Selected Essays And Book Reviews

NBST 525 - New Testament Introduction

Lesson 30 - The Revelation {180 words}

1. Very early attestation by the big three (Clement of Alexandria, Tertullian, and Irenaeus).

2. This book was one of the seven antilegomene. It addresses the seven churches.

3. Interpretations are based on people's viewpoint, whether literal or figurative.

a. Preterist - past tense. The things revealed to John have already happened.

b. Historical - talking about events to come but that they are scattered throughout history.

c. Allegorical

d. Literal

4. "He that overcometh" (based on I John 5) is one that believes in Christ as the Son of God.

					Tom of Bethany

"He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life." 
(I John 5:12)