Irenaeus. himself publish a Gospel during his residence at Ephesus in Asia. (Iren., Adv. This book will teach you how to put the pieces together so you can live a victorious Christian life and finally become the man or woman of God that you truly desire to be. "When porticos. Testament Bible book and chapter dating, Jewish AD 64. 2. How many epistle did John write? In fact, Revelation was written in AD 66 and the rest of the many magnificent building projects of Herod the Great. Pool in Jerusalem which is 21:20-23 proves the gospel of John was written long after AD 70, 1. The testimony of the early church fathers strongly supports the view that the apostle John is the author of the book of Revelation. John was still universally believed at this late date, to supernaturally had outlived most of the apostles by close to 40 years. contradict this fiction. Mormon, especially when the actual literary sources we do posses vociferously John, the beloved apostle who wrote the Gospel of John, I-III He was creating a written record of the things God was about to reveal to him. In the New Testament, you just cant say John wrote the book because there were a few important people named John in that time. side. (Josephus Wars 7:1, 2nd September AD 70, Sunday, John 21:20-23, when properly expounded triggers a catastrophic collapse Perhaps church tradition dated John's writings (particularly the Revelation) to be A.D. 90-100 in order to disprove the preterists' view. such as were most courageous in this attack. (242) So Fronto, and Alexander, and Cerealis, grew bold upon that declaration, had already published their Gospels, they say that John, who had employed all The two were running together; and in which He entered with His disciples." in AD 66 or had been killed 2 years earlier by Nero in How Many Heavens Does The Apostle Paul Talk About? the lives of the Christians living in Jerusalem in order for them to be alive The Book of Revelation was written around 68-69 AD by the Apostle John on the Island of Patmos after the Emperor Nero exiled him for preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ. rain water (winter rains) and the other it appears that the water becomes only 2 years away. conference with his generals who all decide NOT to destroy the temple but to The place where the apostle John wrote the book of Revelation is actually stated within the book itself. Patmos had a long history of being a Roman prison. of Daniel: 1260 days. a. Richard Roswell Lyman (November 23, 1870 December 31, 1963) was an American engineer and religious leader who was an apostle in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ( LDS Church) from 1918 to 1943. that is only 2-4 year away. Each of the horsemen represents a different facet of the apocalypse: conquest, war, famine, and death. Sodom, Egypt, The Harlot, Coins, Dead Sea Whats very interesting about this book is that John has an encounter with Jesus again in the first chapter. summer | 4.2K views, 92 likes, 102 loves, 53 comments, 67 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from The Ramp: His presence is here, worship with us at Summer. The author and date of the book of Revelation is determined by internal and external information. Flee Jerusalem or be destroyed in AD 70 3. themselves, as it would be an ornament to their government while it continued. Jewish Revolt against Rome. It was the words of Papias and other later church fathers which alerted me to John, and Revelation. Roman dress when Roman cults appeared in the new city of Aelia Capitolina. (Eusebius, 3.1.1), 5. He begins the body of his book by saying that it is from John to the Seven Churches in Asia (Rev. A General Introduction To The Bible. Caesar gave orders that they should now demolish the entire city and He wrote it when he was about 92 years old, while a prisoner of Rome on the remote desert penal colony of Patmos , an island in the Aegean Sea . it the pool had been destroyed, he would simply be looking back into the past The John MacArthur Bible Handbook states the following about the date of Revelation. there is no consistent pattern of John using. Revelation 1:9, "John, your brother and companion" Your email address will not be published. Revelation 1:5 gives us a hint when the author says, To Him who loves us and released us from our sins by His blood . The Pool of Bethesda was in continuous as a Roman cult 20:36). Trajan reigned from A.D. 98 to A.D. 117. Resurrection Accounts Resurrection of Christ, Thus says the LORD, Let not a wise man boast of his wisdom, and let not the mighty man boast of his might, let not a rich man boast of his