Can anyone explain to me how did a book as strange as Revelation get included in the New Testament canon? It's a beautiful and ethereal book, but it's so strange when compared to the New Testament, and to have it end with it is quite unusual for me.

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Christanon 02/03/18 (Sat) 15:57:38 ba8551 No.598828

Can anyone explain to me how did a book as strange as Revelation get included in the New Testament canon? It's a beautiful and ethereal book, but it's so strange when compared to the New Testament, and to have it end with it is quite unusual for me.

Christanon 02/03/18 (Sat) 16:32:21 58a8e5 No.598840

Because it's scripture

Christanon 02/03/18 (Sat) 18:53:29 71c559 No.598889

>>598828

>Can anyone explain to me how did a book as strange as Revelation get included in the New Testament canon?

Luther pls

Joking aside why is it strange to you that the book depicting the end of the world is weirder than the rest of the books that are based in historical events and settings? Revelation emphasizes the judgment of God, Christ himself told us of this coming judgement Revelation is just the best textual representation of what this judgement will look like, or at least as well as we could perceive it with our limited perception.

Christanon 02/03/18 (Sat) 21:03:40 162d54 No.598936

>>598828

It's not that dissimilar to the OT apocalyptic prophecies.

Christanon 02/03/18 (Sat) 21:08:47 6696ee No.598939

truth is stranger than fiction

Christanon 02/03/18 (Sat) 21:39:52 5a748a No.598967

It was a sort of compromise. Latins wanted Apocalypse in the canon but didn't want Hebrews and the Greeks wanted Hebrews but not Apocalypse.