Reading Revelation - Introduction

Following the 2024 Election there have been all sorts of wild claims about fulfillments of biblical prophecy and "end times" warnings or even excitement.  But is that what the Bible is really saying?  Do biblical apocalypses actually refer to the United States of America?  And to the 21st century?  Or do apocalypses actually unveil and reveal something else?  And if so, how could those speak to us today?  We begin a whole new series!