The Symbols in the Book of Revelation

One reason that many stay away from the Book of Revelation is that it contains a lot of symbolism, while at the same time, much of the text is to be taken literally. How are you ever supposed to understand the book? This short video is broken into 3 segments. 1 – The things which although beyond our natural experience, we are to take literally. 2 – The things which we are to understand as symbols, either because the text says it is a symbol, or elsewhere in eschatological scriptures (eg Daniel), this symbol is interpreted. 3 – The things which appear to be symbolic but there is no possible way to interpret them, therefore they remain a mystery. Most things in the Book of Revelation fall into camps 1 and 2, so you should have a good handle on most of the difficult to comprehend parts of the book by the end of this video.