Revelation: The Book of Revelation (also called the Apocalypse of John) is the final book of the Christian New Testament. Written by an author named John while exiled on the island of Patmos around the late first century AD, the 22-chapter text uses dramatic symbolic visions to encourage persecuted churches and depict God’s ultimate victory over evil.Prologue and Letters to the Seven Churches (Chapters 1–3). John receives a