Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Revelation 22:13
I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last — Who exist from everlasting to everlasting. How clear, incontestable a proof, does our Lord here give of his divine glory!
I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last — Who exist from everlasting to everlasting. How clear, incontestable a proof, does our Lord here give of his divine glory!
Verse Revelation 22:13. _I AM ALPHA AND OMEGA_] Revelation 1:8, Revelation 1:8; _"_Revelation...
I AM ALPHA AND OMEGA ... - See the notes on Revelation 1:8, Revelation 1:11. The idea here is, that he will thus show that he is the first and the last - the beginning and the end. He originated the w...
CHAPTER 22:6-21 The Final Messages __ 1. The angel's message (Revelation 22:6) 2. The message of the Lord (Revelation 22:12) 3. The two classes (Revelation 22:14)...
THE EPILOGUE. The Epilogue consists of the last words, warnings, and exhortations of the angel and the seer. Revelation 22:6. these words: the contents of the book. SHORTLY COME TO PASS: the author t...
I AM ALPHA AND OMEGA. The same affirmation is found in chapter 1. It means that he is from everlasting to everlasting....
THE RIVER OF LIFE (Revelation 22:1-2)...
ALPHA, &C. See Revelation 1:8....
_I am Alpha_&c. Song of Solomon 1:8 (not 11). There the Father speaks, here the Son. _the beginning_&c. The true order seems to be THE FIRST AND THE LAST, THE BEGINNING AND THE END....
THE WITNESS OF THE LORD...
Ὁ ΠΡΩ͂ΤΟΣ ΚΑῚ Ὁ ἜΣΧΑΤΟΣ. A omits the articles. 13. ἘΓῺ ΤῸ ἌΛΦΑ ΚΑῚ ΤῸ Ὦ. Song of Solomon 1:8 (_not_ 11); there the Father speaks, here the Son....
_THE CONFIRMATION THAT THE VISIONS ARE TRUE REVELATION 22:6-13:_ John is told by the angel that the book must not be sealed because "these words are faithful and true." "Behold, I come quickly: blesse...
ΈΣΧΑΤΟΣ (G2078) последний, ΆΡΧ (G746) начало, ΤΈΛΟΣ (G5056) конец, завершение, цель (_см._ Revelation 1:8)....
JOHN SAW THESE THINGS, AND HEARD, &C.— St. John testifies himself to have been the person who _saw and heard these things;_ and in his extasy falling into the same mistake which he had committed, ch....
_TOMLINSON'S COMMENTS_ CHAPTER XXII THE NEW JERUSALEM AND ITS LIFE _Text (Revelation 22:1-21)_ 1 And he showed me a river of water of life, bright as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and...
Strauss-' Comments SECTION 73 Text Revelation 22:10-16 10 And he saith unto me, Seal not up the words of the prophecy of this book; for the time is at hand. 11 He that is unrighteous, let him do unri...
I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last. I AM ALPHA - `the Alpha and the Omega.' 'Aleph (') A B, Vulgate, Syriac, Origen, Cyprian, transpose, 'the fist and the last,...
SECOND THRONE SECTION 24 The vision has ended. John now is back again in Patmos and tells what _ will be _ in the days of the vision. It is not that the common and abominable will be outside the city...
THE VISION ENDED. THE LORD IS AT HAND The inner life of the heavenly Jerusalem is described. Then the 'Revelation' closes with the repeated assurance that Christ is at hand, and with the yearnings of...
(6-21) These verses contain the concluding words. It is the Epilogue of the Book; it deals with practical exhortations, warnings, and blessings....
I AM ALPHA... — Here (as in Revelation 21:6) we should render, _I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end._ (See Note as above, and comp. John 1:1; Isaiah 44:6.)...
CHAPTER XVIII. THE EPILOGUE. Revelation 22:6. THE visions of the Seer have closed, and closed with a picture of the final and complete triumph of the Church over all her enemies. No more glorious re...
“COME, LORD JESUS” Revelation 22:10 _ Still_, four times repeated, implies the crystallization and permanence of character. The rewards mentioned here are for the faithful service of Christ's steward...
Still gazing at the city, the seer beheld the great river of water of life. On its banks is the tree of life, yielding fruit, and leaves for the healing of nations. And once more the apostle declares...
To say the Lord is the Alpha and Omega, is to say he is complete since these are the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet. To say he is first and last, is to say Jesus is eternal. (Note commen...
_I am alpha and omega. See Chap. i. 8. (Witham)_...
(12) And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be. (13) I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last. If we needed...
It is necessary that we should all bear in mind, if we have not observed it before, that Revelation 17:1-18 does not pursue the chronological course of the prophecy. It is a description, and not one o...
The End and Beginning? I. INTRODUCTION A. In our last study we saw a "new heaven" and a "new earth" created by the Lord as He wiped away the curse of sin and started over. 1. We also saw a new city...
The connection of the holy city with the earth, though not on it, is everywhere seen. The river of God refreshed the city, and the tree of life, whose fruits ever ripe were food for the celestial inha...
I AM ALPHA AND OMEGA,.... Revelation 1:8. These characters are all put together here, which are before used in Revelation 1:8 and are very pertinently mentioned in this place, when all promises and pr...
I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last. Ver. 13. _I am Alpha and Omega_] And am therefore worthy to be believed in my predictions of future events, which I can easily...
