Island Glades Gospel Centre Reading Revelation Part 1

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Island Glades Gospel CentreReading
RevelationPart 1
The Purposes of the two-Part series(1) A
Revision of Revelation.(2) A Reading of
Revelation. (3) A Review of Rules in
Interpreting Revelation(4) Choosing Resources
for Revelation.
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Island Glades Gospel CentreReading Revelation
I. Understanding Prophecy.

• The United Race under 1st Adam (Gentiles?)
• The Jewish Race of Israel (Gentiles at the
  side)
• 3. The Christian Race, the Church (Jews and
  Gentiles at the side)
• 4. Jews and Gentiles in the Great Tribulation
  (Church in Heaven).  
• 5. The United Race under the Last Adam (Church
  reigning with Him.)

• Gen. 1-11
• Gen. 12 - Acts 1.
• Acts 2 - Rev. 3
• Rev. 4-19
• Rev. 20-22

Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor
to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God
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B. The Periods of Prophecy.

• 1. From Adam to Abraham 1st. prophecy, Gen.
  315
• 2. Israel - from Call of Abraham to the Christ.
• 3. Christ, His Birth and Burial suspension of
  the Jew (Israel) because of rejection of Jesus.
• 4. Church - from Pentecost to Parousia
  (Rapture) 1st occurrence, Mt. 1618
• a. The Mountain Peaks of Prophecy. I Pet. 110,
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• b. The Mystery of the Church the Parenthesis
  in Prophecy. Eph. 33-9
• 5. Retribution and Restoration of Israel through
  the Great Tribulation The Day of the Lord
• 6. The Second Coming of the Messiah and His
  reign in the Millennium the Day of the Lord.
• 7. The End of the Age and Eternity.

the prophets havetestified beforehand the
sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should
follow
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C. The Principal Schools in interpreting Prophecy
re The Second Coming of Christ

• Based on the interpretation of the Millennium.
  Rev. 202-7 (6 occ.)
• The A-millennial School.
• The Post-Millennial School.
• The Pre-millennial School.
• The Post-tribulational Premillennialism
• The Mid-tribulational Premillennialism
• The Pre-tribulational Premillennialism

I saw an angellaid hold onSatan, and bound him
a thousand years, and cast him into the
bottomless pittill the thousand years should be
fulfilledand I saw the souls of them that were
beheaded for the witness of Jesusand they lived
and reigned with Christ a thousand years. But the
rest of the dead lived not again until the
thousand years were finished. This is the first
resurrection they shall reign with Him a
thousand years. And when the thousand years are
expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison
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Comparison of Millennial Viewpoints

• 4. A-millennial School.
• 3. Post-Millennial School.
• Pre-millennial School.
• 1a. Post-tribulational Premillennialism
• 2. Pre-tribulational Premillennialism
• 2a. Mid-tribulational Premillennialism

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D. THE PROBLEMS IN INTERPRETING REVELATION The
Different Approaches

• 1. The Allegorist or idealist approach -
  Events are allegorical and metaphorical.
• 2. The Preterist Approach - History of
  events in John's day
• 3. The Historicist Approach - A History of
  the Church
• 4. The Futurist Approach - Regards
  Revelation as futuristic. Pre-millennial in
  character.

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The Golden Rule of Interpretation

• When the plain sense of Scripture makes common
  sense, seek no other sense therefore, take every
  word at its primary, ordinary, usual, literal
  meaning unless the facts of the immediate text,
  studied in the light of related passages and
  axiomatic and fundamental truths, clearly
  indicate otherwise.
• -- Dr. David. L. Cooper

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READING THROUGH REVELATION PART 1 - I.
UNDERSTANDING PROPHECYPART 2 - II. UNVEILING
REVELATION.

• A. The Prologue.
• B. The Prophecy.
• C. The Principal Schools in interpreting
  Prophecy
• D. The Perspective of the Seven Churches.
  Rev. Chs. 2 3
• E. The Perspective of the Seven Seals. Rev.
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