Maybe you've heard about the biblical book called "Revelation" which millions of Christians believe contains prophesies about events that will signal the end of the world, with more than a few claiming these signs are already happening! But how many of these believers have actually bothered to read and study the book of Revelation to find out if these claims are true? Sadly, the vast majority have not ever read through it even one time! In fact, most who seem so convinced the many catastrophes described in Revelation will literally come to pass, have no idea who the author was, what had happened to him earlier in his life and what he was hoping to achieve by sending an account of heavenly visions to seven churches in western Asia Minor (modern Turkey). As it turns out, the author whom we only know as "John," but often called "John of Patmos" for his claim to have been exiled on an Aegean island, was hoping to recruit a guerilla army of radicalized Jewish/Christian converts in the hope of waging war against Rome!

As odd as this may seem to the typical "bible-believing" Christian, author Rick Lannoye lays out a concise exegesis of Revelation in order to help the lay person grasp the meaning of all its many symbols and, together with the history, culture and religious beliefs John of Patmos gives away, this otherwise, overly-completed syncretism of Jewish, Christian, and pagan beliefs becomes plain to understand. As the title implies, Lannoye skillfully disentangles Revelation from all of its many reinterpretations to make it fit into contemporary news headlines, and lays out, in no uncertain terms, just how much the "Jesus" of this apocalypse contradicts everything the Man From Galilee taught and exemplified in the canonical gospels.