I do love the Book of Revelation, which figures large in our Eastertide liturgy. CS Lewis cautions that an allegory does not have to be decoded to discover what the author “means”. There may be rich allegorical significance to lamp stands, scrolls and horned beasts, but one does not have to decipher every allegorical detail to benefit from the spiritual impact of this revelation.
St John’s thesis is that the risen Jesus is at the heart of human history and through this Lordship he can reveal in visions and journeys and epiphanies the secrets of the cosmos. Included are the sun, the moon and the stars, the activities of beings angelic and diabolical, as well as understandings of present and future events political and cosmological to come.
