John

I tend not to pick readings from the Book of Revelation too often. I have a academic Bible encyclopaedia that described the Book of Revelation as a “bewildering kaleidoscope of scenes” – if this Book can come across as bewildering to Bible scholars, then I always fear how a congregation may take it. Indeed, if one reads the entirety of Revelation, one can certainly see how some people believe that John of Patmos was clearly on some sort of psychedelic drug when he wrote it – the vivid apocalyptic visions it contains are clearly evidence enough, at least for some, for there having been some sort of hallucinogenic influence upon the Book’s author.