What is likely to come to mind when we think of Revelation is the question, “what will the end of the world look like?”. It is what most of cultural interest tends to be around the book. But it’s not quite what the book aims to answer. Instead, Revelation is about Jesus and what He is doing. The book unveils Jesus’ restoration of the earth by bringing heaven and thus transforming everything about our world. It also shows how God will be permanently present with his people - no temples, no sacred locations - God face-to-face with us all the time. It isn’t just for the future, it also is for today, in-part that is. So we can experience intimacy with Jesus and see glimpses of his kingdom restoring relationships, bodies, and more. Looking ahead at what God is doing means we can have joy today.