The Book of Revelation was not written to scare us. There are as many verses of hope in this book as there are verses of disaster. The Book was written to give us hope and to prepare us for the Second Creation, the New Jerusalem. The disasters are aimed at destroying the destroyers of evil, not God's good creation. The Book of Revelation has been divided into twelve sessions. The purpose of breaking it down like this is to enable meaningful small group study and discussion of the final book of the New Testament.