Revelation has always troubled me. It seems to turn inspiration into desperation. The Christian Pagans find hope in its pages, but other Christians either ignore it or try to rationalize it. I cannot possibly compete with the powerful poetry, the strong emotional appeal, the imagery, and especially the deep-seated hatred of this apocalyptic work, but I have attempted to parody an update to it.
It is ironic that, in an attempt to turn our inspirational Holy Book into a legal document binding God, we have succeeded in creating a travesty: a book that begins with hope and ends in desperation, a book that begins with love and ends with hatred, a book that begins with a blessing and ends with a curse. It is ironic also that by encouraging readers of the Bible to interpret God's word literally, our religious leaders have turned into lawyers portraying Jesus, the son of God, as Jesus, the son of Satan. God help us.
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