The Big question that you need to ask your pastor or you is what DOES THE BOOK OF REVELATION REPRESENT: 1) IS IT A ROAD MAP TO WARN THE PRESENT DAY CHURCH OF THE NEED TO REPENT AND WALK WITH CHRIST. 2) That it warns of THE RISE OF THE ANTI-CHRIST BEAST who will create a One-World government, and 3) that it gives us hope of THE RETURN OF JESUS CHRIST, AND THE JUDGMENT OF HIS CREATION. This represents a literal meaning of the Book of Revelation, the book of Daniel, the words of OT prophets and the words of Jesus Christ in Matthew 24.
4) OR that the Book of Revelation and much of what the major and minor prophets say are JUST AN ALLEGORY AND HAVE little or no VALUE FOR US TODAY.  This is a very serious question that very few families, individuals, leaders, and pastors are willing to address.
It is the difference between believing what all the prophets in the Bible and Jesus Christ said about the future or dismissing them as having already happened. If you believe that God has rejected Israel and that the next step is establishing the Kingdom of God on earth, then you need to read Revelation again because Jesus himself calls it Apocalyptic prophecy. And if it all happened in AD 70 then it did not happen to the whole world as Revelation clearly lays out. It would have only happened to a small slice of the Middle East. It would diminish the power of the key book of Prophecy in the New Testament -the one and only book in the Bible in which Jesus Christ promises blessings to all who read it, a blessing to anyone who hears and special blessings to anyone who understands it.  At the same time, He promises to curse anyone to adds or subtracts from its meaning.
If the events in Revelation were all about a soon to happen event during the Roman Empire as Presbyterians, Episcopalians, Lutherans and Catholics believe, it would have to be after John the Apostle wrote the Book of Revelation in AD 90.  And that would imply that you believe each event in Revelation has already occurred in history. That includes the Seal, Trumpet, and Bowl Judgments. So where and when was the Mark of Beast, when was the 1000-year kingdom, where is the perfect peace on earth, and where is the destruction of the earth? Is all that just symbolic? If you say that the Abomination happened in the time of Nero or some other Roman Emperor, then when did the Tribulation and the 1000-year reign on earth happen or are they yet to come—you are implying a span of at least 1,900 years from the Abomination to now.
Know this you are going against what Jesus Christ said. Jesus said in Revelation 24:15 – that immediately after the Abomination of Desolation spoken of by Daniel – cataclysmic events in Tribulation would Commence- That “unless those days were shortened, no one would survive.” Are you thinking that those birth pains lasted 1,900 years from the Abomination of Desolation which the Preterists believe happened in 70AD when those in Judea did flee? Neither would make any sense. History DOES NOT BACK UP what THE PRETERIST believes and THOSE WHO TAKE REVELATION AS AN ALLEGORY.
THE TRUTH IS: According to Daniel the end time events would last 1 week of years or 7 years and that the Abomination of Desolation would happen at the middle of that week or after 3 and 1/2 years. That week would be the 70th week- a week of tribulation that has not yet happened according to anyone who studies history and compares it to the Words of Jesus Christ.
AND THE TRUTH IS: According to Jesus speaking in Matthew 24, that when you see the wars and rumors of war, the earthquakes, the famines and nation rising against nations then it is the beginning of birth pains. These signs along with increased persecution, the increases in false prophets, the rise of lawlessness, and the “Abomination of Desolation as spoken by Daniel — then let the reader understand that those in Judea must flee to the mountains,†Matthew 24: 4-16 – all Spoken by Jesus Christ concerning this future end time.
According to those who make Revelation an allegory and claim that it is not a literal promise, the “fleeing into the mountains†has already happened- in AD70. Therefore, the world is ready for the KINGDOM OF GOD to be erected on earth (and has been ready for 1,900 years). YES, one-half of the present-day Church has sold out to the belief that when an individual accepts Jesus Christ as Savior it is the 2nd Coming of Christ, and that He (Jesus Christ) will not return in the clouds as was promised by the angels in the book of Acts (1:9-11) and in the writings of Paul. The 2nd coming to them is a personal acceptance of Jesus as Savior and is not a Corporate Promise to the Church to Return to take it up as His Bride (the rapture) before the Great Tribulation.
These Kingdom builders also believe that Israel has forsaken all the Promises that God made for it and that the Church has replaced Israel as God’s Promised people. Therefore, they believe that Israel is cursed and no longer connected to Promises made by the Old Testament Prophets or Jesus Christ. This would also eliminate much of what Paul said in the book of Hebrews, Romans, and other letters such as in Thessalonians concerning the rapture or the Return of Jesus Christ.
