[Mephibosheth2]

Originally Posted by awareness

Great post unregistered. And I think I get it: This guy who calls himself John doesn't matter, cuz God gave it to whoever this guy was. Right?

awareness, I concede that the epistle to the Hebrews, as to its authorship and whether or not the apostle Paul truly wrote it, has often been disputed by scholars; but as for the book of Revelation, hasn't it always been generally accepted that 'John' (the disciple whom Jesus loved) is the author? Don't scholars agree that the literary style of the 'apocalypse' is identical in many respects to his other epistles and to his gospel? Don't other historical documents and accounts contemporary to the period positively identify John 'the Revelator' as being the selfsame fisherman of the gospels, and one of the Twelve? Don't they all attest that it was indeed this same apostle -John- who was imprisoned on the isle of Patmos? Isn't it him that long tradition speaks of as having been dipped into a vat of bubbling oil and survived the ordeal? I mean, how many other historical figures of similar stature, named John, can there possibly be? Are they recorded and attested to elsewhere outside the Biblical narrative?

Perhaps you are privy to some detail that has eluded thousands of years of close and careful scrutiny? We should be very glad and grateful if you were to share these secrets with us.