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A brief Overview. It is observed that Revelation contains more references to the Old Testament books than any other document in the New Testament.4 John, the Revelator, draws on many books in the Old Testament, including the Pentateuch, Judges, proverbs, Song of Solomon and Job.
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There are over five hundred references to the Old Testament in the Book of Revelation. The following is a list of such references, but it makes no claim to being exhaustive or complete. Some of these references back to the Old Testament do speak of the very same thing as the Revelation.
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The value of the Book of Revelation is not that it provides a lot of new information, but rather that it takes the scattered Old Testament prophecies and puts them in chronological order so that the sequence of events may be determined. This book provides a framework for the understanding of the order and the sequence of events found in the Old ...
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The book of Revelation has six striking and singular features. 1. Revelation is the only prophetic book in the New Testament. In the Old Testament, 17 prophetic books speak of Christ’s return. 2. When John, the writer, wrote his Gospel, he reached far back into eternity past and said, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word
The purpose of the book is stated in its first sentence: “The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants what must soon take place.”. This prophetic book fulfills the prophecies of the Old Testament, including those that talk about “the day of the Lord.”.
- The book refers to events that were fulfilled in the first century A.D., or shortly thereafter. It was written primarily to encourage the original readers. Its value for today would therefore be didactic (teaching the value of faithfulness to God). The "historicist" view - The book provides a panoramic view of the future of the church from as it
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Copyright © 2008, Ariel Ministries. O-REV.PDF The Book of Revelation - OUTLINE, PAGE 5 INTERPRETATION RULES FOR UNDERSTANDING PROPHECY 1. The Golden Rule of Interpretation When the plain sense of Scripture makes common sense, seek no other sense; therefore, take
