Endnote 6 – Revelation and the Militias

In addition to the reasons cited in the rest of this article, there is one more: The symbolic language of the Book of Revelation refers to matters known to its late first-century audience. The original meaning of the book is denied when the symbolism is made to refer to our time (or some still future time). See my BR column, “Thinking About the Second Coming,” August 1994.