The Fourth Gospel also alters the sequence of events in Jesus' life, omitting the nativity story, debates with the Pharisees, the Last Supper and the agony in the garden of Gethsemane, as well as putting the triumphal entry at the beginning of his ministry. Hence, the freedom with which the author reinterprets the Synoptic Gospels shows how he understood the future revelatory work of the Holy Spirit. Let us now examine a text which is often used to prove that the New Testament represents God's final revelation. This implies that revelation has been completed and that God will curse anyone who seeks additional revelation. To understand this verse correctly, we must recognize that our New Testament is a compilation of twenty-seven separate books, written at different times and circulated as individual scrolls or booklets.
Revelation is one such separate book.
The author was not the apostle John nor the writer of the Fourth Gospel. As a visionary, this early Christian did not want anyone to tamper with his prophecies concerning the End-time. Revising and updating apocalyptic literature was a common practice for both Jews and Christians. The book of Revelation had a difficult time getting accepted as scripture, prior to the closing of the canon in the fourth century. However, when it was finally approved, it was made the last book, so that the Christian Scriptures would begin with the story of creation and conclude with the promise of the consummation of history.