[Cronos]

Revelation or "the Apocalypse of Saint John the Evangelist" talks of the events of the apostolic era.

Chapter 17:3 And I saw a woman sitting upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns refers to the succession of Roman emperors up to the time of the fall of Jerusalem in 70 AD

In Chapter1 verse 4: [4] John to the seven churches which are in Asia. he refers to the seven churches in Asia and ASIA signified a completely different term for the Roman world than it does for us now. It indicated primarily Anatolia/Turkey to Ephesus, and to Smyrna, and to Pergamus, and to Thyatira, and to Sardis, and to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea

[Just mythoughts]

Revelation or "the Apocalypse of Saint John the Evangelist" talks of the events of the apostolic era. Chapter 17:3 And I saw a woman sitting upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns refers to the succession of Roman emperors up to the time of the fall of Jerusalem in 70 AD In Chapter1 verse 4: [4] John to the seven churches which are in Asia. he refers to the seven churches in Asia and ASIA signified a completely different term for the Roman world than it does for us now. It indicated primarily Anatolia/Turkey to Ephesus, and to Smyrna, and to Pergamus, and to Thyatira, and to Sardis, and to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea

Is the book of Revelation a story John dreamed up or is the book a DIVINE INSPIRED instruction from the LORD? All this arguing and murmuring over when John wrote the book is irrelevant. JOHN writes what he is shown WHEN he is in the Spirit ON the LORD's day. Now historically speaking there were 7 churches as named by John, AND John is told what their individual doctrine was and still is on the first day of the LORDS DAY.

IIPeter 3:8 But, beloved, be NOT ignorant of this one thing,

that one day is with the LORD as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. (Peter's keys, not an evolving locksmith business to recut keys as people pressure swings to and fro.)

God already had Ezekiel write His most favorite place in all that He created is Jerusalem... Ezekiel 16. I understand that some believe that all roads/paths lead to and come out of Rome.