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The Book of Revelation The Apocalypse Was Revealed so that Believers Would Be Blessed by Having a Heavenly Perspective on Redemptive History and Consequently Obeying the Commands of the Lord of History (1:3)

ὁ καιρὸς ἐγγύς (“the time is near”) is an exaggerated expression of imminence that includes a notion of present time.

ὁ καιρὸς ἐγγύς (“the time is near”) is an exaggerated expression of imminence that includes a notion of present time. 1

1 Beale, G. K. (1999). The book of Revelation: a commentary on the Greek text (p. 185). W.B. Eerdmans; Paternoster Press.

John probably views the death and resurrection of Christ as inaugurating the long-awaited kingdom of the end times, which the OT (e.g., Daniel) had predicted and which will continue to exist throughout the church age.15 1

15 15 See p. 182 above for further discussion of v 3b, especially with respect to the idiomatic language here for inaugurated fulfillment.

1 Beale, G. K. (1999). The book of Revelation: a commentary on the Greek text (p. 185). W.B. Eerdmans; Paternoster Press.