Catholic Answers Live #12569 Did the Prophecies in Revelation Happen? John 6 and Salvation - Jimmy Akin
Jan 30, 2026
Jimmy Akin, veteran Catholic apologist and author, offers clear biblical interpretation and doctrinal insight. He discusses whether Revelation’s prophecies already happened. He explores John 6’s link to the Last Supper. He examines Unam Sanctam and salvation, the Church’s historical treatment of heretics, and how to know if you love God.
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Revelation Mostly Applies Early On
- The middle chapters of Revelation likely describe first-century events rather than only future end times.
- Preterism fits John's repeated claim that the visions would happen "soon" and maps the text to early church history.
Three Main Ways To Read Revelation
- Idealism sees Revelation's symbols as recurring patterns throughout church history instead of a single timeline.
- Historicism's attempt to map chapters to successive eras fails because interpreters kept reassigning symbols as history stretched on.
Interpret John 6 In Light Of The Synoptics
- Start with the obvious link between John 6 and the Synoptic Last Supper accounts when interpreting the Bread of Life discourse.
- Treat John as a theological supplement to the Synoptics, not a redundancy.
