Carl Gustav Jung in his autobiography Memories Dream Reflections said "I will not discuss the transparent prophecies of the Book of Revelation because no one believes in them and the whole subject is felt to be an embarrassing one." Christian Gnostics are unlikely to be attracted to the teaching of Revelation because the doctrine of salvation through the sacrificed Lamb, which is central to Revelation, is repugnant to Gnostics. Christian Gnostics "believed in the Forgiveness of Sins, but in no vicarious sacrifice for sin ... they accepted Christ in the full realisation of the word; his life, not his death, was the keynote of their doctrine and their practice." [90] He goes on further, mentioning that the moderns Leo Tolstoy and Richard Wagner adopted Schopenhauer's viewpoint. Aristotle, who lived in 384–322 BC, on the other hand, recognized the unhealthiness of pity and prescribed tragedy as a purgative. [7] Scientific method [ edit ]

The people of the Earth (the kings, merchants, sailors, etc.) mourn New Babylon's destruction. (18:9–19) Second Seal: A red horse appears, whose rider is granted a "great sword" to take peace from the earth. (6:3–4) For Nietzsche, the idea of a different life outside the present allowed Christians to not strive for perfection in this life as there was an assurance of another. It also provided a base for the doctrine of retribution and reward- here Christians endure their present disadvantaged position with the assurance that there is a reward in a future life for them as well as punishment for their oppressors.

5. He dies in the end

The River of Life and the Tree of Life appear for the healing of the nations and peoples. The curse of sin is ended. (22:1–5) Chapman, Charles T. (1995). The Message of the Book of Revelation. Liturgical Press. ISBN 978-0-8146-2111-0. A Beast (with seven heads, ten horns, and ten crowns on his horns and on his heads names of blasphemy) emerges from the Sea, having one mortally wounded head that is then healed. The people of the world wonder and follow the Beast. The Dragon grants him power and authority for forty-two months. (13:1–5) Charles C. Torrey The Apocalypse of John New Haven: Yale University Press (1958). Christopher R. North in his The Second Isaiah London: OUP (1964) p. 23 says of Torrey's earlier Isaiah theory, "Few scholars of any standing have accepted his theory." This is the general view of Torrey's theories. However, Christopher North goes on to cite Torrey on 20 major occasions and many more minor ones in the course of his book. So, Torrey must have had some influence and poetry is the key.

Ford, J. Massyngberde (1975). Revelation, The Anchor Bible, New York: Doubleday ISBN 0-385-00895-3. Additionally, there are significant differences in interpretation of the thousand years (the "millennium") mentioned in Revelation 20:2. American evangelist Jerry Falwell, known for his controversial views on apartheid, homosexuality, Judaism, climate change and the Teletubbies, once said: “The Antichrist will be a world leader, he’ll have supernatural powers”.

2. He is an earthly tyrant and trickster

Catholic Online (23 August 2006). "Pope Benedict: Read Book of Revelation as Christ's victory over evil – International – Catholic Online". Catholic.org. Archived from the original on 5 October 2013 . Retrieved 25 April 2013. Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from The American Cyclopaedia with a Wikisource reference Seventh Bowl: A great earthquake and heavy hailstorm: "every island fled away and the mountains were not found." (16:17–21)

The "star" then opens the bottomless pit. When this happens, "smoke [rises] from [the Abyss] like smoke from a gigantic furnace. The sun and sky [are] darkened by the smoke from the Abyss" (9:2). Idealism/Allegoricalism, which holds that Revelation does not refer to actual people or events, but is an allegory of the spiritual path and the ongoing struggle between good and evil. James Morgan Pryse was an esoteric gnostic who saw Revelation as a western version of the Hindu theory of the Chakra. He began his work, "The purpose of this book is to show that the Apocalypse is a manual of spiritual development and not, as conventionally interpreted, a cryptic history or prophecy." [91] Such diverse theories have failed to command widespread acceptance. However, Christopher Rowland argues: "there are always going to be loose threads which refuse to be woven into the fabric as a whole. The presence of the threads which stubbornly refuse to be incorporated into the neat tapestry of our world-view does not usually totally undermine that view." [92] Radical discipleship [ edit ] Behr, John (2019). John the Theologian and his Paschal Gospel. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-257444-2.

Depravity results because " nihilistic values dominate under the holiest names". [6] Christian pity [ edit ] By doing this, Paul births the religion of Christianity- a distortion of Christ’s original gospel- and escapes the necessity of following either the Jewish laws or Christ’s more demanding way of life. Nietzsche psychoanalyzes that Paul had been resentful of the Jews who were able to follow the law and so sees his doctrine as the perfect revenge against them. Additionally, the Book of Revelation permeates many liturgical prayers and iconography within the Coptic Church. [67] [68] Eschatological [ edit ]

ESV Pew Bible. Wheaton, IL: Crossway. 2018. p.1028. ISBN 978-1-4335-6343-0. Archived from the original on 3 June 2021. Carson, Don (2005). An Introduction to the New Testament (2nded.). Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan. pp.465ff. ISBN 978-0-310-51940-9.

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The Book of Revelation, [a] also erroneously called the Book of Revelations, [b] [4] is the final book of the New Testament (and therefore the final book of the Christian Bible). Written in Koine Greek, its title is derived from the first word of the text: apokalypsis, meaning 'unveiling' or 'revelation'. The Book of Revelation is the only apocalyptic book in the New Testament canon. [c] It occupies a central place in Christian eschatology. Much of Revelation employs ancient sources, primarily but not exclusively from the Old Testament. For example, Howard-Brook and Gwyther [121] regard the Book of Enoch as an equally significant but contextually different source. "Enoch's journey has no close parallel in the Hebrew scriptures." 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