{"id":121,"date":"2023-01-20T08:11:44","date_gmt":"2023-01-20T08:11:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblebasics.xyz\/bbam\/?page_id=121"},"modified":"2023-01-20T08:11:44","modified_gmt":"2023-01-20T08:11:44","slug":"new-testament-basics-5","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/biblebasics.xyz\/bbam\/index.php\/new-testament-basics-5\/","title":{"rendered":"New Testament Basics 5"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><u>Introduction of the last book of the New Testament-<\/u><\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Revelation<\/u><\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Author- Apostle John<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Written to the 7 Churches in Western Asia Minor [modern Turkey]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dated- Around 95 A.D.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Theme- Encouraging the faithful to stand firm amidst persecution and not to compromise, since Christ&#8217;s return is imminent and he will deliver the righteous and judge the wicked.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Number 7 is used 52 times in this book.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>This book is interpreted in 4 ways<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1. Preterist view- All events in the book have taken place in the 1st century.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2. Historicist view- Events in book are from Patmos to the end of history.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>3. Futurist view- Book speaks of the end times.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>4. Idealist view- Book with symbolic pictures of victory of good over evil.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key Word- Revelation of the return of Jesus Christ.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Content- John in Patmos, Vision of the resurrected Christ, Letters to the seven churches, 7 seals, 7 trumpets, 7 bowls, Destruction of Babylon, 2 Resurrections, Lake of fire, Final judgment of Satan, New heaven and new earth, New Jerusalem.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction of the last book of the New Testament- Revelation Author- Apostle John Written to the 7 Churches in Western Asia Minor [modern Turkey] Dated- Around 95 A.D. Theme- Encouraging the faithful to stand firm amidst persecution and not to compromise, since Christ&#8217;s return is imminent and he will deliver the righteous and judge the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/biblebasics.xyz\/bbam\/index.php\/new-testament-basics-5\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">New Testament Basics 5<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-121","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblebasics.xyz\/bbam\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblebasics.xyz\/bbam\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblebasics.xyz\/bbam\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblebasics.xyz\/bbam\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblebasics.xyz\/bbam\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/biblebasics.xyz\/bbam\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/121\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":123,"href":"https:\/\/biblebasics.xyz\/bbam\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/121\/revisions\/123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblebasics.xyz\/bbam\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}