Preterism

Eschatology can be defined by Merriam Webster as “a belief concerning death, the end of the world, or the ultimate destiny of humankind”, and can be seen as a sort of endgame for those involved in the stories in the Bible and other religious texts. Christian eschatology is found in the Book of Revelation, or otherwise know as “The Revelation of Jesus Christ”, and depicts how they believe that the final destiny of both humanity and the world will come about. To make the summary brief, it is believed

Approaches to Interpreting the Book of Revelation Josie Nicolato Regent University Approaches to Interpreting the Book of Revelation The book of Revelation was written by the apostle John, in an apocalyptic literature style. It consists of a series of prophecies about the end times, when Jesus will return and triumph over all the evil residing in the world. Its purpose is to bring hope and encouragement to Christians so that they will continue watching for the return and

It was Ali Muhammad As-Sallaabee who posed on his book “The Noble life of a prophet” that a prophet is someone called by God and filled with God's Spirit, a prophet spoke God's word to people who had in one way or another distanced themselves from God. The prophet has for its task not only to deliver the message from God to the people but also to predict the future. For the bible informs us that surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he reveals his secret unto his servants the prophets. Through

idealism does not connect any of today’s future events with the predictions in Revelation (Herrick, 2004). Second, is the preterist approach, which believes that the prophecy was geared to the 1st century. Many interpreters do not agree with preterism, simply because it is focusing on the fact that when John wrote the book of Revelation that the things spoken about were taking place during his time. The disagreement arises because the lack of truth to the claims. During the time period, “Rome

One of the most baffling questions we have about the Bible is, can the Book of Revelation be understood? Unfortunately, many people believe the assumption that Revelation cannot be fully understood. If you are not part of the skeptics then the Book of Revelation “can explain it all, with a detailed chart of the future reconstructed from Revelation and other biblical books” (Stagg 1975, 331). It does not matter which way a person believes to understand Revelation, the importance of understanding this

Premillennial (Futurist) commentary on the Book of Revelation is necessary for those who wish to fully understand such imagery and symbolism. Avoid commentaries from a Historist perspective which interpret Revelation as “already fulfilled” (called Preterism). Preterists’ misunderstanding of typology confuses past “types” of The Antichrist for the “real thing”, namely, the ultimate fulfillment yet to come. Regarding God’s end-time program, such error breeds confusion. Since most of Revelation relates

asserts that incidents described therein have already come to pass. A futurist interpretation, on the other hand, suggests the opposite namely, that Revelation is a prophecy of things to come. Thomas Ice argues that there are three degrees to preterism: mild, moderate, and extreme. Ice describes a mild preterist as one who "holds that the Tribulation was fulfilled within the first three hundred years of Christianity" but who still waits for the Second Coming; a moderate preterist as one who identifies