So much happening in so little time! We are left gasping for breath. We stagger under the weight of the mighty arm of historical occurrence. You and I praise God because we know the rest of the story. Those present did not know how things would turn out. They must have been like awestruck children nearing exasperation.

Those of us who have read and perhaps studied the great writers amazingly discover that Saint John tops them all. Shakespeare was truly brilliant but there is a peculiar demeanor about our lengthy passage that goes beyond his work. Dante and Milton — with others coming to mind — cause us to pause reverently in admiration but John causes us to kneel in adoration.

How can we even begin to digest all of this coming at us at one time? It is so imposing and it stretches us to l…