How to Interpret Dreams and Visions Perry Stone

IT WILL HAPPEN QUICKLY Most scholars believe that the famed vision in the Book of Revelation was penned about a.d. 95. For those who believe that chapters 4–22 are futuristic in their interpretation, imagine writing about the future, and more than nineteen hundred years have passed and the events still have not unfolded! This may be one reason why some suggest that the book has been fulfilled throughout history, which is called the historic interpretation . Within the Book of Revelation there are several revealing passages that indicate when the time will arrive for the fulfillment of the prophecies. They shall come to pass very quickly:

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show His servants—things which must shortly take place.

—R EVELATION 1:1

“These words are faithful and true.” And the Lord God of the holy prophets sent His angel to show His servants the things which must shortly take place.

—R EVELATION 22:6

In both verses the word “shortly” does not mean it will