“The mystery of God will be accomplished, just as he announced to his servants the prophets” (7). John’s visions brought hope to believers suffering under the Roman Empire’s oppression. Just as the “mystery of God” prophesied in the Old Testament was revealed at the right time in Jesus Christ, the church could trust that God would complete His work. The One who “lives for ever and ever” and created everything (6) cares about our world: “peoples, nations, languages, kings” (11). 

The struggles and injustices of this world are not the end. One day, the “mystery” already at work in us by faith - “Christ in you, the hope of glory” – will shine out over the entire earth..