Clear Revelation [February 5, 2012]
Eldon Boldt

Sermon Notes

Revelation 1:3 (NASB95) Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of the prophecy, and heed the things which are written in it; for the time is near.

MODERN RESPONSES

• Obsession
• Possessed
• Coalesced

FOUR VIEWS ON REVELATION

1. PRETERIST

Matthew 24:34 (NASB95) "Truly I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place.

Matthew 27:24-25 (NASB95) When Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but rather that a riot was starting, he took water and washed his hands in front of the crowd, saying, "I am innocent of this Man's blood; see to that yourselves." 25 And all the people said, "His blood shall be on us and on our children!"

Revelation 1:1 (NASB95) The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show to His bond-servants, the things which must soon take place

2. IDEALIST

3. HISTORICAL

4. FUTURIST

‘God limited our ability to understand scriptural prophecy; deep humility is needed to approach and unfold it. To conclude we should proceed in dependence upon God for illumination and with a profound respect and tolerance for other Christians of equal or greater gifts, and of integrity, who arrive at somewhat different results’.

Richard Reiter, Three Views of The Rapture