Capnionis, which was used by Erasmus, and lately discovered after a long obscurity by Dr. Delitzsch, reads (not ) . Nothing more, nothing less than nothing else. John goes on to explain: "This he said about the Spirit which those who believed in him were to receive" ( John 7:38-39). (Deuteronomy 4:2). Then, right after the invitation comes a dire warning: For I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to these things, God will add to him the plagues that are written in this book; and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part from the Book of Life, from the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book. They are given not to help people work out a timetable of future events, but to strengthen Christians so that they will be obedient and not forsake Christ simply to escape persecution (6-7). They were caught in flagrant treason and rebellion: what further need of any process of judgment whatsoever? Some evade the difficulty by referring the desolation to the Gothic powers; and these Protestants, as if they were mere Praeterists! In other words, a believer who perverts the teaching of this book may lose part of his or her eternal reward. For her sin., have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities." The very reverse is the undeniable fact. When a person dies, it will be a positive curse from God; if he die even a hundred years old, it will be like a baby dying now. *It is the more strikingly characteristic, because of such language as Psalms 149:6-9, which speaks of all the saints contemplated on earth for the day of Jehovah. The key to these verses is found in Chapter four where Paul
from the holy city . (i) The dog was the symbol for everything that was savage and unclean. (1 Cor. Come, Lord Jesus! We shall find that the scripture affords much light to decide the true bearing of the prophecy, and that no application to the past can possibly satisfy the conditions satisfactorily. The absence of a temple is therefore no loss but a gain for this city. (i) It is not to be interpreted with absolute literalness. In the Book of Enoch the writer demands that no one should "change or minish ought of my words" (Enoch 104:10). The bride represents those that are spoken of in the normal possession and enjoyment of their privileges. What a glorious way to end this glorious book. Anyway, you asked for thoughts, so these are mine. to ponder some of these matters. The word part means allotment. In other words, there is an allotment reserved for someone who will not receive it. For without are dogs, drug abusers, whoremongers, murderers, idolaters, and whosoever loves and makes a lie. That is, Satan will be the spring of its final rise and power; he, and not God in any way whatever, will give it its character. 21 are distinguishing traits of those who are not saved. of Life means that they had a claim to it previously and now lost it. "And on the banks, on both sides of the river, there will grow all kinds of trees for food. Conclusion: Revelation 22:18-19 is a warning: If you reject God's offer of life, you will experience God's wrath. understood as a cultural comparison, not on an individual basis (verse 13 says, "But
This is Christ in glory, offering to His church all she needs in her trials. The Holy Spirit, the universal church and individual believers join in urging him to return. There is no doubt that Rome in some form is the woman described in the chapter: the seven heads or hills clearly point to that city, which of all cities might best and indeed alone be known as ruling over the kings of the earth. But it really is. Their leaves will not wither nor their fruit fail, but they will bear fresh fruit every month. It falls into three sections. He did this to comfort and caution his readers and to affirm the authority of this book. Attach an asterisk (*) to the end of a word as a wildcard. The promise will come true that the pure in heart will see God ( Matthew 5:8). Who are the persons thus invested with judicial authority of so glorious a nature and to reign, as we see later, with Christ? 22:14,15 Blessed are those who wash their robes, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and that they may enter into the city by the gates. Christ comes in each generation to bring it to judgment. And let him that heareth say, Come. Revelation 22:19 King James Version 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. How we need to walk in the light of God's Word.I'm sort of excited about the possibility of starting all over again, getting back into Genesis where it all began and see how the Lord works from the beginning to the end. Accordingly these are the two main objects of judgment brought before us in the chapter. Then, strangely enough, he delivers exactly the same warning against angel worship as in Revelation 19:10. The Book of Revelation has very specific language and imagery that can only be understood by comparing other Scriptures in the Bible to it. Who is a dog? By the order given to leave the book of the prophecy open, to be perused by all, that they might labour to understand it, that they might make their objections against it, and compare the prophecy with the events. It is to Jesus. The rabbis, for instance, called Mordecai by that name. In general this has been either passed over in the chapter, or some unsatisfactory inference has been flung out, which can only embroil the prophecy. But is there any reason why we should content ourselves with the measure enjoyed of old? A man can so long refuse the way of Christ that in the end he cannot take it. So, this is for the