Saul Hernandez is a Confirmed Catholic whose mission is to make Catholics of all nations. His work is rooted in a conviction that the Book of Revelation — long read as a prophecy of catastrophe — is in truth a vision of the greatest conversion event in human history.
This commentary grew out of years of prayerful study of the New American Bible. Not only of the translation itself, but equal study was given to the footnotes, which were guided by our Mother Church. The approach is straightforward: read the text as it stands, follow the symbols where they lead, and trust that John intentionally encoded a narrative.
His central claim is that the deaths, plagues, and rivers of blood in Revelation are symbolic of people dying to themselves in conversion. That the Apocalypse is ultimately a book of hope. A glorious vision worthy of our Glorious Father.
I am claiming that John intentionally encoded a conversion narrative into his book. His Revelation is a story about conversions. Massive numbers of them. Hence, the so-called deaths, rivers flowing with blood, and so forth. It's symbolic of people dying to themselves. Christian Supremacy is made clear in the end times when Jesus comes back. Hence the wrecked ships of the other religions (Revelation 8:9). You'll see soon that the entire book fits neatly into this narrative. So much so, that we can only surmise that this must have been what He encoded when he wrote it. This is my claim.
In John’s economic terms. Are you sold? Is John’s Revelation a story about conversions? It seems so.
QED
Quod erat demonstrandum.
That which was to be demonstrated.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the holy Spirit.
Amen.
– Saul Hernandez