REVELATION 22

Behold, I
Come Quickly!
“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.” Revelation 22:1
“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. 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 they
shall see his face; and his name
shall be in their foreheads. 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.” Revelation 22:2-5
“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. Behold, I
come quickly: blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the
prophecy of this book.” Revelation 22:6, 7.
Here Jesus is telling us, “This is for real; it is true; and it is soon
going to happen!” He then says those who ‘keep the things in the
book’ are blessed. What does that mean? Well, it is telling us if we
learn about the things this book tells us and we give our whole
hearts to Jesus and let Him help us to live His kind of life, we will be
very glad and happy. And someday, very soon, He will come and
take us home.
Oh, I see some people
interested in things that are
only traps of Satan; they have
TV programs or cartoons and
videos and video or computer
games and they think they are
so important. Or they are all
caught up with baseball, or
football, or soccer, or hockey,
or basketball, and they think it
is the most important thing in
the whole world. But it isn’t at
all! The most important thing
in the whole world is to live
like Jesus, with Him in your
heart, and be every day
getting ready for heaven!
“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. 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.”
Revelation 22:8, 9
Here John gets excited again because of the wonderful things he is
seeing and forgets and tries to worship the angel once again, but he
patiently reminds him, “Worship God.” This is very good advice; when we
really worship God, we think about Him, we admire Him, we love to talk
about Him, our whole life aims towards Him; Then we will be truly happy.
“And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book:
for the time is at hand.” Revelation 22:10
We remember that the book of Daniel was sealed until the 'Time of the
End', but Revelation was not to be sealed as its prophecies were
unfolding even as John was writing the book.
“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. And,
behold, I come quickly; and
my reward is with me, to give
every man according as his
work shall be. I am Alpha and
Omega, the beginning and
the end, the first and the last.”
Revelation 22:11
This is the announcement
Jesus will make when human
probation closes. It is a
solemn time when the
destinies of all have been
fixed forever, not by an
arbitrary decision on the part
of God; but each soul, by his
own daily choices, will have
sealed his fate to where it can
never be reversed. Oh, may
we be found on Jesus' side all
on that day!
“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. For without are
dogs, and sorcerers,
and whoremongers,
and murderers, and
idolaters, and
whosoever loveth and
maketh a lie.”
Revelation 22:14, 15
Who are going to be in heaven?
Those who obey God. Who are
going to be left out? ‘Dogs’? This
isn’t bow-wow doggies, no, it
means cruel and heartless, wicked
people. Sorcerers: Have you
noticed a lot of people into magic
and witches and wizards these
days? Well, they must repent and
leave those things or never see
heaven!
Whoremongers and murderers:
This means sexually impure people
and those who kill and are cruel to
others.
Idolaters: are people who love
something or someone better than
they love Jesus and His ways.
Those who ‘Love and Make lies’: this is a very serious one, it includes
people who like to pretend that things that are not true are true; and people
who like to read or see fiction stories; and it includes people who write or
make fiction stories or movies. It also includes being dishonest in any way,
and those who refuse to believe the Bible because they would rather have
things some other way. The only safety is always love what is true!
I would invite all who read this, to look around in your life and if you find
any things, (games, stories, books, TV, fantasies, movies) that are not
true; get them out of your life! Then replace them with God’s Word and
true things. I can tell you from experience, you will be soooo happy you
did!
“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. 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.” Revelation 22:16, 17
“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: 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.” Revelation 22:18, 19.
“He which testifieth
these things saith,
Surely I come
quickly. Amen. Even
so, come, Lord Jesus.
The grace of our Lord
Jesus Christ be with
you all. Amen.”
Revelation 22:20, 21
Then that voice, richer than any music that ever fell on mortal
ear, is heard, saying: ‘Your conflict is ended.’ ‘...Come, you
blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you
from the foundation of the world.’ This is our hope. This is our
destiny. We can live forever. If we miss eternity, we have
missed everything.
If we are not prepared for
Christ’s soon return, we will
miss the greatest event in
history. Jesus says “Come;
Come for forgiveness. Come
for mercy. Come for victory
over besetting sin. Come to
eternity. Come enter the
kingdom prepared for you.” If
you desire to live in His
kingdom forever, bow before
Him, surrender your life to
Him, take into your hands the
Holy Bible, open it, and with a
prayer for guidance, read it.
Ask Him to guide you and
make this a reality for you!
CONCLUSION OF REVELATION