Revelation-Background

{BACKGROUND AND STRUCTURE}
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1. A Brief Introduction to the Book of Revelation - {PDF Copy}
2. The Fourfold Division of the Book of Revelation - {PDF Copy} - (The major literary divisions of the book)
3. An Outline of the Second Division of Revelation - {PDF Copy} - (A proposed outline of the literary structure of the Division in chapters 4-16)
4. Provided Interpretations in the Book of Revelation - {PDF Copy} - (A provided example of how to interpret the book)

{INTERPRETATION OF REVELATION}

1. Unsealing Daniel's Scroll - {PDF Copy} - (What Daniel was commanded to seal shut is unsealed and revealed by the Lamb in the book of Revelation)
2. The Missing Seventy Weeks of Daniel - {PDF Copy} - (The book of Revelation does not apply the Seventy Weeks prophecy to any of its visions)
3. The Unsealed Book - The Time of Fulfillment is now - {PDF Copy} - (Unlike the book of Daniel, in Revelation, the book is NOT sealed)
4. Revelation:  A Fully Opened Book - {PDF Copy} - (The purpose of Revelation is to unveil, not to conceal or mystify)
5. The Ruler of the Kings of the Earth - (Revelation 1:4 - Jesus is declared the "Ruler of the Kings of the Earth" due to his death and resurrection) - {PDF Copy}
6. John on the Isle of Patmos - {PDF Copy} - (Revelation 1:9-10 - John and his exile on Patmos for his testimony to the word of God)
7. Literal versus Non-Literal Interpretation - {PDF Copy} - (It is an error to insist on interpreting symbolic images "literally")
8. Linear Chronological Sequence? - {PDF Copy} - (The chapters and visions of the book of Revelation are not in neat chronological order)
9. Common Errors When Interpreting Revelation - {PDF Copy} - (The real-life relevance of the book of Revelation is easily lost if we approach the book with incorrect presuppositions)
10. Time of Fulfillment:  Daniel in Revelation - {PDF Copy} - (A provided example of how to interpret the book)

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