Revelation – God’s End-Time Plan
Chapter 1
Revelation 1:1-20
1. The _________
Revelation 1:1-2
2. The ____________ Revelation 1:3
2 Peter 3:14
There are four basic approaches to interpreting Revelation:
The preteristic approach: This view teaches the events in this book have all
been fulfilled in the past.
The allegorical approach: This view regards all the visions as an allegory of
the age-old conflict between good and evil. It teaches neither historical nor future
events are specifically portrayed.
The historical approach: This approach teaches that the predictions cover the
entire period between John’s day and the return of Christ. This view sees the
visions as symbols of the rise of the papacy, the corruption of the church, and
various wars throughout history.
The _____________ approach: This view interprets all the events from
chapter four on as future happenings. This is a more literal approach,
interpreting the judgments described in chapters 6,8,9, and 16, as literal future
events expressed in symbolic terms. (Revelation 8:7)
3. The ______________ Revelation 1:4
4. The Reintroduction of _________ Revelation 1:5-8
5. Vision of the _____ of Man Revelation 1:9-20