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Pre AD70 revelation..list of scholars supporting it

LittleLambofJesus

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This was taken from another thread and I thought it would be appropriate here......

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Show me a quote from Josephus whereby he writes about seeing Jesus coming on the clouds with power and great glory.
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Does this count? The first is Traill's translation

"What I am about to relate would, I conceive, be deemed a mere fable, had it not been related by eye-witnesses, and attended by calamities commensurate with such portents. Before sunset were seen around the whole country chariots poised in the air, and armed battalions speeding through the clouds and investing the cities. [Robert Traill, "The Jewish War of Flavius Josephus Vol II." Houlston and Stoneman, 1851, Chapter VI, p.197]

And this is the Whiston translation:

"Besides these, a few days after that feast, on the one and twentieth day of the month Artemisius, [Jyar,] a certain prodigious and incredible phenomenon appeared: I suppose the account of it would seem to be a fable, were it not related by those that saw it, and were not the events that followed it of so considerable a nature as to deserve such signals; for, before sun-setting, chariots and troops of soldiers in their armor were seen running about among the clouds, and surrounding of cities." [Flavius Josephus, "Wars of the Jews." Christian Classics Ethereal Library, VI.5.3, p.1484]

That reads a lot like this:

"And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. . . And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean." -- Rev 19:11, 14

It is worth mentioning that Josephus was a Jewish Priest, and wouldn't know Jesus from Adam.


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The most remarkable one in the list is Philip Schaff, who after spending most of his life studying, translating and editing the books of the Early Church Fathers, changed his mind about a late date for the Revelation and adopted an early date:

"On two points I have changed my opinion -- the second Roman captivity of Paul (which I am disposed to admit in the interest of the Pastoral Epistles), and the date of the Apocalypse (which I now assign, with the majority of modern critics, to the year 68 or 69 instead of 95, as before)." [Philip Schaff, "History of the Christian Church Volume I." Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1907, Preface to the Revised Edition, p.vi]​

Also found in:
[Philip Schaff, "History of the Christian Church, Volume I: Apostolic Christianity. A.D. 1-100." Christian Classics Ethereal Library, Pref to Rev Ed, p.2]​


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All of the early Church fathers say the Revelation was written in 95 or96 AD. Some of the Asian churches that it's addressed to didn't exist in 70 AD.

Where did you get that information? I have read that all seven existed in the AD60's.

It is written in several commentaries that before the 60 (or 61) earthquake, there were nine churches; but three were destroyed: Colosse, Hierapolis, and Laodicea. Only Laodicea was rebuilt (supposedly without Roman assistance.)

Therefore, it appears that for a period of several years in the 60's, there were exactly seven churches in Asia, and they had the exact names mentioned in the Revelation.


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“I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this is what you were pleased to do"
 
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Originally Posted by LittleLambofJesus

This was taken from another thread and I thought it would be appropriate here......

“I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.
Yes, Father, for this is what you were pleased to do"
You should read it sometime.

Tis a shame it was hidden from the Jew's eyes in AD70

The Destruction of Jerusalem - George Peter Holford, 1805AD
FALL OF JERUSALEM AD70/ DANIEL, OLIVET DISCOURSE, AND REVELATION

Luke 19:
41 And as He nears, beholding the City and He laments on Her
42 saying "that if thou-knew, and thou, even indeed in the day, this, the toward Peace of thee, now yet it was Hid from thy eyes.
43 That shall be arriving days upon thee and thy Enemies shall be casting up a siege-work to thee and shall be encompassing thee and pressing thee every which place.
44 And shall be leveling thee and thy offspring in thee,
and not they shall be leaving stone upon stone in thee,
stead which not thou knew the time of thy visitation
[Jeremiah 52:4]

Reve 14:8
And another Messenger, second-one follows saying "she falls she falls, Babylon the Great, the out of the wine of the fury of the fornication of her she has given to drink all the nations. [Jeremiah 51:8]



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All of the early Church fathers say the Revelation was written in 95 or96 AD.

