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Define apocalypse
A genre of literature with a narrative framework in which a revelation is given to a human recipient through an other-worldly being; symbols include numbers, colors, beasts
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Define parousia
"Coming"; second coming of Jesus Christ at the end of the age
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Define eschatology.
Study of last things, end of the cosmos, life after death
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Know the primary purpose of Revelation
The prmary purpose of Revelation is to give Pastoral comfort and to encourage the church to see the future optimistically because...12-1
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The four main approaches to interpreting Revelation: Preterist, Historicist, Idealist, and Futurist. Understand their basic strengths
and weaknesses.
- Preterist
- Historicist
- Idealist
- Futurist
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Three views of the millennium:
- -Postmillennial: Jesus returns after 1000 years of peace.
- -Premillennial: Jesus returns before the 1000 years of peace
- Version 1: Pre-Tribulation Rapture—the church is removed before the time of intense tribulation
- Version 2: Mid-Tribulation Rapture—the church is removed in the middle of the time of intense tribulation
- Version 3: Post-Tribulation Rapture—the church is
- removed after the time of intense tribulation
- 3. Amillennial (no literal millennium): the Bible’s reference to 1000 years is not literal but a symbol of Jesus ruling after he returns
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