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Various Views of Revelation

- newmanlib.ibri.org -. Various Views of Revelation. Robert C. Newman. Abstracts of Powerpoint Talks. Introduction . - newmanlib.ibri.org -. Revelation is surely the most unusual book in the New Testament. Many Christians seriously neglect the book.

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Various Views of Revelation

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  1. - newmanlib.ibri.org - Various Views of Revelation Robert C. Newman Abstracts of Powerpoint Talks

  2. Introduction - newmanlib.ibri.org - • Revelation is surely the most unusual book in the New Testament. • Many Christians seriously neglect the book. • Other Christians overemphasize the book to the neglect of equally important matters. Abstracts of Powerpoint Talks

  3. Why sometimes neglected? - newmanlib.ibri.org - • Book thought to be unintelligible by some • Some repelled by its symbolism • Some turned off by its interpreters • Some don't like to think about heaven & hell Abstracts of Powerpoint Talks

  4. Why thought unintelligible? - newmanlib.ibri.org - • More symbolism than any book in the New Testament • Only Daniel & Zechariah come close in OT • Wide varieties of interpretation • Only Song of Songs close in OT Abstracts of Powerpoint Talks

  5. Varieties of approaches - newmanlib.ibri.org - • Contemporary (Preterite) View • Historical (Church History) View • Future (Futurist) View • Spiritual (Idealistic) View Abstracts of Powerpoint Talks

  6. Church History - newmanlib.ibri.org - Jesus Church Age SecondComing Nearly all Christians (except extreme Preterists) believe that Jesus will come again in the future, and that the time between his comings is primarily the church age, in which we have a responsibility to take the Gospel to all the nations. Abstracts of Powerpoint Talks

  7. Preterist View of Revelation - newmanlib.ibri.org - Fulfillment Jesus Church Age SecondComing Preterists believe that all or nearly all of Revelation was fulfilled in the first century or the first few centuries after the time of Christ's ministry on earth. Abstracts of Powerpoint Talks

  8. Historical View of Revelation - newmanlib.ibri.org - Fulfillment Jesus Church Age SecondComing Those holding the historical view believe that Revelation is fulfilled fairly uniformly over church history. Abstracts of Powerpoint Talks

  9. Futurist View of Revelation - newmanlib.ibri.org - Fulfillment Jesus Church Age SecondComing Futurists believe that nearly all of Revelation is to be fulfilled near the end of church history, just before and around Jesus' second coming. Abstracts of Powerpoint Talks

  10. Idealist View of Revelation - newmanlib.ibri.org - General Fulfillment Jesus Church Age SecondComing Idealists believe that Revelation will be fulfilled throughout church history, but that the symbols are a general picture of the warfare between good & evil, God & Satan, not referring only to single events. Abstracts of Powerpoint Talks

  11. - newmanlib.ibri.org - Some Proponents of Views Abstracts of Powerpoint Talks

  12. Preterist View - newmanlib.ibri.org - • Alcasar (1614) • Jay Adams • G. B. Caird • Hugo Grotius • Leon Morris • Moses Stuart Abstracts of Powerpoint Talks

  13. Historicist View - newmanlib.ibri.org - • Berengaud (9th century) • Albert Barnes • Luther • Wycliffe • Many older A-Mill • Not very popular today Abstracts of Powerpoint Talks

  14. Futurist View - newmanlib.ibri.org - • Ribera (1591) • George E. Ladd • Robert Mounce • John Walvoord • Usual Pre-Mill Abstracts of Powerpoint Talks

  15. Idealist View - newmanlib.ibri.org - • Auberlen (1854) • Chuck Colclasure • William Hendriksen • R. C. H. Lenski • William Milligan • Rousas Rushdoony • Michael Wilcock Abstracts of Powerpoint Talks

  16. Mixed Views - newmanlib.ibri.org - A number of commentators combine two of the approaches. • Alford – Historicist & Futurist • Beasley-Murray – Preterist & Futurist • Hoeksema – Futurist & Idealist • Swete – Preterist & Idealist Abstracts of Powerpoint Talks

  17. Some Merit to Each View - newmanlib.ibri.org - • Preterite – the visions presumably made sense to John & early Christians. • Historical – the visions are valuable in each century of church history. • Futurist – the visions surely involve events at the end of church history. • Idealist – the visions picture the spiritual warfare that we all experience. Abstracts of Powerpoint Talks

  18. Four Views Commentary - newmanlib.ibri.org - • To get a feel for how these different approaches handle various passages... • See Steve Gregg's Revelation: Four Views, A Parallel Commentary. Abstracts of Powerpoint Talks

  19. - newmanlib.ibri.org - The End … … of dispute on what Revelation means will probably not come before Jesus returns! Abstracts of Powerpoint Talks

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