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Brennan77 said

That's not exactly true. The early Christian (and Catholic) point of view is that Revelation mirrors the sacrifice and celebration of the Eucharist in the mass. Scott Hahn does a great job explaining this in easy to digest language if you're interested.

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My point was simply that there is no current consensus (among actual scholars) on how to view Revelation. Is it simply a metaphorical portrait of 1st Century realities? Or some type of map that stretches out over the entire church age? Or is it just a symbolic representation of the ongoing struggle between good & evil? Or is it a prophetic foretelling of events that still await us? Or some combination of these views?