Rev Dr Duane Alexander Miller, an Anglican author, pastor, and professor, discusses interpreting the book of Revelation.WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:Purpose of the book RevelationDiscussing Revelation with Muslim background peopleFocus on "Who is Jesus?"ABOUT THE GUEST: Rev Dr Duane Alexander Miller was born in Montana and grew up in Colorado and Puebla (in Mexico). He completed a BA in philosophy at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) and then an MA in theology at St Mary's University (also in San Antonio). Later, life took him to Jordan where he and his wife studied Arabic, to Israel where he helped found a seminary, and to Scotland for doctoral work, among other places.He is highly interested in the interactions of Islam, Christianity and secularism in modern contexts. His main areas of research for his PhD in divinity were religious conversion from Islam to Christianity, contextual theology, and the shari'a's treatment of apostates. He has also published research on global Anglicanism and the history of Anglican mission in the Ottoman Empire.He has had the pleasure of teaching in many places over the years: from Costa Rica to Turkey, and Kenya to Tunisia. Presently, he lives in Madrid where he is on the pastoral staff at the Anglican Cathedral of the Redeemer and associate professor at the Protestant Faculty of Theology at Madrid (UEBE).RELATED LINKS:Rev Dr Duane Alexander Miller's WebsiteAuthor PageTIMESTAMPED SHOWNOTES:Spreadsheet to create time stamped show notes01:43 - How did John's audience relate to the book of Revelation?01:53 - Apocalyptic literature - multiple fulfillment: immediate and later02:32 - Bible : implication in every generation and church age03:24 - Revelation is not only for that final generation03:41 - Multiple fulfillment examples: ...unto us a child is given, onto us, a child is born04:04 - ...from Egypt, I have called my son04:36 - ...woman in Revelation 1204:58 - Responsibility of each person to ask: why am I given this text in this day and age?05:28 - When we miss the big picture, we miss what God has given us in Revelation05:39 - Knowing the end of the book should take away our anxiety05:50 - Struggle: how to help people know Revelation but also act on it to reach the lost06:37 - How do Muslim background believers (MBBs) approach Revelation?06:44 - ...one Muslim Background believers' experience07:12 - Even the devil is God's devil07:23 - fascinated by Revelation07:27 - Muslims have a very detailed eschatology07:53 - which includes the return of Jesus08:09 - Have not personally found that MBBs are that concerned with the end times and the return of Christ08:33 - The main issue of MBBs is identity and relating to family and others08:42 - Every tribe and language and people and nation...10:59 - Revelation shows us the fulfillment of the Abrahamic Covenant11:13 - The text from Revelation to discuss with a MBB11:39 - Who is this guy that John is describing?12:00 - Visions of Jesus13:11 - Revelation 19-21 - City of God coming down - the division between heaven and earth is erased14:23 - And no division in Ede