3.2. Overemphasis on Immediate Audience or Events
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Notes
1 That’s what historico means—the historical context is key to understanding the text.
2 “Revelation presupposes that Christians were being required to participate to some degree in the imperial cult (e.g., Rev. Rev. 13:4-8+, Rev. 13:15-16+; Rev. 14:9-11+; Rev. 15:2+; Rev. 16:2+; Rev. 19:20+; Rev. 20:4+).”—Gregory K. Beale, The Book of Revelation: A Commentary on the Greek Text (Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1999), 5.
3 “Some commentators argue that some passages in Revelation reflect a ‘revival of Nero’ myth, especially Rev. Rev. 13:3-4+ and Rev. 17:8+, Rev. 17:11+, which speak of the demise of the beast and subsequent revival. The Nero myth held that Nero would return from the dead and lead a Parthian army against the Roman Empire. If these texts reflect the myth, then Revelation is better dated later than earlier, since presumably it took time for the myth to arise, develop, and circulate after Nero’s death in 68 AD.”—Ibid., 17.