Douglas F. Kelly on the Early Date of Revelation

I have become convinced that the book of Revelation was written prior to the fall of Jerusalem in 70 AD and that the majority of the book describes events leading up to that fall. I have been convinced of this view through the scholarship of Ken Gentry, Douglas Wilson, and now Douglas Kelly. Here is an excerpt from Kelly's commentary on Revelation:

When was Revelation written? This is a complex question over which excellent Christian scholars disagree. The historical Christian church for the most part, until the 1830s, believed that much (though not all) of what is predicted in Revelation was fulfilled about 70 AD when Jerusalem was destroyed, the temple was burned, and the Jews were scattered out of their land. You can go through Revelation and look at specific things that Jesus told John would happen to the persecutors of the church, and see that many of them happened in 70 AD. 

Two paragraphs later, Kelly continues by stating that Jesus' prediction of the "the Great Tribulation" found its fulfillment in the first century:

[E]ven if Revelation is thought to have been composed after the destruction of Jerusalem, it is clear that Matthew 24 was written before 70 AD, so that 'the Great Tribulation' still should be seen as finding its primary fulfillment in the destruction of the Temple and the scattering of the Jewish nation. 

Then Kelly gives six reasons that he finds Revelation's early date (prior to 70 AD) compelling, but those reasons will have to wait for a later post.

Kelly, Douglas. Revelation: A Mentor Expository Commentary. Ross-shire, Scotland: Mentor, 2012. p. 19.