The Importance of Revelation’s Date
Our blog seeks to explain, promote and defend postmillennialism, which is optimistic about the future conquest of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Some, however, will reject postmillennialism’s optimism due to certain negative passages in Scripture. They often point to the Book of Revelation as a large piece of evidence against any optimism for the future before Christ comes. Therefore, it is important for the postmillennialist to understand Revelation. And an important matter in understanding Revelation is determining its date. So in this and the next few postings, I will be dealing with the matter of Revelation’s date.
Determining the date in which John wrote Revelation is a highly debated topic. And although this topic is basically an academic one, its ultimate issue is extremely practical. Resolving the question of Revelation’s compositional date is one of the most — if not the most — important issues facing the interpreter. We may see its significance both regarding the interpretive and the practical questions revolving around the book.
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