Wisdom from Dr. Scott Hahn

What is the climax of the Book of Revelation? If we look at the last four chapters, Revelation 19, 20, 21, and 22, what happens in Revelation 19? Even if you only read the book once or twice, you could recall that in Revelation 19, a city described as a whore or a harlot is burned up with fire. Many scholars contend that is Rome, but the problem is, Rome is never called a harlot anywhere in Scripture. But Jerusalem is called a harlot by Ezekiel, and Jeremiah, and Isaiah, and many others as well. Second, Rome was not burned up in a fire. There was a small fire in a region of Rome set by Nero, but it didn’t consume the whole city the way it’s described in Revelation 19. There was a city, however, that was entirely burned down in fire: Jerusalem.

—DR. SCOTT HAHN from The End