Revelation 21:27 - And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life.
And there shall in no wise, literally a Double Negative in the Greek text. It's impossible to enter into it any thing that is defiled, neither any thing that works abomination, or lives a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life.
Notice the two differences. The people who are saved are in the Lamb's book of life. And the people who are not saved, they are not in the Lamb's book of life. Their names were recorded in the book of life (registry of everyone who has been born), but never were they found in the Lamb's book of life!
Revelation 22:1 - And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, again, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.
And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal. Again, it's not blue but clear, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.
Revelation 22:2 - In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
In the midst of the street of it, and on either side, so you can see that this is symbolic. The tree of life is on both sides of the city street, with the street going right through the middle. So, on either side of the river, there is a tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
The word healing is THERAPUO, which is where we get our word therapeutic from. It represents that in heaven, there will be no pain, no sorrow, no sickness, but it will be a very healthy place to be.
Revelation 22:15 - For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
For without, that is, outside are dogs, and sorcerers, PHARMAKEA, meaning drug users, and whoremongers, which is PORNEA, the word pornography, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loves and makes, or does a lie.
A lot of things that we're involved with in life is dependent upon the lie. A good salesman knows how to work the lie to make it seem true. We've got to be careful!
Revelation 22:16 - I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.
First of all, He is the fulfillment of the Messiah who is to come through David, as we see in 2 Samuel 7:12-16. He is the fulfillment of the Davidic Covenant.
And He says He is the bright and morning star.
It was prophesied in the Old Testament that Messiah would be as a star in Numbers 24:17. And also, when we were in 2 Peter Chapter 1 Verse 19, we also saw this where Peter alluded to Jesus as that morning star.
Revelation 22:17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.
And whosoever is willing, desiring, let him take the water of life freely. It's an invitation from Christ!
Revelation 22:18 - For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:
There are no more "new prophecies" after the book of Revelation. Anyone adding more is adding to the book.
I am going to push through and plan on finishing this out tonight.
Revelation 22:11 - He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.
After all of this, basically John says what we said earlier. If a person is going to be corrupt, they're still going to be corrupt no matter what.
A person who has a heart for the Lord, they may be involved in sin and corruption, but when they hear the gospel, when they have a heart response to God's Spirit convicting them of their need of Christ, they'll be righteous, and they'll be holy.
So, it's basically just a statement right across the board. Whatever you're going to be is what you're going to be, corrupt, unbelieving, or righteous and holy!
Revelation 22:12 - And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.
We studied this in 1 Corinthians 3:11-17, a very important piece of scripture. This is where Paul says that we will all stand before the BEMA seat of Christ. It's not the White Throne Judgment that we just read in Chapter 20. It is the BEMA seat, where our works will be tested as to what sort it is.
We're going to be tested with fire. It won't be the lake of fire, but we're going to pass through fire, and our reward will be whatever is left over after the fire burns everything else. Paul says we will suffer loss. Things will be burned that are human and fleshy and not the Spirit of God at all. And our reward will be as we come through the fire.
Revelation 22:13 - I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.
You see, here's the Lord. He says I'm coming quickly. And He takes the titles that God gives to Himself from the Old Testament ( Isaiah 41:4).
Revelation 22:8 - And I John saw these things, and heard them. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which shewed me these things.
This was probably a natural response. After going through all of this, and getting to see and experience all of this in the spirit, he falls down to worship before the feet of the angel.
Revelation 22:9 - Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not: for I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book: worship God.
Then he says unto me, See thou do it not: for I am your fellowservant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book:
And then he gives a command: worship God. Why would an angel say this? At the end of Hebrews Chapter 1, it says the angels are ministering spirits to those who belong to Christ, to those who are saved. So, the angels see themselves as part of God's work among us. He says don't worship me. I'm just a messenger like you are. But rather worship God.
It's kind of interesting because even from the Old Testament, you cannot worship anyone but God. It is blasphemy to give worship to anybody but God. But yet after the resurrection of Christ in John Chapter 20, when Jesus appeared to the disciples behind closed doors, and Thomas was with them, Thomas sees Him and says, "My Lord, and my God."
Well, if He's not Lord, and God, it's blasphemy! Jesus didn't tell him "Hey, you shouldn't say that, Thomas. I'm just the Son. I'm not God." No, He received Thomas' worship because He is God. Worship Him!
Revelation 22:3 - 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:
And there shall be no more curse:
In Genesis Chapter 3, Adam and Eve were chased out of the garden because of their sin, so that they would not eat of the tree of life and live forever. So, the curse is removed. But the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him:
Revelation 22:6 - And he said unto me, These sayings are faithful and true: and the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to shew unto his servants the things which must shortly be done.
This is a repeat of Revelation 1:1. The Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to show unto his servants the things which must shortly be done. The word shortly in the Greek text (TACHEI) means that when it happens, it happens in a short amount of time. It doesn't mean it's going to happen soon. But when it does happen, it will happen in quickness, a short amount of time.
Revelation 22:7 - Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book.
The word keeps, and as I have mentioned before, there are several words for to keep. This is not the word to do, or to make. This is the word (TEREO) that is used for to be on guard. And this particular word specifically is to be on guard from being invaded from the outside.
And so, to keep the words of this prophecy is to be on guard, and don't let anything, any influence in this earthly life take you away from the book of Revelation and what its message is. Please keep in mind that the book of Revelation is God's final message to His church. And we'll see that warning in a moment. But the book is called prophecy.
Verses 8 to 11 gives the instructions of the angel:
Revelation 21:27 - And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life.
