THE MESSAGE OF REVELATION

The book of Revelation is a book that concerns the entire history of the Church, from the Church's establishment by Jesus Christ 2000 years ago until the 2nd coming of Christ and the future glorification of the Church after the end of the world. This book tells us about how the Church will greatly prosper and suffer, but in the end, She will be glorified and will spend eternity in total perfection in the presence of God. Also this book is of great encouragement because it tells that evil will be done away with once and for all, and the people of God will never have to suffer again!




MY APPROACH TO THE BOOK OF REVELATION

I seeked to give the literal interpretation of the book of Revelation. Even though this book is full of symbolic language, the symbols do have meanings, and some of it is obvious while others can be understood in the light of the rest of the Bible. I gleaned a lot from the wisdom of the Early Church Fathers and Church teachings, while I applied my years of personal study and meditation of this book of the Bible. I aimed to give concise but complete interpretations of each passage, while trying to keep it as simple to follow as I could.




HOW TO USE THIS COMMENTARY

I have provided each chapter with summaries at the top that gives a short overview of the chapter, and I have provided explanations to all the text underneath the verses of Revelation. I have also provided the events of Revelation in chronological order, which will help because Revelation is written by St. John in a way that scatters events in time and makes it difficult to follow. If you plan to study Revelation, I recommend reading the summaries of the chapters first, and then the text and explanations. I would also get familiar with the chronological order of events that are provided in the index.