The document discusses various schools of interpretation for the book of Revelation: 1) Preterist views see Revelation's prophecies as fulfilled by the fall of Jerusalem or the Roman Empire. 2) Futurists see the prophecies fulfilled in a final crisis just before the Second Coming. 3) Historicists view Revelation as chronological outline of church history until the Second Coming. 4) Idealists and Modified Idealists see the scenes as depicting spiritual warfare throughout the church age until the final consummation. Most scholars favor some form of Idealism or Modified Idealism as it accounts for both literal and symbolic interpretations.