with Christian brothers and sisters, you don’t need a congregation to praise the Lord. So John was praying and honoring God, when suddenly it all went to the next level: I, John, both your brother and companion in the tribulation and kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was on the island that is called Patmos for the word of God and for the testimony of Jesus Christ. I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s Day, and I heard behind me a loud voice, as of a trumpet, saying, “I am the Alpha and the Omega,