Apocalypse

The Bible ends with the Revelation of St John, also called the Apocalypse of St John, the two words being originally synonymous. “Apocalypse” took on its contemporary meaning because of the content of the book, which describes the end of the world.

The book has much to say, necessarily in figurative language, much of which has pervaded our language, and in which it’s all too easy to get lost. Armageddon, The Four Horsemen, the Antichrist, the mark of the beast, a seven-headed dragon. But the bit to focus on is the end.

Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God. He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”
And I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb. And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and its lamp is the Lamb. By its light will the nations walk, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it, and its gates will never be shut by day–and there will be no night there.
The Spirit and the Bride say, “Come.” And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who desires take the water of life without price. (from Rev 21,22, ESV)