Episodes
Sunday Mar 31, 2024
Revelation (Part 2) The Apostasy Narrative
Sunday Mar 31, 2024
Sunday Mar 31, 2024
In the New Testament, the Apostles were discussing an apostasy that was about to happen very soon. This is the historical-grammatical context of Revelation.
Monday Mar 25, 2024
Revelation (Part 1) and Pattern Theology
Monday Mar 25, 2024
Monday Mar 25, 2024
How does one interpret Revelation? Futurist? Idealist? Preterist? Historicist? How about Patternist? A novel approach to the Apocalypse.
What Paradigm for Revelation?
At the outset of any exposition of a book of prophecy one must consider their bias. What presuppositions does one bring to their reading of scripture? It is necessary to have the appropriate ‘lens’ or context to understand the myriads of symbols and images that bombard the reader.
The premise of this commentary is that the key to the interpretation of the book of Revelation is an idea known as pattern theology (also termed the regulative principle).