Yet whoever this John was, he played a decisive role in molding the Christian conception of the eschatological end of days. Its writer identifies himself as John, but other than his name, nothing is known of him, and the traditional identification of him with John the Apostle is likely not true. Revelations consists of a prophetic description of how the world will end.

Tell Megiddo: Wire statue of horse 'drinks' from ancient trough on ancient paved courtyard. What does the official uniform of the KKK have to do with medieval Easter penitents? If you think Jesus was born in the year 0 you're dead wrong If the Messiah isn't here yet, does Israel belong to the Jews?ĭo Passover eggs and Easter eggs have a shared origin? The concept appears throughout the Christian Bible, and in fact the Book of Revelations is wholly devoted to it. When Christianity branched off from Judaism 2,000 years ago, it took this belief. The Persian religion, Zoroastrianism, holds that the world will end with a final showdown between good and evil. Since this belief is uncommon in ancient religions, it could hardly be a coincidence that Jews began to believe in a final reckoning just when the Persians entered their lives and became their overlords (during the exile in Babylon).

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