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The book presents a dramatic account of two visions received by the author, John, on the isle of Patmos.

The first vision (–), is a message from "one like unto the son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle," speaking with "a great voice, as of a trumpet." It is addressed to the "angels" of the seven churches of Asia, meaning Asia Minor, in today's Turkey.

Others increasingly take the view of historical criticism, that Revelation was written mainly to inspire first century Christians to resist persecution, in the expectation that Christ would be returning immediately.

Still others consider it the work inspired more by hysteria than true prophecy.

A number of Church Fathers express an opinion on the authorship of Revelation.John Calvin, on the other hand, always believed the book to be canonical; yet it was the only New Testament book on which he did not write a commentary.Modern critical scholarship tends to view Revelation as deriving from Jewish apocalyptic literature, especially the Book of Daniel, from which it borrows freely.Nevertheless, most Christian Churches maintain that the Revelation was written by St. D., during the persecution of the Christians by the Roman Emperor Domitian, between 81 and 96 A. There various apocalyptic visions occurred to him which is said to have been the allegorical depiction of the many persecutions and evils faced by the Early Christian Church and the prediction of the ultimate triumph of Christ's Church and its martyrs.John, the favorite disciple of Jesus Christ and the author of the Fourth Gospel. At the beginning of his account, St John affirms the omnipresence and omnipotence of God in the famous verse: And having turned I saw... And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth came a sharp two-edged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.