21st Century Burning Bushes
Volume IV: End-Times and Wonders — Chapter 22
Revelation of the Last Days
This page is a living companion to the chapter in the book. It summarizes the chapter, adds videos and resources, and will be updated as new developments unfold.
About This Chapter
Revelation is the capstone of the biblical story. It gathers the threads of Genesis — the garden, the serpent, the seed war, the promise — into the final tapestry of redemption, and it is the only book that promises a blessing to those who read, hear, and keep it.
There is no single, universally agreed way to read it. How we read determines what we see, so the chapter lays out the four major interpretive views, each with real scholarly support and real weaknesses, and closely ties Revelation to Daniel.
Burning Bushes in This Chapter
The Preterist View
Most of Revelation was fulfilled in the first century, especially in the events of AD 70. Partial preterism keeps the Second Coming and resurrection future; full preterism falls outside historic orthodoxy.
The Historicist View
Revelation maps the course of Church history from the apostles to the end, often using the day-year principle; it was the view of many Reformers.
The Idealist View
Revelation portrays the timeless conflict between good and evil in every generation, rather than specific events.
The Futurist View
Most of Revelation (chapters 4–22) is still future. It includes dispensationalism as well as historic premillennialism, the view associated with George Eldon Ladd.
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Deconstructing Dispensationalism by Steve Gregg
Latest Developments
New resources, studies, and events that bear on the interpretation of Revelation will be posted here.
Recommendations
- Read, hear, and keep the prophecy.
- Claim all seven blessings of the book.
- Read Revelation as the capstone of biblical prophecy.
- See the whole story, from creation to new creation.
- Keep Christ at the center.
Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear it and take to heart what is written in it, because the time is near. (Revelation 1:3)