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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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It is important to understand what type of book Revelation is because it helps the reader get a good understanding of God’s Word and enables him or her to interpret it in such a way that anyone can understand it. From listening to this lecture, my understanding of Revelation has grown. I really appreciated how the professor broke it down into the categories and in order of how it is written.
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Knowing what kind of book Revelation is will help us better understand and interpret the words in the book. We often want to place Bible writings in our world, our context today. When we do that we don’t always understand the true intentions of the writer. We must look at the books of the Bible from that time period. I like how the lecturer mentioned the symbolism that was used was something the people of that day could relate to.
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You need to understand what type of book Revelation is so you can properly interpret its meaning the way the first century readers would, as these were the people it was written to. Not knowing the interpretation of the first century readers would cause us to misinterpret the meaning today.
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It will help us to understand it better and not misinterpret it.
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It is very important to understand the type of Book Revelation is to have a better understanding of John’s vision by understanding the types of writing he uses. For example using symbols better describes his vision of what is to come by understanding imagery.