Who first came up with a start date for the commencement of the Laodicea Church age in dispensationalism?
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I have heard of **the Historicist view** [see](https://www.gotquestions.org/historicism-historicist.html) and **the Futurist view** [see](https://www.gotquestions.org/futurist-Revelation.html) of interpreting the book of Revelation.
As far as I know, the Historicist view follows a straight line of continuous fulfillment of prophecy which starts from the time of Daniel, through the time of the writing of the Book of Revelation, all the way to the Second Coming of Jesus Christ.
The Futurist view of interpreting Revelation is very popular today, particularly among dispensationalists. Those who hold this view generally believe that everything after Revelation 3 will be fulfilled in the future.
Clarence Larkin, an American Baptist pastor, apparently claimed that the literal fulfilment of the Church in Laodicea (in Revelation chapter 3) happened in 1990. [Source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_Larkin) . Would that be an Historicist view, or a Futurist view?
I would like to know if Clarence Larkin was the first minister to pin a date of 1990 to the start of the Laodicean church age, or if the commencement of the fulfilment of this particular church age happened earlier.
P.S. Found some interesting and useful information here: https://christianity.stackexchange.com/questions/104065/what-is-the-biblical-basis-for-a-historicist-reading-of-the-seven-churches-in-re
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