So, we’re talking about Revelation today. That’s… great, I
suppose. Revelation, if you didn’t know already (don’t know why you wouldn’t)
is about the end times. The book is riddled in a heavy amount of symbolism and metaphors.
The problem is, no one is quite sure what the writer exactly meant when he was
writing this. There are many ways to interpret this book, but they are all so different
that they can’t all be right. Before I tell you which I think is right, let’s
look at what the core beliefs are:
1)
Futurism= If you live in the U.S., there is a
high likelihood that you believe this one. Essentially, the futurist believes
that everything described in Revelation is going to happen in the future. These
people generally believe in premillennialism, or that we are in an age before
the 1,000-year reign of Christ.
2)
Preterism= Taking a completely opposite view of
Revelation is preterism. Preterists believe that the events in Revelation
happened in 70 A.D. when the Jerusalem fell. It should be noted that there are
two different kinds of preterism: full preterism and partial preterism. Full
preterists believe that all of the events in Revelation have already happened,
including the second coming. This is, of course, heresy, and we shouldn’t
listen to them. Partial preterists believe that all of the events happened in
70 A.D. up to the second coming, and we are still waiting for that.
3)
Historicism= This seems to be a slightly
different version of preterism. Historicists believe that the events described
in Revelation have been progressively happening over the years. They tend to believe
in amillenialism, the belief that there is no millennium, and that it’s just a
metaphor.
4)
Idealists= The idealist view is the only one
that doesn’t treat Revelation as literal events that are going to happen. Well,
that is, they believe that the events are already happening in our lives. All
of this stuff Revelation talks about happens as temptation and normal events.
Out of all of these, I believe in Historicism. I think it makes the most sense, and it gives a good
explanation of what they were talking about. As a member of historicism, I
think that we have seen the book of Revelation being fulfilled before our eyes
as time goes on. The four horses could have represented the plagues of the
middle ages, and the events of the book are still progressing.
Do you disagree? Type it in the comments below! It will be
the last time, because it’s THE FINAL BLOG OF THE YEAR! HALELUGAH!
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