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Donald A. Koenig's Bible Commentary

Revelation 22:3

3 And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him:

There will be no more curse in God's creation. We cannot understand what that entails since all we know about the universe has been since it was under the curse. I expect this will mean that the second law of thermodynamics will no longer be with us.  There will be no entropy in God's new or renovated creation. All that is physically manifested in this universe will be made better or stay constant. For mankind this means creativity with no death or decay. The eternal job of those who live in the Holy City will be to assist God in His creation.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Revelation 22:3. _NO MORE CURSE_] Instead of καταναθεμα, _curse_, the best MSS., versions, c., read καταθεμα _cursed person_. As there shall be no more sinning against God, so there shall be no...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    AND THERE SHALL BE NO MORE CURSE - This is doubtless designed to be in strong contrast with our present abode; and it is affirmed that what now properly comes under the name of a curse, or whatever is...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 22:1-5 Revelation 22:1 . After the coming, Jerusalem and her blessings are once more revealed. In the opening verses of this chapter we find the glories of the redeemed. Unspeakably beautifu...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    (_D_) THE RIVER AND THE TREE OF LIFE. Revelation 22:1. a river: the introduction of the river into the scene is suggested by the description of the Garden of Eden in Genesis 2:10. OUT OF THE THRONE: _...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    THE RIVER OF LIFE (Revelation 22:1-2)...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    No longer shall there be any accursed thing. And the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it, and his servants shall worship him, and shall see his face, and his name shall be on their foreheads....

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    NO MORE. no (App-105) longer. CURSE. Greek. _katanathema,_ or with the texts, _katathema,_ an accursed thing. Compare Zechariah 14:11 (Septuagint _anathema)_. BUT. and. SERVANTS. App-190. SERVE. A...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _no more curse_ The word for "curse" is rather peculiar; it is no doubt meant as a translation of that rendered "utter destruction" in Zechariah 14:11, of which this verse is a reminiscence. _the thro...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    Revelation 22:1-5. THE WATER AND THE TREE OF LIFE, THE SERVICE AND THE KINGDOM OF GOD’S SERVANTS...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    ΚΑΤΆΘΕΜΑ. A peculiar equivalent (found also in the _Teaching of the Apostles_ c. 16 σωθήσονται ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ τοῦ καταθέματος) of the common Hebrew word rendered ἀνάθεμα in Zechariah 14:11 (of which this v...

  • Charles Box Commentaries

    _THE HEAVENLY STATE IS DESCRIBED REVELATION 22:1-5:_ The heavenly state involved perfection. It included a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal._ _ The rivers ran out of the Garden of Eden, i...

  • Charles Rose Commentaries

    ΚΑΤΆΘΕΜΑ (G2652) проклятие. Это слово может обозначать проклятых (Swete). ΈΣΤΑΙ _fut. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΕΊΜΊ (G1510) быть, ΛΑΤΡΕΎΣΟΥΣΙΝ _fut. ind. act. от_ ΛΑΤΡΕΎΩ (G3000) поклоняться, служить и...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    AND HE SHEWED ME A PURE RIVER, &C.— The first five verses of this chapter are a continuation of the description of the new Jerusalem. It is farther described with the _river of life,_ and _the tree of...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    Strauss-' Comments SECTION 70 Text Revelation 22:1-5 And he showed me a river of water of life, bright as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and the Lamb, 2 in the midst of the street there...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    _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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him: NO MORE CURSE - of which the earnest shall be given in the millennium (). G...

  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

    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...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    22:3 more; (b-7) The sense is, _ none_ shall exist any more. servants (c-23) Or 'bondmen,' as ch. 7.3. serve (d-25) _ Latreuo_ , as ch. 7.15....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    AND HIS SERVANTS SHALL SERVE HIM... — We turn from the city to the inhabitants. They are described as serving Him, seeing Him, and resembling Him. They shall serve Him: they shall offer Him the servic...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    AND THERE SHALL BE NO MORE CURSE... Better, _And every curse, or accursed thing, shall not be any longer._ There may be an allusion to Joshua 7:12; there is certainly a borrowing, of language from Zec...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER XVII. THE NEW JERUSALEM. REV. Revelation 21:1; Revelation 22:1. THE first part of the final triumph of the Lamb has been accomplished, but the second has still to be unfolded. We are introd...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    κατάθεμα, a corrupt and rare form of κατανάθεμα = anything accursed (lit. a curse itself, Did. Revelation 16:8). _i.e._, abstract for concrete, here = “a cursed person,” so Ps. Sol. 17:20 f. λατρεύσου...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    “THE RIVER OF WATER OF LIFE” Revelation 22:1 The first five verses of this chapter obviously belong to the preceding one, from which they should not be severed. The ever-flowing river of life proves...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    The curse was pronounced upon man, woman and the ground in Genesis 3:16-19, but in heaven it will be removed. Before the fall, God walked in the garden where manlived. In heaven, God's throne will be...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (3) And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him: (4) And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads....