And there shall in no wise, literally a Double Negative in the Greek text. It's impossible to enter into it any thing that is defiled, neither any thing that works abomination, or lives a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life.
Notice the two differences. The people who are saved are in the Lamb's book of life. And the people who are not saved, they are not in the Lamb's book of life. Their names were recorded in the book of life (registry of everyone who has been born), but never were they found in the Lamb's book of life!
Revelation 22:1 - And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, again, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.
And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal. Again, it's not blue but clear, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.
Revelation 22:2 - In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
In the midst of the street of it, and on either side, so you can see that this is symbolic. The tree of life is on both sides of the city street, with the street going right through the middle. So, on either side of the river, there is a tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
The word healing is THERAPUO, which is where we get our word therapeutic from. It represents that in heaven, there will be no pain, no sorrow, no sickness, but it will be a very healthy place to be.
Revelation 22:15 - For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
For without, that is, outside are dogs, and sorcerers, PHARMAKEA, meaning drug users, and whoremongers, which is PORNEA, the word pornography, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loves and makes, or does a lie.
A lot of things that we're involved with in life is dependent upon the lie. A good salesman knows how to work the lie to make it seem true. We've got to be careful!
Revelation 22:16 - I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.
First of all, He is the fulfillment of the Messiah who is to come through David, as we see in 2 Samuel 7:12-16. He is the fulfillment of the Davidic Covenant.
And He says He is the bright and morning star.
It was prophesied in the Old Testament that Messiah would be as a star in Numbers 24:17. And also, when we were in 2 Peter Chapter 1 Verse 19, we also saw this where Peter alluded to Jesus as that morning star.
Revelation 22:17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.
And whosoever is willing, desiring, let him take the water of life freely. It's an invitation from Christ!
Revelation 22:18 - For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:
There are no more "new prophecies" after the book of Revelation. Anyone adding more is adding to the book.
I am going to push through and plan on finishing this out tonight.
Blessings!!!
Thanks and God bless you.
Revelation 22:11 - He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.
After all of this, basically John says what we said earlier. If a person is going to be corrupt, they're still going to be corrupt no matter what.
A person who has a heart for the Lord, they may be involved in sin and corruption, but when they hear the gospel, when they have a heart response to God's Spirit convicting them of their need of Christ, they'll be righteous, and they'll be holy.
So, it's basically just a statement right across the board. Whatever you're going to be is what you're going to be, corrupt, unbelieving, or righteous and holy!
Revelation 22:12 - And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.
We studied this in 1 Corinthians 3:11-17, a very important piece of scripture. This is where Paul says that we will all stand before the BEMA seat of Christ. It's not the White Throne Judgment that we just read in Chapter 20. It is the BEMA seat, where our works will be tested as to what sort it is.
We're going to be tested with fire. It won't be the lake of fire, but we're going to pass through fire, and our reward will be whatever is left over after the fire burns everything else. Paul says we will suffer loss. Things will be burned that are human and fleshy and not the Spirit of God at all. And our reward will be as we come through the fire.
Revelation 22:13 - I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.
You see, here's the Lord. He says I'm coming quickly. And He takes the titles that God gives to Himself from the Old Testament ( Isaiah 41:4).
Revelation 22:8 - And I John saw these things, and heard them. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which shewed me these things.
This was probably a natural response. After going through all of this, and getting to see and experience all of this in the spirit, he falls down to worship before the feet of the angel.
Revelation 22:9 - Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not: for I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book: worship God.
Then he says unto me, See thou do it not: for I am your fellowservant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book:
And then he gives a command: worship God. Why would an angel say this? At the end of Hebrews Chapter 1, it says the angels are ministering spirits to those who belong to Christ, to those who are saved. So, the angels see themselves as part of God's work among us. He says don't worship me. I'm just a messenger like you are. But rather worship God.
It's kind of interesting because even from the Old Testament, you cannot worship anyone but God. It is blasphemy to give worship to anybody but God. But yet after the resurrection of Christ in John Chapter 20, when Jesus appeared to the disciples behind closed doors, and Thomas was with them, Thomas sees Him and says, "My Lord, and my God."
Well, if He's not Lord, and God, it's blasphemy! Jesus didn't tell him "Hey, you shouldn't say that, Thomas. I'm just the Son. I'm not God." No, He received Thomas' worship because He is God. Worship Him!
Revelation 22:3 - 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:
And there shall be no more curse:
In Genesis Chapter 3, Adam and Eve were chased out of the garden because of their sin, so that they would not eat of the tree of life and live forever. So, the curse is removed. But the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him:
Revelation 22:6 - And he said unto me, These sayings are faithful and true: and the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to shew unto his servants the things which must shortly be done.
This is a repeat of Revelation 1:1. The Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to show unto his servants the things which must shortly be done. The word shortly in the Greek text (TACHEI) means that when it happens, it happens in a short amount of time. It doesn't mean it's going to happen soon. But when it does happen, it will happen in quickness, a short amount of time.
Revelation 22:7 - Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book.
The word keeps, and as I have mentioned before, there are several words for to keep. This is not the word to do, or to make. This is the word (TEREO) that is used for to be on guard. And this particular word specifically is to be on guard from being invaded from the outside.
And so, to keep the words of this prophecy is to be on guard, and don't let anything, any influence in this earthly life take you away from the book of Revelation and what its message is. Please keep in mind that the book of Revelation is God's final message to His church. And we'll see that warning in a moment. But the book is called prophecy.
Verses 8 to 11 gives the instructions of the angel:
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