The official title of the Book of Revelation is 'The Revelation of Jesus Christ,' and herein lies the very heart of this important book. Here, we find the revealing - essentially the unveiling - of truth surrounding Jesus Christ, His church, and His second coming.

In Revelation, the apostle John, in exile on the island of Patmos, is given an extraordinary vision from God and with it a promise that, "Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written in it; for the time is near" (Revelation 1:3).