Too often, Revelation has been read like a doomsday countdown—filled with beasts, bowls of wrath, and judgment reserved for those who fail a purity test. It’s been used to frighten. But Revelation isn’t a horror story—it’s not a roadmap for the end of the world, but a dream, a protest for a persecuted people:  refuse to give in to despair.  An invitation to be free from fear.  A story of hope.

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