This video examines historical information that can help us to determine the date of the book of Revelation.
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And I heard another voice out of heaven say: “Get out of her, my people, if you do not want to share with her in her sins, and if you do not want to receive part of her plagues. (Revelation 18:4) An article on Wikipedia states: “Historicist interpreters commonly used the phrase “Whore of Babylon” to […]
What the Early Church Fathers Taught Determining the date of the book of Revelation proved to be much more difficult than I anticipated. There appear to be valid historical arguments in favor of both an early date, prior to the death of Nero, (68 CE) and a late date, prior to the death of Domitian […]
The External Evidence Regarding the dating of Revelation, the book All Scripture Is Inspired states: “According to the earliest testimony, John wrote the Revelation about 96 C.E., approximately 26 years after the destruction of Jerusalem. This would be toward the close of the reign of Emperor Domitian. In verification of this, Irenaeus in his “Against Heresies” […]
The New World Encyclopedia states: According to early tradition, the writing of this book took place near the very end of Domitian’s reign, around 95 or 96. Others contend for an earlier date, 68 or 69, in the reign of Nero or shortly thereafter.[1] The majority of modern scholars also use these dates. Those in favor of the […]
(Revelation 17:1-7) One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and said to me: “Come, I will show you the judgment on the great prostitute who sits on many waters, 2 with whom the kings of the earth committed sexual immorality, and earth’s inhabitants were made drunk with the wine of her sexual […]
Then a great sign was seen in heaven: A woman was arrayed with the sun, and the moon was beneath her feet, and on her head was a crown of 12 stars, 2 and she was pregnant. And she was crying out in her pains and in her agony to give birth. 3 Another sign was seen […]
In the October 2019 study edition of the Watchtower, Jehovah’s Witnesses were alerted to watch for various features of the coming great tribulation. Among these was a change in their preaching message: “During the great tribulation, the message that we proclaim will likely change. Currently, we are preaching the good news of the Kingdom and […]