Biblically Compatible Archaeology and Geography

  by   Damien F. Mackey       “… if the Book of Revelation was in fact written in AD 96, only twenty-six years after the destruction of the Temple and the Holy City, it is shocking that John didn’t mention the recent massacre of the city and Temple”.   Jonathan Welton     Evidence for date of John's exile on Patmos | Christian Forums   Taken from the book, Raptureless , by Jonathan Welton, with some comments added:   The following are proofs to show that the book of Revelation was written prior to AD 70 Proof #1: The Syriac   The first proof for an earlier dating of Revelation is the witness of one of the most ancient versions of the New Testament, called The Syriac. The title page of the fourth-century Syriac Version, called the Peshitto, says this: Again the revelation, which was upon the holy John the Evangelist from God when he was on the island of Patmos where he was thrown by the emperor Nero....

    by   Damien F. Mackey     “While I was thinking about the horns, there before me was another horn, a little one, which came up among them; and three of the first horns were uprooted before it. This horn had eyes like the eyes of a human being  and a mouth that spoke boastfully”.   Daniel 7:8   Introduction   Here, following up on a recent article of mine in which I considered the views of a Seventh-Day Adventist writer concerning the little horn of the prophecies of Daniel:   Daniel 7 and 8     (4) Daniel 7 and Daniel 8     as expressed in his article, “ Why Antiochus IV Is Not the Little Horn of Daniel 8”: http://1844madesimple.org/why-antiochus-iv-is-not-the-little-horn-of-daniel-8 I will now consider the views of another writer, an ex-Adventist this time, regarding the identification of Daniel’s little horn. And I shall be in agreement with him.   I ref...

    by Damien F. Mackey     A suggestion is made here that Daniel 7 and 8 may contain parallel information, with the consequence that the one may be shedding helpful light upon the other.     Introduction   Seventh-day Adventist Church article, “ Why Antiochus IV Is Not the Little Horn of Daniel 8”: http://1844madesimple.org/why-antiochus-iv-is-not-the-little-horn-of-daniel-8 has seemingly managed to identify some enlightening parallels between these two chapters of the Book of Daniel – irrespective of whether or not the article has also arrived at the correct conclusion about Antiochus IV.   It begins with an overview of opinions on the matter:   Crucial to the interpretation of Daniel 8:9-14 is the identification of the little horn power, which dominates these verses. Attempting to identify this little horn, commentators have applied three different methods ( preterist, futurist , and  historic...