the Bible. Instead, for the last two hours you have been watching a Tarantino-like movie filled with blood, death, suffering, prostitutes, violence, murder, deception, and dead bodies lying on the streets. As the trailers end and the movie starts, you realize that The End is not a romantic comedy about a New York City relationship gone wrong. Pepper and hesitantly walk in, not knowing what awaits you. You show up with your date and find out the only movie playing that week is a new release called, The End. Imagine you’re at work and receive an email saying you’ve won a free movie combo from your local movie theater, complete with ticket, popcorn, and drink.

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