Revelation is often misunderstood as an end-times codebook or a fear-inducing forecast. But it was written for churches living under the pressure of empire—propaganda, violence, and the constant message that “this is just how the world works.”

Revelation “reveals” something different: God is not abandoning the world; God is restoring it. In Revelation 21, the movement is not us escaping upward, but God coming down—“God has moved into the neighborhood.” The vision echoes Genesis: what began in a garden is healed in a garden-city.

This week’s message leans into the already/not-yet of this new creation.