Documenti di Didattica
Documenti di Professioni
Documenti di Cultura
Preterist approach
Futurist approach
Spiritual or Symbolic approach
y This is the traditional Protestant interpretation.
y Prewritten course of history
y Begins with the apostles
y Ends with the end of the world
y The fulfillment of the prophecy is progressing now and
has been unfolding for 2000 years
y Prophecies have already occurred in the ancient past
y Probably around 100 AD
y It was a prediction of the future at the time it was
made, and it came to fruition a few years later
y Some Preterist believe, however, that the last few
chapters refer to the second coming of Christ –
h t f t th d i f Ch i t which
hi h
has not occurred
y Nothing has really happened yet
g
y Once you get past Chapter 4 – the return of Christ is
near
y Everything is symbolic of the eternal battle between
g
good and evil
y Christ v. Satan
y Saints v. antichristian powers
y Represents any age of mankind
y Results in spiritual fulfillment
y New International Version:
y The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to
show his servants what must soon take place. He made it
known by sending his angel to his servant John
y New American Standard
y The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to
show to His bond‐servants, the things which must soon
take place; and He sent and communicated it by His
angel to His bond‐servant John,
y The Revelation of Jesus Christ
y Is it a revelation about Jesus from John, or?
y Is it a revelation from Jesus to John?
The Covenant Class
and the Book of