Letter 047 — The Sender: An Old Apostle on Patmos (Revelation 21)

Letters From Home · Jul 14, 2026 · 8m

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

Coming…