Dancing in the Dragon's Jaws

Why is the Book of Revelation so misunderstood? Wasn’t its whole point to give revelation? Well, in typically Jewish manner, yes and no. The Book of Revelation was written as an apocalypse, a Jewish literary genre which also includes the extraordinary Books of Daniel and Zechariah. Profound truths were concealed from outsiders and opponents using elaborate symbolism, to be understood only by those properly taught — as Jesus explains in Matthew 13:10-13. The apostle