Whenever there are people who share a common interest they tend to congregate in crowds. According to the Guinness World Records 23,600 people got together in Upton Park London in May 1999, to blow bubbles. The largest number of visitors to a department store in one day took place on December 20, 1995, in Nextage, Shanghai. A million shoppers showed up. The greatest number of live spectators to any sporting event was 10 million over a three week period at the annual Tour de France. The largest mass choir to sing in unison was 60,000 at a choral contest in Breslau, Germany. In the largest attended basketball game in history, 78,000 people watched Kentucky beat Michigan.

None of these spectacular events however, hold a candle to John’s vision of the multitudes who gather for worship at the …