General letters and Revelation
Revelation
Jesus Christ reveals what must soon take place: letters to seven churches, visions of judgment, and a new heaven and new earth.
John says he was on the island of Patmos “because of God’s Word and the testimony of Jesus Christ” (Revelation 1:9). Irenaeus placed the vision near the end of Domitian’s reign, about AD 95.
Written at: the island of Patmos (Revelation 1:9)
Kinds of writing
- Prophecy 86%
- Letter 14%
Key verses
The Alpha and the Omega. “I am the Alpha and the Omega, ” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”
Revelation 1:8 (World English Bible)
He will wipe away every tear. He will wipe away every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain any more. The first things have passed away.
Revelation 21:4 (World English Bible)
People
Places
PatmosEphesusSmyrnaPergamumThyatiraSardisPhiladelphiaLaodicea
On the timeline
John on Patmos writes Revelation
Revelation quotes or alludes to the Old Testament 32 times (counted in the site’s Old in the New).
Dating notes
Some date it earlier, in Nero’s time (about AD 68). This timeline plots AD 95. The span is an estimate; Scripture doesn’t say when the book was written.