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

    _THE SERVICE OF HEAVEN_ ‘His servants shall serve Him … and they shall reign for ever and ever.’ Revelation 22:3 Service is the task of heaven; not toilsome, for the taint of the course no longer v...

  • John Brown Commentaries Selected Books of the Bible

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND THERE SHALL BE NO MORE CURSE,.... As there was in Eden, from whence a river came, and where was a tree of life; for there the serpent cursed for his concern in man's transgression, and the earth o...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him: Ver. 3. _And there shall be no more curse_] No casting out by excommunication...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _And_ then too _there shall be no more curse_ As there is in this present world, and has been ever since the fall of man; but only pure life and blessing, every effect of the displeasure of God for si...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    AND THERE SHALL BE NO MORE CURSE; BUT THE THRONE OF GOD AND OF THE LAMB SHALL BE IN IT; AND HIS SERVANTS SHALL SERVE HIM....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    OF THE CERTAIN BLISS OF ETERNAL LIFE. The river of water and the tree of life:...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Manly Luscombe Commentary on New Testament

    _ 3 And there shall be no more curse, but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it, and His servants shall serve Him._ A. It is clear to me that the curse was the curse of the Law of Moses. T...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-5 All streams of earthly comfort are muddy; but these are clear, and refreshing. They give life, and preserve life, to those who drink of them, and thus they will flow for evermore. These point to...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    AND THERE SHALL BE NO MORE CURSE; nothing that is devoted to the devil, katanayema, no accursed person, or thing. BUT THE THRONE OF GOD AND OF THE LAMB SHALL BE IN IT; the presence of a holy and pure...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Revelation 22:3 And G2532 be G2071 (G5704) no G3756 more G2089 G3956 curse G2652 but G2532 throne...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘And there will be no curse any more, and the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants will worship him, and they will see his face and his name will be on their foreheads.' The c...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    Revelation 22:3. AND THERE SHALL BE NO MORE ANYTHING ACCURSED, anything upon which the curse of the Almighty rests, and fit only to be cast out of His presence. AND THE THRONE OF GOD AND OF THE LAMB...

  • Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

    THERE SHALL BE NO CURSE ANY MORE (παν καταθεμα ουκ εστα ετ). No other example of καταθεμα has been found outside of the _Didache_ XVI. 5, though the verb καταθεματιζω occurs in Matthew 26:74, meanin...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Revelation 22:3 The Service of God. I. If we call Christ Saviour, we must also call Him King; we must not pick and choose among the elements of the Gospel, and cast aside such parts of it as may pres...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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. In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the riv...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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._ Infinite sovereignty bestows grace; the river of grace flows...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Bible Study New Testament

    WAS THE TREE OF LIFE. No more curse! The "Paradise" which was lost through Adam, has been regained by those who belong to Christ! THE THRONE OF GOD AND OF THE LAMB. God is LOVE to all in his city! [Go...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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 r

  • The Message from Patmos by David Scott Clark

    "And there shall be no more curse; but the throne of God and the Lamb shall be in it." Sin is gone, and where there is no sin, there is no curse. "The throne of God and the Lamb" singular number, one...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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-...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Deuteronomy 27:26; Ezekiel 48:35; Genesis 3:10; Isaiah 12:6; John

  • Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament (4 Volume Set)

    Shall serve [λ α τ ρ ε υ σ ο υ σ ι ν]. See on Luke 1:74. Rev., do Him service. The word originally means to serve for hire. In the New Testament, of the worship or service of God in the use of the rit...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    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

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    And there shall be no more curse — But pure life and blessing; every effect of the displeasure of God for sin being now totally removed. But the throne of God and the Lamb shall be in it — That is, th...

  • William Burkitt's Expository Notes

    St. John has not yet done with this copious description of the New Jerusalem, but here he closes it by doing these two things, 1. He shows what shall not be found there: THERE SHALL BE NO CURSE, no ac...

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