Can I Understand Revelation Literally

For a long time many felt there were no examples in Revelation you could understand literally. It contained apocalyptical literature that no one can understand.

However, there are many examples whereby you can understand Revelation literally. As the world draws closer to a one world government, Revelation becomes more and more literal in its interpretation and understanding.

For example when I was a boy, the idea of being able to see the two witnesses of Revelation 11 lying in the streets of Jerusalem, was totally far fetched. However, today with the advent of satellite television, the whole world will be able to see them. I can only imagine Fox News carrying the story of their death.

The Bible tells you that you will be able to see these two witnesses when they come back to life, too. Being from eastern Kentucky, I couldn’t imagine just how I would see them in Jerusalem. I didn’t know where Jerusalem was, then. So this event mentioned in Revelation couldn’t be real; therefore, Revelation could not be understood from a literal standpoint.

However, from your vantage point over 2000 years after the book was written, you can begin to see how events in Revelation can be interpreted literally. Another place you might have struggles with earlier is the destruction of one-fourth of the population at one time. That is until the advent of modern warfare. With the invention of atomic, gaseous and bacteriological warfare, you can begin to see literally the possibilities of the anti-christ destroying that many people. Therefore today, the ability to destroy over 1.5 billion people in only a few days can happen easily.

So if a few examples of Revelation can be interpreted literally, you can begin to see that the majority of the book can have a literal translation.

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