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3. HERMENEUTICAL PRINCIPLE 1 Any passage of Scripture has
Any passage of Scripture has
ONLY ONE MEANING

4. is the meaning intended
HERMENEUTICAL PRINCIPLE 2
The meaning of any passage of Scripture
is the meaning intended
by the ORIGINAL AUTHOR

5. The Grammatical – Historical Method
HERMENEUTICAL PRINCIPLE 3
Any passage of Scripture has only one meaning;
that meaning is discovered by applying the regular rules of GRAMMAR and the facts of HISTORY.
The Grammatical – Historical Method

6. HERMENEUTICAL PRINCIPLE 4
CONTEXT
determines meaning

7. HERMENEUTICAL PRINCIPLE 5 The meaning of any passage of Scripture
The meaning of any passage of Scripture
is the meaning intended by the
ORIGINAL AUTHOR
and as would have been understood
by the ORIGINAL READERS

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9. "It is a riddle wrapped in a
mystery inside an enigma”
(Winston Churchill)

10. "I cannot forecast to you the action
of Russia. It is a riddle wrapped in a
mystery inside an enigma:
but perhaps there is a key.
That key is Russian national interest."
(Winston Churchill)

11. Interpretive
Keys

12. What type of literature is this?

13. APOCALYPTIC (apokalypsis =uncovering, revealing)
What type of literature?

14. APOCALYPTIC came from a religious remnant
addresses issues of good and evil
came into its own when God’s voice
was not heard
What type of literature?

15. APOCALYPTIC “a genre of revelatory literature in which a
revelation is mediated, either by an otherworldly
being or through a dream or vision, to a human
recipient, disclosing spiritual realities,
both in terms of eschatological salvation,
and another, supernatural world”
What type of literature?

16. APOCALYPTIC visions and dreams symbols numbers literary form
perspective
What type of literature?

17. Emperor Domitian
(AD 81 – 96)
What type of literature?

18. Why was it written?

19. “Write therefore the things that you have seen, those that are
Revelation 1:19
“Write therefore the things that
you have seen, those that are
and those that are to take place
after this.”
Why was it written?

20. Revelation 14:12
“Here is a call for the endurance of the saints, those who keep the commandments of God and their faith in Jesus.”
Why was it written?

21. Who is it about?

22. CHRIST
Who is it about?

23. PRETERISTS largely in the past fulfilled in AD 70
SCHOOLS OF INTERPRETATION
PRETERISTS
largely in the past
fulfilled in AD 70

24. panoramic view of church age symbols represent great events
SCHOOLS OF INTERPRETATION
HISTORICISTS
panoramic view of church age
symbols represent great events

25. past, present and future dispensations
SCHOOLS OF INTERPRETATION
FUTURISTS
past, present and future
dispensations

26. trends through church age continuing spiritual battle
SCHOOLS OF INTERPRETATION
IDEALISTS
trends through church age
continuing spiritual battle

27. PARALLELISM / RECAPITULATION STRUCTURE OF THE REVELATION
THE CHURCH
AND
THE WORLD
First Coming
lampstands
New Heavens and New Earth
1:1-3:22 Revelation of Christ; Christ and Church in World
4:1-8:5 The Church Suffering Trial and Persecution
seals
Final Judgement
Second Coming
8:6-11:19 The Church Avenged, Protected and Victorious
trumpets
CHRIST
AND
THE
DRAGON
Christ and Dragon
12:1-14:20 Christ Opposed by the Dragon
bowls
15:1-16:21 God’s Wrath on the Impenitent
Babylon
17:1-19:21 Fall of Babylon and the Beasts
consummation
20:1-22:21 Destruction of Dragon, Christ and Church in Glory

28. Section 1
Revelation 1:1 – 3:22
The Christ Indwelt Church
in the World

29. 1:1-3 The Prologue 1:4-8 Greetings 1:9-16 The Vision
1:17-20 John’s Response
Revelation of Christ; Christ and Church in World
1:1-3:22

30. Patmos

33. PARALLELISM / RECAPITULATION STRUCTURE OF THE REVELATION
THE CHURCH
AND
THE WORLD
First Coming
lampstands
New Heavens and New Earth
1:1-3:22 Revelation of Christ; Christ and Church in World
4:1-8:5 The Church Suffering Trial and Persecution
seals
Final Judgement
Second Coming
8:6-11:19 The Church Avenged, Protected and Victorious
trumpets
CHRIST
AND
THE
DRAGON
Christ and Dragon
12:1-14:20 Christ Opposed by the Dragon
bowls
15:1-16:21 God’s Wrath on the Impenitent
Babylon
17:1-19:21 Fall of Babylon and the Beasts
consummation
20:1-22:21 Destruction of Dragon, Christ and Church in Glory