THE ALTITUDE OF THE BOOK OF REVELATION

The Altitude (Depth) of this Book of Revelation

This book is the capstone in the great pyramid of divine revelation. Just as Genesis is necessary to explain the origination of all things, so Revelation is necessary to explain the consummation of all things. Without this book, the future is relatively dark.

The concluding book of the Scriptures, unfolds the great events bringing history to consummation, including the revelation of Jesus Christ at His Second Advent. The word "revelation," used as the title of the book, is from the late Latin <revelatio,> which means (as does the Gk. <apokalupsis,> from which the English word "apocalypse" is derived) "disclosure of that which was previously hidden or unknown."