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Revelation 22 : 18 – 21

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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:
19 And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.
20 He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
21 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
 
 
Again Jesus is speaking and says anyone hearing the words of this book, the Bible, and decides they need to add to it then God will add to the misery and plagues they receive in the tribulation, and if they want to take away from the words of this book then God will take away their part out of the book of life and out of the Holy City basically saying they will have no part in the heavenly eternity. Now for us who profess to be believers it is up to us to testify of the things we know of this book to unbelievers and let them know that when Jesus calls his bride home it will be in twinkling of an eye which means it will come quickly. It should also be our prayer today to say even so come Lord Jesus. As believers we know Jesus is with us every day with help of the Holy Spirit but we have to maintain that faith on a daily basis. For the unbelievers it is time to make a decision on who you will serve God or Satan,there is no in between and God’s spirit will not strive with man forever. I hope that if you do not have a Bible believing church to go to that you will find one today. It has been a blessing to me to go through this book of the Bible with those that took the to read and I hope receive a blessing from it as well. Whats next?
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Revelation 22:15-17

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Revelation 22:15 For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
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.
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
 
The Scripture now is telling us what kind of world we live in now after showing us what the followers God have waiting for them in eternity. Verse 15 list pretty much every type of evil person and sin that can be committed even down to the one that loveth a lie, and do we know prominent people today who fit this category. But Jesus says next that ” I “, send an angel to testify unto you and to the churches that He is the only way to to the life eternal tha twe have seen in this last chapter. That He is the bright and morning star that will light that eternal city. Now a final invitation is given to those that hear these words and the ones that are athirst to come and drink of the water of life freely. You know this is the same message the church of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ is trying to get our to struggling and hurting world. The sad part about a lot this is that most people do not know what they are looking for or where to find it.
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Revelation 22:11-14

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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.
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.
14 Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
 
Verse 22 kinda goes back to just before the rapture because when that trumpet blows it is to late to change your mind to make the rapture and so whatever state you are in a saint or a sinner that is what you will be after the rapture. Again Jesus lets us know that when returns it will be quickly and those that stay true to the commandments of God will now receive their rewards. Which the greatest reward we can have is the opportunity to serve God in Heaven. Now Jesus lets us know that He has always been and will always be. God the Father. the Son, and the Holy Spirit have existed for all time and will eternally be and if you plan to spend eternity with them then the time is now to get on that narrow road that leads God’s saving grace. Another reward is that we get to eat from the Tree of Life and enter into the gates of that beautiful city. I know people say today they have heard it all their life the end is near, well just look around if you cannot see that it is closer than ever then you need to closer to God.
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Revelation 22:6-10

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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.
7 Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book.
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.
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.
10 And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand.
 
Verses 6 to 9 takes us back to the early part of this book, when the faithful and true witness told us that He would send His angel to convey His message concerning the things that must come to pass. It starts off by emphasizing that the sayings of the book of Revelation are true and faithful that this is not a dream but the reality of what is going to happen. Next Jesus says behold I come quickly and all who keep the sayings or lives by the teaching in this book, the Bible, will be blessed. Because of what John saw and believed he fell down to worship the one who showed it to him, to many times today people want to worship a man because of their leading them to Christ, but just as the angel told John do not worship me worship God because all are servants to God for His gave and mercy shown to us. Also remember the state John was in when this all began, he had to be taken up into Heaven and his body totally healed to be able to see what he was shown. Then verse 10 he is told do not seal this up for the time is at hand and people need to understand the coming of our Lord an Savior is soon. For those that read this and never respond are you ready, and for those that do respond do you know people that are not ready?
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Revelation 22:1-5

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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.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.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.5 And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.
 
We now learn a little more of what heaven will be like. There will be a river of life flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb and this river will be crystal clear. This water that flows is that same water Jesus told the woman at the well about. On either side of the river stood the Tree of Life, this is the first time this tree has been mentioned since the Garden of Eden, and it will bear twelve manner of fruit every month, and in eternity whet there is no night have you thought about how we tell time. The leaves of tree will be for the healing of nations,I have to believe this healing will be for the fellowship of the people because there will be no sickness in Heaven and to give us the energy to live a full an energetic life. There will be no more curse because all things have been restored to the way it was in the Garden of Eden at the beginning of time and God and the Lamb will walk with the people again and everyone will have access to Him anytime and we will be His servants. We will now be able to look in the face God and He will seal us with His name in our foreheads. Again it tells us ther will be no need for any light of any kind because the Lord gives the light and tells us also we will reign with Him forever an ever.
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Revelation 21: 22-27

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Revelation 21:22 And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it. 23 And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof. 24 And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it. 25 And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there. 26 And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it. 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.
 
