Category: Book Excerpt

“He didn’t come.” The old man blinked and said nothing. “He’s not coming back for us, is he? The Temple will never be rebuilt.” “Matthew, you must write again. You must write a new gospel. I will give you the words.” “I cannot.” Matthew nervously stroked his beard, then caught…

“Our Lord holds the seven stars?” Matthew looked up questioningly. “I will explain in due time, my son. Now, sit with me.” “Yes, Father,” Matthew acquiesced, rightly perceiving this as not the time for attitude. He sat down, leaning against the rock wall, quite happy to delay his studies even…

Inside these pages lives a love story set aright. About fifteen years after Revelation, a second very different work attributed to John the Apostle surfaced.[1] It is the year 95 CE, and Matthew, son of Samuel, has lived nearly three decades. This book continues my first story, Revelation: The Way…

Inside these pages lives a love story gone awry. You’re about to read the Revelation story the way it would have been understood by its audience in the early years after Christ. “Revelation” means “apocalypse,” an unveiling of earthly events from the perspective of the gods in heaven. It’s one…