futurists follow a literal hermeneutic.12 Although some opponents have caricatured this method as slavishly literalistic, a literal interpretation is simply a normal or natural interpretation. It follows the grammatical-historical method as applied to the rest of the Scripture. Second, Futurism typically accepts a single referent for a given image in Revelation. This means that Revelation does not have multiple fulfillments over the ages of history.13 Third, Futurism recognizes the close connection