Now we discover that there will be no temple, because there is no need for one. We will not need any kind of structure to worship God in other than the Holy City of God. There will also be no need for any light because the the Lamb of God will be all the light we need along with the glory of God. We will not have need of the the sun and moon. All that are saved and whose names are written in the Lambs book life will walk in the light of that shines all the time because there will be night. All will bring there glory and honor into the temple and can do it anytime because the gates of the city will never be shut. Even the nations, meaning all kinds of people no matter what nationality, will bring there glory and honor in. The gates do not have to be shut now because no one will have to worry about anyone stealing anything anymore, this is a place of peace and safety and refreshment where people can rest from labors. We are reassured that there will be no one that works any abomination or lies or sins in any way because all of that has passed away and everything has been made new and again only those whose names are written in Lambs book of life will be there.
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Revelation 21:18-21

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Revelation 21:18 And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass.
19 And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald;
20 The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.
21 And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; every several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass.
Now we get to see the walls were made of and it was a material called Jasper which is a diamond like stone and the city itself was like unto pure gold like clear glass which will help God’s glory shine throughout the city. Now the foundations were made of different stones, first Jasper = Diamond, second Sapphire = A brilliant blue stone, third Chalcedony = Sky blue with colored stripes, fourth Emerald = Bright green stone, fifth Sardonyx = Red and white striped stone, sixth Sardius = Various shades of Red, seventh Chrysolite = Transparent gold or yellow, eighth Beryl = Shades of green, yellow and blue, ninth Topaz = Yellowish green, tenth Chrysoprasus = Gold tinted green, eleventh Jacinth = Blue or violet colored, twelfth Amethyst = Purple stone. All these stones will help set off a rainbow of beautiful colors because of the brilliant light of God’s glory. Now each gate to the city was one giant pearl, remember the walls are 1500 miles high and the streets were pure gold that were crystal clear. This is a city that the glory of God will shine through at all times and we will walk on streets of pure gold, something that is not even known to man today but the gold we have today is one of the most valuable things to man. To God it is just part of His kingdom because He owns everything. Today we place value on the too many material things and not enough value on spiritual things.
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Revelation 21: 14 -17

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Revelation 21:14 And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
15 And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof.
16 And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.
17 And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel.
 
 
As the angel continued showing and telling John about the city he showed him the twelve foundations which were named after the twelve apostles, the same twelve apostles that the foundation of Christianity was built on. Now the angel had a golden measuring stick to measure the city, gates , and wall . The city itself was a perfect cube, because God built and designed it, it was 1500 miles on each wall and 1500 miles high. Remember how the walls of the city in ancient times were wide enough to race chariots around on them, well these walls are 216 feet across, just a tad wider. There is more to the walls but I wanted to stop here so we can truly understand the greatness of the the construction of this city.
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Revelation 21:9-13

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Revelation 21:9 And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb’s wife.
10 And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,
11 Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;
12 And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel:
13 On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates.
 
One of the earlier angels that helped with the plagues now comes to
John and tells him that he will now show him the Lamb’s wife, the bride which we know as the church that was raptured. we are passed the marriage supper and now have become the bride. Again as at the beginning of this book John is carried to high mountain where he sees the holy Jerusalem, a great city coming out of heaven from God. You have to know that this city has been ready for a while, it was not just created. The city had the glory of
God and was not in need of any special light because because God also supplied that and it was so bright John had a hard time describing it. This new city had a high wall with twelve gates, just like the old city of Jerusalem, but the new city had an angel at each gate and a name on each which is the names of the twelve tribes of Israel. On each wall, north, east, south, and west had three gates. As we continue we will learn of the description of this great city and know to that if you are a child God this is your eternal home or mansion that God has promised us.
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Revelation 21: 6-8

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Revelation 21:6 And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.
7 He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
 
God now says it is done because He has completed what He Said He would do just as Jesus said on the cross ” it is finished ” when He Gave His life for us. God reminds us He is the beginning and the end, the Alpha and Omega and to anyone who desires to be a follower Christ He will give them to drink of the fountain life freely. Also for them that overcome shall inherit all things God has for them and He will be our God and we shall be His children. As you read verse 8 you see that anyone who sins even the liars will be condemned to the lake of fire and brimstone, which is the second death because it is also total separation from God. It is not easy today to live a life free from sin but with Jesus in your life you have someone that will help you because through Him we can get forgiveness through repentance because He is our advocate to the Father. Again I have to say it will be a lot easier to live for Christ today and go in the rapture, whether from the grave or from life, than to have to the plagues and hardships in the tribulation.