The Anti-Christ

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According to James Stuart Russell, the book is an exposition of Olivet Discourse found in the Synoptic Gospels in Matthew 24 and 25, Mark 13, and Luke 21. Russell suggests there are parallels between the prophecy told by Jesus to the disciples and the prophecy recorded in the Book of Revelation, such as wars, famines, pestilence, earthquakes, false prophets, the darkening of the sun and moon, and stars falling from heaven. [130] Figures in Revelation [ edit ] Collins, Adela Yarbro (1984). Crisis and Catharsis: The Power of the Apocalypse. Westminster John Knox Press. ISBN 978-0-664-24521-4.

Gentry, Kenneth L. Jr. (1998). Before Jerusalem Fell: Dating the Book of Revelation, Powder Springs, GA: American Vision, ISBN 0-915815-43-5. Book of Revelation is the only book of the New Testament that is not read during services by the Byzantine Rite Churches, although it is read in the Western Rite Orthodox Parishes, which are under the same bishops as the Byzantine Rite. This is an example of Nietzsche's reaction against Schopenhauer, who had based all morality on compassion. Nietzsche, on the contrary, praises "virtue free of moralic acid". [4] Eastern Orthodoxy treats the text as simultaneously describing contemporaneous events (events occurring at the same time) and as prophecy of events to come, for which the contemporaneous events were a form of foreshadow. It rejects attempts to determine, before the fact, if the events of Revelation are occurring by mapping them onto present-day events, taking to heart the Scriptural warning against those who proclaim "He is here!" prematurely. Instead, the book is seen as a warning to be spiritually and morally ready for the end times, whenever they may come ("as a thief in the night"), but they will come at the time of God's choosing, not something that can be precipitated nor trivially deduced by mortals. [71]Fourth Trumpet: A third of the sun, the moon, and the stars are darkened creating complete darkness for a third of the day and the night. (8:12–13) At the vanguard of this corrupting influence is a class of people which include priests, theologians, and philosophers whom Nietzsche accuses of intellectual dishonesty. He associates their willingness to exempt their religious doctrines and morals from usual scientific standards of inquiry and criticism with an unwillingness to confront the possible falsehood of their position face to face. Ehrman, Bart D. (2004). The New Testament: A Historical Introduction to the Early Christian Writings (3rded.). New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-515462-7. OCLC 52430805. Within conservative Christianity over the last century, Antichrists have multiplied. “The Antichrist” has become a general category available for application to an array of individuals, collectives, and objects as the demonic “other”. Detail of The Deeds of Antichrist by Luca Signorelli, c. 1505, showing Antichrist directed by Satan; in the Duomo, Orvieto, Italy. (more)

As a result, Nietzsche considers Paul as the “the first Christian”, the one who as a result of his incapacity for living like Christ invented the remedy of justification by faith and in so doing allowed the sinful and immoral to persist in their way of life while calling themselves Christians. Stonehouse, Ned B. (n.d.) [c. 1929]. The Apocalypse in the Ancient Church. A Study in the History of the New Testament Canon. Goes: Oosterbaan & Le Cointre[Major discussion of the controversy surrounding the acceptance/rejection of Revelation into the New Testament canon.] {{ cite book}}: CS1 maint: postscript ( link) Many of us feel, as poet John Donne put it in The Anatomy of the World in 1611, “Tis all in pieces, all coherence gone”.

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Jennings, Charles A. (2001). The Book of Revelation From An Israelite and Historicist Interpretation, Truth in History Publications. ISBN 978-0-9792565-8-5. This is exemplified in Jesus’ attitude during his trial when he refused to defend himself, showing thus perfect acceptance. For Nietzsche, Jesus represented an acceptance and childlike state that is free of all passions, does not resist, does not get angry, does not hold responsible, that turns the other cheek, and advocates love for all, even for those who we see as our enemy. These represent Christ’s real, undistorted message, the original gospel, the glad tidings he brings, essentially the Kingdom of God. Nietzsche sees the Kingdom of God as understood by Jesus as representing this state of mind, rather than a supernatural place, time, and occasion that is yet to come. The author names himself as simply "John" in the text, but his precise identity remains a point of academic debate. Second-century Christian writers such as Papias of Hierapolis, Justin Martyr, Irenaeus, Melito of Sardis, Clement of Alexandria, and the author of the Muratorian fragment identify John the Apostle as the "John" of Revelation. [5] [6] Modern scholarship generally takes a different view, [7] with many considering that nothing can be known about the author except that he was a Christian prophet. [8] Modern theological scholars characterize the Book of Revelation's author as " John of Patmos". The bulk of traditional sources date the book to the reign of the Roman emperor Domitian (AD 81–96), which evidence tends to confirm. [9] [d] By reasoning analogous with Millerite historicism, Bahá'u'lláh's doctrine of progressive revelation, a modified historicist method of interpreting prophecy, is identified in the teachings of the Bahá'í Faith. [77] Seventh-day Adventists believe the Book of Revelation is especially relevant to believers in the days preceding the second coming of Jesus Christ. "The universal church is composed of all who truly believe in Christ, but in the last days, a time of widespread apostasy, a remnant has been called out to keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus." [73] "Here is the patience of the saints; here are those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus." [74] As participatory agents in the work of salvation for all humankind, "This remnant announces the arrival of the judgment hour, proclaims salvation through Christ, and heralds the approach of His second advent." [75] The three angels of Revelation 14 represent the people who accept the light of God's messages and go forth as his agents to sound the warning throughout the length and breadth of the earth. [76] Bahá'í Faith [ edit ]

a b Beniamin Zakhary. (2022). Support For The Biblical Liturgy of Revelation in the Coptic Tradition. Doxology, 33(4), 6–23. [1] [2] https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8060812 The temple of the tabernacle, in Heaven, is opened (15:1–5), beginning the "Seven Bowls" revelation. The Beast of the Sea blasphemes God's name (along with God's tabernacle and his kingdom and all who dwell in Heaven), wages war against the Saints, and overcomes them. (13:6–10)

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Kirsch, Thomas (2006). A History of the End of the World: How the Most Controversial Book in the Bible Changed the Course of Western Civilization. New York: HarperOne Fifth Seal: "Under the altar", appeared the souls of martyrs for the "word of God", who cry out for vengeance. They are given white robes and told to rest until the martyrdom of their brothers is completed. (6:9–11) Vanni, Ugo (1991). "Liturgical Dialogue as a Literary Form in the Book of Revelation". New Testament Studies. 37 (3): 348–372. doi: 10.1017/S0028688500015927. ISSN 1469-8145. S2CID 170638316.