In just these few short weeks, there is really no way to grasp the expanse of images, the epic proportions of John's fantastic vision. It is filled with imagery and symbols, dream language and illusions, and written in a secret "Revelation Code" which is entirely foreign to us but would have been discernable by John's underground church. So the best way to approach it is through the use of fantasy and science fiction, wonder and imagination—the movies: Harry Potter and the Hobbits, The DaVinci Code and Crash. I've tried to touch on a few of the high points and, frankly, to cut through some of the clutter of contemporary literalism—best described in Tim LaHaye's mega media money-maker known as the "Left Behind" series, which really ought to be left behind, along with most of the TV preacher…