3. The historical approach to the Book of Revelation is one of the most popular which has been followed through the centuries of the Christian church. Adopting a somewhat symbolic interpretation of the Book of Revelation similar to the preterist approach, interpreters claimed that the Book of Revelation is a symbolic history of the church which, in general, traces its struggles which issue in the ultimate triumph for the church. It, accordingly, has some predictive character. This is popular among
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