Max King questions the Domitian Date

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    The early church fathers were unanimous in attributing the Book of Revelation to the Apostle John: Justin Martyr (A.D. 110-165), Irenaeus (A.D. 120-202), Clement of Alexandria (A.D. 153-217), Tertullian (A.D. 145-220), Origen (A.D. 185-254), Hippolytus (A.D. 170-236), and Victorinus (martyred A.D. 303). (Kurt M. Simmons, The Consummation of the Ages, (Canada: Bimillennial Preterist Association, 2003), 54.) In favor of an early date of Revelation, Max King says the following: “If we assume John to have been roughly the same age as Jesus, then the apostle would have been in his late sixties during Nero and his late nineties during Domitian.” He then goes on to say, “[T]he average life expectancy in first-century Palestine was lower than ours today, and even we would find a 96-year old author remarkable.” (Max R. King, The Spirit of Prophecy, (Colorado Springs: Bimillennial Press, 2002), 375.)

    Kurt Simmons echoes this idea when he writes:

    Jerome states that John was seen in 96 A.D. and was so aged, weak, and infirm that “he was with difficulty carried to the church, and could speak only a few words to the people (Jerome, In Gal. vi, 10).” The fact that John was so old and weak as to have to be carried renders doubtful that he could have written the book in 96 A.D. (Kurt M. Simmons, The Consummation of the Ages, (Canada: Bimillennial Preterist Association, 2003), 13.)

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