Revelation isn't about predicting the future or identifying the Antichrist in today's politics. It's about who's on the throne right now. And a literary device called a chiasm reveals exactly how John structured that message. In this episode, Joe walks through how the entire Book of Revelation is organized as one giant chiasm—a mirror-structure used throughout ancient Hebrew and Greek literature to emphasize a central point. Understanding this changes everything about how you read apocalyptic literature.

Most people open the book of Revelation looking for the end of the world. That's not what they find. The Greek word behind "Revelation" means "uncovering." What John is uncovering isn't a future timeline, it's who's actually sitting on the throne while everything looks like it's falling apart. In this first video of our Revelation Bible study, we cover:

- What "apocalypse" actually means (it's not what you've been told)

- Who wrote this letter, and why we're not entirely sure

- When it was written, under Nero or under Domitian

- Why this letter almost didn't make it into the Bible

- The two worldviews every reader has to choose between: fallen Babylon or New Jerusalem

If you've ever been called a heretic, or been afraid you might be one, this episode is for you. We're digging into where the word "heretic" actually comes from, what it meant in Josephus, how Paul used it, and how it morphed into the weapon a lot of evangelical leaders use today to shut down anyone who thinks differently. Turns out the original Greek word just means "a choice you made." That changes everything about how we should hear it.