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Beale on the Key to Understanding Symbolism and Interpreting the Book of Revelation

This is a helpful lay-lecture by Greg Beale on The Key to Understanding Symbolism, delivered at the 2007 Clarus Conference, Desert Springs Church in Albuquerque, NM.

You can listen to it below:

[audio:http://blogs.thegospelcoalition.org/justintaylor/files/2010/07/beale-02_the_key_to_understanding_symbolism.mp3|titles=beale-02_the_key_to_understanding_symbolism]

Professor Beale shows that the popular approach—interpret the verses literally unless you’re forced to interpret them symbolically—is actually backward. He argues that if you take Revelation 1:1 literally—especially in light of its OT allusion to the book of Daniel—then you’ll properly interpret the rest of the book symbolically. He goes on to show why the Prophets, Jesus, and John made use of such symbolism.

Here are other lectures and sermons from that weekend:

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