Alright so we know it’s not a roadmap of end times by now, but what on

earth WAS John of Patmos saying when he wrote this epic and crazy story?

We’ve got to the scene with the dragon and beasts now (yep - coming at you

with 666 chat this morning) and as a side-note it still blows our MIND how

many people were raised with terrifying, entirely wrong teaching on this

stuff. This story is about same thing the rest of the bible is about: God

is good, evil is real and coming for you, but Jesus is on the throne. The

beast was the Roman Empire - no serious scholars disagree on that. Empire,

and all it’s lying, deceiving, masquerading about who we should worship and

how we should live. Conquer, dominate, and tell ourselves God is on OUR

side. Those of us whose politics demand we’re already 100% anti-empire

should make no mistake: the imperial cult is still whispering to us all.