The purpose of this book on Revelation is to analyze John’s vision of
hope with an emphasis on how Jesus’ kindness transforms suffering, and
explore how John’s vision of hope encourages the early followers of
Jesus to remain faithful and endure their own suffering and martyrdom.
Chapters began with the discovery of powerful metaphorical images that
have transformative energy like rainbow, lamb, shepherd, logos, and
Sophia imbedded in the Greek text of Revelation that called for
interpretation. The most hopeful transformative motif or image
discovered is kindness. I first discovered this heartwarming metaphor
while sitting at my study desk reading my Greek New Testament
devotionally with the early morning sun warming me. Hopefully both
ministers and laity will find help in understanding how God revealed in
Jesus is in the world and for the world, in us and for us in
transforming kindness to heal our suffering, especially violent
suffering; and with our help in the transformative process, breaks the
cycle of violence.
