<P> The book spans three literary genres : the epistolary , the apocalyptic , and the prophetic . It begins with John , on the island of Patmos in the Aegean , addressing a letter to the `` Seven Churches of Asia '' . He then describes a series of prophetic visions , including figures such as the Whore of Babylon and the Beast , culminating in the Second Coming of Jesus . </P>
<P> The book spans three literary genres : the epistolary , the apocalyptic , and the prophetic . It begins with John , on the island of Patmos in the Aegean , addressing a letter to the `` Seven Churches of Asia '' . He then describes a series of prophetic visions , including figures such as the Whore of Babylon and the Beast , culminating in the Second Coming of Jesus . </P>
who was the book of revelations written to
who was the book of revelations written to
the `` Seven Churches of Asia ''
the `` Seven Churches of Asia ''