REVELATION 4 views of the Book of Revelation

REVELATION 4 views of the Book of Revelation

OUTLINE • Chapter 1 (Epistle / Was) • Chapters 2 -3 (Is) • Chapter 4/5 - 22 (Will Be)

PRE-TRIBULATION POST-TRIBULATION • Are we talking about Pre-Trib and Post. Trib?

PRE-MILLENIAL POST-MILLENIAL • Are we talking about pre -Millenial and Post. Millenial?

REVELATION 4 views of the Book of Revelation

DESCRIPTIVE OR PREDICTIVE? • Descriptive: Past, already happened • Predictive: Future, will happen

Allegorical Non-Literal [ Like the Movie NARNIA ]

Preterist Historical – Specific Christians VS Jews/Pagans [ Descriptive: Historical ]

Historical Revelation Represents All of Church History Past [ Mostly Descriptive ]

Futurist Prophetic / Unveiling Predictive [ Describes the Future ]

Mostly Futurist Mostly Predictive [ Mostly Describing the Future ]

Allegorical Preterist Non-Literal Christians –vs- Jews/Pagans Historical All of Church History Past Mostly Futurist Literal Interpretation

THE REVELATION Previewing Elements of the Book What is the Book of Revelation?

Mostly Futurist

THE REVELATION Elements of the Book Theology

THE REVELATION Elements of the Book Pseudopigrapha

THE REVELATION Elements of the Book Christology

THE REVELATION Elements of the Book Angels

THE REVELATION Elements of the Book Bibliology

THE REVELATION Elements of the Book Symbols

THE REVELATION Elements of the Book Eschatological – End Times for all things

THE REVELATION Elements of the Book Numbers