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==Introduction==

==Introduction==

After a short introduction (ch. 1:1–10) Revelation 1:1-10 (King James Version)| publisher =BibleGateway.com| url =http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation%201:1-10&version=9|, the book presents an account of the author, who identifies himself as John, and of two visions that he received on the isle of [[Patmos]]. The first vision (chs. 1:11–3:22), related by "''one like unto the [[Son of man]], clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle''", speaking with "''a great voice, as of a trumpet''", is a statement addressed to the [[seven churches of Asia]]. The second vision, which makes up the rest of the book (Revelation 4-22 (King James Version)| publisher =BibleGateway.com| url =http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation%204-22;&version=9, begins with "a door … opened in the sky" and describes what some might describe as the [[End of the world (religion)|end of the world]]— or more properly, the end of the age, in which Satan's rule through Man is destroyed by Messiah. Viewed are these events: the Great Tribulation, the Campaign of [[Armageddon]], the Second Coming of the Messiah with the restoration of [[peace]] to the world and His 1,000 year reign, the imprisonment of [[Satan]] until he is 'loosed' for the final rebellion, [[God]]'s final judgment over Satan, the Great White throne judgment, and the ushering in of the New Heavens and New Earth. Alternatively, according to the Preterist theory, the events of the latter part of the Apocalypse of John are interpreted as being fulfilled by events in the 1st century.  

After a short introduction (ch. 1:1–10) Revelation 1:1-10 (King James Version)| publisher BibleGateway.com [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation%201:1-10&version=9], the book presents an account of the author, who identifies himself as John, and of two visions that he received on the isle of [[Patmos]]. The first vision (chs. 1:11–3:22), related by "''one like unto the [[Son of man]], clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle''", speaking with "''a great voice, as of a trumpet''", is a statement addressed to the [[seven churches of Asia]]. The second vision, which makes up the rest of the book (Revelation 4-22 (King James Version)| publisher =BibleGateway.com| url =http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation%204-22;&version=9, begins with "a door … opened in the sky" and describes what some might describe as the [[End of the world (religion)|end of the world]]— or more properly, the end of the age, in which Satan's rule through Man is destroyed by Messiah. Viewed are these events: the Great Tribulation, the Campaign of [[Armageddon]], the Second Coming of the Messiah with the restoration of [[peace]] to the world and His 1,000 year reign, the imprisonment of [[Satan]] until he is 'loosed' for the final rebellion, [[God]]'s final judgment over Satan, the Great White throne judgment, and the ushering in of the New Heavens and New Earth. Alternatively, according to the Preterist theory, the events of the latter part of the Apocalypse of John are interpreted as being fulfilled by events in the 1st century.  

Revelation is considered by some to be one of the most controversial and difficult books of the Bible, with many diverse interpretations of the meanings of the various names and events in the account. [[Protestant]] founder [[Martin Luther]] at first considered Revelation to be "neither apostolic nor prophetic" and stated that "Christ is neither taught nor known in it",[http://www.bible-researcher.com/antilegomena.html Luther's Treatment of the 'Disputed Books' of the New Testament] and placed it in his [[Antilegomena]].  [[John Calvin]] believed the book to be canonical, yet it was the only New Testament book on which he did not write a commentary.Anthony A. Hoekema,''[http://books.google.com/books?id=c2yT_7xw35sC&pg=PA297&dq=calvin+%22book+of+revelation%22&sig=AmfrifDlGtS92J3RYA22eIK-Fqs The Bible and the future],'' P.297. ISBN 0802835163 ISBN 9780802835161, Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 1979.

Revelation is considered by some to be one of the most controversial and difficult books of the Bible, with many diverse interpretations of the meanings of the various names and events in the account. [[Protestant]] founder [[Martin Luther]] at first considered Revelation to be "neither apostolic nor prophetic" and stated that "Christ is neither taught nor known in it",[http://www.bible-researcher.com/antilegomena.html Luther's Treatment of the 'Disputed Books' of the New Testament] and placed it in his [[Antilegomena]].  [[John Calvin]] believed the book to be canonical, yet it was the only New Testament book on which he did not write a commentary.Anthony A. Hoekema,''[http://books.google.com/books?id=c2yT_7xw35sC&pg=PA297&dq=calvin+%22book+of+revelation%22&sig=AmfrifDlGtS92J3RYA22eIK-Fqs The Bible and the future],'' P.297. ISBN 0802835163 ISBN 9780802835161, Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 1979.