Bible crossword puzzle: The book of Revelation

Puzle 25: Based on material in chapter 32 of Discovering the Bible by Alex Varughese

Challenge: Can you solve this puzzle even if you do not have the book by Varughese?

ACROSS

5 -- The New Testament book that utilizes lots of symbolic language and other literary features of Jewish apocalyptic literature to talk about Christ's Second coming and End Times

DOWN

1 -- The number of churches to which the book of Revelation is addressed, a number signifying perfection that is prominent throughout Revelation
2 -- The Roman emperor at the end of the First Century who was worshiped as a god and who carried out an empire-wide persecution of Christians
3 -- A number used in the Bible to symbolize completeness
4 -- The island where John was in exile when he had the visions recorded in Revelation

This crossword puzzle was created for use in the course Introduction to Biblical Literature. The words and clues come from the textbook Discovering the Bible: Story and Faith of the Biblical Communities edited by Alex Varughese and published by Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City, now called The Foundry.

-- Howard Culbertson,

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