Revelation Flashcards
What did Karen suggest is the best modern parallel to apocalyptic literature, houses comparison helpful?
He cares at a political cartoon like the Eagle sharpening it gets tablets. Most of the elements are symbolic, but there are parts of the image that are just necessary to make the cartoon work.
Interpretation is dependent on cultural or educational understanding. When people interpret revelation, they completely misunderstand the context because they do not know the context the symbolism.
What are the two preterist views?
One sees revelation as a prophecy of the fall of Jerusalem and A.D. 70
Believes that revelation is a prophecy of the fall of the Roman Empire
Well, both are true, and some senses, Jerusalem did fall and so did Babylon, both a little too far and saying that all the prophecies are fulfilled.
What is the historicist assist view?
Revelation predicts, major movements of the church history of the time of the commentator
Examples include invasions of the Roman Empire by Muslims, corruption of the medieval paper, Napoleon, etc.
Weakness: this book would not have been understandable to its original audience to which it is dressed. It is also limited to Western church history and not the biblical world were original Christians resided.
What is the futurist views?
Dispensational futurism interprets literally, the order of visions represents chronological order of future events pre-trip rapture. Weakness: the book is not strictly chronologically arranged.
Modified futurism is not as literal, visions are not chronological and allows for recapitulation, Christians will pass through the final period of the trial.
What is the idealist view
A symbolic portrayal of the conflict between evil, the forces of God and the forces of Satan
Weakness: this view does not depict any final consummation to history, links, no symbol to actual event, and oversimplifies
What Herman approach revelation does the professor hold?
The professor hold a little bit of everything, some addressing the past is from a predator viewpoint, but it’s also futuristic and historic. He calls an eclectic view that combines views from all four.
List the three most critical decisions that an interpreter must make before expounding revelation
Tendencies of the genre: symbolic versus literal
Temporal framework: chronological, telescopic, recapitulation
How the Old Testament was used: Incorporated versus actual dependence
Which view of symbolic versus literal does the professor hold?
Highly symbolic
Which view of the temporal framework does the professor hold
Recapitulation
Which view of how the Old Testament was used does the professor hold?
He holds that there’s an actual dependence on the Old Testament as it becomes the most useful commentary to understanding, revelation and guiding our interpretation
What is the hermeneutical keys to understanding revelation?
Humility, understand the book as a hole, and anchor exegesis in the inaugural vision that summarizes the theme
Identify the area of theology that is most prominent in revelation
Chronology
this book is revealing the DD power and authority of Christ
What is chronological succession?
It argues that the events with the septets happens in the order of the account
Define recapitulation
Each account and gives an intensified look at the things happening at the same time
Define telescopic
Progression while having deep interconnectedness and overlap
