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J. R. R. Tolkien’s Fantasy Fiction
Back in the 1970s when I was in my early twenties, I discovered J. R. R Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings.
It became my favorite literary fantasy.
I’ve returned to it again and again, even reading it aloud to my ten-year-old son, a project that took a year.
The marvelous land of Middle Earth, threatened by the power of a vile overlord, can only be saved by the daring deeds of a few noble hobbits.
If you do not know what hobbits are, you are missing out on the most delightful fictional creatures in all literature.
Unknown to the hobbits, they are helped on their quest by the true king of Middle Earth working undercover.
The hobbits think of him as Strider, the humble Ranger, who roves the land homeless and seemingly friendless.
In the great climactic battle at the end of the age, good is engulfed by evil until the last hair-raising moment.
Frodo the hobbit performs a heroic deed.
Darkness turns to light.
Finally, Aragorn the King is revealed in all his splendor.
This excerpt suggests that Tolkien knew the true King of kings.
He knew that human history is all about a real battle between good and evil.
He knew that the true King has not yet been revealed in his splendor, but will one day.
Tolkien’s fiction works because it is based on a true understanding of God’s power and the ultimate victory of God and good.
The Book of Revelation is the divinely inspired portrait of good engulfed by evil until good prevails at the end.
Finally, the real King, Jesus, is revealed.
What Tolkien presented in fiction, John presents in reality.
Only when we understand the message of the Book of Revelation do the earlier parts of the New Testament—which emphasize the King incognito—fit into proper perspective.
We will read then immediately skip to in order to get the full effect of the most epistle-like verses in this book.
The rest of the book is comprised of four visions and we will unpack those as we read through them.
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