Economic injustice and slavery were prevalent in the first century as they are today. Cale unpacks Revelation 18:1-17 and why “Babylon the Great” has fallen.

Some anti-Catholic commentators assert that the Catholic Church is the “whore of Babylon”. Cale shows why this is absolutely not the case, explaining what is really going on in Revelation 17.

Revelation 16:12-21. The Battle of Armageddon. Cale sheds light on the battle of Armageddon by looking at the meaning of the word itself, as well as historical events in the Old Testament and New Testament. Plus, “a great earthquake such as had never been since men were on the earth”. What does this mean? Join Cale on the journey through the Book of Revelation. 

In this episode of The Faith Explained, Cale looks at Revelation 15:5 – 16:16. Liturgical images fill this section of Revelation. We see seven chalices of God’s wrath poured out…and the waters are turned to blood. What does it mean? Tune in to find out!

In this episode of The Faith Explained, Cale examines Revelation 14:14-15:8. Topics include:

• The wine press of the wrath of God
• How much is a stadia?
• The last seven plagues
• The song of Moses and similarities to the Red Sea
• The problem of evil

In Revelation 14:6-13 we see three angels with three messages. What do their messages mean? Cale looks at:

• proclaiming the gospel
• a day of vengeance of our God
• Who is Babylon? Jerusalem or Rome?
• the fate worse than death
• The Last Things

Throughout the centuries people have posited who the Antichrist might be. There have been some absurd claims. In this episode of The Faith Explained, Cale shows how we can understand the meaning of the symbols in Revelation regarding the Beast and the Antichrist. Plus, Cale looks at St. John’s vision of the Lamb on Mount Zion with 144,000 “who had his name and his Father’s name written on their foreheads”.

Who is the second beast that rose out of the earth? What is the “mark of the beast” and what does it mean? Cale continues to unpack this mysterious chapter by drawing on history, as well as both the Old and New Testament to shed light on what the text means.

Revelation 13 is perhaps one of the most misunderstood chapters in the Book of Revelation. In it we see two beasts, one that rises out of the sea and another that rises out of the earth. What does the number 666 mean? Who is this first beast? In this episode, Cale gives the historical context for this passage and what it meant to the first hearers of this Scripture, which in turn helps us to understand it when we read it today.

In Revelation 12 we see a great eagle, the very earth devouring God’s enemies, and ‘the dragon’ waging war against ‘the woman’s offspring’. Cale helps us understand what it all means.