I agree with your sentiments there, but then again, it was man through which God revealed His truth through scripture, God who became a man (Jesus), Noah, Moses, Abraham, the prophets, Daniel, all the way to Paul and John, whom God revealed Revelation, which speaks of one world godlessness, such as a one world government, the UN literally has a statue of a harlot on a beast at the UN. The world will trade the sword for a plough, claiming peace in the name of man only while persecuting those who refuse to worship the beast, whatever that is to be. We are seeing glimpses of all these things such as not being able to buy and sell unless we receive the mark which signifies worship of the beast. Revelation is still being revealed to us and it is hermeneutically and theologically embarrassing to think Revelation is 'predicting the future' because the word prediction itself leaves room for error. Pastors who give hard dates, times, etc, will be wrong as not even Jesus knows the appointed time until the Father gives the order. Revelation as a book will reveal no error as the word of God contains no error as it is the truth of God.