St. John saw, heard, and experienced a Vision, and was told to tell this Vision by writing it in a scroll. We call this book, The Apocalyse, The Unveiling. He was told to disseminate this Vision (containing the last words of Jesus) to the local churches of Asia Minor, and it became part of the Holy Canon. As Christ predicted, John would live to see the Second Coming, and The Elder did see it that day from his island-prison cave. He was taken by the Spirit and into the future by a Divine Time Machine where he was immersed in the events that would be fulfilled at the End of Days.