Revelation: The Way It Happened

Meet Samuel and Matthew, two Jews living in Ephesus fifty years after the death of Christ, and share in their astonishment as the prophecies of John’s vision play out around them in the Roman Empire. Bare your teeth at the original beast of Revelation, his double the antichrist, and John’s nemesis, the false prophet.

Relive the fire-and-brimstone tragedy of Mount Vesuvius, the expectation of massacre looming on the horizon and, finally, the Christian dream of escaping to live with God in Eden-like Jerusalem after it floats down from heaven.

Harmon excels at capturing the essence of that time as he addresses our modern-day perceptions and misconceptions of this ancient tome. You’ll never read the Bible in the same way again.

Lee Harmon is a scholar of first-century Christianity, living in Lino Lakes, Minnesota. He is the author of Revelation: The Way it Happened, and he blogs and provides religious book reviews at The Dubious Disciple (http://www.dubiousdisciple.com). 

Lee grew up in a strict Christian home, surrounded by fundamental Bible beliefs, but has since learned to read the Bible differently and to respect varying belief systems. He describes himself as a liberal Christian.