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Revelation – The Seven Churches in Asia.

Christians in general don’t do Revelation very well. The primary reason (I believe) is that Revelation always seems to be co-opted by the more radical elements in Christianity.

The book of Revelation was written about 96 a.d., and by 170 a.d. Revelation had its first encounter with one of those radical elements. Montanus, a “prophet” who lived in the late second century, relying heavily on Revelation, taught that the world was living in the end times and that the Lord Jesus would return to earth – actually to the city of Pepuza in present day Turkey, and there would establish the New Jerusalem.

Montanus’ teachings were regarded as heretical. He and his followers were condemned by early church, but so also did the book of Revelation suffer.

Early Christians were skeptical of the book, as such it was not widely accepted as a book to be read by the Christian community.

In the course of church history religious leaders such as Martin Luther, John Calvin, Uhlrich Zwingli, Rudolf Bultmann, and others have questioned its acceptance.

Even to the present day the book suffers, yet it has an important message to convey to the hearer.