REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 22:1 The RIVER OF THE WATER OF LIFE and THE TREE OF LIFE recall Eden before the fall into sin (Genesis 2:8; Genesis 3:22; see Revelation 2:7). It also echoes Ezekiel’s vision of a future glorious temple (Ezekiel 47:1; see Zechariah 14:8). Refreshment a [ Continue Reading ]
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 22:3 ANYTHING ACCURSED. Earth was cursed for Adam’s sin (Genesis 3:17). Guilt, strife, struggle for survival, sickness, sorrow, and death resulted. In the new creation, these will not remain (Revelation 21:4). God’s THRONE will make the entire city a temple (Revelation... [ Continue Reading ]
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 22:4 Moses could not see the Lord’s face and live (Exodus 33:20; Exodus 34:29). Yet God’s redeemed people WILL SEE HIS FACE. His NAME... ON THEIR FOREHEADS sealed them as his protected property through history’s turmoil and trials (Revelation 3:11; Revelation 7:2;... [ Continue Reading ]
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 22:5 Since NIGHT has been banished (see Revelation 21:25), God’s servants will bask in LIGHT from God’s radiant glory and truth (see Revelation 21:23). In union with Jesus their king, believers will worship as priests and REIGN as kings over the new earth FOREVER AND EV... [ Continue Reading ]
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. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 22:8 Human beings must not worship even the angels who inflict the last plagues (Revelation 15:1; Revelation 21:9). Angels are fellow servants. GOD alone must be worshiped. Since the Lamb is rightly worshiped (Revelation 5:8), he is God. ⇐ ⇔... [ Continue Reading ]
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 22:10 John must not “seal” his prophecy as Daniel did his (Daniel 12:4, Daniel 12:9). Unlike Daniel’s prophecy, the fulfillment of John’s visions was “near” to his first-century readers. It remains near today. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); fo... [ Continue Reading ]
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 22:11 LET THE EVILDOER STILL DO EVIL... AND THE RIGHTEOUS STILL DO RIGHT. Patterns of behavior, whether controlled by unbelief or by faith, will eventually be irreversible (compare Daniel 12:10). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, le... [ Continue Reading ]
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 degrees of reward and punishment (see Luke 12:47). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName... [ Continue Reading ]
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 22:13 THE ALPHA AND THE OMEGA, THE FIRST AND THE LAST. See note on 21:6. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 22:14 BLESSED. The final of the seven benedictions of Revelation (see chart) is for THOSE WHO WASH THEIR ROBES in the conscience-cleansing blood of the Lamb (Revelation 7:14; Hebrews 9:14). They have access to THE TREE OF LIFE within God’s CITY. OUTSIDE the gates in ete... [ Continue Reading ]
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 22:16 As promised in Revelation 1:1, Jesus has given his revelation through his angel and through John to his churches for their comfort and warning. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 22:17 God invites the spiritually thirsty to TAKE THE WATER OF LIFE WITHOUT PRICE. It is freely provided by God’s grace (Revelation 21:6; Isaiah 55:1). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 22:18 I WARN is the same verb as TESTIFIES in v. Revelation 22:20. No human may ADD TO or TAKE AWAY from God’s words. Doing so brings THE PLAGUES DESCRIBED IN THIS BOOK (compare Deuteronomy 4:2; Deuteronomy 12:32; also... [ Continue Reading ]