5 Apr 2013
Revelation 1:9
Revelation 1:9: “I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.”
This is a compelling piece of evidence that proves that Preterism is false. (Preterism teaches that Revelation was fulfilled in 70 AD when the Romans sacked Jerusalem and destroyed the Temple.) Everyone agrees that Revelation is a book of prophecy; when it was written the events described in it had not yet taken place. In order for Preterism to be true, the book of Revelation had to be written before 70 AD.
That raises a question. When was John exiled to Patmos? Well, he was exiled by the Emperor Domitian, who reigned from 81 AD to 96 AD! In other words, the apostle John was not exiled to Patmos until long after 70 AD. Since Revelation is a book of prophecy, it cannot possibly be talking about events that happened years earlier.
According to the early church fathers, Revelation was written in the early 90s. This means that Preterism must be false; the book was written too late for that theory to be true.