Symbolism Essay: The Book Of Revelation
The Book of Revelation is one of the hardest books to understand. It carries strong symbolism, which can be very confusing and hard to interpret. It’s an apocalyptic book, which tells about things and people such as John. The book also contains symbolic visions, which confuse the reader also because it’s hard to grasp whether it’s a literal vision, or just a metaphor. One thing is definite though, it is fact that the visions are meant to not be taken literal, and the symbolism not to be pictured realistically. Most everything in this book is to be taken not literally, but symbolically. This book was also in fact, a revelation to John.
John was in fact the one who wrote the book also. Once again, it was a revelation to him, through apocalyptic form. The book was also a prophecy, a prophecy on the end of times, and comprises the final book of the New Testament. The book was written around the time of A.D. 96., and is supposedly related to the awaiting destruction of Jerusalem. I’ve said this already, but the Book of Revelation was written towards John.
The Books of Revelations was written to the 7 churches of Asia. Those churches are; Ephesus, Smyrna, …show more content…
The utter destruction isn’t literal, so it’s not like we would be getting hit by meteors, but it’s to show how humanity will dissolve. It was also to show that God was in control. At a time, there was a war against the good and evil. There had been persecutions from Romans, to Catholics, and the ”fight” started. The vision John had, was to encourage and comfort the Catholics during that time. He still wanted them to feel safe, and not worry at all. God had spoken through John, with the word of God, and that is how you know that he is the one in control. By speaking through John, he could get his message to the Catholics faster, and John would be responsible for
John was in fact the one who wrote the book also. Once again, it was a revelation to him, through apocalyptic form. The book was also a prophecy, a prophecy on the end of times, and comprises the final book of the New Testament. The book was written around the time of A.D. 96., and is supposedly related to the awaiting destruction of Jerusalem. I’ve said this already, but the Book of Revelation was written towards John.
The Books of Revelations was written to the 7 churches of Asia. Those churches are; Ephesus, Smyrna, …show more content…
The utter destruction isn’t literal, so it’s not like we would be getting hit by meteors, but it’s to show how humanity will dissolve. It was also to show that God was in control. At a time, there was a war against the good and evil. There had been persecutions from Romans, to Catholics, and the ”fight” started. The vision John had, was to encourage and comfort the Catholics during that time. He still wanted them to feel safe, and not worry at all. God had spoken through John, with the word of God, and that is how you know that he is the one in control. By speaking through John, he could get his message to the Catholics faster, and John would be responsible for