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Due to the large amount of numeric values, many [[occultist]]s and scholars have attempted to decode the text using principles of [[numerology]] or [[gematria]]. | Due to the large amount of numeric values, many [[occultist]]s and scholars have attempted to decode the text using principles of [[numerology]] or [[gematria]]. | ||
Interpretations of events in the Book of Revelation is a common theme among Christianity-derived doomsday [[cult]]s. | |||
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The ''Left Behind'' series of books and films feature a storyline that parallels the Book of Revelation. The series expounds a Christian dispensationalist view of the End Times, specifically pretribulation and premillennial eschatology. | The ''Left Behind'' series of books and films feature a storyline that parallels the Book of Revelation. The series expounds a Christian dispensationalist view of the End Times, specifically pretribulation and premillennial eschatology. | ||
''The Seventh Seal'', a 1957 Swedish historical fantasy film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman. The title refers to a passage from the Book of Revelation: "And when the Lamb had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour." The motif of silence refers to the "silence of God," which is a major theme of the film. | ''The Seventh Seal'', a 1957 Swedish historical fantasy film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman. The title refers to a passage from the Book of Revelation: "And when the Lamb had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in [[heaven]] about the space of half an hour." The motif of silence refers to the "silence of God," which is a major theme of the film. | ||
''[[The Boschian Bestiary]]'', a 2020 book by [[Travis McHenry]] continues the Book of Revelations with additional revelations experienced by St. John on Patmos. | ''[[The Boschian Bestiary]]'', a 2020 book by [[Travis McHenry]] continues the Book of Revelations with additional revelations experienced by St. John on Patmos. | ||
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