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2. Interpretations of the Book of Revelation - Wikipedia

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   The Book of Revelation belongs to the biblical texts whose interpretation has always posed many challenges, leading to the development of various interpretative systems. . Ancient Eastern exegesis was prophetic in nature and favored allegorical interpretati

3. Eschatology - Wikipedia

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   The Book of Revelation stands at the core of much of Christian eschatology. The study of Revelation is usually divided into four interpretative methodologies or hermeneutics: The Futurist approach treats the Book of Revelation mostly as unfulfilled prophecy taking place in some yet undetermined future.

4. Historicist interpretations of the Book of Revelation - Wikipedia

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   Historicism is a method of interpretation in Christian eschatology which associates biblical prophecies with actual historical events and identifies symbolic beings with historical persons or societies; it has been applied to the Book of Revelation by many writers.

5. Book of Revelation - Wikipedia

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   The Book of Revelation or Book of the Apocalypse is the final book of the New Testament (and therefore the final book of the Christian Bible). Written in Koine Greek, its title is derived from the first word of the text: apokalypsis, meaning 'unveiling' or 'revelation'. The Book of Revelation is the only apocalyptic book in the New Testament canon.

6. Christian eschatology - Wikipedia

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   Amillennialism, in Christian eschatology, involves the rejection of the belief that Jesus will have a literal, thousand-year-long, physical reign on the earth. This rejection contrasts with premillennial and some postmillennial interpretations of chapter 20 of the Book of Revelation.

7. Idealism (Christian eschatology) - Wikipedia

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   In the context of Christian eschatology, idealism (also called the spiritual approach, the allegorical approach, the nonliteral approach, and many other names) involves an interpretation of the Book of Revelation that sees all or most of the imagery of the book as symbolic.

8. Historicism (Christianity) - Wikipedia

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   In Christian eschatology, historicism is a method of interpretation of biblical prophecies which associates symbols with historical persons, nations or events. The main primary texts of interest to Christian historicists include apocalyptic literature, such as the Book of Daniel and the Book of Revelation.

9. Futurism (Christianity) - Wikipedia

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   Diagram by Henry Dunant aiming to explain Revelation and Daniel as prophecies of future events.. Futurism is a Christian eschatological view that interprets portions of the Book of Revelation, the Book of Ezekiel, and the Book of Daniel as future events in a literal, physical, apocalyptic, and global context.