The book of revelation, a prophecy of warning and hope. The book itself reveals that the author was a jew, well versed in scripture, a church leader who was well known to the seven churches of asia minor, and a deeply. Above i have listed all the evidence i could find and believe that the evidence points to the apostle john as the author of the book of revelation. Book of revelation explained scripture by scripture. Book of revelation read, study bible verses online. This book is written as an aid for pastors who want to preach through the book of revelation it might make a good gift for your pastor or your church library. Some due to length, have been shortened into continued sections.
John of patmos could be the author named as john in the book of revelation, the apocalyptic text forming the final book of the new testament. The author of the book of revelation christopher l. A book s total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book. In my personal opinion, the book of revelation was written by john the apostle who was the brother of james and disciple of jesus christ.
A biography lives of great religious books beal, timothy on. Revelation to john, last book of the new testament. However, johnsons book also serves as an excellent commentary and devotional book in its own right. Babylon, persia, greece, rome, and the unshakable kingdom of god. Christian fictional numbered author series books share a common setting, story, characters, timeline or other common traits. If so, john penned much of the new testament, with only paul and luke writing more than him. From as early as justin martyr in the second century a. The bulk of traditional sources date the book to the.
Tradition has long held that john the apostle, whom we have seen penned the fourth gospel and the three letters attributed to him, wrote the last book of scripture. The book of revelation rupert thomson, author alfred a. Some modern scholars characterize revelations author as a putative figure whom they call john of patmos. Only this view does justice to revelations claim to be prophecy and interprets the book by the same grammaticalhistorical method as chapters, and the rest of scripture. He sent an angel to present this revelation to his servant john nlt.
Daniels a wise man and he wrote an important book for those who want to study biblical prophecy. The book of revelation starts with this is a revelation from jesus christ, which god gave him to show his servants the events that must soon take place. Returning the book of revelation to its historical context st. The book of revelation, often called the book of revelations, revelation to john, the apocalypse of john, the revelation, or simply revelation, the revelation of jesus christ from its opening words or the apocalypse, is the final book of the new testament, and therefore also the final book of the christian bible. Lets be real, theres a lot of prophecy in the book of revelation coming true as we speak its no longer future tense, were in it. Four times the author identifies himself as john 1. Stylometric analysis, a process which analyses an authors style of writing, shows that the book of revelation and johns gospel display more. With even a casual perusal of christian bookstores, the religious sections of secular bookstores. The book of revelation was written sometime around 96 ce in asia minor. Revelation summary we have detailed a brief summary of the book of revelation for bible study or sunday school lessons. The author was probably a christian from ephesus known as john the elder. So, the divine author of revelation is jesus christ and the human author is the apostle john.
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