The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants--things which must shortly take place. And He sent and signified it by His angel to His servant John. --Revelation 1:1
In the latter part of the first century, just off the coast of Turkey was a barren island, a Roman penal colony, a rock quarry that cut stones for imperial temples and buildings.
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When John, considered the last of the empire's greatest enemies, reached that prison island, he was perhaps eighty years old. He was the final living member of Christ's inner circle. Wizened and stooping, gray and halting, he was still forced to work in the rock quarries. Every day, while he worked, he had plenty of opportunities to meditate on what Jesus had done while he walked with Him, and in his own sixty years of ministry.
As storms blew in over the Aegean Sea, I am confident that he found great peace remembering Jesus' power to still howling winds as He did when the disciples were in the boat on the stormy Sea of Galilee. When he saw prisoners die, John meditated on Jesus' power to touch dead bodies and bring them back to life. The Holy Spirit prompted precious memories of the One who loved him so!
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