Commentary of the book of Revelation

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**Pope visits St. Peter’s tomb under Vatican **

By FRANCES D’EMILIO, Associated Press – April 1, 2013

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Monday took an emotional, close-up look at the tomb of Peter, the church’s first pontiff, buried beneath St. Peter’s Basilica, the Vatican said.
By doing so, Francis became the first pontiff to visit the necropolis, where pagans and early Christians were buried, since extensive archaeological excavations were conducted at the ancient site decades ago, the Vatican said.

Also in the AP article – a photo from the Vatican:

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What a wonderful and holy coincidence!

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I am looking forward to reading about the 3rd visit (June 15) by Pope Francis to the tomb of St. Peter under the Papal Altar of the Basilica.
That will be part of the Evangelium Vitae this coming weekend.
 
IMO it is significant that Pope Francis will make his third visit to the Tomb of St. Peter.
Peter thrice denied his association with Jesus after His arrest.
After the Resurrection, Jesus asked Peter three times ‘do you love me?’
Peter replied ‘yes’ three times. Then the Risen Lord commissioned Peter to feed and lead His flock. Pope Francis continues that holy mission.
 
the following resources are really helpful for making sense out of the book of Revelation.
  1. Michael Barber - Coming Soon: Unlocking the Book of Revelation and Applying Its Lessons Today
  2. Scott Hahn / Curtis Mitch: Ignatius Catholic Study Bible: Revelation
  3. Scott Hahn: The Lambs Supper
  4. Scott Hahn - The End: a Bible study on the book of Revelation (Cd Set)
5: Michael Barber - Revelation Revealed (Cd Set)
  1. Mark Wilson - Kregal Charts on the Book of Revelation
 
CalCatholic said:
The Navarre Bible volume: ‘Revelation and Hebrews and Catholic Letters’, has about seven paragraphs on Rev 12:1-2. www.scepterpublishers.org/product/index.php?FULL=368 In a nutshell it says, **“The mysterious figure of the woman has been interpreted ever since the time of the Fathers of the Church as referring to the ancient people of Israel, or the Church of Jesus Christ, or the Blessed Virgin. The text supports all of these interpretations but in none do all the details fit.” **
The commentary then goes on to explain how each of the three above interpretations are supported.
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The primary interpretation of Rev 12: 1-2 needs to be seen in light of the end of Chapter 11 where John says he has a vision of the Ark of the Covenant, which has not been seen in over 500 years. He then immediately has the vision of the mysterious woman, who is the Ark of the New Covenant, Mary, as she carried the Son of God in her womb. The other two interpretations are also valid from tradition.
 
Clement_Monk said:
Hi Everyone,

As you all know, there are a lot of diffrent interprations of the book of Revelation amongst protestants. I find that the small footnotes in my bible do not go that deep into understanding this book of the Bible to say nothing of what claims others make of it. I was wondering if any of you fine people would know of any resources, commentaries, or other that fill these dual wants?

As an example of what I am talking about, Some protestants (mostly Seventh Day Adventist but, other fundamentalist as well) will say that the Woman in Revelation is not Mary but the Church and the Church gone underground for 1,260 years (interpreting vs 6 1260 days as 1 day=1 year). I could go on giving other examples but, you get the idea. My profound lack of knowledge on this book puts me in an awkward spot and I need to fix it. Your help is appreciated.
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Scott Hahn has a CD series, available from Ignatius Press, on the Book of Revelation taken from his classroom at Franciscan University. I am in the process of listening to this series in detail (including taking notes). Dr. Hahn presents strong evidence that the prophesies of the Book of Revelation were largely fulfilled by the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD, which marks the Coming of Christ in judgement upon Israel, in order to establish the Catholic Church as the Church of the new Kingdom (the new Jerusalem which has come down from Heaven). Thus, this event marks the end of the Old Covenant and establishment of the New Covenant.

Revelation also has meaning for us today, as it describes the ongoing spiritual struggle that every believer faces and the Church faces. A struggle that takes place on earth and up in heaven. This view is often referred to as the “idealist view,” which was popular among the early Church Fathers.

Another source for the 70 AD destruction of Jerusalem view of the Book of Revelation can be found in the Kenneth L. Gentry, Jr. book “Before Jerusalem Fell.” This book is rather weighty reading as it is primarily Dr. Gentry’s Ph.D. dissertation from Whitefield
 
SDAs and other fundamental Protestants make a bad mistake when they interpret the Apocalypse literally.

Revelation is apochalyptic literature as the Latin name implies. Another example is the Book of Daniel. These books were not written literally and it is a mistake to interpret them that way.

But the SDAs rely on those two books interpreted literally, they are their entire raison d’etre.
 
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