Four Textually-Based Reasons for Reading the Book of Revelation as History: A Preview

1. The events prophesied in the book of Revelation were to take place soon after the prophecy was given.

2. The book of Revelation was written to seven real churches that were in seven real cities at the time the book was written.

3. The tribulation prophesied in the book had already begun to be experienced by those churches in those cities at that time.

4. The eschatological blessings promised in the book were promised to those churches in those cities at that time.