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Revelation 3 is the third chapter of the Book of Revelation or the Apocalypse of John in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. The book is traditionally attributed to John the Apostle , [ 1 ] but the precise identity of the author remains a point of academic debate. [ 2 ]
In the New Testament, the Greek word for angels (άγγελος) is not only used for heavenly angels, but also used for human messengers, such as John the Baptist (Matthew 11:10, Mark 1:2, Luke 7:27) and God's prophets (Revelation 22:8–9) [20] C.I. Scofield has noted that "The natural explanation of the 'messengers' is that they were men ...
[3] At the end of the 2nd century, Irenaeus (d. 202) brought the accomplishments of the Anatolian exegesis to the West. [2] In the fifth book of Adversus Haereses (around 180), he interprets certain fragments of the Apocalypse, primarily chapters 13 and 17, connecting them to chapters 2 and 7 of the Book of Daniel. He associates the symbols of ...
Robert Witham, an 18th-century Catholic commentator, offers a preterist view for the period that spans the length of the opening of the seals; [11] it being the period from Christ to the establishment of the Church under Constantine in 325. [12] Johann Jakob Wettstein (18th century) places the date of the Apocalypse as written before A. D. 70 ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 12 April 2024. Views of the founder of Calvinism John Calvin believed that Scripture is necessary for human understanding of God's revelation, that it is the equivalent of direct revelation, and that it is both "majestic" and "simple." Calvin's general, explicit exposition of his view of Scripture is ...
It was affirmed by Ellen White, [7] "and had an unrivaled influence on [Adventist] prophetic teaching." [8] It was based on his earlier works Thoughts, Critical and Practical, on the Book of Revelation (1867), and Thoughts, Critical and Practical, on the Book of Daniel (1873). [9] The book was revised several times during Smith's life and ...
[f] An anonymous Scottish commentary of 1871 [130] prefaces Revelation 4 with the Little Apocalypse of Mark 13, places Malachi 4:5 ("Behold I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord") within Revelation 11 and writes Revelation 12:7 side by side with the role of "the Satan" in the Book of Job ...
In the Book of Revelation, seven trumpets are sounded, one at a time, to cue apocalyptic events seen by John of Patmos (Revelation 1:9) in his vision (Revelation 1:1). The seven trumpets are sounded by seven angels and the events that follow are described in detail from Revelation Chapters 8 to 11. However, there are also many other messages ...