Revelation

Revelation, the final book of the New Testament, tells of a revelation to one identified as John. It is known as the end of days in which Jesus will decend from the Heavens, bring God's children hope, destroy Satan and cast out the sinners. With its stunning imagery and mystical symbology it is quite a way to end a religious text.

Characters

 * John (one who recieves the revelation)
 * Jesus (in all his glory)
 * God
 * Angels
 * The Four Evangelists (Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. Iconographically portrayed as in order, The Man, The Lion, The Ox, The Eagle.)
 * Twenty-Four Elders
 * Four Horseman
 * Satan
 * Woman clothed with the sun
 * The Angel Michael
 * The Great Whore

Content

 * 1) The book begins with an introduction, stating that he, John, recieved from God through an Angel, a vision of the end of days.
 * 2) It goes on with seven letters to seven churches, commending them on jobs when they are following the Lord and telling them to repent when they are not.
 * 3) Jesus then cracks the Scroll with seven seals. Once the first 4 seals are cracked the four horsemen ride forth. The fifth seal prepares those "slaughtered for the word of God" for ascention. the Sixth brings about terrible happenings in the cosmos.
 * 4) The seventh seal is broken and there is silence in heaven for a bit.
 * 5) Seven Angels then blow Seven trumpets, eaching bringing destruction to the earth. while the seventh opens but the temple in Heaven.
 * 6) John then measures the temple and alter of God.
 * 7) A dragon tries to steal a womans baby just after it is born, but it goes to heaven. Then Micheal and his angels fight the devil(dragon) and his angels and send them out of heaven.
 * 8) The dragon then controls the world for 42 months and the people of earth follow it. A second dragon appears and give the mark of the east to anyone that follows it, and John says that anyone that calculates the number of the beast as the number of a person will know. The number is 666.
 * 9) Jesus then appears on Mount Zion with 144,00 people.
 * 10) Jesus and some angels come down with sickles and makes wine.
 * 11) A bowl is poured on the earth and all those who had the mark of the beast are cursed with seven plagues.
 * 12) Then the great whore of Babylon sits upon the beast and an angel tells John not to be amazed, the angel will explain her mystery.
 * 13) There is much rejoicing in Heaven when the whore and the beast fall.
 * 14) Heaven opens up and Jesus comes down as the judge.
 * 15) Satan is locked up for 1000 years in a bottomless pit. when he comes back he will get to do bad stuff again.
 * 16) The dead are then judge by Jesus in the book of life, based on their works.
 * 17) There will then be a new heaven and new earth.