The concern of the evangelical interpreter is to understand the grammar of a passage in light of its historic context. The evangelical hermeneutic is known as the grammatical–historical method of interpretation.

When interpreting any book of the Bible, it is important to ascertain the audience to which it was originally directed. The first step in identifying the Beast is to consider: Audience Relevance Let us consider the case for such an identity. Perhaps you know him better by his adoptive name: Nero Claudius Caesar. I believe the Beast was none other than Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus. I think a credible and compelling case can be made for an ancient political figure as the Beast of Revelation. For some reason, Christians delight in the prospect of hearing that the horrible judgments are fast approaching our own generation!

The same thing happened a little later when I gave the seminar in Opelousas, Louisiana. I had greatly disappointed the eager attendees by locating Revelation’s activity in the first century. The visitors did not come back for any of the following sessions. On the first night of the conference the church was delighted to see several first–time visitors who had come to study Revelation. A couple of years ago I was conducting a well–advertised seminar in a church outside of Atlanta, Georgia. I frequently give weekend seminars on Revelation that are of five or six hours duration.

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