Letter 047 — The Sender: An Old Apostle on Patmos (Revelation 21)
Letters From Home by Hank Garner
Episode notes
An old man on a prison island. Exiled by Rome for refusing to stop talking about Jesus. Given the longest, strangest, most beautiful vision in the New Testament.
In this letter
- John in his old age — the last apostle alive
- The persecution under Domitian
- The exile to Patmos
- The genre of apocalyptic literature
- The structure of Revelation — seven churches, throne vision, judgments, resolution
- The seven churches of Asia Minor
- Why the destination matters to a persecuted church
Scripture
- Revelation 1:9
- Revelation 2-3 (the seven churches, referenced)
- Revelation 21:1-8
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