The last book of the New Testament of the Bible, written about 100 years after the birth of Christ, is sometimes called The Apocalypse. What's the name of this book?

The title of the New Testament's final book comes directly from its opening line, which describes the text as "the revelation of Jesus Christ." The word "revelation" is a translation of the original Greek word *apokalypsis*, which means "an unveiling" or "a disclosure." This is why the book is also commonly known as The Apocalypse—the two titles are essentially translations of the same root word, describing the text's purpose of revealing divine mysteries about the end times.

The book was written around 95 AD by a man named John while he was exiled on the Greek island of Patmos. While traditionally identified as the Apostle John, many scholars simply refer to him as "John of Patmos." He recorded a series of powerful, symbolic visions that were intended to offer hope and encouragement to early Christians facing intense persecution under the Roman Empire.

As a piece of apocalyptic literature, a genre popular in that era, the book is rich with symbolic imagery not always meant to be interpreted literally. It includes famous visions of the Four Horsemen, the seven seals, and the ultimate battle between good and evil. Far from being just a roadmap of doom, its central message for its original audience was one of ultimate divine victory and the establishment of a "new heaven and a new earth."