![]() The theme to the Book of Revelation was the Second Coming of Jesus against the apostate Jews in A.D. Grace to you and peace from Him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven Spirits who are before His throne, (Revelation 1:4) Revelation cannot be understood apart from this fact.Ĥ John, to the seven churches which are in Asia: He was writing to seven churches in Asia which have long since disappeared. John was not writing to Christians living in America in the 21 st century. ![]() 3 Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written in it for the time is near. And He sent and signified it by His angel to His servant John, 2 who bore witness to the word of God, and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, to all things that he saw. See the article Date of Revelation by Timothy King.Īt the very beginning of the Book of Revelation we are told explicitly when the prophesies contained in the book were to be fulfilled! The timing of the prophecies is the key to understanding Revelation.ġ The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants- things which must shortly take place. there surely would have been mention of Herod's Temple having been destroyed 25 years earlier, but there is silence on this issue. If Revelation was written in 95 or 96 A.D. Nero Caesar was the reigning emperor at the composition of Revelation as chapter 17 indicates. We know the temple was destroyed in 70 A.D.ģ. Revelation chapter 11 tells us that the temple was still standing. This was not the case after the destruction of the temple in 70 A.D.Ģ. Revelation was written at a time when Christianity and Judism were operating in the same circles. For more in-depth study read the book Before Jerusalem Fell.ġ. Below is the tip of the ice berg for internal evidence to prove Revelation was written under the reign of Nero Caesar before 70 A.D. External evidence does not hold as much weight as internal evidence. External evidence is evidence from outside Revelation such as writings of the early church fathers. Internal comes from within Revelation itself and is therefore the most important kind of evidence. There are two kinds of evidence regarding the composition of the Apocopypse, internal evidence and external evidence. The fact is the Book of Revelation was written before Before Jerusalem Fell as hyper creedalist Ken Gentry shows in his book. This is known as the "quick fix of 96" for if Revelation was written under Domitian's reign then the Preterist view has a problem. ![]() When confronted with the Preterist view of Eschatology people often say, "Wasn't the Book of Revelation written after 70 A.D.?" They point out (incorrectly) that Revelation was written in 95 or 96 A.D. When was Revelation written? AVOID THE QUICK FIX OF 96
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