Iranaeus was a student of polycarp, who was a disciple of the apostle. The book of revelation was written during his neros reign. If the book was written in the 90s, then the immediate background for the book is persecution of christians under domitian. Pauls love and diligent instruction of the church in ephesus is well documented in scripture. Mack goes as far as to say, in who wrote the new testament, page 152, it would not have made sense before the war had run its course.
The book of revelation was written before ad 70 hubpages. It is a work that in my humble opinion should be considered well worth reading by all before making a decision on where they stand concerning the date wether your presuppositions are pre or post 70. Claudius was the fifth emperor of rome, and he died in ad 54. Since everything was fulfilled at or before the destruction of jerusalem, 70 aders must prove that every nt book was written before the doj. For more information on the external and internal evidence that revelation was written prior to 70 ad, see these five posts. For chiltons view to make sense it is vital that the book of revelation must have been written before 70ad. Most writers consider the theme of the book to be revelation 1. In 180, irenaeus, who knew johns disciple polycarp, quote from every new testament book while also excluding and opposing gnostic writings. As that temple was the center of the jewish life, if revelation had been written after its destruction it could not have failed to have been mentioned in the book.
The significance of the number 7 in the book of revelation. An illustration so far this year ive posted three prophecy charts created by jonathan welton, regarding the fulfillment of daniel 2, revelations focus on the land of israel in the first century, and the fulfillment of daniels 70 weeks prophecy. The late view, which places it about 95 ad, and the early date, which places it before 70 ad. You need to do a little more research concerning the dating for the book of revelation. Futurists most not all, argue that revelation was written after 70 ad. The book of revelation was written before ad 70 horsemen. The book of revelation was written before ad 70 youtube. Revelation is not written about our time period, i will not argue with you, the roman world is the world that is spoken of in matthew 24, the new testament is written about events that would happen before jerusalem was destroyed in ad70, if you do not agree with my belief, thats great, but do not post your false teaching on my page, and do not promote your book on my page, thank you. The books of the bible are not in chronological order. No warnings to flee the destruction of jerusalem which was only 48 years away when john supposedly wrote the book before ad 70. The book claims that the fall of the great city was about to happen. Brown says in an introduction to the new testament, page 164, there is wide scholarly agreement that marks gospel was written in the late 60s or just after 70, and therefore the destruction of the temple was imminent or had already occurred.
The second view is that it was written in the mid 60s adprior to the destruction of jerusalem in ad 70. The dating of the book of revelation is somewhat speculative, but some of the early church fathers clement of alexandria, eusebius, irenaeus, and victorinus wrote that the apostle john experienced exile on the island of patmos. All of these writings are quoted by early church writers. There are many points of interest contained in the book of daniel which with very little interpretation. Many claim the book of revelation was written before 70ad. In other words, none of the prophecy in revelation is about the destruction of 70 ad. Anyone that has a question about the date of revelation will find this book hard to refute. If nero is the 6 th, then the book was written before galba, i. This is the same thing christ told john in revelation 11. Revelation was written before the destruction of jerusalem and that temple, most probably in ad.
The book of revelation was written before ad 70 the end. The end times podium the end times did jesus fail to keep his promise of his second coming. As is clearly seen below, the early church father iranaeus stated the book of revelation was written at the end of emperor domitians reign 8196 it has been determined the book was written in 96ad. The book, upon looking at all the evidence we have, was written before 70 ad, and if the church wasnt around after 60 ad, it had to be before. If the book of revelation is a book of prophecy as it claims to be rev. Revelation then goes on to describe events occurring much later in the roman world but thats for another post. Traditionally, the book of revelation has been dated near the end of the first century, around a. But with the book written in the era of ad 6570, before the destruction of jerusalem and the temple, john would have been in his early to mid 60s making it more feasible for him to travel and evangelize. Contrary to popular opinion, although the revelation is the last book in the bible it does not mean it was the last book written. Only hyperfull preterist has the agenda to contest this fact because their whole eschatology will crash and crumble just by proving that revelation was not written 70 ad but after like most scholars say. As you can see the temple was destroyed in 70 ad, but oddly enough this information is never written in any new testament book. Kenneth gentry has written an entire book, before jerusalem fell. Some writers, however, have advanced the preterist from a latin word meaning that which is past view, contending that the apocalypse was penned around a.
Furthermore, those who hold that the book of revelation was written long after the destruction of the temple in ad 70 face an even more. Was revelation written before or after the destruction of. The book of revelation was written before ad 70 2015 although the revelation is the last book in the bible, it does not mean it was the last book written. The book of revelation was written before ad 70 jonathan companik. If nero is the 6th, then the book was written before galba, i. November 4, 2014 november 4, 2014 by kingdom files. The revelation of john my conviction is that john wrote the book of revelation prior to the destruction of the temple, probably somewhere around 65 or 66. If johns mention of tribulation means the great tribulation, then they were in it before 70 ad.
