Discussion Questions
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What advice would you give a new Christian who wants to read the book of Revelation?
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I would be very positive about them wanting to learn about what God has for us, but would strongly recommend reading the book of John to become acquainted with Jesus’ words. Also, the reader would learn about who John is. This would help answer other questions they may have about origin of the book of Revelation.
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I wouldn’t discourage a new Christian to not read Revelation. To read a book of the Bible for the enjoyment of reading is nice. However, to study and try to understand the book, take a course on Revelation or get a study book on Revelation (recommended by the pastor).
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My advi e would be to read through it first, then reread it and ask the Holy Spirit to reveal what He want you to know and understand.
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I would suggest they do not take everything in this book literal, to not only read, but to study with concordances, study bible and other materials relating to the book of Revelation.
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As a new Christian, Revelations is very exciting. I would recommend reading the gospel of John first, and the book of Romans second. This order will introduce the new Christian to who Jesus is and the unending grace and love that he is. Once the new Christian understands this, then to speak with the pastoral team about where to go from there.
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What new things about interpreting the book of Revelation did you learn from this lesson?
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I learned a little more on the pres, mids, and posts viewpoints and interpretations.
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I learned about the four different interpretations
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I was happy to read of the different interpretations. Preternatural,Idealist, futurist, historicist. Then the different millennial views. Each have scriptures to back them, but premillenialist, to midmillenialist, to postmillenialist. Hearing that this professor takes the post-millennial viewpoint is very surprising.
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I had always been puzzled about the relationship between the seven seals, the seven trumpets, and the seven bowls. As Dr Blomberg, the sixth in each set is so catastrophic that it is hard to follow one set after the other. His suggestion of overlap in that the sixth item releases the next set of judgments is quite plausible to me. Equally new is his perspective of looking at the 144,000 and the multitude who come out of the tribulation as one and the same.
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This better explained the possible beliefs of people and that it is Revelation – not plural.