Book of Revelation
This page is about the Book of Revelation in the Bible. For the process of Revelation, see that page.
Documents[edit]
Predicting the advent of the Báb[edit]
"Consider how closely the prophecies correspond one to another! The Book of Revelation fixes the advent of the Promised One after forty-two months. The Prophet Daniel specifies three times and a half, which is also forty-two months or 1,260 days. Another passage of the Revelation of John directly states 1,260 days, and it is explicitly indicated in the Bible that each day signifies one year. Nothing could be clearer than this agreement of the prophecies with each other. The Báb appeared in the year A.H. 1260 according to the calendar followed by all Muslims. There are no clearer prophecies than this in the Bible for any Manifestation. If one be fair, the agreement between the times indicated by these glorious Souls is the most conclusive proof and can in no wise be subject to any other interpretation. Blessed are the fair-minded who search after truth.
- ('Abdu'l-Bahá, Some Answered Questions, Chapter 13, par. 13)
Not to be taken literally, but spiritually; to understand meanings[edit]
"...the Revelations of St. John are not to be taken literally, but spiritually. These are the mysteries of God. It is not the reading of the words that profits you; it is the understanding of their meanings. Therefore, pray God that you may be enabled to comprehend the mysteries of the divine Testaments."
Non-authoritative interpretations[edit]
- http://jesusspeaks.ca/rev20.html (apparently the revised version of http://www.webpal.org/webpal/c_renewal/revelation/content.htm (archived) or http://www.webpal.org/SAFE/aaarenewal/revelation/content.htm )
- Apocolypse: An Exegesis (a revised version of Apocalypse Unsealed)
