Did John write this Gospel before or after his experience at Patmos? Why do you think that? 532-1 - 9 -2

In my very strong opinion, John wrote this Gospel after his experience at Patmos.

Revelation 22:13, “I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.”

Revelation 22:5, “And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.”

John 1:1-4, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not anything made that was made. In him was life; and the life was the light of men.”

Would John have written the above with such a powerful conviction if he had not had the experienced of beholding the glory and the voice of the risen Jesus on the island of Patmos? When Paul met with the risen Jesus on the road to Damascus he was blinded for three days by the glory of the light surrounding Jesus. I cannot begin to imagine what it will be like to finally see the risen Jesus. As John later wrote in 1 John 3:2, “Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.”