St. John the Divine

“And I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away; and the sea was no more.”
- Revelation 21:1

St. John (1^st century C.E.) was one of the original twelve disciples, or apostles, of Jesus Christ. He was the most mystically-inclined disciple as his Book of Revelations testifies. He is also the attributed author of the fourth Gospel of the New Testament, which he wrote for all Christians.

A Jew, his name comes from the Hebrew Yochanan, which means “YHWH has been gracious.” Jesus also called him a “Son of Thunder” (Mark 3:17). He is also known as “John the Beloved” or “The disciple whom Jesus loved.”