REVELATION ITS GRAND CLIMAX AT HAND!/Chapter Six - The Great Apostasy

 When John wrote Revelation, Christianity was upwards of 60 years old. At the outset, it had survived 40 years of constant opposition from  Judaism.  Then the Jewish system received a mortal blow in 70 C.E. when the unrepentant Jews lost their  national identity and what was to them  virtually and idol-the temple in Jerusalem.

Nevertheless, the apostle Paul had foretold that there would be an apostasy among the anointed Christians, and Jesus' messages show that in John's old age this apostasy  was already developing.  John was the last of those who acted as a restraint in this all-out attempt by Satan to corrupt the seed of the woman.  (2 Thessalonians 2:3-12; 2 Petr 3:1-3; John 7-11)  So it was the appropriate time for Jehovah's Chief Shepherd to write to the elders in the congregations, warning of developing trends and encouraging righthearted ones to stand firm for righteousness.

Next time: REVELATION ITS GRAND CLIMAX AT HAND!/Chapter Six - The Great Apostasy

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