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Title: REVELATION


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REVELATION And The End Times
The end of the beginning or the beginning of the
end or has it all already happened??
2
Systems of Interpretation for Revelation Preteris
t System Revelation has largely been fulfilled
and has reference in particular to Johns time
and the Roman state Futurist System the whole
book following Chapter 4 takes place sometime in
the future
3
Prophecies about remote future events typically
involve metaphors, similes, and hyperboles to
make a point.
A hyperbole is the use of an exaggeration as a
figure of speech to create emphasis or for
effect. An example of hyperbole is "The bag
weighed a ton."
4
A Metaphor is the concept of understanding one
thing in terms of another. A simile is a figure
of speech that indirectly compares two different
things by employing the words "like", "as", or
"than. For instance, a simile that compares a
person with a bullet would go as follows "Chris
was a record-setting runner and as fast as a
speeding bullet." A metaphor might read something
like, "When Chris ran, he was a speeding bullet
racing along the track.
5
In the OT, when prophets like Ezekiel, Daniel,
and Zechariah thought about the distant future,
they did not dwell on impending doom or
Armageddon, but the redemption and restoration of
Gods people and the return to Eden like
conditions. They used figures of speech NOT
intended to be taken literally.
6
Taking these figures of speech literally does a
disservice to the Bible. It also creates the
problem of mistaking material that was fulfilled
long ago in Israel or fulfilled in a more general
way in Biblical times as material awaiting
fulfillment as the Christian era nears an end.
7
Read Revelation 135-8
Who or what is the beast?
Preterist interpretations, a theological position
also advocated by most academic scholars
generally identify the First Beast with Nero.
8
The Hebrews used letters for numbers. They had
no zero. The Greek "Neron Kaisar when
transliterated into the Hebrew Nrwn Qsr had a
number of 666.
Resh (?) Samech (?) Qof (?) Noon (?) Vav (?) Resh
(?) Noon (?) TOTAL 200 60 100
50 6 200 50
666
9
What is an apocalypse?
Apocalypse comes from the Greek word meaning
lifting the veil or revelation and is a
disclosure of something hidden from the majority
of mankind in an era dominated by falsehood and
misconception,
10
Apocalyptic literature can be treated as a hard
and fast prescription of the future all the way
to being completely imagination. One form is a
literature written in a coded language to comfort
a group of believers undergoing some kind of
crisis.
11
It begins with the present circumstances of the
people and tries to help them interpret and
endure those experiences in light of the larger
perspective that Johns visions of what is above
and beyond them.
12
Apocalyptic literature may or may not relate to
the end times. It usually deals with visions
which may be hyperbolic or metaphorical in
nature. The heart of this literature is the
unveiling of secrets and truths about Gods
perspective on difficult subjects like justice,
evil, etc. and what God proposes to do about them.
13
Apocalyptic literature was the dominant form of
prophecy from the 2nd century BC through the
second century AD. The authors believed that
they were in an age where earlier prophecies were
being fulfilled and were thinking about what
Gods final solution would be.
14
In the first century, Gods people were living in
dark times and Gods will for believers was
unclear. Gods will was a secret or a mystery,
His plan needed to be revealed because it was not
self evident.
Have you ever been in a situation, like the 1st
century Christians, where times were bad and
Gods will was not self evident? What happened?
15
There was a major shift from traditional prophecy
where prophets spoke for God about the present or
the future to apocalyptical prophecy which spoke
about the end times. This shift took place
because people believed that they were at the
beginning or already in the end times. They
wanted to know Gods will or plan.
How is this that like we feel today?
16
The prophecies for Jews and Christians many
centuries ago had meaning for those people. They
were written for those audiences, not for
us. What the words meant in then, they still
mean today. What they did NOT mean then, they do
not mean today. The words were not written to
scare us!
17
The authors believed that their audiences already
lived in the end times? How do you explain that
the end times were over 2000 years ago?
18
John had visions and wrote them down in what we
know as the Book of Revelation as an apocalyptic
prophecy to express not only what he had seen,
but what bearing the vision meant to his
audiences.
John was not well versed in the scripture but
also acquainted with the mythical images of the
Greco-Roman world.
19
What John saw he had to describe. When you see
images and symbols in odd combinations, you have
to find some sort of analogies to make sense out
of them and describe them. Often times,
metaphors are used and the symbols may have
multiple meanings.
How are it is for you describe something you have
seen in a dream?
20
Apocalyptic prophecy is a sort of coded language
and requires interpretation and
explanation. John is not only concerned about
heaven but also about events that are near in
terms of time.
21
Read Revelation 121-6
Explain these verses in todays context.
Explain these verses in the context of the first
century.
22
John believed in God, Christ, and angels and
their interaction with human beings.
How do you view the interaction of angels in the
world today and how would you describe it to
others?
23
Listen to Hallelujah Square
How does this song relate to apocalyptical
prophecy?
How would words like these make you feel better
when going through trying times?
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