Glossary for Lessons 1-3


Glossary of terms and names from lessons 1-3.
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Patmos

Island where the Book of Revelation was probably written while the author was in exile


Pergamum

The church from Asia Minor that failed to reject the Nicolaitans


Postmillennialism

View 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.


Premillennialism

View of eschatology that believes Jesus will return before reigning 1,000 years on the earth


Preterism

View of how the prophecies of the Book of Revelation are fulfilled. It considers that most prophecies were fulfilled in the distant past.


Prophecy

The literary genre of the Book of Revelation


R

Recapitulation

This is a theory about how to interpret the Book of Revelation in general. It proposes that each series of visions symbolizes the events of the same period between the first and second comings of Christ, but with a unique emphasis


S

Satan

Spiritual being represented by the red dragon with seven heads and ten horns


Smyrna

The church from Asia Minor in whose letter there was no rebuke


Suzerain

In a treaty of covenant, this refers to the great emperor or powerful king.



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