Transcript Revelation - Gordon College

Romans’ Themes
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Total Depravity – hamartiology—contra Total (image)
 What’s the problem with “Total Depravity”? Rom 3:9
 Gentiles sinful – Rom. 1
 Jews sinful (Rom 2): Jews as foil to Christians?
sin/grace; law/faith/works; flesh/Spirit
 All sinful - Rom. 3:23 All have sinned …
 Rom 1:16f Major theme—new way
not human need/sufficiency,
movement beyond Judaism
 How do you get rid of sin: repent /confess/ forgive
or hide/rationalize/accept/defend/advocate
Justification by Faith – sola
Fidei
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sola Fidei a man made doctrine made
up by Martin Luther? –Rom 1:16; 5:1;
10:8-9; Gal. 2:16
 Ephesians 2:8-9: For it is by grace you
have been saved, through faith—and
this not from yourselves, it is the gift of
God—not by works, so that no one can
boast.
Soteriology Terminology
5:1 –legal term (regeneration)
 Redemption, 1 Pet. 1:18f—debt term
 Atonement, 3:25—covering, substitutionary,
5:8
 Propitiation, 1:18—appease wrath
 Expiation; 1 Jn. 2:2--cleanse
 Reconciliation 5:10; 2 Cor 5:18ff--enemies
 Adoption: Rom 8:18ff—family term
 Sole fidei? cf. James 2:24, 1 Jn. 3:9; Mt 25
 Justification,
Sanctification
 Is
perfection possible? Mat 5:28 be perfect.
 Paul’s struggle – Rom 7:21ff
 Four approaches
 Unbeliever’s
struggle—pre-Christ days
 Young believer’s struggle
 Struggle in the flesh outside the Spirit
 Mature believer’s struggle—Normal Xn life
Election – Predestination
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Election
Rom 8:28-29
Eph. 1:4
Rom 9:11 Jacob/Esau; Jer 1:5; 1 Pet 1:2
Problems (see below)—Puritan terror: am I
chosen?
 Human choice and divine election?
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Calvinistic Hard determinism—Reformed position
All divine problems --whosoever will passages
Oxymoron/Antinomy/paradox –
TULIP Calvinism
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TULIP
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T otal Depravity –image of God in people
U nconditional Election: predestination based in
divine choice, nothing in us -- whosoever believes
L imited Atonement: Christ died for the elect, 1 Jn
2:2
I rresistible Grace: God irresistibly calls the electChoice
P erseverance of the Saints—eternal security;
once saved always saved; --fall away? Solomon,
Israelites
Election – Predestination cont.
– foreknowledge 
predestination, prevenient grace open to all
versus irresistible grace.
 Election/Rejection of Israel not
individualized in Rom 8-11
 Arminianism
Revelation
Background
– Apocalyptic, Letter, Prophecy
 Political cartoon metaphor
 5 features of Apocalyptic: SAVED
 Genre
 Symbolism,
pictorial language
 Angels, heavenly messenger mediated
 Visions, dreams
 End of all things—cosmic in scope
 Dualism: good/evil; light/darkness
 Authorship
– John – Rev. 1:1
Interpretative Approaches to
Revelation
 Preteristic
View –1st century focus
 Description/definition
 Advantages
 Disadvantages
 Idealist
View – conceptual of all times
 Description/definition
 Advantages
 Disadvantages
Interpretative Approaches to
Revelation
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Historical View – through church history
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Futuristic View – end times focus
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Description/definition
Advantages
Disadvantages
Description/definition
Advantages
Disadvantages
The truth on Revelation
Premillennial Time Line
Church Age Tribulation
2000 + years 7 years
Millennium
1000 years
Christ’s coming:
Rapture? Pre-, Mid-, Post-Trib
Eternal State:
New Jerusalem
7 Churches (Rev 2-3) structure
Historical 1st century,
Progressive Church History, Omnitemporal/spiritual/typical
 Pattern
 Approaches:
 Vision
of Christ
 Commendation
 Condemnation
 Advice
 Curse & blessing
 Example
– Ephesus, Laodicea-3:16
Bouncing through 4-19
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Seals, 7 Trumpet, 7 Bowl judgments
 Sequential
 Overlapping
 Simultaneous
 Future through the eyes of first century
imagery
Millennium
 Rev
20
 Pre-millennial: Christ returns, sets up
1000 reign on earth, Satan bound
 Amillennial: reign of Christ = Church
 Post-millennial: World gets better and
better until the reign of God comes
naturally at the very end
The End
 Rev.
21:3-4 Emmanuel, together forever
 Rev 21:22-24 no temple
 Rev. 22:12-13 Christ’s coming
 John’s awareness he is writing Scripture
22:18f canonical formula (cf. Deut. 4:2)
Message of Revelation
 God
is in control of the future
 Satan counterfeits and looses
 Right triumphs in the end after a long
period of chaos
 Behold the lamb of God who takes
away:
 Gen.
3, Abraham, David, Child, Servant,
birth, life, death, resurrection and coming
 There
21:3f
are no more tears in heaven