As a trivia fact, the word "antichrist" never appears in the book of Revelation. I have won bar bets with that.

The things you don't learn in Catholic school. Speaking as a writer, though, Revelations feels like a really good book as an "ending" for the Bible's collection.

Always helpful, Dan. Stoking fear is right out of the cult playbook. Bad guys are more important to religion than God. There are bad guys a plenty in Revelations.

Revelations seems to have been written for political purposes.

Thank you , I signed up for the Revelation class. Excited.

very happy that your more on youtube now man, love your stuff. hope you can maybe monetize if thats your goal

Your closed captions added something about revelation supporting trinitarianism. I can't help but be reminded of Dr Tabor's point that revelation works fine without all of the "and his son jesus christ" bits, suggesting that the text in its original form predates christianity. I can't help but wonder if those bits were added, pethaps in the time of Athenasius, to, as you say, aupport trinitarianism.

This is, in my opinion, one of the most important articles you have posted to date.

You accurately noted that Athanasius's Canon list is what would later be recognized as the Canon of the NT. What you do not note is how much later... as in The Council of Trent in the sixteenth century and lists produced by Luther and other reformers a few decades before that. I think most scholars would concur that Revelation likely existed in the Canon books of multiple Christian bishops prior to Athanasius, and that Athanasius's list in 367 was probably not as much definitive for others as in broad consensus. The data show Canon books with and without Revelation (and with some variations including Didache and/or the Shepherd of Hermas, and a non-zero number not including Hebrews for several centuries thereafter. Canon until the 16th C then, at least in the West, depended on one's bishop, not on a unified list from any centralized authority.

Could you do a video on Apolonias of Tianna? I understand he lived about the same time as Jesus, only up in Macedonia, and there are many parallels.

God put it there.

How do we find information on this class?

Will you be comparing the text with other apocalyptic Jewish literature of the time? Sometimes I’ve heard it said that the author is a hellenized Jew (because of his name and Greek) but I’ve also heard it’s possible that it could have been written by a Christian named AFTER John.

Rips, Reps and Revelations

The book of Revelation runs completely against the message of the gospels and the writings of Paul. From peace and reconciliation to fear and revenge. It portrays a totally different Jesus. It’s been great material for creating wild speculation and selling books for those who have the ‘true’ interpretation. Also great for the religious ruling class who want to keep the underclass in fear and subjugation.

The Catholic church???? I think you mean the Orthodox church. The (Roman) Catholic church wasn't really a thing until 1054 or thereabouts -- and it never had much influence in Alexandria. But yeah, Athenasius stuck us with Revelations.

David rides the donkey. The bride of David rides the foal of the donkey. Blessed is the kingdom of our Father David that is to come! (Mar 11:10 NABO) Christ rides a horse - of many colors, or aspects, or perspectives. White - The wine press I have trodden alone (Isa 63:3 NABO) Red - Do not think that I have come to bring peace (Mat 10:34 NABO) Black - I came into this world for judgment (Joh 9:39 NABO) Pale Green - Its rider was named Death (Rm 10:7) - Christ rising up from the Abyss - all of Hades is at his heel - To ‘strike at’ the head or heel also means to admire. ‘Gripping’ the heel also means to protect, guard, or watch over. Christ has a lot of admirers at his heel watching over him. Save me, I pray, from the hand of my brother Esau! (Gen 32:12 NABO) Esau ran to meet him, embraced him, and flinging himself on his neck, kissed him as he wept. (Gen 33:4 NABO) you shall throw off his yoke from your neck." (Gen 27:40 NABO) the kingdom of God will be… given to a people that will produce its fruit. (Mat 21:43 NAB) Take my yoke upon you (Mat 11:29-30 NABO) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Earth is YHWH’s Everlasting Lake of Fire and Brimstone, his furnace of roaring flames where, in his furious wrath, he will gather you up, put you in, and smelt you. If your name is not found in the Book of Life, he will refine you, remove your dross, and purify you until the Devil, the False Prophet, and the Beast (false beliefs) are cleansed from you. There, you will be tormented or, tested for purity by questioning. Strong’s: Brimstone 1a) divine incense, because burning brimstone was regarded as having power to purify, and to ward off disease Strong’s: Tormented: 1) to test (metals) by the touchstone, which is a black siliceous stone used to test the purity of gold or silver by the color of the streak produced on it by rubbing it with either metal 2) to question by applying torture Just as silver, bronze, iron, lead, and tin are gathered into a furnace and smelted in the roaring flames, so I will gather you together in my furious wrath, put you in, and smelt you. (Eze 22:20 NABO) (it is better to marry than to be on fire (1Co 7:9 NABO) Be fruitful, and multiply (Gen 1:28 KJV) The gates of the Abyss/ Hades will not prevail against it, (Mat 16:18)

