Kalin, ER (1990), "Re-examining New Testament Canon History: 1. The Canon of Origen", Currents in Theology and Mission, 17: 274–82 In the history of the West over the last 2000 years, there has never been a time when someone hasn’t been predicting the end of the world. In section 1, Nietzsche expresses his dissatisfaction with modernity, listing his dislikes for the contemporary "lazy peace", "cowardly compromise", "tolerance" and "resignation". [3]

Just as Christians came to believe that Jesus Christ was the Son of God, so they thought that the Antichrist was the Son of Satan. Jesus was born of a virgin. So the Antichrist would be born of a woman who was apparently a virgin, but was really a whore. Where Christ was God in the flesh, the Antichrist was Satan in the flesh. Christian Gnostics are unlikely to be attracted to the teaching of Revelation because the doctrine of salvation through the sacrificed Lamb, which is central to Revelation, is repugnant to Gnostics. Christian Gnostics "believed in the Forgiveness of Sins, but in no vicarious sacrifice for sin ... they accepted Christ in the full realisation of the word; his life, not his death, was the keynote of their doctrine and their practice." [90] He would then rule for seven years before being defeated by the angel Gabriel or Christ and the divine armies, prior to the resurrection of the dead and the Final Judgement.

Futurism, which believes that Revelation describes future events (modern believers in this interpretation are often called " millennialists"); and After the eighth angel has devastated the earth, the seven angels introduced in verse 2 prepare to sound their trumpets (8:6). Carl Gustav Jung in his autobiography Memories Dream Reflections said "I will not discuss the transparent prophecies of the Book of Revelation because no one believes in them and the whole subject is felt to be an embarrassing one." Ford, J. Massyngberde (1975). Revelation, The Anchor Bible, New York: Doubleday ISBN 0-385-00895-3.

Nietzsche opposes Christianity on multiple grounds. One such ground is his observation that Christians typically profess faith without doing much to demonstrate their belief and piety asides from engaging in performative religious activities like taking communion and going to the church, or giving to charity.

5. He dies in the end

For Nietzsche, the priestly class constructed God to “Interpret all happiness as a reward and all unhappiness as a punishment for obedience or disobedience to him, for ‘sin’” James Morgan Pryse was an esoteric gnostic who saw Revelation as a western version of the Hindu theory of the Chakra. He began his work, "The purpose of this book is to show that the Apocalypse is a manual of spiritual development and not, as conventionally interpreted, a cryptic history or prophecy." [91] Such diverse theories have failed to command widespread acceptance. However, Christopher Rowland argues: "there are always going to be loose threads which refuse to be woven into the fabric as a whole. The presence of the threads which stubbornly refuse to be incorporated into the neat tapestry of our world-view does not usually totally undermine that view." [92] Radical discipleship [ edit ] Second Seal: A red horse appears, whose rider is granted a "great sword" to take peace from the earth. (6:3–4) Holbrook, Frank (July 1983). "What prophecy means to this church". Ministry, International Journal for Pastors. 56 (7): 21 . Retrieved 29 June 2017. Shepherd, Massey H. (2004). The Paschal Liturgy and the Apocalypse, James Clarke, ISBN 0-227-17005-9