The Laodicean Message - E.H. “Jack” Sequeira

Both Daniel and Revelation are prophetic
books that deal with last day events. They are
prophetic books that personally are concerned —
that focus on — the last day events. As I
mentioned before, and I’m going to repeat it, there
are four schools of thought concerning how to
interpret both these books. We as a church uphold
what is known as the “Historicist” position. This is
the position that was promoted by the Reformation;
so we are of the Reformation line, in terms of
interpreting Daniel and Revelation. The other two
are “Preterist” and “Futurist,” and then there’s a
third one called “Idealist.” Now let me explain
each one of them quickly. Let’s start with the
Historicist.
The Reformers believed that both Daniel and
Revelation were books that revealed the history of
the world and the Christian church beginning at the
time of the writers, i.e., with Daniel, about 600
years before Christ, and with John, about 100 years
after Christ. They begin there and they give a
continuous account of history, ending with the last
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