This article is an account of the political thought of the book of Revelation. It reflects on how the goodness of creation is questioned by the apparent meaninglessness of the historical events. Only if history can be shown to have a purpose can the praise of creation resume. The sacrificial death of the Messiah of God is the event that interprets all other events. The article concludes that the root of any true social order, in which human beings relate to God and to each other lovingly, is the revelation of the justice of God. The good of social order is founded upon a divine judgment. The church is not called to act anti-politically at all in Revelation but were confronting a false political order with the foundation of a true one.