yeah - that's how I like looking at revelations. It's a
   fantastic allegorical political treatise. It wasn't supposed to
   be included in the Bible either. The current form approved by
   that Ecumenical council was the entire list provided by the
   majority Eastern part of the Church but they didn't want
   Revelations. But Rome had a much longer list... but it was kind
   of concession for having removed so many of Rome's favorites
   from it. = To this day, it's rare you'll see much reference to
   Revelations in the Eastern churches cause they never really
   considered it 'their book'.