Despite the fact the book has a great deal to say about coming events, Revelation is not a roadmap of the future. It is, rather, an exhortation for today. It is possible that people living in the tribulation will pick up the book of Revelation and see the things spoken of being fulfilled in their lives, but the people living at that time will be under a delusion (2 Thess. 2:11). It is unlikely that those under the judgment of God will have the spiritual insight to believe what the book teaches (see Rev 6:12-17). Revelation was intended to be read by the church living in the shadow of the Second Coming bearing up under persecution for their belief in Jesus, in order to encourage them to be strong and endure until the end. As such, the book is an excellent conclusion to the Jewish-Christian literature in the NT.
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