I believe if you do your own research, you will find that only one author, Irenaeus, possibly claimed a Domitian date (AD90-95) for the book; and the others simply jumped on his bandwagon. I used the word possibly because Irenaeus seems to be contradicting himself in the same book. I will explain:

The following is a statement by Irenaeus regarding men who actually saw John in the past, and who saw ancient copies of the Revelation (the Apocalypse):

"Such, then, being the state of the case, and this number [666] being found in all the most approved and ancient copies [of the Apocalypse], and those men who saw John face to face bearing their testimony [to it]; while reason also leads us to conclude that the number of the name of the beast, [if reckoned] according to the Greek mode of calculation by the [value of] the letters contained in it, will amount to six hundred and sixty and six;" [Roberts & Donaldson, Irenaeus, Against Heresies, "Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol 01: Apostolic Fathers." Charles Scribner's Sons, 1913, Book V.30.1, p.558]

Two paragraphs later, Irenaeus writes this about something that was seen almost in his day:

"We will not, however, incur the risk of pronouncing positively as to the name of Antichrist; for if it were necessary that his name should be distinctly revealed in this present time, it would have been announced by him who beheld the apocalyptic vision. For that was seen no very long time since, but almost in our day, towards the end of Domitian's reign." [Roberts & Donaldson, Irenaeus, Against Heresies, "Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol 01: Apostolic Fathers." Charles Scribner's Sons, 1913, Book V.30.3, pp.559-560]

So, what was seen almost in Irenaeus' day?

1) If it was the vision itself, how could there be ancient copies already written about the vision?

2) If what was seen was one of the ancient copies of the book that Irenaeus referred to two paragraphs earlier, then the dating of the book could not have been in Domitian's reign.

Either way, Irenaeus' statement cannot be considered a legitimate source to date the Revelation.


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Thank you for making my point.

When Jesus returns EVERY EYE WILL SEE HIM!

All the tribes of the earth will mourn.

Every Jew will see jesus and mourn, for they will see Him and know Him as Messiah and Lord.

30 Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
Matthew 24:30


and again -



10 "And I will pour on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem the Spirit of grace and supplication; then they will look on Me whom they pierced. Yes, they will mourn for Him as one mourns for his only son, and grieve for Him as one grieves for a firstborn.
Zechariah 12:10


You just proved why Preterism is false!



Everyone will see Jesus and know Him!


We have never met Him either!


6 since it is a righteous thing with God to repay with tribulation those who trouble you, 7 and to give you who are troubled rest with us when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels, 8 in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know God, and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 These shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power, 10 when He comes, in that Day, to be glorified in His saints and to be admired among all those who believe, because our testimony among you was believed.



Read it for yourself -



10 when He comes, in that Day, to be glorified in His saints and to be admired among all those who believe, because our testimony among you was believed.




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When Jesus returns EVERY EYE WILL SEE HIM!

"Every Eye" according to whom, JLB? Do you understand what John meant by "every eye"? Maybe he only meant every eye inside the walls of Jerusalem in AD70. You don't know what John meant.
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All the tribes of the earth will mourn.
Every Jew will see jesus and mourn, for they will see Him and know Him as Messiah and Lord.

Is that "Jews in the flesh", or "Jews in the spirit?" Paul said there are no Jews in the flesh, so you must be referring to Jews in the spirit:

"For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God." -- Rom 2:28-29

Further, only those who believe in Christ can claim descendancy from Abraham:

"They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham." -- John 8:39

Therefore, it sounds like you are saying, "every Christian shall see Jesus and mourn."

Are you certain you are interpreting that correctly? After all, the scripture is loaded with imagery and allegorical language.
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30 Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
Matthew 24:30

Are you absolutely certain that event will occur exactly the way you pretend it will? What does it mean by coming in the clouds of heaven with power? Could that be the same as the Lord coming as the Assyrian army against Egypt in the Old Testament? It seems very similar in language; and there was a remarkably similar event in AD70, when the Lord came as the Roman armies against Jerusalem.
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That was fulfilled when Jesus was hanging on the cross, as John stated in his gospel. In the next chapter of Zechariah is the prophecy of "smiting the shepherd and the sheep scattering," which was fulfilled shortly after his crucifixion. In the previous chapter is the betrayal of Christ by Judas. The latter chapters of Zechariah are simply a prophecy of the timeline of Christ, from near the end of his ministry when he entered into Jerusalem on a colt, until the destruction of those who killed him and their seat of power.

It certainly appears you are teaching false doctrine, JLB.


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