Erasmus and Martin Luther refused to add 1John 5:7-8 "father son ghost" an admitted insertion by church fathers. Only after an obscure passage in Mathew was " found" in one koine Greek version did Erasmus insert it. Luther refused to add this Catholic insertion in his first German translation of the Christian bibles But it was added in after Luther died.

Luther was not a fan 😂

Love your work Dan. Rich and succinct. Perfect for a doofus like me.

Is there any chance that a new kind of bible could be written that actually makes sense?

I was going to leave a like but it’s already at the perfect number. It was added because it was a popular story.

Is AVP considered canon?

Isn't Revelation in the Codex Vaticanus and Sinaiticus?

what about Peter's revelation?

I think Justin Martyr was just making a guess and using the text itself To make that claim

It is part of the cyclic nature of this planet, Destruction and Impact Winter.

When you say the Catholic church, what do you mean? This is long before the scism?

Wait, how do you exile someone several times? Is it like pro wrestling where the guy who loses a Loser Retires match comes back but wearing a mask?

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Enjoy how candid and knowledgeable of scripture you are. Would be interested if you were willing to offer critical critique of a scripture that actually claims to be from the creator of the heavens and the Earth. That actually has evidence of primary source material.

Hey I've been looking for a video where you proclaim the means by which one can be saved. Can you point that out?

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Revelation is about A Messiah. Not Jesus.

Catholic Church? Didn't the church in Egypt become the Coptic Church?

seem like we owe everything about christianity to the holy roman catholic church!

Are we children such that we can't write the word "whore" in the captions but instead write it as "W***e?? It's especially absurd given that he says the word. Why why why don't "preachers" know this? The damage the interpretation of Rev has done is incalculable. Sure appreciate Dan McC!

Is Dan a Christian?

online class on Revelation? Nah, I'm good.

I do enjoy Revelation. IT has this god forcing humans to work for its supposed archenemy. And, after this god kills all non-christians, it is forced to release satan to corrupt the christians left. Now, what could force a supposedly omnipotent being to do that? all in all, it's rather ridiculous with the above, the nonsense of a star being able fall onto the earth, etc.

You always look to wow the atheists in the comments by subconsciously suggesting the early Catholics were a mess about their books.

I suspect the Aryans were worshippers of Aries, after the age of Taurus the Apis bull. Stellar worship which was by conversion so not necessarily all of them were white blue eyed blonds. Perhaps the majority were at that time so the word became conflated with white blue eyed blonds only.

Almost like John went from using scribes to writing himself when he was banished to the island

Amazing. Everything you said was wrong. I couldn’t be more wrong if I was trying.

Dan, you are being disingenuous in this video. You don't tell the whole story. Revelation was cited and quoted as Scripture by early church fathers such as Justin Martyr in the second century. Furthermore, the imagery and themes of revelation are thoroughly permeated by previous Scriptural imagery and themes, from both the OT to the New. You act as though Revelation is completely disjointed from the rest of Scripture and especially the Gospels, which is patently false. Jesus, in the gospels, speaks in apocalyptic language concerning ultimate divine judgement and the regeneration of creation. In the Gospels, He is depicted as the Head of the Church (as in the first chapters of Rev.), the glorified and ascended Christ, the judge of the nations, the lamb who was slain etc. etc. Revelation is also saturated with OT imagery, i.e the four living creatures, Temple imagery, the New Jerusalem and Creation. Revelation, in fact, is so infused with previous Biblical imagery and themes that even if the book wasn't included in the canon, nothing would essentially be lost. To say that it is simply the "fantasy" of some random writer and is out of unity with the Gospels is just bad scholarship and thinking.

