Millennial Perspectives on Revelation |
Point of View |
Amillennial |
Historical Premillenial |
Dispensational Premillennial |
Post Millennial |
| Manchild (12:4-5) |
Christ at His birth, life events, and crucifixion, whom Satan sought to kill |
Christ, whose work Satan seeks to destroy |
Christ but also the church (head and body); caught up on throne indicates rapture of the church |
Christ at His birth, life events, and crucifixion, whom Satan sought to destroy |
| 1,260 days (12:6) |
Indefinite time |
Symbolic number representing period of evil with special reference to last days of age |
First half of great tribulation after church is raptured |
Indefinite time |
| Sea beast (13:1) |
Emperor Domitian, personification of Roman Empire (same as in chap. 17) |
Antichrist, here shown as embodiment of the four beasts in Dan 7 |
A new Rome, satanic federation of nations that come out of old Roman Empire |
Roman Empire |
| Seven heads (13:1) |
Roman emperors |
Great power, shows kinship with dragon |
Seven stages of Roman Empire; sixth was imperial Rome (John's day); last will be federation of nations |
Roman emperors |
| Ten horns (13:1) |
Symbolize power |
Kings, represent limited crowns (ten) against Christ's many |
Ten powers that will combine to make the federation of nations of new Rome |
Symbol of power |
| 666 (13:18) |
Imperfection, evil; personified as Domitian |
Symbolic of evil, short of 777; if a personage meant, he is unknown but will be known at the proper time |
Not known but will be known at the proper time |
Symbol of evil |
| 144,000 on Mount Zion (14:1) |
Same view - Total body of redeemed in heaven |
Redeemed Jews gathered in earthly Jerusalem during millennial kingdom |
Redeemed people of God |
| River of blood (14:20) |
Symbol of infinite punishment for the wicked |
Means God's radical judgment crushes evil thoroughly |
Scene of wrath and carnage that will occur in Palestine |
Symbol of judgment on the wicked |
| Babylon (woman - 17:5) |
Historical Rome |
Capital city of future antichrist |
Apostate church of the future |
Symbol of evil |
| Seven mountains (17:9) |
Pagan Rome, which was built on seven hills |
Indicate power, so here means a succession of empires, last of which is end-time Babylon |
Rome, revived at end-time |
Pagan Rome |
| Great reddragon (12:3) |
All views identify as Satan |
