‘The Revelation of Jesus Christ’ is the real title of the book, according to the Torah (Pentateuch) tradition of using the first word or words as the title. As the title suggests, this book comes with the full authority of Jesus Christ. ‘Revelation’ derives from the Greek word ̓̓Αποκάλυψις meaning ‘uncovering’ and implies the book contains the disclosure of hidden truths and realities. Modern scholarship has applied the word ‘apocalypse’ to the genre of ancient Jewish writings of similar style and content, mostly composed between 200 BC and 100 AD. However, John’s ‘Apocalypse’, or ‘Revelation’, is unique in many respects, but especially in its focus on the victorious redemption brought about by Jesus Christ, and its future and eternal consequences. It should be noted that ‘the Revelation’ here does not refer, as in other parts of the NT (1Cor 1,7; 2Thess 1,7; 1Pet 1,7.13), to the revelation of Jesus Christ from heaven at his second coming (the object of the genitive), although that event is a significant component of it. Instead ‘the Revelation’ is the divine foreknowledge and instruction that follow in the text, given to Jesus Christ for onward transmission to the servants of God on earth (the subject of the genitive).