Book of revelations...?

Question

in the begining, what is John's vision about? like how does the story/book start off? What is his vision?

p.s tell me the story ad if i were stupid or something

Answer 1

John's first vision is a voice proclaiming to be the Alpha and Omega and tells John that everything he sees he needs to write down for the generations to come. He then goes on to describe the son of man standing in the middle of seven golden candlesticks. This discription is usually used as the description of Jesus after he entered Heaven. Hair like wool and white as snow and eyes like a flame of fire.

Answer 2

1) It's Revelation, not "revelations".

2) The book of Revelation is simply a critique of the Roman government that existed at that time.

"The view of Preterism holds that the contents of Revelation constitute a prophecy of events that were fulfilled in the 1st century. This view depends critically on an early date of Revelation, c. 68, since any later date makes the "prophecy" postdate the events prophesied. Even accepting that date leaves a narrow margin of one to two years before the fulfillment occurs. Preterist interpretations generally identify Jerusalem as the persecutor of the Church, "Babylon", the "Mother of Harlots", etc. They see Armageddon as God's judgment on the Jews, carried out by the Roman army, which is identified as "the beast". Some preterists see the second half of Revelation as changing focus to Rome, its persecution of Christians, and the fall of the Roman Empire. It sees the Revelation being fulfilled in 70, thereby bringing the full presence of God to dwell with all humanity."