INTRODUCTION to APOCALYPSE"S
	Diagrams & Figures
	Fig 01	Apocalypse
	Fig 02	Great Tribulation
Apocalypse (Greek: Ἀποκάλυψις Apokálypsis; "lifting of the veil"), is a term applied to the disclosure to certain privileged persons of something hidden from the majority of humankind. Today the term is often used to refer to the end of the world, which may be a shortening of the phrase apokalupsis eschaton which literally means "revelation at the end of the æon, or age".
Contents
	1.0	Origins
	1.1	Terminology
	1.2	Changes in meaning from the Second Century A.D. to the present time
	2.0	Characteristic features
	2.1	Dreams or Visions
	2.2	Angels
	2.3	"Beast" - Endtime Ruler; also known as Antichrist
	2.4	Future
	2.5	Imagery
	2.6	Mystical symbolism
	3.0	End of the age

St. John at Patmos: the receiving of an apocalyptic vision.