1. 1. FIVE APPROACHES a.Destruction of Jerusalem b.Fall of Rome c.Prediction of Religious and Political History d.Philosophical Principles e.Events Around the End of the World

2. 2. FIVE KEYS TO REVELATION a. Revelation is Written in Symbols --1:14-16; 6:7-8; 8:8-9; 12:1-4 --Apocalypse --figurative when it forces the impossible --reveal but conceal

3. 2. FIVE KEYS TO REVELATION 1:1; 1:3; 3:11; 22:6 b. Revelation is Written Primarily about Events Which Will “Shortly Come to Pass.”

4. 2. FIVE KEYS TO REVELATION 1:9; 2:13; 6:9; 12:17; 13:7 c. Revelation Was Given to Comfort Persecuted Christians.

5. 2. FIVE KEYS TO REVELATION d. Revelation Identifies the Key Characters in Its Drama

6. The Dragon

7. 2. FIVE KEYS TO REVELATION d. Revelation Identifies the Key Characters in Its Drama i. The Dragon is Satan

8. The First Beast

9. 2. FIVE KEYS TO REVELATION d. Revelation Identifies the Key Characters in Its Drama i. The Dragon is Satan ii. The First Beast is the Roman Empire

10. The Second Beast

11. Map of the Seven Churches

12. 2. FIVE KEYS TO REVELATION d. Revelation Identifies the Key Characters in Its Drama iii. The Second Beast is the Cult of Emperor Worship

13. The Prostitute

14. 2. FIVE KEYS TO REVELATION e. Revelation Reveals the Prostitute as the City of Rome.

15. 3. The View that Best Fits Revelation is The Roman Empire will Persecute Christians and God Will Eventually Bring it to Defeat