Where is Patmos Island?
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Where is Patmos Island?
Patmos is a small (55 square miles), uninviting island with little vegetation. It sits fifty miles offshore from Ephesus in the Aegean Sea and served as a Roman penal colony where prisoners were forced to work in the quartz and pyrite mines.
During the reign of the Roman Emperor Domitian, the aging apostle John was arrested and exiled to Patmos for preaching the word of God (Revelation 1:9). While a prisoner, John was blessed with a vision of Jesus, a glimpse of heaven, and saw God's majestic glory. Hidden details of God's plan for mankind, including the apocalyptic last days, were revealed to John. John's account of what he heard and saw in heaven is documented in the last book of the Bible, "The Revelation of Jesus Christ to ST. John."
Today, Patmos is one of the Greek islands with a population of 3,000 people. Tourism drives the island's economy. Christians come to visit the cave where John is said to have had his heavenly visions.
Patmos is a small (55 square miles), uninviting island with little vegetation. It sits fifty miles offshore from Ephesus in the Aegean Sea and served as a Roman penal colony where prisoners were forced to work in the quartz and pyrite mines.
During the reign of the Roman Emperor Domitian, the aging apostle John was arrested and exiled to Patmos for preaching the word of God (Revelation 1:9). While a prisoner, John was blessed with a vision of Jesus, a glimpse of heaven, and saw God's majestic glory. Hidden details of God's plan for mankind, including the apocalyptic last days, were revealed to John. John's account of what he heard and saw in heaven is documented in the last book of the Bible, "The Revelation of Jesus Christ to ST. John."
Today, Patmos is one of the Greek islands with a population of 3,000 people. Tourism drives the island's economy. Christians come to visit the cave where John is said to have had his heavenly visions.
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