Summary

1. Historicism is not a Biblical doctrine.

2. Historicism is a doctrine of men, with unbiblical teachings and interpretations.

3. It is a teaching and doctrine that began with the early church fathers, and cannot be found in the Bible.

4. Historicists pick and choose which historical events that will best fit what theythink is a fulfillment. Therefore, Historicism is a ‘jigsaw puzzle or a match game’.

The Historicist notes that the Revelation had its function first in counseling and for encouraging the early Christians in that period of time, but at the sametime extending its prophetic symbols beyond their understanding and range of vision for the far future.

If anyone doesn’t believe or understand the first three verses of Revelation,neither will they believe or understand the rest of the book.

When a person is stubborn and/or unwilling to accept and believe these verses then the rest of the book can mean anything that the reader desires. It is then impossible for anyone to allow the Bible to interpret itself, and men can make up any interpretation they want.

Historicism is a fable.






Nice try at slight of hand, but I never proposed a historist point of view.

I stated that when you dismiss the gospel of Paul, or the letters of Paul, the truth in the bible becomes clear, crystal clear.

Good try though.