revelation introduction. hermeneutics study and interpretation of scriptures
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REVELATION
Introduction
HERMENEUTICSStudy and Interpretation of Scriptures
HERMENEUTICSStudy and Interpretation of Scriptures
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EschatologyStudy of End-Time Events and Prophecy
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HERMENEUTICSStudy and Interpretation of Scriptures
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EschatologyStudy of End-Time Events and Prophecy
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Amillennial Lit
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HERMENEUTICSStudy and Interpretation of Scriptures
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EschatologyStudy of End-Time Events and Prophecy
Idealist
Preterist
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Amillennial Premillennial
Futurist
Post-Tribulation Mid-Tribulation Pre-Tribulation
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HERMENEUTICSStudy and Interpretation of Scriptures
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EschatologyStudy of End-Time Events and Prophecy
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1. We interpret scripture literally unless it is clearly symbolic in context.
2. Some prophesy has been partially fulfilled but can have a future fulfillment.
3. The purpose of the tribulation is for the assurance that Christ will return, the Judgment of the Nations and the Purification of the nation of Israel.
Four Aids In Understanding Revelation
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“Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter;” Revelation 1:19
• The things “which thou has seen” clearly indicate that these would be events John had personal first hand witness too. Primarily the presence of Jesus Christ among men as savior at his first coming.
• The things “which are” - would be the purposes of Jesus Christ in the Church – the Body of Christ.
• The things “which shall be hereafter” are those things which will be revealed to John about the Lord Jesus Christ in fulfillment of the plan of the Godhead before the foundations of the world.
Four Aids In Understanding Revelation – 4) God’s Word is Self-Interpreting