churches. on the other, she had, when she could, gone on increasing in both, until at last the blow of divine judgment came. 4. The living creatures are, from Revelation 5:1-14 coupled with the elders, as we find them in the beginning of Revelation 19:1-21. There stands the solemn brand graven, not on the blasphemous beast, but on the forehead of its rider, "Mystery, Babylon the great." The temple would suppose a medium. Second, this verse does not state if any man take away any words from the entire Bible We see here that this verse of warning is very specific to the words of the book of THIS prophecy. "Surely I am coming soon." . He equally expresses what God is. Men have been beguiled here and there, and from an early date, to set aside the true bearing of this chapter. Personally I never see a vision. We have seen that these follow the Lord out of heaven, and are next seen enthroned. (ii) He is Alpha and Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end. "Let him that heareth," then, "say, Come." Does it mean if you add something to the book or take something away, that you lose your salvation? Blaspheming the Holy Spirit is to say that Jesus Christ is not the Son of God: and logically if one denies the Saviour, one cannot be saved this Nation Israel did by saying Jesus was of the Devil (Matthew 12). Peter said, "In the last days there will be scoffers that will come along and saying where is the promise of His coming? With that love of freedom which they carried from their German forests, they would not allow the one iron rule of the ancient empire to subsist longer, but set up each their own kingdom in the different fragments of the dismembered empire. It is the way to all, if it be not the actual entrance into and enjoyment of it. could be translated to support what we THINK the passage means. Things are just going to go on and on and on. I was the sweeper, the woman, those in need." Behold, I am coming quickly! But when the fullness of the time came, God sent forth His
13. 1. And the city lieth foursquare, and its length is as much as the breadth." (2 Peter 3:9) The tree of Life can be thought of as big enough
22:1-2 And he showed me the river of the water of life, shining like crystal, coming out from the throne of God and of the Lamb, in the midst of the city street. May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ rest or be upon or be with all of you. For remark, the beast or Roman empire is described here as that which once existed, which then ceased to exist, and which assumes a final shape when it reappears from the bottomless pit. The warning to Christians is this: evidence of the unsaved state of a person, whatever he or she says, is that he or she will add or take from Scripture, nullifying the prophecies of God. Let us look at the different groups that are seen to have part in the first resurrection. . I am speaking to you who are Gentiles.") True Christianity does not postpone the presence of Christ to the future, nor recall His presence from the past, but lives in the conscious sense that Christ IS. sure would be nice if it did. 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 ( Revelation 22:3-4 ); "Blessed are the pure in heart", Jesus said, "for they shall see God" ( Matthew 5:8 ). lifestyle because it is 1) pleasing to God; and 2) a more effective way to reach others
farther. This was a bigoted position, and Paul is
Those that do are eagerly looking for the Lords Return and the Blessed Hope of the Rapture where we attain our new glorified resurrected bodies as promised in Ephesians 1:14. John concludes his book by stressing that his visions have come from God and are trustworthy. Revelation 22:18, 19 (JND NT). "These shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire." This passage insists that the coming of Christ is close at hand; it must be the Risen Christ who is speaking. He is urged to take up the same cry. God set it there for you. This last word reminds us that whatever are the dangers or difficulties, afflictions and persecutions which are pictured in this book, there is strength and love and help in the Lord. You don't get salty tomatoes. It is confirmed by the joint testimony of the Spirit of God, and that gracious Spirit that is in all the true members of the church of God; the Spirit and the bride join in testifying the truth and excellency of the gospel. 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. But all this will be a great reversal of man's history and political maxims. He comes to the believer in times of crises--to guide, strengthen, encourage and help. But He "treadeth the winepress of the fury of the wrath of the Almighty God" another character of judgment never attributed to the saints, that I know of. Thus there is a completeness and perfection about it suited to its present character. In one sense it would be an eighth, and in another sense it would be of the seven; the eighth perhaps because of its extraordinary resurrection character, yet one of the seven because it is outwardly old imperialism again. "So be it. must keep some rules in order to still be considered for heaven.) It is because they don't attempt to or they attempted to spiritualize the meanings, and if you do that it becomes meaningless. "Flesh and blood," we know, "cannot inherit the kingdom of God." Not so. I speak not of anything that might be deemed exceptional or peculiar, but of two acts of raising saints. But you cant do that with this book. Disease, poverty, war, hunger are rampant. Sow a habit and reap a character. The horns and the beast join in hating the whore. What does the