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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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To understand what type of book Revelation is, helps us to understand more its reason and purpose to the 1st century Christians and the background of what was going on in that time. We must always first view Biblical letters and books the way the recipients understood what was written before we can first apply it to current culture and times.
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We need to understand the form of the literature to truly understand the revealed truth therein. I appreciated the distinction and agreement between the form of the letter – prophecy, apocalypse, and letter.
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It is important to understand the type of book Revelation is in order to understand what God was truly trying to say through John. I have learned how to properly interpret the metaphors and similes mentioned in the book.
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For me book of Revelation was more like prophecy and that’s all, never saw it as letter for sure. It changed my understanding and my view of point. Really want to learn more what Holy Spirit really wanted to reveal to us
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It is a book of prophecy that tells what will what happen in the future of God dealing with sin and the evil in the world.
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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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To reveal the true meaning based on the historical context and what is going to convey from the book of revelation in the future
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It helps the reader to clarify the content better if the reasoning behind the book is explained. I understood some of the significance of the prophecy and a little of the apocalypse. But the significance of the letter really drove it home for me. I now view the book of Revelation as a love letter from God explaining that I need not worry about the state of the world because He (Jesus) has overcome the world and this is an account of the state of things at that time and even now.
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It gives me a much better understanding of the reason for the symbolic language. The first century church was under real persecution.
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Revelations first-century historical context is important because it helps you to read it from the right perspective. My understanding has changed in that ii see it as being more appropriate for the first century church and their current problems.
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The first-century historical context is important in helping us understand the book because John was written to the people of that day, even though it would also speak to us to day. But to rightly interpret the book it would be helpful to recognize that the message was given in a language familiar to the first century with signs and symbols they understood.
The Book of Revelation is a book of prophecy. Prophecy is forth telling as well as fore telling . So God spoke to them concerning their presence circumstances through fore telling and spoke to them in regard to their future through forth telling.