ApocalypticA kind of biblical literature that is symbolic, gives divine revelation, is usually revealed privately, and deals with interactions among natural, preternatural and supernatural realities |
ContingentName used in the lesson to refer to a kind of fulfillment of prophecy that occurs when the outcome of the prophecy is somehow modified in light of the way human beings respond to the prophecy |
CovenantWhile the word itself only appears once in the Book of Revelation, the concept shapes the whole book. |
DomitianRoman emperor who persecuted Christians outside of Rome more extensively than any other emperor had done before. He required his people to worship him, and executed his own cousin because he was a Christian. |
EschatologyIn theology, it is the study of the last things |
JohnAuthor of the Book of Revelation |
LawsuitOne of the most common forms of Old Testament prophecy |
NeroRoman emperor that persecuted Christians for supposedly causing a great fire in Rome. |
NicolaitansSect mentioned by name in Revelation, that some wayward Christians joined during the first century AD |
PatmosIsland where the Book of Revelation was probably written while the author was in exile |
ProphecyThe literary genre of the Book of Revelation |
TypologicalTerm used in the lesson to refer to a kind of fulfillment of a prophecy in which the things stated in the prophecy are foreshadows of future events |