Originally Posted by Ted

Themis

Scholars today have come to the conclusion that Revelation was a stinging attack on the Roman Empire and nothing more. If it had to do with the future it was the immediate future. It is what is referred to as apocalyptic literature which as an attempt to predict the immediate future.

That prophesy does not deal with the distant future has been well shown in "Understanding the Old Testament". The prophets were not speaking of some day in the distant future but of their own time.

This position is held by a number of world renowned biblical scholars such as: Marcus Borg, Dom. Crossan, John Spong, and others as well as pointed out in several Bible commentaries.

There is even a good site on the dozens of predictions down through the years, of the "Day of the Lord".

220 Dates for the End of the world!!! Date Setters!

Perhaps this will help.

Shalom
Ted