Current Events > I don't get the Book of Revelation tbh.

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Like, it tells us exactly what characteristics to look for in the antichrist, but then says everyone will love him.

but like, if it walks like and antichrist and quacks like an antichrist maybe we just don't listen to him? Should be pretty obvious right?
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It talks about how the antichrist will be extremely clever and will mask his true intentions. Because of this, he will fool a lot of people.
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It also talks about stars falling from heaven and oceans of blood that are five feet deep. Maybe don't think about it to hard.

Dash_Harber posted...

It also talks about stars falling from heaven and oceans of blood that are five feet deep. Maybe don't think about it to hard.

That means nuclear bombs falling from the skies and the death that comes with them.

The END is NEAR!
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No work of fiction is without its flaws.
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As a non-religious person, I always understood it to be a caution against those who would take up the teachings/words of Christ without understanding them or actually intending to live according to them.

From a literary standpoint, I think the book of Revelation is weird and hard to understand, but I think one interesting way to read it is as a prophecy for how the religion itself could lose its way in the world if it allows itself to become more obsessed with looking virtuous than being virtuous. The idea being that everybody would, on the surface, love somebody who allows them the easy way out from the personal struggle that is endemic to Christian theology, but that this is a temptation that would in the long run corrupt the faith from within and erode any of the actual value or meaning within the belief system.
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The book of revelation was written for this biblical administration but written too it.