Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Gavin Ortlund offers a partial-preterist reading of Revelation, interpreting its apocalyptic imagery as focused on first-century Rome while maintaining hope in Christ’s future return.
Featured Book: Joel Muddamalle's The Unseen Battle: amazon.com/Unseen-Battle-Spiritual-Warfare-Rebellions/dp/0310177626/truthunitesbo-20
Videos Mentioned:
The Antichrist, Great Tribulation, and Millennium: End Times Triage: youtu.be/B6XZrjNqCBw?si=b4k7ha-yaqhzdMAg
Are the End Times Here? Explaining Each Event: youtu.be/ZYMEYKBgv7E?si=ie3GSnf37PI_EJVu
New Evidence for Jesus OUTSIDE the Bible (With Tom Schmidt): youtube.com/watch?v=fLiGJVreGqM
Books Mentioned:
Before Jerusalem Fell: Dating the Book of Revelation: https://a.co/d/5axjQHq
To the One Who Conquers: 50 Daily Meditations on the Seven Letters of Revelation 2-3: https://a.co/d/2Y5sCLm
What Christ Thinks of the Church: An Exposition of Revelation 1-3: https://amzn.asia/d/fZcL51V
Truth Unites (https://truthunites.org) exists to promote gospel assurance through theological depth.
Gavin Ortlund (PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary) is President of Truth Unites, Visiting Professor of Historical Theology at Phoenix Seminary, and Theologian-in-Residence at Immanuel Nashville.
SUPPORT:
Tax Deductible Support: truthunites.org/donate
Patreon: patreon.com/truthunites
FOLLOW:
Website: truthunites.org
Instagram: instagram.com/truth.unites
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Facebook: facebook.com/TruthUnitesPage
MY ACADEMIC WORK:
truthunites.org/mypublications
PODCAST:
podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/truth-unites
DISCORD SERVER ON PROTESTANTISM
Striving Side By Side: discord.gg/MdTt6d5PVs
CHECK OUT SOME BOOKS:
amazon.com/Makes-Sense-World-That-Doesnt/dp/1540964094/truthunitesbo-20
amazon.com/Theological-Retrieval-Evangelicals-Need-Future/dp/1433565269/truthunitesbo-20
amazon.com/Finding-Right-Hills-Die-Theological/dp/1433567423/truthunitesbo-20
amazon.com/Retrieving-Augustines-Doctrine-Creation-Controversy/dp/0830853243/truthunitesbo-20
00:00:00 - Introduction
00:01:32 - 1) Revelation Is Worth Studying
00:04:00 - 2) Revelation Is Not Impossible to Interpret
00:06:15 - 3) Revelation Is Not Literal
00:07:48 - 4) Is Revelation Describing the Past or Future (or both)?
00:16:11 - 5) Reading for Edification
00:18:59 - Book Recommendation
00:19:58 - Chapter 1
00:25:14 - Chapters 2-3
00:27:54 - Chapters 4-5
00:32:06 - Chapter 6
00:49:13 - Chapter 7
00:57:21 - Chapter 8
01:05:55 - Chapter 9
01:14:53 - Chapter 10
01:17:09 - Chapter 11
01:22:46 - Chapter 12
01:26:29 - Chapter 13
01:40:00 - Chapter 14
01:42:51 - Chapters 15-16
01:45:38 - Chapters 17-18
01:50:27 - Chapter 19
01:53:16 - Chapter 20
01:56:22 - Chapters 21-22
Gavin Ortlund offers a partial-preterist reading of Revelation, interpreting its apocalyptic imagery as focused on first-century Rome while maintaining hope in Christ’s future return.
Featured Book: Joel Muddamalle's The Unseen Battle: amazon.com/Unseen-Battle-Spiritual-Warfare-Rebellions/dp/0310177626/truthunitesbo-20
Videos Mentioned:
The Antichrist, Great Tribulation, and Millennium: End Times Triage: youtu.be/B6XZrjNqCBw?si=b4k7ha-yaqhzdMAg
Are the End Times Here? Explaining Each Event: youtu.be/ZYMEYKBgv7E?si=ie3GSnf37PI_EJVu
New Evidence for Jesus OUTSIDE the Bible (With Tom Schmidt): youtube.com/watch?v=fLiGJVreGqM
Books Mentioned:
Before Jerusalem Fell: Dating the Book of Revelation: https://a.co/d/5axjQHq
To the One Who Conquers: 50 Daily Meditations on the Seven Letters of Revelation 2-3: https://a.co/d/2Y5sCLm
What Christ Thinks of the Church: An Exposition of Revelation 1-3: https://amzn.asia/d/fZcL51V
Truth Unites (https://truthunites.org) exists to promote gospel assurance through theological depth.
Gavin Ortlund (PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary) is President of Truth Unites, Visiting Professor of Historical Theology at Phoenix Seminary, and Theologian-in-Residence at Immanuel Nashville.
SUPPORT:
Tax Deductible Support: truthunites.org/donate
Patreon: patreon.com/truthunites
FOLLOW:
Website: truthunites.org
Instagram: instagram.com/truth.unites
X: https://x.com/gavinortlund
Facebook: facebook.com/TruthUnitesPage
MY ACADEMIC WORK:
truthunites.org/mypublications
PODCAST:
podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/truth-unites
DISCORD SERVER ON PROTESTANTISM
Striving Side By Side: discord.gg/MdTt6d5PVs
CHECK OUT SOME BOOKS:
amazon.com/Makes-Sense-World-That-Doesnt/dp/1540964094/truthunitesbo-20
amazon.com/Theological-Retrieval-Evangelicals-Need-Future/dp/1433565269/truthunitesbo-20
amazon.com/Finding-Right-Hills-Die-Theological/dp/1433567423/truthunitesbo-20
amazon.com/Retrieving-Augustines-Doctrine-Creation-Controversy/dp/0830853243/truthunitesbo-20
00:00:00 - Introduction
00:01:32 - 1) Revelation Is Worth Studying
00:04:00 - 2) Revelation Is Not Impossible to Interpret
00:06:15 - 3) Revelation Is Not Literal
00:07:48 - 4) Is Revelation Describing the Past or Future (or both)?
00:16:11 - 5) Reading for Edification
00:18:59 - Book Recommendation
00:19:58 - Chapter 1
00:25:14 - Chapters 2-3
00:27:54 - Chapters 4-5
00:32:06 - Chapter 6
00:49:13 - Chapter 7
00:57:21 - Chapter 8
01:05:55 - Chapter 9
01:14:53 - Chapter 10
01:17:09 - Chapter 11
01:22:46 - Chapter 12
01:26:29 - Chapter 13
01:40:00 - Chapter 14
01:42:51 - Chapters 15-16
01:45:38 - Chapters 17-18
01:50:27 - Chapter 19
01:53:16 - Chapter 20
01:56:22 - Chapters 21-22
