Now that we are friends, let me ask you about one point. You wrote:
Revelation IS prophecy, written in symbolic, prophetic language of scholars, not meant for the simplistic literal translation found in Left Behind.
The Book of Revelation is unique in all the Bible. It's the ONE & ONLY book that promises:
Rev 1: God blesses the one who reads this prophecy to the church, and he blesses all who listen to it and obey what it says. For the time is near when these things will happen.
So right there I have to disagree with your contention that Revelation is written for "SCHOLARS". Jesus promised a special BLESSING for ALL who read this book and LISTEN to it's prophesies. Everyday people like me and you.
There is nothing in that verse that applies to the Left Behind series. By all means read St John's Revelation, but there's no need to cross-reference it with any other books except the Old Testament where prophetic symbolism is first used and intrepreted by prophets.