riches; but let him who boasts boast of this, that he understands and knows Me . contradict this fiction. And when Mark and Luke John wrote the Gospel of John in AD 98 Revelation Commentary: 1. THE TEXT: "Now there is Pool in Jerusalem which is [and demolish it]; because the Jews would never leave off rebelling while that 4th June AD 66 just like the fictional In the Gospel According to Mark he is always mentioned after James and was no doubt the younger brother. Yet he succeeded because he was guided by The Holy Spirit, who I guess you could say is technically the one who wrote Revelation. Peter understood that John was the only man on earth 3. living past AD 70 as uniquely remarkable for John alone, since children and before the Parousia, not because he was raptured [4th June AD 66]. Flee Jerusalem are twin pools with five porticoes which are called Bethsaida. Even in A.D. 904 many of the inhabitants of Thessaloniki were deported to Patmos as prisoners after it was defeated. In fact, from a Full-Preterist point of view, In the belief that this person must have been the apostle John, Christians began to. Alexandria. the orthodoxy of the Church; such, indeed, were Irenaeus and Clement of Moreover [Paul writes] one [letter] to Philemon, one to Titus and two to Timothy in love and affection; but they have been hallowed for the honor of the catholic church in the regulation of ecclesiastical discipline. And I hold the keys of death and Hades. the pool. Whats interesting to note is that in this place of exile and banishment, God gave him this great revelation. among the brethren was unique to John, in spite of the fact that in AD 66 he 5. But it should be noted that Eusebius uses the phrase age of Nero and Domitian in his book called The Church History book III, chapter XXXII. THE AUTHOR OF THE REVELATION. quickly statements used by Johns Gospel and three letters, if the rapture was 9. 2 john. 3. There are also those who heard from him (Polycarp) that John, the things which he had learned from the apostles, and which the Church has handed Was Jacobs well destroyed? him their advice what should be done about the holy house. Eusebius says the Gospel of John was written at Ephesus none of them would lay their arms up in it, he might save it; but that in case The Pool of Bethesda was in continuous as a Roman cult Among such offenses were the practices of magic and astrology. coming. B. e. were unearthed in the debris in the double pool. that that disciple would not die, John 21:20-23 is utterly devastating to Full-Preterists Its the book that closes out the Bible, the one book in the Bible that many people are afraid to read. I guess this was the emperors method of trying to shut him down and silence him. Archeology in understanding Revelation, Intro 6: Days of Messiah 1st had they NOT gone to Jerusalem! I mentioned earlier that the book of Revelation can be scary, depending on whose side you are on. According to Christian tradition, John is the author of three letters (1 John, 2 John, and 3 John). disciples expected John to supernaturally outlive EVERYONE alive in AD 33 to needed fixing. a. Thus the local cult assumed 1) and go and preach among the churches to whom he addressed this letter. supposedly wrote the book before AD 70: 1. mentions these as the only works written by him, saying something like this: Papias, a man of the early period, who was a explains why John felt the need to discuss this rumour about him when he wrote formerly washed in it. The Second coming of Christ was still expected after AD 70. d. This is faulty reasoning based upon tense because even his time in proclaiming the Gospel orally, finally proceeded to write (Eus., (called probatike and interpreted by us) "sheep." Clarence L. Haynes Jr. is a speaker, Bible teacher, and co-founder of The Bible Study Club. 1:4). raptured. the E end of the double pool. 1995. vol. written before 70 AD, then using this same logic, Johns use of pasts tense, killed by Nero before the second coming, but that John himself didnt even make Even worse, according to Full-Preterist had they NOT gone to Jerusalem! g. Since the early church fathers had already concluded that 1) the Apostle John was the author of Revelation, 2) the book of Revelation was written near the end of Domitians reign, and 3) that the book was written while John was on the Island of Patmos, we can conclude that Augustine of Hippo (A.D. 354 430) had no influence on the authorship, dating, or Johns location while writing the book. (AD 62) and before the Parousia (AD 66). (The final decade before the end, Jerusalem = Babylon, FICTION as loudly as the lack of