"The Patmos Vision"

Read Rev.1:9-18: In verse 9 we learn that John was not a superhuman.He was a man just like you and me.John was our brother in the Lord.He was also our brother in persecution and in patience.He lived during the time of terrible persecution under Nero,and received the Revelation during his exile to Patmos for his testimony and for the Word of God.With the exception of John the Beloved,all of the disciples were martyred;but in God's providence John was exiled to the lonely island of Patmos because God had. Job for him to do.God's servant is indestructible ...he cannot be destroyed by the devil and all the forces of hell until God is finished with that servant here on earth.John was such a servant.He was faithful and true to the Lord God Almighty.The island to which he was banished was almost unknown in that day.It was extremely dreary and lonely.It lay in the Aegean Sea,just off the coast of Asia Minor.It is only fifteen miles in circumference,and today it is inhabited by a small settlement of Greeks.When the emperor banished John to the Isle of Patmos,he thought he had destroyed the old fanatical preacher;but God made the bitter wrath of the ungodly emperor to praise Him! Folks everyone and everything will praise The Living God!!!!! God will carry out His program,even if He must use an ungodly Herod,Pharaoh,Nero-or,in our da,a Putan of Russian to fulfil His plans.God does not compromise with the devil nor with sin,and many times God causes the devil's program to backfire and in the end bring honor and praise to God.Such was the case with John and his exile to Patmos.The devil slipped up in his plans when he caused the emperor to exile John to the lonely,barren island of Patmos .For John,his stay there knew no dull moments.Every minute was alive.Praise the Living God for Men Like John,God Bless!