REVIVAL TALK

Revelation 3:20 – “Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me.” The Apostle John writes this letter from the Island of Patmos. It is a small rocky island about ten miles long and six miles wide.   It is located southwest of Ephesus in the Aegean Sea.   We learn from the early church fathers that John was exiled by the Roman ruler, Domitian and forced to work in the mines that were located on the island. It was during this time of exile that the Apostle has an encounter with the resurrected Christ of Revelation.   In Revelation 1:10 the Lord commissions the Apostle John to write this revelation in a book and to send it to seven churches. In Revelation 1:12 we find the Lord in the midst of seven golden lampstands, which we learn in verse 20 are the seven churches of Revelation. These seven churches are located in Asia Minor.   They are located in the cities of Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamos