Revelation 22:3-5

"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 throne. "And they shall see his face." The supreme blessedness of heaven is to look on the divine face. John further wrote, "And when he shall appear we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is." "And they shall reign forever and ever." As the word "they" has been repeatedly used in these verses to designate the saints, I take it in the same meaning in this clause, another indication that the place where the saints reign is heaven. This closes the visions of the book of Revelation. The verses that follow are a conclusion to the book and bear much similarity to the introduction in the first chapter.

Here we leave the Apocalyptical features of the book and return from our excursion into the post-resurrection state, and take our place again at the historical standpoint where John began to write.

The first chapter should be re-read in connection with these closing verses to catch their real significance.