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The '''Book of Revelation''',<ref>It's formal title, as shown in the [[King James Version]], is '''The Revelation of St. John the Divine''', but it is also called '''The Revelation to John''', '''The Apocalypse of John''', and is often misquoted as '''Revelations'''.</ref> or simply '''Revelation''', is the final book of the [[Christian]] [[Bible]] (The [[New Testament]]), visionary and [[surrealism|surrealistic]]. "[L]et the one who is thirsty come; let the one who desires take the water of life without price."<ref>{{bibleref|Revelation|22|17}}</ref>

The '''Book of Revelation''',<ref>It's formal title, as shown in the [[King James Version]], is '''The Revelation of St. John the Divine''', but it is also called '''The Revelation to John''', '''The Apocalypse of John''', and is often misquoted as '''Revelations'''.</ref> or simply '''Revelation''', is the final book of the [[Christian]] [[Bible]] (The [[New Testament]]), visionary and [[surrealism|surrealistic]]. "[L]et the one who is thirsty come; let the one who desires take the water of life without price."<ref>{{bibleref|Revelation|22|17}}</ref>

Traditionally the authorship has been ascribed [[John the Apostle|John]], an Apostle of [[Christ]], while John was imprisoned on the island of Patmos,<ref>In ancient writings as going back as early as [[Justin Martyr]], it was held that the author of this book was [[John the Apostle]].</ref><ref>The NIV Study Bible, Zondervan Press, 1985, Pg. 1923</ref> notwithstanding "modern scholarship" which claims that nothing can be determined about the author other than that he was a Christian prophet or some putative figure called "John of Patmos."

Traditionally the authorship has been ascribed [[John the Apostle|John]], an Apostle of [[Christ]], while John was imprisoned on the island of Patmos,<ref>In ancient writings as going back as early as [[Justin Martyr]], it was held that the author of this book was [[John the Apostle]].</ref><ref>The NIV Study Bible, Zondervan Press, 1985, Pg. 1923</ref> notwithstanding "modern scholarship" which claims that nothing can be determined about the author other than that he was a Christian prophet or some putative figure called "John of Patmos." Multiple factors, including its style and grammar, weigh against John the Apostle as its author.<ref>http://www.revelation.giffmex.org/?p=259</ref>

It records a series of visions dealing with the End Times; Jesus Christ Himself provided the visions to John.  The phrase "the grapes of wrath," as used in ''The Battle Hymn of the Republic'' and as the title for [[John Steinbeck]]'s novel that won him the [[Nobel Prize]] in Literature, are from a verse in the Book of Revelation.

It records a series of visions dealing with the End Times; Jesus Christ Himself provided the visions to John.  The phrase "the grapes of wrath," as used in ''The Battle Hymn of the Republic'' and as the title for [[John Steinbeck]]'s novel that won him the [[Nobel Prize]] in Literature, are from a verse in the Book of Revelation.