writing. In fact, this claim is even impressed with “the seal of the seven.” That is, John makes the claim “I heard” twenty-eight times (that is, four sevens), and he makes the statement “I saw” (or “I looked” or “I beheld,” all of which are translations of the same Greek word) no less than forty-nine times, or seven sevens. This phrase is used, in fact, more often than in any other New Testament book. John would have us know, beyond any possible misunderstanding, that he was not writing his own