About

Hi, I’m Hagen.

Since I was 14 (more than 30 years ago) I have been fascinated by the Book of Revelation in the Bible. It was hard to understand at first, but step by step I gained a deeper understanding of the book.

I started with some basics but learned more and more by reading some theological books (not the thinnest ones) and I was excited by how relevant this book is for today.

And I am not talking about guessing who is the Antichrist or what happens when Jesus comes back, but how we can live as effective disciples.

And I want to share what I learned without you reading through all the books. I set up this page as a type of wiki so you can have some guidance and walk systematically but also have the freedom to focus on whatever is important for you.

It is on my heart to be open to what God really wants to say in this book, but I might be wrong in some aspects - so I keep learning and update this website whenever I learn something new. So, I don’t claim to have all the answers and that my understanding is the best and only one. But I think this goes in the right direction and, to be transparent, I share why I think so.

Help from

I did not do this alone. First there were many books by great theologians that gave me a great understanding.

Then there are tools like

• Hextra as website framework
• DeepL for translating content

And a great deal of feedback from friends who patiently reviewed what I wrote.

Principles of the interpretation

I try to make these articles not abstract but applicable to daily life, not as a list of instructions but more like awareness and guiding questions. Sorry, life is not that easy and you need the guidance of the Holy Spirit ;-)

I don’t claim to present the one and only truth about Revelation. This is the view that I have developed over several decades and I am still learning. So please feel free to challenge my arguments. If you have a good point, I will be happy to adjust the articles.

In my argumentation I try to be as transparent as possible and will not use power arguments (great and famous preacher x said so, so it must be true), but go with the following priorities

• What the Bible says to understand a passage
• Literature background: A letter is read differently from a prophetic book
• Historical background to better understand the daily life of the people
• References to Jewish or non-biblical Christian literature