In this lecture, bibleteacher steve gregg discusses in detail four views of revelation. Four views on the book of revelation zondervan academic. The four main views of revelation church leadership. Four views on the book of revelation focuses specifically on the book of revelation and the primary ways in which it is read and understood today. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading four views on the book of revelation counterpoints. The book of revelation starts with this is a revelation from jesus christ, which god gave him to show his servants the events that must soon take place.
Church life the preterist archive of realized eschatology. He sent an angel to present this revelation to his servant john. Four views on the book of revelation by zondervan book read. The three prevailing millennium views in revelation. Of all the books of the bible, few are as fascinating or as bewildering as revelation. Four views a brief theological analysis of full preterism. It looks at four interpretations of revelation, and why those particular interpretations are held. Perhaps no book of the bible has generated more controversy than revelation. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. But the futurist view that revelation is predicting events yet to be fulfilled is only one of four traditional christian ways of looking at the bibles most enigmatic book. That there are differing views on the interpretation of the apocalyptic writings in the book of revelation is no secret.
The book of revelation page 3 of 4 preterist idealist classical dispensationalist progressive dispensationalist four views on the book of revelation adapted from. Four views on the book of revelation explores the four main. It was refreshing to read a book about how to approach revelation in its entirety. This view uses the allegorical method to interpret the book of revelation. Patrick zukeran presents a summary of four of the major approaches to interpreting the book of revelation and its meaning for the end times. For each, he presents the basic approach, strengths of the approach and weaknesses of the approach. A preterist view of revelation, kenneth l gentry, jr. Four parallel columns present the information you need on these key views, and inform you about outstanding commentators on the book of revelation.
The problem with this is that the book of revelation probably was not written until after the. Four views on the book of revelation on apple books. Four views on the book of revelation explores the four main views in which revelation is understood. Is it a book of powerful imagery, with warnings and promises for the church throughout the ages. Revelation, four views, a parallel commentary steve. This book allows proponents of each of the four major interpretive views on revelation to present an overview from their perspective.
Marvin pate, in his four views on the book of revelation 231 correctly states, i believe, that how one approaches revelation 1. Read unlimited books and audiobooks on the web, ipad, iphone and. Pope dionysius of alexandria set out some of the evidence for this view as early as the second half of the. No other book gives such extensive coverage of how the church has understood revelation over. Is the book of revelation a blueprint for the future that needs decoding if we want to understand current events. If youre befuddled by the book of revelation in the bible, dont fret. Considering modern responses to it, on the one hand revelation. Four views on the book of revelation christian research. In this lecture, bibleteacher steve gregg concludes his discussion of the four views of revelation. For an interesting commentary on revelation that fairly presents the interpretation of various views, see s.
A parallel commentary covers the traditional views in an evenhanded fashion. Best commentaries and books on revelation logos bible. Ask most people christian or nonchristian what they think the book of revelation is about, and chances are they will tell you it is a book about the end of the world. The adventists take a unique view applying it to the millerite movement.
The four views and their proponents are 1 the preterist view, by kenneth l. As i read the four views, the preterist view fascinated me. Article from the historicist view sees revelation as a record of the course of history from the. How one sees the opening phrases like these things, will soon take place. These four views are carefully and evenhandedly analyzed and then applied to each verse and passage in revelation.
For an overview of the four main views espoused by evangelicals, see m. Take a look at the basic structure of the book of revelation. Four views revelation warnings about sin salvation authority doctrine. Four views on the book of revelation explores the four main views in which. Read four views on the book of revelation by zondervan for free with a 30 day free trial. Here is a brief summary of the four approaches gregg presents. Click the button below to add the four views on the book of revelation ed. The four views discussed are the preterist, idealist, classical dispensationalist futurist, and progressive dispensationalist views. A classical dispensationalistview ofrevelation 177 robert l. Four views on the book of revelation explores four of the main views in which the book of revelation is understood. Chances are, they have never heard any other way to understand this book filled with strange beasts, symbolism and ominous signs of doom. Introduction there have been many views on the apocalypse of john throughout church history. This view is practical and views revelation as mainly principles. Background information, origins, sources, pros and cons are all provided in introductions and sidebyside analysis.
The first view of revelation is the idealist view, or the spiritual view. That book allowed the proponents of each of four different views to present an overall summary of their approach to the book of revelation. Heretofore, my discussions on the book of revelation have centered around the rapture if and when it will happen, the millennium, and who the antichrist is. The author names himself as john, but modern scholars consider it unlikely that the author of revelation also wrote the gospel of john. The allegorical approach to revelation was introduced by ancient church father origen ad 185254 and made prominent by augustine ad 354420. Four views on the book of revelation counterpoints. The name revelation comes from the first word of the book in koine greek. Book of revelation for dummies cheat sheet dummies. This 250 page softbound book focuses specifically on the book of revelation and the primary ways in which it is read and understood today. It is designed to help bridge the gap between those who are merely enamored by revelation, to engaging it through personal. The idealist view teaches that revelation describes in symbolic language the battle throughout the ages between god and satan and good against evil. This book by gregg, on the other hand, is a detailed, versebyverse commentary, with the text divided into paragraphs, and each paragraph followed by four parallel columns. Four views on the book of revelation institute for.
It shows how the various views interpret revelation as well as why. The plethora of views, however, can be distilled into essentially four main categories. Four views on the book of revelation counterpoints logos bible. Thomas conclusion 231 bibliography 233 scripture index 241 subject index 249. Most theologians in church history from the early church fathers such as augustine, and including the reformers calvin and luther, saw this passage as metaphoric. Throughout church history, there have been four different views regarding the book of revelation. Or is it essentially an imaginative depiction of historical events in the first century. The classical historicist view of the vision of the angel with the little book, in revelation 10, represents the protestant reformation and the printing of bibles in the common languages. The interactive counterpoints forum allows each author not only to present his view, but also to offer brief commentary on other views presented. Four views on the book of revelation are presented, critiqued, and defended. Historicist interpretations of the book of revelation. Most prophecies in the book of revelation were fulfilled during the. Each of the four views takes various positions within each of these millennia views.
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