The book of Revelations - not a horror movie

How many Hollywood movies get made that tie into St. John's apocalyptic visions, making them seem as though a horrible dark end is the only thing God has planned for us? While it is true that there is a certain darkness in any of the apocalyptic books of the Bible, they make a more important point: at the end of any dark night, the day breaks.

Revelations has some of the most beautiful thoughts on how God plans to deal with us. Take this, for example.

Revelation 21:3-4:

And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying,
"See, the home of God is among mortals.
He will dwell with them;
they will be his peoples,
and God himself will be with them;
he will wipe every tear from their eyes.
Death will be no more;
mourning and crying and pain will be no more,
for the first things have passed away."

He will wipe away every tear - how wonderful is that? Blessed are they who mourn, for they will be comforted - the beatitudes course through the veins of the New Testament, and even in the Book of Revelation we see that this is so.

I guess it is as they always say - the book is so much better than the movie. :-)