William Milligan, a leading commentator on the book of Revelation about 100 years ago, was so impressed with this point that he made the following statement: “The book of Revelation is absolutely steeped in the memories, the incidents, the thought, and the language of the church’s past. To such an extent is this the case that it may be doubted whether it contains a single figure not drawn from the Old Testament, or a single complete sentence not more or less built up of materials brought from the same source.”
