For nearly 2,000 years, each succeeding generation of Christians has tried
to puzzle out whether the Book of Revelation’s riddles and symbols has meant
its own time was the end of time.
Over the past six decades alone, the beast with seven heads and 10 horns
rising out of the sea at the start of Chapter 13 has been variously pegged as
Hitler, Stalin, Mao Zedong and Saddam Hussein, or the nations they represented.
The debate over Revelation has continued for generations and, given world
events and the ease of communication in the media age, the discussion shows no
signs of abating. Books about Revelation remain brisk sellers, and two recent
publications, by John Hagee and Jonathan Kirsch, highlight differing analyses
of the text.
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