The liturgical calendar begins with the season of Advent and culminates in the celebration of Christ the King.
The lectionary appropriately corresponds to these settings.
While a new liturgical year begins with much from the prophets (especially Isaiah)—featuring themes of waiting and coming—the weeks that precede it carry a different tone.
As the liturgical year nears its end, the lectionary follows, giving readings about the end, that is, the end of all things—most notably found in the book of Revelation.
We’ve just now entered the season of Advent on the heels of readings about mystical visions, heavenly scrolls, cities falling, and a Lamb reigning.
After hearing such things, we might be wondering what did that all mean?
In this article, I attempt to answer that question by bringing the reader into a deeper love and familiarity with what God reveals to us in this fascinating conclusion to the Biblical drama.