BOOK REVIEW: REVELATIONS ALPHA AND OMEGA by David Rigsby. iUniverse. 2002. 504 pp. $24.95. David Allen Rigsby brings his background in TV and film to this original, powerful, and provocative work on the close inter-relation between the Bible and history. "Revelations, Alpha and Omega" is written largely in the form of a screenplay--which makes it like an epic in form. The story moves freely through space and time--from the ancient Near East to the skies over Nazi Germany in World War II to the Garden of Eden to the future bearing down on Humankind. In this scope as wide as his knowledge and imagination, Rigsby keeps the focus on his central interest of the activity of Satan in the course of history and how this affects the nature of human affairs and influences what is to come. Rigsby's interpretation of the Bible after years of study is that Satan is at work in human affairs to forestall the end of time when he will be held accountable for his disobedience to God and part in the loss of Eden for Humankind. Rigsby's interpretation casts a light on human affairs which is both timeless and timely. This interpretation not only has a religious, mythic, and ethical dimension, but also speaks to the latest terrorist events in today's inter-connected world. With its blending of religious fable and realism, hopes and fears, purity and evil, "Revelations, Alpha and Omega" is a captivating tale. It gives the reader a sharpened perspective on today's global events while awakening dormant moral instincts. In essay-like parts preceding and following the screenplay, Rigsby discusses the sources of his ideas reflected in it.
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