Does the "Soon" Language of Revelation Prove Preterism? "The primary thing that people appeal to is this: the language of 'Near" and "quickly" that are used in Revelation seem to indicate that Jesus is going to come back immediately, in that generation." Two words : Takos: Quickly or suddenly Angus : Near For the time is near. If John says that the time is near and things must soon come to pass then it has to happen within a few years. We can't be looking thousands of years down the timeline for fulfillment. This doesn't seem to be in the spirit of the proper interpretation. These two words are used throughout Revelation, from chapter 1 to chapter 22. Therefore the entire span of time that the book of Revelation covers is all considered "soon". This includes the letters to the churches, the visions, the binding of Satan, the release of the Beast, the new heaven and the new earth. All of these time p...