Vol. 6, Issue 2, Part B (2024)

Human beings besides its survival; always think about its possible annihilation through its own people, nature, deity or a disastrous attack from other planets. Even the religious people warn the humans for the eminent dangers of extinction, the main purpose of warning them is to keep mankind away from sins and encourage them for the righteous behavior. The etymological origin of the world apocalypse can be seen in the Latin word apocalypses which mean divulgation, unmasking, disclosure. The Greek word pokalyptein also means disclose or uncover. It is also used in predicting the future that is not good for the existing creatures on this planet. It is the firm belief that there is an impending ruination to this present world order. Apocalypse writing is the body of literature that deals with prognostic is burgeoned in the post-exile Jewish literature. These works are well received by the early for fathers of the Christianity. This ecclesiastical writing is blossomed in the time when the Babylonian monarch Nebuchadnezzar II whose regal period is known from 605 to 562 BCE at whose edicts led the excommunication of the people of Judah. Even the deportation is well envisaged; which has apprised them against subversion against the Babylonians. However in the year 537 BCE Cyrus, the great of Persia annexed Babylonia he approved the Jews to return to their homeland i.e. Jerusalem. The literature encompasses the major period of the post- Jewish exile to that of the Christian middle ages. The writings of this genre are both from the Judaism and Christianity. Apocalypse literature is a divination which is made for the ineluctable extinction of mankind or the detrimental conditions that are going to sunder the present human civilization. This literature contains symbolism which is one of the prominent ways of carrying forward ones opinion in an effective manner. The major works that develop this theme are the Book of Revelation and the Book of Daniel. Even the apocalyptic content is present in the ecclesiastical books by Isaih and Ezekiel. This book is the last canonical book of the New Testament presents the apocalyptic theme. It is fully devoted to the apocalyptic literature; is also called the Revelation to John or Apocalypse of John. The present paper attempts to present a meticulous study of the apocalyptic elements in the Book of Revelation.