It's the End of the World as We Know It

Many people have speculated, prognosticated, predicted and fretted about when the end of the world will come. Nostradomus had his theories as have the Mayans, Jehovah Witnesses and a host of writers, like Tim LaHaye, and pastors, like Jack van Impe. No one has successfully predicted the end. Most of these predictions come from some reading and study of the book of Revelation in the Bible. This month at Pathways we have discussed what Revelation says now and, more importantly, what it said to the people who originally read it during the first century. John, the writer of Revelation, wrote to people who had a specific understanding of John's words. Today many of us want Revelation to say something specific to us about what the future holds. Why is this? Perhaps it's because we see the mess all around us with war, famine, pain and suffering and we want to know when it will all get better. Whatever your reason for wanting to know how it will all end, take a look at it for yourself to find out what Revelation had to say 2000 years ago and what it has to say today.