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1. FIVE APPROACHES a.Destruction of Jerusalem b.Fall of Rome c.Prediction of Religious and Political History d.Philosophical Principles e.Events Around the End of the World

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1. FIVE APPROACHES

a.Destruction of Jerusalemb.Fall of Romec.Prediction of Religious and

Political Historyd.Philosophical Principlese.Events Around the End of the

World

2. FIVE KEYS TO REVELATION

a. Revelation is Written in Symbols

--1:14-16; 6:7-8; 8:8-9; 12:1-4 --Apocalypse --figurative when it forces the

impossible --reveal but conceal

2. FIVE KEYS TO REVELATION

1:1; 1:3; 3:11; 22:6b. Revelation is Written

Primarily about Events Which Will “Shortly Come to Pass.”

2. FIVE KEYS TO REVELATION

1:9; 2:13; 6:9; 12:17; 13:7c. Revelation Was Given to

Comfort Persecuted Christians.

2. FIVE KEYS TO REVELATION

d. Revelation Identifies the Key Characters in Its Drama

The Dragon

2. FIVE KEYS TO REVELATION

d. Revelation Identifies the Key Characters in Its Drama

i. The Dragon is Satan

The First Beast

2. FIVE KEYS TO REVELATION

d. Revelation Identifies the Key Characters in Its Drama

i. The Dragon is Satanii. The First Beast is the

Roman Empire

The Second Beast

Map of the Seven Churches

2. FIVE KEYS TO REVELATION

d. Revelation Identifies the Key Characters in Its Drama

iii. The Second Beast is the Cult of

Emperor Worship

The Prostitute

2. FIVE KEYS TO REVELATION

e. Revelation Reveals the Prostitute as the City of Rome.

3. The View that Best Fits Revelation is

The Roman Empire will Persecute Christians and God Will Eventually Bring it to Defeat