Basically, they believe Revelation is just an allegory with symbols and metaphors. Entire Denominations were formed out of this lie. One in particular was established by a Scottish woman who out of pride and rebellion against the Anglican Church formed a nationalist denomination for the Scotts. Out of the movement and similar one’s people were taught a “covenant type theology” that states that God has rejected His Covenant with Israel and replaced it with a Covenant with the Church. This IS NOT STATED ANYWEHRE IN THE BIBLE. God directs each of us to study the Word of God to show oneself approved. They teach when one is baptized as a baby, you are sealed with the Holy Spirit. Therefore, they do not believe in the concept of being born again if you were baptized as infant.
The irony of this distorted theology is that they believe Israel lost is covenant because it was cursed for disobeying God. Yet, they are the ones who are disobeying God and are cursed. This whole denomination has split twice as a result of disobedience concerning homosexuality and the governance of the Church. Do NOT TRUST IN FALSE TEACHING BY OTHERS WHO MAY HAVE ALSO BEEN TAUGHT A LIE.  Much of the leadership of this denomination and other denominations have sold out to an intellectual pursuit of truth and therefore endorse evolution. Like the Pope they have endorsed evolution and this Replacement theology where Israel has no rights to Palestinian lands.
If you trust that God wants us reject Israel and to build the Kingdom ourselves then you are rejecting the idea that Jesus will build the Kingdom himself after the Tribulation. You are trusting that even after 1,900 years of increased war, rumors of war, famine, and lawlessness mankind will get its act together and will suddenly form the perfect Kingdom.
Think about it. You are believing what the Anti-Christ and Satan wants you to believe. YES, Satan is even now breaking down nations, democracies, families, small businesses so that he can usher in a ONE-World government in order to hand the power over to the Anti-Christ and others who promise “Peace and Safety (I Thess. 5:1-3).â€Â That false church will fall for these lies and will follow the Anti-Christ instead of seeking to protect Israel and stop this consolidation of power by one man. This false church and all those in it will be led to believe that this charismatic leader and his false Prophet will create a “A Perfect Kingdom.” This false church will also follow false gods and knowledge that the man of Lawlessness will use to deceive even the elect.
This word “elect†I believe was purposely used by Paul because he knew this group of false believers will consider themselves the “elect†which is a major characteristic of these deluded church leaders. These leaders think that because they were born into a denomination or sacred organization that they have been elected unto salvation. They trust in infant baptism for the sealing of the Holy Spirit. Eventually the Anti-Christ will destroy the False Prophet along with these misguided churches, fulfilling what Jesus said about the lambs led by the false shepherd.
This One-world system will not usher in the true Kingdom of God but will instead usher in a false unified world system (the Ten Horns of the Beast) which establishes the false covenant with Israel, then betrays Israel with the Abomination of Desolation. This will happen in the middle of the 7-year Tribulation period. As stated, it will be a time when those in Judea must flee or die. This will be a time when Jesus will protect this Jewish remnant of believers as they flee to Bosra after that great Abomination.
The True Kingdom of God or the time when Jesus Christ will rule on the earth for 1000 years will only happen after the 7-year Tribulation when Jesus Christ defeats the world’s armies led by the Anti-Christ. This Anti-Christ army may have a lot of christians in it who think that Israel is the enemy- for they have been duped into thinking that they are fighting for the Kingdom of God on earth established by this great prophet (the False Prophet) who performs miracles, and the Charismatic leader (the Anti-Christ) who has brought the whole world together in “peace & safety.” Hopefully these duped Christians will not take the mark of the Beast for that will condemn them to eternal damnation.
Many will walk in this sin through the trials and tribulation thinking that he or she is participating in God’s building of a holy and perfect one-world Kingdom on Earth. They are deceived by both the False Prophet and the Anti-Christ who are performing wonders on earth. They will reject the literal meaning of about 1/3 of what the Bible says: this includes all the major prophets, most of the minor prophets, the Book of Daniel, and about 35% of the New Testament. At a certain point God will put a great delusion upon them as stated in II Thess. 11. I ask you to study what your denomination teaches and believes, and where your belief stands. It could mean the difference between you following the LORD JESUS CHRIST as prophecy is fulfilled or going against the Promises that He has made for Israel, for the Church and for those who are born again.
It is evident in recent current events that there is a Marxist movement to overthrow the soul of our nation and every institution that we hold dear including what is protected by the Constitution. Our Constitution was given to us by God through covenants established by many of our founding state or local governments.  As stated in my book Cosmic Crossroad Countdown that the LORD put in my heart in 2017, the failures of our government in protecting the innocent, keeping prayer in our schools, and keeping God in the center of our nation’s progress has opened the door to judgment. This judgment and call to repentance is part of God’s plan to purify the Church and redeem those who have lost their way. God wants us to pray and to look up to Him for answers. The lawlessness and rebellion that is spreading throughout our nation are being buttressed by lies, false narratives, deception, and corruption that is being promoted by most of the media and by many influential and wealthy groups such as Hollywood, Corporate moguls, High Tech influencers, and Academia.  A cancellation of Truth and the glorification of a Woke mentality has redefined the natural order that God established and defined good as evil and evil as good. The ground is being prepared for a One-World government that rejects God.