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*[[The Book of Revelation]] (or just "Revelation,") the prophetic book which ends the New Testament. It is also known as "the Apocalypse" (Greek for 'revelation') - though many such apocalyses, both Christian and Jewish, were in fact in circulation at the time.  It is somewhat similar in style to the Old Testament book of [[Daniel]] (from which it borrows), and tells of the end of the world, including Armageddon, Judgment Day, and the arrival of the Kingdom of Heaven, but despite Jesus' thrice repeated promise in it that 'I shall come very soon', opinions vary as to whether it refers to  supposedly imminent events set amid the then Roman Empire or to the far future.
 
*[[The Book of Revelation]] (or just "Revelation,") the prophetic book which ends the New Testament. It is also known as "the Apocalypse" (Greek for 'revelation') - though many such apocalyses, both Christian and Jewish, were in fact in circulation at the time.  It is somewhat similar in style to the Old Testament book of [[Daniel]] (from which it borrows), and tells of the end of the world, including Armageddon, Judgment Day, and the arrival of the Kingdom of Heaven, but despite Jesus' thrice repeated promise in it that 'I shall come very soon', opinions vary as to whether it refers to  supposedly imminent events set amid the then Roman Empire or to the far future.
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As with the Old Testament, the chapter- and verse-divisions of the various books are not original, but of purely medieval origin.
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As with the Old Testament, the chapter and verse divisions and numbers of the various books are not original, but of purely medieval origin.
    
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