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To: HarleyD

That entire post was shown erroneous by this thread.


167 posted on 09/20/2005 4:59:43 PM PDT by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It!)
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To: xzins

I'm not sure if post #120 is correct. I'm more interested in post #123 which builds a case of the dating of Revelation to the mid to late 60AD based upon the Nicolaitanes as discussed in the scriptures. The scriptures and historical fact seems to support this conclusion.

After looking through this (somewhat) the church fathers mentioned in your article is inconclusive. For example John could have been a "feeble, old man" at the age of his mid-sixties just as well as mid-eighties given the living conditions. Since Iraeneus or others never met John, most of what is presented is hearsay.

The Nicolaitanes are however talked about in a number of places in scripture either directly or indirectly-especially in Revelation dating the book much earlier than 95AD. I've tried to find a rebuttal to this veiw but have not been able to. Iraeneus seems to support it indirectly as well.


170 posted on 09/20/2005 5:25:44 PM PDT by HarleyD ("...and as many as had been appointed to eternal life believed." Acts 13:48)
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