Decoding Revelation

Sometimes I wish I had a secret decoder ring for the book of Revelation. I place the text of Revelation into the ring, press a button, and the proper interpretation in a flash. I could even come up with the marketing -- Be the first in your church to get the secret Revelation Decoding Ring and be a master in understanding the arcane knowledge of the secrets of Revelation. You too can confidently use words words like eschatology, know the ins and outs of amillennialism, postmillennialism, premillennialism, panmillennialism and whatever isms you want, know who the Beast is and the secret ways to hide from and defeat his henchmen. Quick, mail in seven seals from the Spiritual Crispies Cereal box and get your decoder ring.

In the next few entries over the next few days I'll write some follow up notes from the class presentation. Feel free to comment here or on the other posts anything you want about the topic or about the class. I covered a lot of material for Revelation chapter 1. How did it go? Are there any questions? Was it clear, or did I make things muddy?