What is likely to come to mind when we think of Revelation is the question,

“what will the end of the world look like”. It is what most of cultural

interest tends to be around the book. But it’s not quite what the book aims

to answer. Instead, Revelation is about Jesus and what He is doing. The

book unveils Jesus’ restoration of the earth by bringing heaven and thus

transforming everything about our world. It also shows how God will be

permanently present with his people - no temples, no sacred locations - God

face-to-face with us all the time. It isn’t just for the future, it also is

for today, in-part that is. So we can experience intimacy with Jesus and

glimpses of his kingdom restoring relationships, bodies, and more. Looking

ahead at what God is doing means we can have joy today.