warning imply? mean we will fall from salvation, but from a way of relating to God by grace (i.e. It was the destruction of the imperial unity of Rome that gave occasion for the well-known ten kingdoms which the barbarians set up afterwards. The Spirit and the bride offer an invitation to come to those who still need to come. Jews because God had chosen them for salvation. We know that the change of all those caught up takes place in the twinkling of an eye. And the Spirit and the bride say, Come: and let him that heareth say, Come: and let him that is athirst come: let him that will take the water of life freely." Once again he stresses the truth of all that John has seen and heard. The question is, does this apply to believers? It produces the perfect worship; where God is always seen, all life becomes an act of worship. The book of Revelation will be much clearer if you understand the beginning. their names removed from the Lamb's Book of Life (Rev. This, then, would be another warning that every man is writing his own destiny. When the task was done "they bade them pronounce a curse in accordance with their custom upon any who should make any alteration either by adding anything or changing in any way whatever any of the words which had been written or making an omission" (Letter of Aristeas 310, 31 1). We can quite understand that God would comfort His people in the dark ages by this book; and a very imperfect glimpse at its real meaning might in His grace serve to cheer them on in their trials as far as it went. However, now that I believe I want to serve God and I offer myself to God to serve Him, and the works that I do for God, I will be rewarded for them, those works that are done out of a pure motivation.Now, there are a lot of works that people do that there will be no reward. "This is the first resurrection. What makes it the more notable is this, that the rod of iron is promised to us not the sword. The horns have constantly opposed each other, and even sometimes the pope. It is no longer a question either of celebrating the ways and counsels of God, or of the war with the beast and king. (ii) The ancient commentator, Andreas, says that the Risen Christ is saying: "Let each man do what pleases him; I will not force his choice." Maybe they transform it into a soft allegory, eviscerating its vicious sting. "And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, King of kings, and Lord of lords.". The Spirit of God regards it in its final shape and completeness, as far as it was permitted to attain it, "The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stone and pearls." "The woman" is the more general symbol designating her as the great imperial city; "the harlot" is her corrupt religious character, embracing papal Rome, but not ending with Popery as it is. Of course they will be preserved through that crisis in some sort of way suitable to divine wisdom. Not only are they supposed to be coexistent, but united in their change of feeling against Babylon. From the manner in which resurrection is referred to in scripture, does not God leave room for this? They are worried more about their church membership and maybe not getting it right. Matthew 24:5-8. (c) There is the idea of authority. It was important, just because it is the bride, the Lamb's wife, to show that angels are there, and further, that Israel is not forgotten. eternity. The devout student is the best of all students. "Faithful" is what belongs to a man. under the Law, that we might receive adoption as sons.". was not addressed to Christians only, but to "everyone who hears the words of the
"And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which [sword] proceedeth out of his mouth: and all the birds were filled with their flesh." I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last ( Revelation 22:13 ). We need to remember that the whole book of Revelation is dealing with principles in constant conflict now.--That the visions record this conflict from many different view-points. Again, we have a warning about someone who receives a command but rejects it. Sow a character and reap a destiny." There was judicial discernment with the distinct possession of all titles to sovereignty. I don't feel the writer was writing some sort of "Crypto-Greek" when he
Accordingly it is another figure. Everything that belongs to the body of Christ is unearthly and unworldly. And now you can buy some trees that have peaches and nectarines on them. 22:16 I, Jesus, sent my angel to you to testify to these things for the sake of the Churches. The day of the Lord on the world in no way sets aside His dealing with individual souls. Denying God is punished by death, and after the second resurrection such a sinner is cast into the Lake of Fire. 3. This too must not be viewed as if it were a loss. They had actually seen goodness in the form of Jesus nailed to a Cross on Good Friday. So we can safely
He includes in himself all time, for he is the first and the last. Their reasoning is
