There are some who believe that the events described in the Revelation already happened in the First Century AD.
That would actually be impossible for a few reasons. One of which is that we are told that the whole world watches these events unfold. This wouldn't be possible until the arrival of technology and the news media
Two thousand years ago the world was ruled by Rome. From Spain to Syria and from Africa to England, one of every four people on earth lived and died under Roman rule.
That is true, additionally the nation of Israel was referred to in the OT as heaven and earth, and 'the world'............
If Revelation is all about the destruction and the end of Jerusalem and the Israelite nation, then 'the world' certainly would have seen it................
"...A man's rights rest in three boxes: the ballot box, the jury box and the cartridge box..." Frederick Douglass, 1867
