REVELATION Four Basic Approaches to Reading the Book

REVELATION Four Basic Approaches to Reading the Book of Revelation

BASIC APPROACHES PRETERIST Focus Historical Context and Setting is Most Important Preterist: Someone who believes all or almost all of Revelation is about events that happened in the 1 st Century

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BASIC APPROACHES HISTORICIST The Whole of Human History is Significant PRETERIST BUT Focus Must “DECODE” the “BLUEPRINT” Historical Context and Setting is Most Important Historicist: Someone who believes that Revelation is about events that happened throughout all of human history

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BASIC APPROACHES HISTORICIST The Whole of Human History is Significant FUTURIST BUT PRETERIST Must “DECODE” the “BLUEPRINT” Focus Historical Context and Setting is Most Important God’s Final Victory is the Emphasis Futurist: Someone who believes that most of Revelation is still to come.

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BASIC APPROACHES HISTORICIST The Whole of Human History is Significant BUT PRETERIST FUTURIST Must “DECODE” the “BLUEPRINT” Focus Historical Context and Setting is Most Important God’s Final Victory is the Emphasis IDEALIST “General Spiritual Principles” Operative in all ages

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New Jerusalem Age to come This age Fallen Babylon