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“And why was the book of Revelation ever written? It was not written primarily, let me assure you, in order that people might be able to work out the date of the end of the world! That is a very grievous misunderstanding of that book. The book of Revelation was written in order that God’s people who were passing through terrible persecutions and terrible adversary might still be able to go on rejoicing. It is a book that showed them the ultimate victory of the Lord over Satan and all the other forces. They were to rejoice. It was written for men and women who had been in trouble, and it was meant to help them, not some people who were to live about two thousand years later. And so it has been a help to Christian people in every age and in every generation, and if your understanding of the Book of Revelation does not help you rejoice, you are misunderstanding it.”~Martyn Lloyd ~Jones