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Why is it so important to understand what type of book Revelation is? How has what you’ve learned in this lecture changed your understanding of the book of Revelation?
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Revelation was always a book that was hard to pin down as to what it was and how to respond to it. It has been very interesting to learn it’s three components of letter, prophecy and apocolypse. I had never considered it’s three-part identity and message.
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It is important to understand what type of book Revelation is epople have been afraid to read it and others leave it to the experts who go to the extreem in trying to figure it out. What I have learned in this lecture is that Revelation is 3 types of literature. The symbols that John used to explain what he saw are relevant to the times in which he lived during the Roman Empire. We should not be afraid to read the book of Revelation because it is forthtelling.
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It is important to understand that Revelation is really three kinds of literature yet they all intertwine perfectly. It’s important to know that some things are symbolic and can not be taken literally.
I now know the difference of foretelling prophecy and forth telling prophecy and how each is used in Revelation. -
So you can better understand why John wrote this letter. And to understand it’s a forthtelling. How John was trying get his readers to see the Roman Empire through symbols.
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My understanding of the Revelation at this early stage is not really changed, but perhaps better informed. Over the years I have not spent much time trying to really understand, beyond just the reading of it so to know what the contents are. In my experience as a believer not so many churchgoers have even that. I look forward to the learning though, through this great series by Dr. Mathewson.