Revelation

An exegetical study through the book of Revelation from a partial preterist perspective.

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5 interpretive conclusions for the class (1:1-3)

Introductory discussion covering the appropriate hermaneutic for understanding Bible prophecy, and the 5 interpretive conclusions we gain from embracing it.

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Jesus has already established his kingdom.

The dispensational position is a mess.

Support for Dispensationalism is faulty

Rather than being about Jesus, Revelation became about the future.

Questioning dispensational eschatology is treated as the unpardonable sin.

The purpose of the class isn't too establish or debunk a system of belief, but to understand the Book of Revelation

5 hermaneutical conclusions that undergird the principles taught in the class.

Each of these conclusions are the lenses by which we look through this book.

The reason most people don't understand this book is because it's the revelation of Jesus Christ, not the Antichrist.

Conclusion #1: The fulfillment of Israel's prophetic hope is found in the person and work of Jesus Christ, and the believing remnant of the church which he established at his first coming.

Comment on the use of "everlasting" in the OT.

Conclusion #2: the Old Testament shows God's Redemptive purposes in one act, while the New Testament writer is sometimes portrayed it as coming in phases.

Conclusion #3: the New Testament is the Lexicon of the Old Testament eschatological expectation (i.e., the NT interprets the OT).

Conclusion #4: the familiarity principle (our ideas about things we haven't experienced are controlled by things we have experienced.)

Prophecy is impossible to understand without a historical, grammatical, cultural, theological, and linguistic understanding.

Conclusion 5: Typology.

Apocalyptic language is ALWAYS figurative.

Prophecy is not meant to be taken literally.

Revelation 1:1-3

The Revelation of Jesus Christ

'Make known' in verse 1 actually means 'signify', which means to communicate via signs.

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Understand the 5 conclusions that we are approaching this book with.

Bible Prophecy, prophetic language used, and fulfillment date.

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