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 crackpot. But John can defend himself: they have an interest in lies, their gods
 are lies, and they listen to the Devil's lies.
 
+\[TODO: tribulations\]
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+\[TODO: end times\]
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+In summary, the apocalyptic form is crucial to the rhetorical force of John's
+Apocalypse. By adopting the form of an apocalyptic prophecy, he defends his
+cognitive minority community from the overwhelming weight of the cognitive
+majority which surrounds them. Through exploring the symbol of tribulations,
+John steels his audience for suffering, and reassures those who are already
+suffering that their troubles are part of a cosmic context. And with his
+treatment of the end times, John inspires his audience with hope that their
+sufferings will not be wasted.
+
+\[TODO: see if next three paras are relevant.\]
+
 John's apocalyptic imagination uses mythological language to reveal the world of
 appearances for what it really is. The ideology of Empire is a pretender God,
 and the suffering of the martyrs is in fact God's way of conquering evil. John