Posted by Luke J. Wilson on 31st December 2015 in Second Coming Series | Revelation,Second Coming,Preterism,apocalypse,armageddon,fulfilled prophecy,Return of Christ,Return of Jesus,Eschatology
...ly before
the fall of Jerusalem and just as
the Jewish War was getting underway during
the reign of Nero.
the late date puts
the writing towards
the end of
the reign of Domitian around 95-96 AD.
From John’s own testimony, we know that he was suffering persecution at
the time of writing:
Revelation 1:9
I, John, your bro
ther who share with you in Jesus
the persecution and
the kingdom and
the patient endurance, was on
the island called Patmos because of
the word of God and
the testimony of Jesus.
Both of
these Roman Emperors persecuted
the Christians, though none quite so severely as Nero did.
there’s varying accounts of when Revelation was penned...