HopeThe confident anticipation of a positive future |
IdealismView of how the prophecies of the Book of Revelation are fulfilled. It considers that the scenes depict general patterns of spiritual warfare, not specific events or chronologies. |
JohnAuthor of the Book of Revelation |
LaodiceaThe church from Asia Minor that was "neither hot nor cold" |
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. They mixed the Christian faith with eroticism. |
PatmosIsland where the Book of Revelation was probably written while the author was in exile |
PergamumThe church from Asia Minor that failed to reject the Nicolaitans |
PostmillennialismView of eschatology that believes Jesus will return to establish the eternal kingdom after reigning from heaven. This reign from heaven is the "millennium," not literally a thousand years, but a period of expansion of the Church and improvement of the entire earth. |