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Lesson OneWhat Kind of Book Is Revelation?3 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson TwoWhy Was Revelation Written?3 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson ThreeRevelation Is Too Hard to Understand!3 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson FourIsn’t Revelation a Depressing Book About Doom and Gloom?3 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson FiveHow Should We Apply Revelation Today?3 Activities1 Assessment
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Course Wrap-UpCourse Completion1 Activity1 Assessment
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Discussion Questions
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Why is it so important to understand what type of book Revelation is? How has what you’ve learned in this lecture changed your understanding of the book of Revelation?
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Understanding the basis of the book gives you a foundation, telling you what Revelation is and what it is not. Learning about prophecy as forth-telling certainly clarifies things for me. Knowing that it was and is a letter with an urgent message provides the point of the book.
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I always thought that the main theme in the book of Revelation was foretelling the future. However, I now realize and understand the meaning of forthtelling; proclaiming a message in the present. I am looking forward to gaining additional perspectives as this course continues on.
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It is important to understand what kind of book it is because it isnt only about future end times. Its changed my understanding to know its an apocolypse and letter besides prophecy and thr historical context in which it was written was for the first century church.
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It’s good to set the proper stage for understanding Revelation. I always have the idea that it is a hard book to understand as the focus have been on the glimpse into the future. It is good to correct this lense and also be reminded that this is a letter to the early christains to help address their issues/concerns/crisis.
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I like when Dr. Mathewson said that misunderstanding of of the book of Revelation comes from misunderstanding of the type of book Revelation is (paraphrasing). We need to be properly equipped with the knowledge that Revelation is a prophecy, an apocalypse and a letter to form proper understanding of the intent of the author and the problems the book (letter) attempts to address.
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Why is Revelation’s first-century historical context important to understanding the book? How has your understanding of Revelation changed after learning more about its historical context?
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historical context is important to see how john saw this and who he wrote this letter for.
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To determined the message, we must understand who John wrote this for. He had written this for a specific group of people at a specific time and place. To place the book in this context alters what I have been taught that Revelations means. Without this historical context, it is very easy to misinterpret the book. However, this book does applies to us today as much as it did to those it was originally written for.
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John wrote Revelations to a specific group of people (the seven churches), living in a particular geographic area (Asia Minor) and living during a particular time period undertake control of the Romans. All these factors determine how the message is framed and the manner in which the message is expressed. Without the historical context, we could easily misinterpret the intent and the message by using today’s context.
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Given that history tells what situations our ancestors were put in, and helps us apply historical lessons to our present days somehow, by understanding Revelation’s historical context, we can experience the presence of God as well as what first-century Christians lived up to.
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You need to understand the context in which the book is written and why, and to whom.
According to the video, Revelation was written to 1st century Christians under the rule of Rome.
