@BloomsburyBaptistAug 26
"As we read through Revelation, we see that John's visions are not expressions of despair at this appalling world, so much as a declaration of resistance and hope for God's people: 'We will not give in to this way of thinking, we will not bow when pushed, there is another path and we find that path in Jesus'. Whilst there are powerful emperors, rulers and kingdoms, they will be swallowed up by history - their grip on power is transient. Names and sects, parties fall, but thou O Christ art all in all. That is the vision that John holds before his readers." - Revd Stephen Copson