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Patmos

Island where the Book of Revelation was probably written while the author was in exile

Pergamum

The church from Asia Minor that failed to reject the Nicolaitans

Postmillennialism

View of eschatology that believes Jesus will return to establish the eternal kingdom after reigning from heaven. This reign from heaven is the "millennium," not literally a thousand years, but a period of expansion of the Church and improvement of the entire earth.

Premillennialism

View of eschatology that believes Jesus will return before reigning 1,000 years on the earth

Preterism

View of how the prophecies of the Book of Revelation are fulfilled. It considers that most prophecies were fulfilled in the distant past.

Prophecy

The literary genre of the Book of Revelation