I hope you will examine these things with a biblical mind. Test all things (1 Thessalonians 5:21). Begin here, then continue to the Index of Topics listed at the top right:
https://prophecyquestions.com/2014/02/01/articles-by-charles-meek
“WHEN WRITTEN. The evidence is strong that the book was written in the mid-60’s AD, prior to the fall of Jerusalem in AD 70.”
False. Only preterists who need to believe this in order to prop up the rest of their unbiblical doctrines assert this.
Scholars who look at the evidence without a predetermined agenda usually conclude it was written after the fall of Jerusalem, but that would debunk all of preterism’s assertions in one fell stroke so preterists reject it on principle instead of based on the evidence.
For believers, this story is the important message written in the Book of Revelation: “The Rescue of the Bride” http://october-5-2017.com
Your heavenly father is calling to you, his children, to come to him through his son.
When you stand before your heavenly father, the only question that will make any difference is: “Did you accept the gift of eternal life that my son bought for you?” When he asks you that question, you want to be able to truthfully say, “Yes, I did.”
The early church fathers, Eusebius, Irenaeus, and Clement of Alexandria tell us that John was exiled to Patmos in the reign of Domitian, who only became emperor AFTER the fall of Jerusalem:
http://emp.byui.edu/SatterfieldB/Rel212/Eusebius/Eusebius%20on%20John.html
I’ve never found any sources of such early date which disagree with this assessment. The only sources that claim an earlier date come many centuries later, after the false doctrine of preterism was invented.
Theologians are like armpits. Every religion has at least one, and they usually stink.
quote from article:
The harlot is adorned in purple and scarlet (Revelation 17:4), which are the colors of the ritual dress of the high priest and the colors that adorn the temple (Exodus 28:5-6; 39:1-2).
There is one color that was in the ritual dress in the Old Testament that is missing in Revelation- BLUE
And the color Blue represents The Commandments- Numbers 15:38-39
A color that was to remind Israel of His Commandments..
Which seems like a very central theme of Revelation-
Because in the 13th chapter:
the beast is being worshipped(breaking the 1st Commandment)
the image is being worshipped(breaking the 2nd Commandment)
His Name is being blasphemed(breaking the 3rd Commandment)
And the mark of the beast is placed on the hand and forehead-
That is exactly the same place Israel was to have His Commandments as a sign of obedience- Deuteronomy 6:8
Then we have the next chapter, Revelation 14, which states the ‘Patience of the Saints’ is the ‘Keeping of the Commandments of God’ and faith of Jesus.
And to Worship Him who made Heaven, Earth, Sea and fountains of water..
This lawless blueless woman may have no clue what day ‘today’ is to Him who made heaven, earth the sea and the fountains of water-
this lawless blueless woman probably calls it ‘Thor’s Day’.
ITS CENTRAL THEME ILLUMINATED
“Its” not “it’s.”