The sometimes poor Greek grammar, oddities & made-up Greek words in Greek Revelation indicate it is a translation of a Shemitic original. The Greek Text of Revelation is odd & has Yeshua saying that He is “the Alpha & the O [το Αλφα και το Ω] (English: the Alpha & the Omega)” (Rev. 1:8; 21:6; 22:13). The Greek Text of Revelation also has the made-up Greek word CHAL-KO-LI-BA-NOS [NMS], which was translated incorrectly as “fine brass” [2x] (Rev. 1:15; 2:18). Thus there is some indication that the Aramaic Text of Revelation, found in the Crawford Codex, is the original. The Aramaic is good & correct - I don’t think there are any errors. It has the First & Last letters of its Alphabet spelled out when Yeshua said: “I am the ALAP (Heb. “Aleph”) & TOW (Heb. "Tav") [ܐܸܢܳܐ ܐܳܠܲܦ ܘܬܲܘ].” It also has the full separate words: “Leḅanese Brass (Brass of Leḅanon).” There is a TITLE (heading or introduction) of Aramaic Revelation (Crawford Manuscript) at the beginning which indicates who the correct Yoḥannan (Joḥn) is. It says: *“The Revelation from God which WAS ON (came to) Yoḥannan (Joḥn) the Evangelist [when he was] IN (on) the island Patmos, to which he was CAST OUT (banished, expelled, exiled) by NERON (Nero) Caesar.”* "The Doctrine of ADDAI (Addi)" also indicates that it was Yoḥannan (Joḥn), the son of Zowdai (Zaḅdi, Zebedee) who was writing Scripture [i.e. the 4th Gospel & Letters] (Addai 46:8-13 [vs. 78-79]). The New Testament indicates all that as well. Yoḥannan (Joḥn) tells us that he wrote the Gospel of Joḥn at the end of that book: *"This is THE DISCIPLE [Yoḥannan] who testified about all these things, and also WROTE them; & we are knowing that his testimony is true. But there are also many other things that Yeshua did, those things which if they were being written one by one, neither is the world, as I am SUPPOSING (thinking), would be SUFFICIENT (enough) for the books that would be written. [Amen.]" (Joḥn **21:24**-25 P'shitta).* The same Joḥn that wrote the Gospel of Joḥn and the Letters also wrote Revelation (Rev. 1:1, 4, 9; etc.). Yoḥannan uses his same common expressions in His Gospel, his Letter & Revelation. He addresses Yeshua as "the Word," "the Word of Life," and "the Word of God" (Jn. 1:1, 1 Jn. 1:1; 5:7, Rev. 19:13). Some of the qualifications for a Book to be considered Canonical was if it was written EARLY, by an APOSTLE, didn’t contradict other Scripture, widely recognized as AUTHENTIC, etc. The REVELATION (APOKALUPSIS) claims to be written EARLY in the 1st Century by Joḥn. It probably was finished by A.D. 66 b/c it mentions Laodikeia (Rev. 3:14) still standing. Laodikeia, Kolossai (Colossae) & Hierapolis (Col. 4:13) were destroyed by an earthquake in A.D. 66. Laodikeia was not rebuilt until 120 years later by Marcus Aurelius. So Revelation must have been written before A.D. 66, else there would not have been any Laodikeia for Joḥn to write to. Also, as you pointed out, it was written EARLY b/c Justin Martyr makes reference to the Revelation in the middle of the 2nd century. It furthermore claims to be written by an APOSTLE. Moreover, it was probably passed down in a trustworthy chain & viewed by MANY [the majority] to be regarded as Scripture within the One Catholic Church. We also see that Revelation was regarded as Scripture by no later than the 4th Century b/c it appears in both the Sahidic Coptic & Latin Vulgate Translations (Codices). All of that shows that it has just as much right to be AUTHENTIC SCRIPTURE as the other NT Books.