In this sermon, Gavin discusses the 7 seals of Rev. 5,6, & 8. Gavin says, "as a Protestant historicist, I consider that this area of the 7 seals has not been dealt with in an entirely satisfactory manner by my fellow historicists in the more general history of historicist interpretation of the 7 seals. And so my particular historicist view of the 7 seals does not conform to any of the 3 more general historicist views of the 7 seals, but rather, is a 4th view." And "prophetic maxims are fairly rare in Scripture, & well over 90% of Biblical prophecies ... are most assuredly NOT prophetic maxims; rather, they are very specific prophecies ... . However, the prophetic maxim which like a proverb states a general truth & has multiple fulfillments, but is distinguished from a proverb in that it is stated as a prophecy rather than a proverb, IS one type of prophecy; albeit one that's not used a lot in Scripture in comparison with the more normative type of prophecies which are far more limited in their historic fufillment. And so this is relevant to the fact that I understand the 1st 5 of the 7 seals to be prophetic maxims put in apocalyptic language, & so stated in a way that's compatible with the wider writing style of Biblical apocalyptic found in the Book of Revelation. And so unusually for the Books of Daniel & Revelation ..., I consider that due to their lack of detailed specificity ... the 1st 5 of the 7 seals in Revelation 6 ... are prophetic maxims which say in the Biblical apocalyptic writing style exactly the same thing said in parts of Matthew 24 ... in non-apocalyptic writing style." WARNING: this sermon includes EXPLICIT DETAIL on ISLAMIC FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION.
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Gavin McGrath (b. 1960) is a graduate of Sydney University, University of Western Sydney, and Moore Theological College (a Reformed Anglican College in Sydney) in New South Wales, Australia. From April 2020, he is a retired school teacher of both New South Wales, Australia, and...
