Back to the Future - Revelation's Author and Date

www.living-hope-press.com - The book clearly identifies the earthly instrument in writing Revelation, saying that Christ sent and communicated it by His angel to His bond-servant John (1:1). We say earthly instrument because we must remember that the real Author of the book is not the apostle John but God Omniscient Himself.[2]

But, what this book does not tell us is—which John? There were several in the New Testament world, and because there were several in the early church it would be incumbent upon the earthly author to tell us which one he is, that is, if he were any other than the apostle John. However, to say John was sufficient. Any other John would need a descriptive epithet, but there was one John who needed none.[3] Which John would that be? The external evidence is overwhelmingly in favor of this view, and Justin Martyr, Irenaeus, Tertullian, Hippolytus, and Origen testify direct testimony that the Apocalypse is the writing of the apostle John.[4]

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