Which is the correct method of intepretting Bible Prophecy?
The moderate preterist view is most consistent with the literal text of Bible prophecy. In His Olivet discourse, Jesus told his disciples the events He was describing would take place during their “generation”. Likewise, John told his readers several times that the events of Revelation were to come to pass shortly. Only preterism takes Jesus and John seriously in this regard. Historicism and futurism ignore the statements of imminence by Jesus and John, and push prophetic events far out into the future. The whole foundation of historicism is built upon a pre-conceived notion that the Papacy is an evil, persecuting power and should be identified as such at any opportunity in Bible prophecy. Historicism’s views seem to be colored by the authors’ pre-conceived ideas about the Catholic Church. Its interpretations are subjective, and its popularity waned along with anti-Catholicism, and its conclusions became more doubtful as Catholicism’s power, prominence, and position rapidly declined ov
