Nancy Demoswalgamuth describes how the book of Revelation ended up in the Bible.

God gave it to Christ, to give to his angel, to give to John, to give to us.

It's an eyewitness account. John saw these things.

He heard these things.

And I think that's part of what makes it so compelling to us today.

This is Reviver Hearts with Nancy Demoswalgamuth, author of Heaven Rules.

And for Wednesday, August 2, I'm Dana Grasch.

Few books of the Bible generate as much interest as Revelation.

It's been a source of controversy, debate, novels, and movies.

Well, Nancy's going to show you how the book can be a source of practical encouragement for your life.

She'll lead us through a multi-series exploration on the letters to the churches in Revelation.

I have a friend who for years has been reading through the Bible to her children.

In fact, they're on their second time through the Bible.

And she has a habit of, as they come to each new book of the Bible,

she has John McArthur's One Volume Commentary.

And at the beginning of each new book, she'll read to the children the introduction from that commentary

to give a little bit about the background of that book.

And when they came to the book of Revelation, the first time through,

in his introductory comments, John McArthur says that Revelation is the greatest book ever written.

One morning, Kerry was telling me that after they were a few chapters into reading the book of Revelation,

the five-year-old son Benjamin said,

if this is the best book ever written, well, I just don't know.

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