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Both internal and external evidence suggest that Revelation may have been written before Jerusalem’s destruction in 70 CE. If so, Babylon the Great—the “great city”—fits most naturally as symbolic of apostate Jerusalem rather than the broad, later concept of “false religion.”
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ChatGPT: Both mainstream biblical scholarship and Jehovah’s Witnesses agree that all Johannine writings were composed in the final decade of the 1st century CE. John was likely the last surviving apostle, writing from Ephesus, after decades of reflection and ministry — giving his Gospel and letters a deeply spiritual, mature tone.