Revelation 1:1-8; The Beginning of the End
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Revelation 1:1-8; The Beginning of the End
Revelation 1:1-8; The Beginning of the End
Sermon in a sentence: We must read Revelation on its own terms as the closing of the cannon.
Sermon in a sentence: We must read Revelation on its own terms as the closing of the cannon.
We Must Be Gracious
We Must Be Gracious
Our confessions do not require a specific interpretation. (2,000 BFM, Nicene, Apostles Creed, and 1689 LBCF)
There have been great Godly men and women that have disagreed on this topic. John McArthur and R.C. Sproul were close friends despite their theological differences.
There is no need to question someone’s motives if you don’t agree on everything.
We Must Be In Community
We Must Be In Community
God has led and kept his church for the last 2,000 years. God has not just be working through “me, my Bible, and the Holy Spirit”.
God has given each individual Christian the local body - the church. I have been called to lead this congregation. I do not take that responsibility lightly. This is why I have spent time, money, and effort in my education and fidelity to the scriptures.
We Must Be Aware
We Must Be Aware
There are various systems of eschatology:
Premillennialism - Ascencion, Church Age, Great Tribulation, Rapture (Pre/Mid/Post), Millennium, Armageddon, Final Judgement, New Heavens and New Earth (literal interpretation unless specifically told so)
Amillennialism -Church Age/Millennium, Rapture(/Final Judgement, N.H.N.E
Postmillennialism- similar to amil
Hermeneutics:
Jesus is the perfect fulfillment of the all of the promises of God.
20 For all the promises of God find their Yes in him. That is why it is through him that we utter our Amen to God for his glory.
He is the true temple where God’s glory will dwell. (Exodus 25:8, John 1:14, Mark 9:2-13, John 4:20-26, Ephesians 2:21-22)
He is the true vine where the OT was speaking of Israel. (Hosea 10:1, Jeremiah 2:21, 5:10, Ezekiel 15:1-8, Isaiah 5:7, 27:2-6, Psalm 80:7-11, John 15, Romans 11:11-24)
He is the true Sabbath rest (Exodus 31:16, Mark 2:28, Hebrews 3:7-4:13)
b. Sensu Literalis
c. “It is helpful in interpreting Revelation to distinguish four levels of communication. First is the linguistic level: the text itself, the words John wrote. Second are the visions John saw, recorded in the text. Third is the referential level, the historical referent of the visions. Fourth is the symbolic level, explicating via images the larger significance of the historical referent. One example should suffice. First, at the textual level John wrote about the beast (Rev. 13:1–8). Second, at the visionary level he presumably saw an actual beast that was quite horrible. Third, the referent to the beast is most likely the Roman emperor. Fourth, the Roman emperor may stand symbolically for any and all empires opposed to the one true God.
Thomas R. Schreiner, “Revelation,” in Hebrews–Revelation, ed. Iain M. Duguid, James M. Hamilton Jr., and Jay Sklar, vol. XII, ESV Expository Commentary (Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2018), 531.
d. I am using a preterist, idealist, and futurist understanding of this book.
3. We have to ask the right questions to understand this book.
Who?
What?
When?
Where?
Why?