Revelation was written during neros reign before 70ad. The following posts lay out a case that the book of revelation was written prior to 70 ad, and that this book has much to say about the destruction of jerusalem and apostate israel which took place in johns day. No mention of future destruction of jerusalem, which for fullpreterists is odd, since john writes the entire book of revelation about it and the topic would be front and center on his mind that is. I still contend it was written around 5556 ad, in the beginning years of neros reign. When was the apocalypse written, before or after 70 ad. Revelation looks to have been written before there was a clear break between christians and jews.
I believe this because the book includes prophecies about domitian in revelation chapter 17. If revelation was written before ad 70, it is reasonable to assume that the vision given to john was meant to reveal the apocalyptic events surrounding the destruction of jerusalemevents that were still in johns future but are in our past. The church of laodicea was destroyed in 60 ad and wasnt rebuilt till 85 ad. If revelation was written after 70 ad, i would agree with futurists, prophecy about the past isnt prophecy. Although the revelation is the last book in the bible, it does not mean it was the last book written. The bible was written before 70 ad and here is why, page 1. This revelation came to john before jerusalems destruction in ad 70 rev 11. In this chapter, domitian is the king who yet will come 17.
Was revelation written before or after the destruction of the temple. Nt books written before ad 70 logos bible software forums. There is no way that revelation was written until at least 6670 ce. This would be unlikely if revelation was written in 96 ad because john would have been in his 90s. The book of revelation was written after 70 ad kingdom files. Olivet discourse pre 70 dating book of revelation temple. It is claimed that revelation must have been penned before a. Ken gentry in his book, before jerusalem fell cites evidence for a pre 70 ad date. The book of revelation often called the revelation to john, apocalypse of john, the revelation from jesus christ from its opening words, the apocalypse, the revelation, or simply revelation is the final book of the new testament, and consequently is also the final book of the christian bible. The book claims to have been written at a time of momentous and extraordinary turmoil. Having examined the scriptures in support of the pread 70 date, ask yourself this question.
I will show that the early date has the strongest support. When was revelation written and why is it important. There are two views of when revelation was written. The most serious difficulties in claiming all the prophecies were fulfilled in ad 70 are theological. The only person im familiar with who dates the book of revelation prior to or just at ad 70 is earl palmer before jerusalem fell by ken gentry is an almost 400 page book making the case for revelation predating ad 70. Its title is derived from the first word of the koine greek text.
And this is the earliest written section from the book of revelation. In order for the book of revelation to be written prior to 70 ad, the church at ephesus would have to have lost her first love to the degree it did while paul was alive or very shortly after his death. Revelation is pushed a little further out to about ad 66 68. That leads me to the logical conclusion that the books of the bible were written before 70 ad as that long awaited prophecy is never mentioned. Preterists take the position that john wrote revelation prior to 70 ad, which they claim is the tribulation.
An illustration september 27, 2014 october 16, 2014 adam maarschalk 22 comments so far this year ive posted three prophecy charts created by jonathan welton, regarding 1 the fulfillment of daniel 2, 2 revelations focus on the land of israel in the first century, and 3 the fulfillment of. Olivet discourse pre70 dating book of revelation temple destroyed. But one that has always been with us, and i would say at least in the early years of the churchs history, may have been a dominant view, was that the book of revelation is not reporting events that are going to take place way out in the future. There are lots of different views of the meaning of the book of revelation. This, of course, does not presuppose that all the prophecies in revelation have already been fulfilled. Some say it was written before the destruction of jerusalem in ad 70, and others say it was written.
Historically, there seems to be many more than that after 70 ad as christianity began to grow very rapidly. Therefore, since the disciples generation has long since passed away, revelation must have been written before the nations trampled jerusalem under foot in ad 70. Nero was the sixth emperor, and he reigned from ad 5468. Was the book of john written first or the book of revelation. It should be noted, however, that most nondispensational interpretations require the book of revelation to have been written prior to ad 70, something that general scholarship does not support. The position taken in this commentary is that both views contain aspects of the correct solution, since it appears that while the final edition of revelation was completed toward the end of the reign of domitian or, more likely, during the early part of the reign of trajan, the first edition of the book was composed as much as a generation. Believers in preterism, need the book of revelation to be written before the destruction of jerusalem in 70ad. If john wrote it after 70ad, then it is a fully prophetic book speaking of a future time. In his book before jerusalem fell in case you cant tell by the title, its an essaybook that provides extensive reasoning on why the revelation was written pre70 ad, he writes essentially the same as i. Dating the book of revelation church of christ articles. It is my opinion that the book was written in the years immediately before domitian became emperor of rome ad 82.
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