The Book of Revelation predicts some incredibly unsettling events full of suffering and blood.

Are these predictions of our own future?

Today, Dr. Bart Ehrman joins me to talk about what the New Testament's most violent book actually predicts and whether we should be worried.

Welcome to misquoting Jesus with Bart Ehrman.

The only show, where a six-time New York Times best-selling author and world-renowned Bible scholar,

uncovers the many fascinating, little-known facts about the New Testament, the historical Jesus, and the rise of Christianity.

I'm your host, Megan Lewis. Let's begin.

Welcome back everybody to the misquoting Jesus podcast where today we are talking about the

predictions in the book of Revelation. We've also got our bonus segments, listeners questions at the

end and I'll be asking Bart

whether Jesus ever claimed to be the Messiah. So be sure to stick around for that one.

Bart, before all of that, how are you doing today?

Well, I'm doing well. I am, when this is being played, I am firmly retired from UNC.

Final exams graded, books taken out of my office. Books have been there for

over 30 years and disposed of in various ways. And yeah, so I'm in the new phase of my existence

now. So I'm feeling pretty good about it too.

Are you very, very happy to not have to grade any more papers?

Yeah, you know, grading, it's very important, obviously, to grade and to try and help students do better at what they're doing.

But man, there is nobody likes it. I've never been anybody. And it's one of the downsides.. But you know, it's a minor downside compared to the benefits.

But it's, yeah, it's not play.

I am so glad not to be doing that anymore.

How are you doing?

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