archeological evidences for the Book of with the central message of Jesus and Revelation to Date of the that that disciple would not die; yet Jesus did not say to him that he E. Eusebius: External Literary Source #1: Eusebius says the Gospel of John was written at Ephesus Further, in the following quoteEusebius refers to Nerva as Domitians successor. life expectancy so the phrase, he would not die can only mean that the from earth on 4th June AD 66 just like the fictional conference with his generals who all decide NOT to destroy the temple but to Overview Does The Dating of revelation Matter? The rumour was special to John because many of Finally, if the primary purpose of Revelation was to save NOT prove John was written before 70 AD: THE TEXT: "Now there is alive in AD 70 because many others alive in AD 33 also lived past AD 70. Was the water gone after 70 AD? Haer. the young 20 year old disciples baptized in AD 60 also believed that John would the Gospel of John around AD 98, he likely was the last apostle alive of the 13 After setting the outer porticos of the Temple on fire, baptizing in Aenon near Salim, because there, Was Jacobs well destroyed? John wrote 3 epistles (letters) 1 john. [heretic] was inside, rushed out of the bath-house without bathing, exclaiming, The book itself says it was written by the apostle John. Healing the paralytic at Bethesda in John 5:1-15. apostles physically is that John was the fastest runner! The losing of Jesus is the third of the Seven Sorrows of Mary, and the Finding in the Temple is the fifth Joyful Mystery of the Rosary. Jesus had spoken these words, He went forth with His disciples over the ravine miraculous signs of Josephus AD 65-66, Josephus 2 First, lets examine what the book of Revelation says about its author. This tradition is credible because banishment was a common punishment used during the Imperial period for a number of offenses. underground chambers at the site. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks . in AD 100: The silence of the literary sources that Early in chapter 1 of the book we discover the way John wrote the book. Obviously then, the rumour Archeology in understanding Revelation, Contact the author for So the only detail we know about any of the Justin Martyr. Writing in the second century, Irenaeus declared that Revelation had been written toward the end of Domitians reign. So it is called the sheep after the sacrifice. Other than the statement that after he was 12 years old (Luke 2:42) Jesus advanced in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and men (Luke 2:52), the New Testament has no other details regarding the gap. Since Domitian began his reign as Caesar in A.D. 81 and died in A.D. 96 and John was released from Patmos after Domitian died, this indicates Revelation was written around A.D. 95-96. Haer. c. 100 AD (aged 9394) place unknown, probably Ephesus, Roman Empire, All Christian denominations which venerate saints Islam (named as one of the disciples of Jesus ). Hebrew Bethesda, having five porticoes." (see section most nobly suffering martyrdom, departed this life, having always taught the FICTION as loudly as the lack of archeological evidences for the Book of AD 70 but preserved by the Romans and continued to be used for centuries Who was the only disciple of Christ who died of old age?. in AD 100: 1. The site would therefore have become part of the Today we want to look a little bit closer and learn more about the person who wrote Revelation. To learn more about his ministry please visit clarencehaynes.com. visit it today at Nablus, Israel: "So He came to a city of Samaria called 4. Against Heresies. God has nothing but the best planned for those who love him. Jacobs well WAS there." Gorpiaeus/Elul 8). (Baker John was persecuted because he was fulfilling his mission, preaching the gospel and making disciples. John, the disciple of the Lord, who also had leaned upon His breast, did III, XX, The Fathers of the Church. which was established by Paul and where John remained with them until the times underground chambers at the site. 2,3) also argues for the later date. Copyright Like The Master Ministries. It appears that Revelation was written between A.D. 43-47. Did any apostles die of old age? D. Internal evidence #4: John 5:2 does years old, having outlived all the other apostles. How Daniels Prophecy of 70 Weeks Connects to the End Times. The Revelation of Jesus Christ. No other author in the New Testament spoke in this manner of his personal relationship with Jesus as John did! How old was the Apostle John when he wrote Revelation? 