PMT 2014-122 by Kenneth L. Gentry, Jr.
My readers’ questions keep turning to Revelation. I hope I don’t answer them all before my commentary comes out! But here is another one.
Reader’s question:
As I study your argument for 666 as a reference to Nero Caesar, these two questions arise. Could you please explain your understanding of these objections?
If Irenaeus’s statement refers to John rather than the apocalypse, the statement seems to suggest that John wasn’t telling people who the beast was during his lifetime. That seems odd if those things had already occurred.
If John did reveal to his contemporaries the identity of the beast why wouldn’t it have been common knowledge amongst the Christians and therefore Irenaeus? Continue reading
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