CST 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Premillennialism, Postmillennialism, Preterism

• School: CBU, Cal Baptist
• Department: Christian Studies
• Course: CST 100
• Professor: Adam Bishop

Document Summary

Occasion possibly persecution by either nero (just prior to fall of jerusalem) or. Nero blamed christians for the fire that burned rome. Domitian may have persecuted christians for refusing to practice emperor worship. Either way, john saw christians being persecuted, even if it wasn"t widespread or consistent. Purpose to encourage believers to live faithfully in the midst of temptation and persecution because jesus reigns victoriously now and will do so fully in the end. Written to a specific group of people for a specific purpose. That purpose could basically be summed up as, remain faithful to god. Can refer to past, present, and future. Heavy, almost exclusive, use of figurative imagery. Use of the old testament more than any other nt book. Historicism revelation is a chronological record of successive historical events from the nt church until the return of christ who will create a new heaven and new earth (the events of chs.