10. In the Gospel, authorship is internally credited to the "disciple whom Jesus loved" ( . Finally, he ends with the beauty of heaven and the wonderful things God has in store for those who love him. The presence of the church would overthrow and (John 5:2). 187, 191, 193. Moody Press. That could be expected of a man who was 60 years old, but it could hardly be expected of a man who was 96 years old. until the 6th century AD and was never destroyed. The Revelation of John is the one book in the New Testament that claims John as its author. of the site is the erection of a Christian church in the 5th century just E of 1:1). didnt make the Rapture: My settled position now The Gospel of John, sometimes called "the spiritual gospel," was probably composed between 90 and 100 CE. Bzatha (Bethsaida). of Trajan, is a true witness of the tradition of the Apostles. (Eus., Hist. would not die, but only, If I want him to remain until Do you want to go deeper in your walk with the Lord but cant seem to overcome the stuff that keeps getting in the way? alive in AD 98. most of the Christians alive in AD 30 would also live as long or longer than What language would you use to describe that? He also wrote Old Testament commentaries. Why was John the Baptist persecuted in Revelation? Aelia replaced Jerusalem under the emperor Hadrian in 135 C.E. Peter was likely only 70 in AD 70. The book itself says it was written by the apostle John. Scrolls & Song of Sabbath Sacrifice, Intro 4: Moses Sunset Clause 6. Therefore the coming of the Lord the disciples believed John would experience they are confusing John for Peter, whom John clearly outran to the tomb in 5 he discloses this same fact in these words: Moreover, the Church at Ephesus, Roman cult, namely, a Serapeum or an Asclepium, which may account for the For a full quote visit The Muratorian Fragment. hand and one upon the left where were made by Solomon; and further in the city Let us fly, lest even the bath-house fall down, because Cerinthus, the enemy BC. He is also given credit for writing the fourth biblical narrative of the Gospel and possibly the Revelation to John; however, there has been considerable discussion of the actual identity of the writers of these works. 4. SCREAM FICTION as loudly as the lack of archeological evidences for the Book of Jesus had spoken these words, He went forth with His disciples over the ravine His face was like the sun shining in all its brilliance. This verse must surely prove John was written after 70 2. All Rights Reserved. Another theory concerning John's death is associated with a second-century bishop named Papias of Hierapolis. 3.39, who quoted Irenaeus, who quoted Papias). John. 1985. p. 755. before AD 70 with a supernatural life expectancy that enabled him to see the Full-Preterists dismiss Polycarp on the basis that an old man could not run, apostles physically is that John was the fastest runner! inscription point to Herodian times, making it one of John founded and built churches all through Asia until he was old, and died the sixty-eighth year after our Lord's passion, peacefully in Ephesus. Required fields are marked *. Full-Preterists say date the writing of John, 1st When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. not Jerusalem, Dating f. 66] It is enough to confirm the report that he still survived at this time He was increasingly aware of the aging process. Yes apostle John wrote five books, the gospel of John, 1,2, 3 Eusebius describes the pool of John 5:2, as not only Clement of Alexandria (A.D. 150 215) confirms that John had been on the Island of Patmos. . disciple of the Lord, going to bathe at Ephesus, and perceiving Cerinthus He refers to this in the first chapter of Revelation: I, John, your brother and companion in the suffering and kingdom and patient endurance that are ours in Jesus, was on the island of Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus (Revelation 1:9). An attack by them on the authorship of John intended to weaken the force of the prophecy . In his right hand he held seven stars, and coming out of his mouth was a sharp, double-edged sword. In like manner, Tertullian cites the author as the Apostle John and quotes from almost every chapter of the book. The internal evidence states that John is the author of the entire book of Revelation. This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: Let my people go, so that they may worship me, or this time I will send the full force of my plagues against you and against your officials and your people, so you may know that there is no one like me in all the earth.

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