_And behold, I_ Jesus Christ; _come quickly_ To judge the world. _And my reward_ Both of grace and vengeance; _is with me_ The reward which I shall assign, both to the righteous and the wicked, shall...
I AM ALPHA AND OMEGA, THE BEGINNING AND THE END, THE FIRST AND THE LAST....
Christ's announcement as to sharing in the blessings of heaven:...
THE RIVER OF WATER OF LIFE AND THE TREE OF LIFE The description of the city continues to the end of verse 5 of this chapter. The city is blessed with a river of the water of life proceeding from the t...
_ 13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, the First and the Last.”_ A. Christ uses the same description at the beginning and the end of this book. B. Alpha and Omega - are the fi...
6-19 The Lord Jesus spake by the angel, solemnly confirming the contents of this book, particularly of this last vision. He is the Lord God faithful and true. Also by his messengers; the holy angels...
SEE POOLE ON "REVELATION 1:8". SEE POOLE ON "REVELATION 21:6"....
Pseudo-Tertullian Against All Heresies For they affirm that without those letters truth cannot be found; nay more, that in those letters the whole plenitude and perfection of truth is comprised; for...
Revelation 22:13 I G1473 am G1510 (G5748) Alpha G1 and G2532 Omega G5598 Beginning G746 and G2532 End...
THE CENTRAL MESSAGES OF THE BOOK. ‘I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.' Compare Revelation 1:9; Revelation 1:17; Revelation 2:8;...
Revelation 22:13. I AM THE ALPHA AND THE OMEGA, THE FIRST AND THE LAST, THE BEGINNING AND THE END. These words confirm the statement made in the PREVIOUS VERSE (comp. chap. Revelation 21:6). They take...
The Apocalypse began with a Prologue. As in the case of the Fourth Gospel, it now ends with a corresponding Epilogue, in which the great importance of all the revelations it had contained is again set...
I AM THE ALPHA AND THE OMEGA (Εγω το Αλφα κα το Ο). Applied to God in Revelation 1:8; Revelation 21:6, and here alone to Christ, crowning proof in this book of Christ's deity. So in Revelation 21:6...
Revelation 22:13 Christ the Alpha and Omega. I. Christ is the Alpha and Omega in relation to Christianity and providence. Christianity is at this day the great upholder of Theism in the world. It has...
Revelation 22:1. _And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb._ Here again we have God and the Lamb uniting in giving that «w...
Revelation 22:1. _And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the lamb._ There is no other «water of life» except that which springs f...
Revelation 22:1. _And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb._ Rivers partake of the character of the source from which they...
CONTENTS: The New Paradise and its river of the water of life. The last exhortation of Christ to be ready for His second coming. CONCLUSION: The Paradise lost by the first Adam shall be restored by th...
Revelation 22:1. _He shewed me a pure river of water of life._ From the city we go to the palace, where the vision opens on the rock of ages, the Elohim, seated on his throne. Thence flows the crystal...
HAPPY ARE THOSE WHO WASH THEIR ROBES CLEAN. A "beatitude." See notes on Revelation 22:1; Revelation 22:7. Those who _belong to Christ_ HAVE THE RIGHT to eat the fruit and to go into the city....
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 22:13 THE ALPHA AND THE OMEGA, THE FIRST AND THE LAST. See note on 21:6. ⇐
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 22:12 Christ will come to REPAY EACH ONE FOR WHAT HE HAS DONE. He will reward each faithful servant and punish each unbeliever. RECOMPENSE (“wages,” “reward”) indicates d...
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 22:10 John must not “seal” his prophecy as Daniel did his (Daniel 12:4, Daniel 12:9
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 22:6 Epilogue. John reaffirms the truthfulness of the revelation he received. He pronounces blessing on those who keep its words, and promises that Jesus will soon return...
"He that is unjust, let him be unjust still." If the wicked persists in his wickedness, refuses all warnings, and resists all the exhortations that are so plentifully scattered through this book, and...
THE RESTORED PARADISE, AND THE EPILOGUE _CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ THE first five verses complete the description of the new heavens and new earth. There is evident reference in the figures of t...
EXPOSITION REVELATION 22:1 AND HE SHOWED ME A PURE RIVER. Omit "pure." "And" connects this part of the vision with what precedes (Revelation 21:9). It would have been better, perhaps, if the twenty-...
_12 AND, BEHOLD, I COME QUICKLY; AND MY REWARD IS WITH ME, TO GIVE EVERY MAN ACCORDING AS HIS WORK SHALL BE._ _ 13 I AM ALPHA AND OMEGA, THE BEGINNING AND THE END, THE FIRST AND THE LAST._ When Jesu...
And he shewed me a pure river (Revelation 22:1) You know it is going to be new, because these don't exist anymore here. of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of...
Isaiah 41:4; Isaiah 44:6; Isaiah 48:12; Revelation 1:11; Revelation 1:
THE MARRIAGE OF THE LAMB Revelation 19:1; _Revelation 21:1 and Revelation 22:1_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. Old Testament analogies of the coming Marriage in the skies. It is not diffi
As if Christ had said, "I am the eternal God, the first cause and the last end of all things;. first made the world, and. will at last put. period to it; and when time shall be no more, they shall for...