How Revelation is viewed - Seeing the truth in different perspectives

1. The Historicist: The book of revelation is prophecy about church history from the time of John and the end of the world. Look at the revelation as a symbolic descriptions of historical events throughout the church history. Revelation 22: 6 - Then the angel said to me, “Everything you have heard and seen is trustworthy and true. The Lord God, who inspires his prophets, has sent his angel to tell his servants what will happen soon.”
2. The Preterist: The book of revelation is prophecy that was fulfilled primarily in the first century AD. Preterism, a Christian eschatological view, interprets some or all prophecies of the Bible as events which have already happened. The near, soon, and quickly are taken literally. The prophecy began to be fulfilled close to the author’s lifetime. Revelation 22: 7 - Look, I am coming soon! Blessed are those who obey the words of prophecy written in this book.

3. The Futurist: The book of revelation is prophecy primarily about the future end of the world. In Futurist View, all or nearly all of Revelation is yet to occur. Most prophesied events have not yet occurred. These words refer to the whole of the “last days” or to the quickness with which Jesus will return. Revelation 22: 7 - “Look, I am coming soon, bringing my reward with me to repay all people according to their deeds.

4. The Idealist: The book of revelation is a non-historical and non-prophetic drama about spiritual realities. As for them, prophecy is symbolic, or ”it's just a metaphor" approach, although some Idealists still think that the Second Coming is literally going to happen. Christ is always at hand, near and quick to save his people. Revelation 22:20 - He who is the faithful witness to all these things says, “Yes, I am coming soon!”