Chapter 24: Apocalypse: The Revelation of Jesus Christ
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(e.g., 3:3), then Jude was written after Peter’s epistles 16 The word antinomianism comes from anti-nomos (“against law”), and represents a libertine spirit that rejects the restrictions of commandments as such 17 Quoted by J H Kerr, Introduction to the New Testament, p 308 18 See D Edmond Hiebert, The Non-Pauline Epistles, pp 159-64, for a discussion of the canonicity of Jude 19 Kenneth S Wuest, In These Last Days, p 251 20 See Charles C Ryrie, “I, II, III John,” The Wycliffe Bible Commentary, p 1489 21 See S Maxwell Coder, Jude: The Acts of the Apostates, pp 36-43, for a defense of this view 22 A highly recommended book for supplementary study is S Maxwell Coder, Jude: The Acts of the Apostates Part THE CLIMAX Christ Triumphant The book of Revelation is the climax of God’s Book, the last chapter of world history The opening book of Genesis records the beginnings of the universe and the human race, and this closing book prophetically views the coming eternal new heaven and new earth In Revelation, Genesis’s reporting of man’s Fall and consequent curse sees its ful llment in divine judgments for sin, which reaches into eternity Truly a study of the Bible is incomplete without a study of Revelation REVELATION 24Apocalypse: The Revelation of Jesus Christ The book of Revelation (Apocalypse) is the written record of dramatic, God-sent visions given to one of God’s servants John says he was “in the Spirit on the Lord’s day” (1:10) when he heard and saw the things that he was commanded to write down A study of this last book of the Bible can be one of the most fascinating and aweinspiring experiences you can have I BACKGROUND This section of the background of Revelation should be studied carefully as a solid preparation for surveying the Bible text A AUTHOR Four times the author is identi ed by name as John (1:1, 4, 9; 22:8) Read the verses and note how John relates himself to others Both internal and external witness is strong in identifying this John as the beloved apostle, author of the gospel and the three epistles It is interesting to note that John does not name himself in the gospel or in his epistles, whereas he does so here This may be because the very nature of prophecy calls for identi cation and credentials of the author B DATE AND DESTINATION John probably wrote this book around A.D 96, at the end of the reign of the Roman emperor Domitian (A.D 81-96) Domitian banished John to the Island of Patmos (see Map Y) because of his Christian stand (Rev ...Part THE CLIMAX Christ Triumphant The book of Revelation is the climax of God’s Book, the last chapter of world history The opening book of Genesis records the beginnings of the universe and the. .. Truly a study of the Bible is incomplete without a study of Revelation REVELATION 24Apocalypse: The Revelation of Jesus Christ The book of Revelation (Apocalypse) is the written record of dramatic,... because the very nature of prophecy calls for identi cation and credentials of the author B DATE AND DESTINATION John probably wrote this book around A.D 96, at the end of the reign of the Roman