You do not want to be alive for these seven years. The best shall be overcome by the Lamb of God (Revelation 17:14-15). Jesus returns on a white horse (Revelation 19:11).

And in Christian imagery, Jesus is often depicted as the victorious Lamb of God of the Book of Revelation, with one leg hooked around a banner with a red cross—whence the name of one of Oxford ...

Craig R. Koester, the Asher O. and Carrie Nasby professor of New Testament at Luther Seminary, is the author of, among other books, "Revelation and the End of All Things." Updated November 18 ...