6. Revelation 2:8-3:13 Letters to Smyrna, Pergamos, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia - Steve Gregg

In this class, Steve comments on the letters to the literal churches in Smyrna, Pergamos, Thyatira, Sardis, and Philadelphia. He discusses the history of those churches, including persecution by the Jews "synogogue of Satan" and how they support an early date for the writing of Revelation (late 60s AD) rather than a late date (90s AD). This is important to the interpretation because the preterist cannot work with a late date because preterists believe Revelation is predicting the events of AD 70.

You may follow along the lecture with these notes, startin on PAGE 27: http://www.digitalministries.us/steve_gregg/text/crombie_revelation.pdf

Steve goes through all the major views on Revelation, explaining the pros and cons of each camp.

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This is the 6th video in a 15 part verse by verse series on Revelation. I will be uploaded the remainder soon.

In the meantime, you can listen to free MP3s of the series at http://thenarrowpath.com/verse_by_verse.html#rev

If interested in the study Biblical prophecy/the end times/last things (Eschatology), you may also be interested in Steve's other studies:

When Shall These Things Be? (I highly recommend you go through this series first)
http://thenarrowpath.com/topical_lectures.html#esc

Book of Daniel - verse by verse
http://thenarrowpath.com/verse_by_verse.html#dan

The Olivet Discourse - in Matthew
http://theos.org/media/category/14/
(just go to the lectures on Matthew 24)

The Olivet Discourse - in Mark
http://media.theos.org/Steve%20Gregg/GCS/New%20Testament/Mark/24.%20Mark%2013...
http://media.theos.org/Steve%20Gregg/GCS/New%20Testament/Mark/25.%20Mark%2013...

A Topical Look at Isaiah
http://thenarrowpath.com/topical_lectures.html#isa

Book of Isaiah - verse by verse
http://thenarrowpath.com/verse_by_verse.html#isa

Book of Jeremiah - verse by verse
http://thenarrowpath.com/verse_by_verse.html#jer

Book of Zechariah - verse by verse
http://thenarrowpath.com/verse_by_verse.html#zec

Teaching on other Old Testament books dealing prophecy can be found here: http://thenarrowpath.com/verse_by_verse.html

Also very important to understanding the Bible and the issues of dispensationalism vs non-dispensationalism is:

What are We to Make of Israel? (Does God have two peoples or one?)
http://thenarrowpath.com/topical_lectures.html#isr

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Steve Gregg's book on Revelation
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Revelation - Four Views
A Parallel Commentary by Steve Gregg
(published by Thomas Nelson, 1997)

This truly unique volume has done what no other book has ever done—namely, it has presented the four dominant approaches to the Book of Revelation side-by-side, in parallel columns, for ease of reference. Steve's own views about Revelation may be learned from his lectures on the subject, but they do not come out in his commentary.

When asked about his reasons for writing the commentary in this non-committal fashion, he answered, "There didn't seem to be any point in writing another commentary defending my personal view of Revelation as correct, since there were already plenty of commentaries out there espousing each respective position. What was lacking was a book that even-handedly presented the very best arguments for each view, side-by-side. There was not a niche in the field of Revelation literature for another ordinary commentary, but there was, in my opinion, a crying need for one that made this kind of comparison readily accessible. Besides, by not committing myself to one position, I remain free to change my mind in the future, without having to issue a public retraction!"

This is probably the only commentary on Revelation in which the author does not espouse any view above another, but attempts to give each approach a genuinely fair hearing, trusting the reader to make his or her own informed decision as to which view to embrace. As a large reference book, this commentary is not likely ever to be a best-seller, but it has received critical acclaim from reviewers of various persuasions. We have yet to see a negative review of the work. Some of the reviews we have found on the Internet are reproduced below.

Neither Steve nor the Narrow Path has the book for sale (we don't sell anything). However, if you wish to order the book from Amazon.com, you may go directly to the right place: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0840721285/christiantalkrad/002-712867...

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