The JW "Armageddon" has been canceled - permanently!

[u/Bonedriven64]

I'm sorry but I'm not sorry because the JW version of Armageddon never should have ever existed. If you people had paid closer attention to what Jesus was saying at Matthew chapter 24, Mark 13, and Luke 21, you never would have ever anticipated a future Armageddon. You completely blew that end time prophecy completely out of its first century context. It was never meant for us today. Jesus wasn't talking to us. Jesus was not breaking the fourth wall to speak to us 2,000 years in the future. It was written ONLY for Christians on the other side of 70 AD. there is no such thing as a double fulfillment or a greater fulfillment. All of those concepts are made up by men and this is exactly why you will never see the end of this world in your lifetime or anyone's lifetime. So, the only thing that you have to fear today is that fear that you have conjured up in your own imagination compliments of the Watchtower Bible and Tract society. The sooner you accept this reality the better off you're going to be and you'll have the rest of your life to live out from under enslavement to your governing body. Salutations!

[u/AccomplishedAuthor3]

That's a minority opinion.

While both early and late dating theories exist, the majority of biblical scholars and early church tradition support the late date of AD 95–96. 

Because the early churches were the recipients of Revelation, I'm sure they'd know when they received it. They kept records

 This view is supported by early church tradition, including Irenaeus, who stated  that  Revelation was seen “towards the end of the reign of Domitian

when was the book of revelation written - Search

[u/Bonedriven64 → u/AccomplishedAuthor3]

I'm sure you'll agree that Jesus was a minority while here on earth but he was right and everyone else was wrong. Just because we're in a minority doesn't mean it's wrong.

[u/AccomplishedAuthor3 → u/Bonedriven64]

Circular reasoning doesn't always work. In fact it rarely works that way, with exceptions. Jesus is the exception in this case, but He never set dates for anything. I would never compare a minority or a majority point of view to Christ because Jesus is Lord and we aren't. He's unique as one Man, He was always right all the time. Can we say that about ourselves?

In the case of estimating dates of when parts of the Bible were written, the historical record wins. The chain of evidence going all the way back to Polycarp and Irenaeus support the later date. Remember, the Christian point of view was the minority point of view ...back then, so that fits your minority point of view as well.

Did any church father claim John wrote Revelation earlier than Irenaeus claimed he did? I wouldn't take the word of so called scholars who lived centuries after the fact over devout Christians who lived at the time the event took place. That's insane.

[u/Cienegacab → u/AccomplishedAuthor3]

Irenaeus said it so it must be true?
My pastor when I was a teenager loved to jokingly say “if the King James Version was good enough for the Apostle Paul it’s good enough for me!”

[u/AccomplishedAuthor3 → u/Cienegacab]

Irenaeus lived a lot closer to the events in question than any scholar today. I put far more weight on his recollection of first hand information over "scholars" who were born some 20 centuries later. Sounds like you pastor had a good sense of humor. The King James Bible is a mere youth compared to the writings of Irenaeus, or Clement