Even before my first cup of coffee, I often turn the radio on to check the weather report for the day: will I need an umbrella? Should I take an extra jacket? Looking around for my coffee cup, I barely hear the voice in the background: "The sun will be darkened; and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will be falling from heaven, and the powers in the heavens will be shaken."
Really? Maybe I should just go back to bed. For most of us, apocalyptic imagery is the stuff of nightmares. Krister Stendahl once remarked that the Book of Revelation (also known as the Apocalypse to John) reads like the script for a horror movie.
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