Sunday School with Bruce W. Gore

Ellen G. White and the Seventh Day Adventists

This series titled "THE APOCALYPSE IN SPACE AND TIME" is a series of bible teachings by Bruce W. Gore detailing the Book of Revelation in the Bible.

The early nineteenth century witnessed the rise of a variety of religious perspectives, and included among them was a recovered vision of a pre-millennial eschatology from the book of Revelation. The movements varied in many ways, but the shared common denominator involved an expectation of the soon return of Christ and the establishment of his rule for a thousand years.

Many of these millennial movements died out in subsequent decades, but a few persisted and remain important to the present day. One of those was the movement founded by Ellen G. White and her husband, James White, and known to us as the Seventh Day Adventists.

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The Age of Reason, 2nd Great Awakening, and Millerism

This series titled "THE APOCALYPSE IN SPACE AND TIME" is a series of bible teachings by Bruce W. Gore detailing the Book of Revelation in the Bible.

The end of the Age of Reason and beginning of the Age of Anti-Reason in the early 19th century saw the introduction of a variety of new theories as to the meaning of the book of Revelation. The most important voice in this movement was that of William Miller, who used a historicist approach mixed with the emotionalism of the Second Great Awakening to produce a precise calculation as to the time of Christ's return.

While Miller eventually died disappointed, his contribution spawned a number of related movements that shared his conception but reworked his timetable. This lecture surveys this extraordinary moment in Christian history.

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Jonathan Edwards and Puritan Post-Millennialism

This series titled "THE APOCALYPSE IN SPACE AND TIME" is a series of bible teachings by Bruce W. Gore detailing the Book of Revelation in the Bible.

The Puritans added a new aspect to the historicist view of Revelation with their post-millennial eschatology. The most thorough and formidable expression of this view came through the pen of the great Puritan divine, Jonathan Edwards, whose treatment of the subject would leave a lasting impression for generations to come.

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The Historicist Approach to Revelation

This series titled "THE APOCALYPSE IN SPACE AND TIME" is a series of bible teachings by Bruce W. Gore detailing the Book of Revelation in the Bible.

The dominate view of the Book of Revelation during the Reformation period was the 'historicist,' largely because it provided a biblical framework by which to understand and interpret the evident corruption of the Roman Catholic church, and the bloodshed experienced by those aligned with the Protestant cause.

The historicist view continued to heavily influence the post-Reformation period, especially among the Puritans, and became an important interpretive approach in the early 19th century among some millennarians, especially the Adventists and their most famous champion, Ellen G. White.

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 The Apocalypse in the Third and Fourth Centuries

This series titled "THE APOCALYPSE IN SPACE AND TIME" is a series of bible teachings by Bruce W. Gore detailing the Book of Revelation in the Bible.

By the beginning of the third century, the chiliastic views that dominated earlier Christian thought had begun to wane, being replaced by a vision that expected a much longer course of Christian history and growth.

The idea was brought to its most sweeping expression by the great Christian thinker, St. Augustine, whose view of Revelation came to dominate the middle ages well past the time of Thomas Aquinas.

In the spirit of Augustine's understand, vast numbers of Christian missionaries carried the gospel to the barbarian tribes surrounding Europe, and in time the effects of Christian influence began to be felt.

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Letters to the Seven Churches

This series titled "THE APOCALYPSE IN SPACE AND TIME" is a series of bible teachings by Bruce W. Gore detailing the Book of Revelation in the Bible.

The book of Revelation was originally addressed to seven churches in Asia Minor, today's western Turkey. Each of the churches represented a condition of Christian fellowship in crisis, as each faced the prospect of imperial oppression from Rome.

At the same time, the churches give insight into the conditions of the church throughout her history, and for this reason it is useful to consider the counsel offered by Jesus, through the Apostle John, to each of them.

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Historical Setting of the Book of Revelation

This series titled "THE APOCALYPSE IN SPACE AND TIME" is a series of bible teachings by Bruce W. Gore detailing the Book of Revelation in the Bible.

The New Testament book of Revelation was likely written by the Apostle John early in the era of the persecution of Christians under Nero (in spite of the opinion of many that the book originated later under the reign of Domitian).

Across the vast Roman empire, Christian people were being targeted for oppression, imprisonment, exile, and death. The church needed a strong message of encouragement, and the book of Revelation provided that message. Chapter 17 of Revelation provides helpful references that can guide our exploration of the precise timing of the book.

This introductory lecture examines the historical setting suggested by that chapter.

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