THE POPULAR ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLE PROPHECYAPOCALYPTICISM Part IIIPROPHECY OR APOCALYPTIC?Revelation’s heavy dependence upon Ezekiel and Daniel also raises questions as to whether the book should be categorized as apocalyptic. Ezekiel and Daniel prophesied 400 years before apocalyptic literature became prevalent in the intertestamental period. Also Revelation 12:1 borrow imagery from Genesis 37: 9 – 10, […]

THE POPULAR ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLE PROPHECYAPOCALYPTICISM Part IILITERAL OR FIGURATIVE ?Categorizing Revelation as apocalyptic also influences how one interprets Revelation’s numbers. Others apocalypses typically used numbers to convey concepts rather than count units ( Gregg, pp. 11- 12 ). Thus categorizing Revelation as apocalyptic literature moves the interpreter away from a literal understanding of Revelation’s […]

THE POPULAR ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLE PROPHECYAPOCALYPTICISM Part IDISPENSATIONAL INTERPRETERS often categorize various prophetic books of the bible, such as Ezekiel, Daniel, and Revelation, as “apocalyptics literature”. In doing so these interpreters simply means that these books unveil or disclose God’s future prophetic programs. The Greek word apokalypsis simply means to unveil or disclose.A NEW MEANINGHowever, […]