Here it would seem we have just what answers to that: this name none knew but He Himself. This would have been altogether inappropriate for such a progress: when the King comes forth riding to victory in the judgment of wicked men of the world, it is not in the quality of bride, but of armies or hosts, that the saints follow Him; and these include no doubt the guests as well, i.e., all the glorified take their place in His train. Verse 6. God's Word of life is unchanging and unchangeable, and verse 19 warns that the punishment for anyone who tampers with the words in this book of prophecy will have their names removed from the Book of Life. It is certain that we ought to read (not "upon" but) "and* the beast." "Shall we pray.Lord we thank you for Your grace and by grace we will be able to participate in the glorious inheritance of the saints in light. Let me know how they sit with you. They were bewildered and broken as they walked the 7 miles from Jerusalem to Emmaus. Yet to this heavenly city, after Christ comes, the kings of the earth bring their offerings and their homage; but there is no excitement of the nations, no filthiness of fornication, no abominations, no blood-guiltiness. God are irrevocable." If any man shall take away If any man shall lessen this meaning, curtail the sense, . Those who live in a civilization in which the turn of a tap will bring cold, clear water in any quantity can scarcely understand how precious water was in the East. "They shall see His face". That is, Babylon is viewed in this chapter not so much in her mysterious and religious form, giving currency to every kind of confusion of truth and error, of good and evil, intoxicating, corrupting, and seducing, as all can see, through her wickedly religious influence; but she is viewed here as the most conspicuous aider and abettor of the world in its luxuries and delights and the pride of life, of what men call "civilization." "Yet is" is a most unfortunate expression. Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power; but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.". Christ speaks first to His people as they suffer for Him. But there never was the thought of giving Christ the only place He could take. There was no doubt at all of the character of the emperor; there never had been a worse than he; yet God took that very opportunity to lay this on the Christians as their duty to the worldly authority outside and over them. As the perfect character of the all-powerful and omniscient Lordis unveiledto humanity, we discover that the Good Shepherd of the sheep is the holy Son of God - the second Person of the Trinity Who took on mortal flesh so that He could become our Kinsman-Redeemer and sacrifice His sinless life to save the sheep of His pasture. (Jude 1:4). Revelation 18:1-24 need not delay us long. It reminds us that whether we are readers or interpreters of this book of Revelation, or whether we are trying to carry out its teaching in practical ways in our daily life, our power and wisdom must come from Him. There the apostle
Bible Question 89 The Door 140K subscribers Subscribe 441 16K views 3 years ago Michael Pearl answers a question from a viewer: Does. He remains in that condition of readiness from the time when He sat at God's right hand till the present. ", How like those two disciples are we! (i) Those who wash their robes have the right of entry into the city of God; the King James Version has: Blessed are they that do his commandments. So, when you pray don't go out on the street corner and do a big thing so that everyone goes by and says, "What is happening? Ultimately, the book of Revelation points to the holiness of God. Verse Revelation 22:6. If any one shall add to these things or if any one take from the words of the book of this prophecy, to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you 1 Peter 1:4, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. "And the Spirit and the bride say, Come." 2 Peter 2:20-22 These passages give a pretty strong witness to the fact that we can fall away and, if we do not repent and come back to Jesus, we could suffer the consequences for all eternity. we do not repent and come back to Jesus, we could suffer the consequences for all
But here there is none; a temple is for the earth. This, was no lack. For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. Again, that it supposes Rome after it had professed the name of Christ I think is not to be doubted, if only from the expression "mystery" attached to Babylon. 22:20,21 He who testifies to the truth of these things says: "Yes, I am coming soon." Do These Bible Verses Show You Can Lose Your Salvation? The worshippers of the beast, or the antichristian party, who are chiefly regarded here, are not written in it, Revelation 13:8 wherefore taking away the part of such, is only taking away that which they seemed to have; see Luke 8:18 and the sense is, that such shall be cast into the lake of fire, which is the second death, and will be the portion of all that are not written in the book of life, Revelation 20:15. And this Jesus, as God, is the root of David, though, as man, his offspring--a person in whom all uncreated and created excellencies meet, too great and too good to deceive his churches and the world. Still God does not forget His ways with His people; and the angels here are only in the quality of porters, if we may so speak; they are at the gates. There are also too many who are students, but not devout; they are interested too much in intellectual knowledge and too little in prayer and in service of their fellow-men. Yet, with 1/3 of all Scriptures referring to Bible Prophecy and Jesus Himself teaching it during His Earthly ministry; dont you think it is important to God that we do study it? Such a person cannot be saved, for they will deny the saving grace of God, and thus will be punished by the Lake of Fire. It is much more likely that the whole passage is a great invitation to all men to come to Christ. How this precisely fits in, let me say, with the state of feeling in these modern times; for "constitutionalism," as men call it, is the fruit of the Teutonic system supervening on that of the broken up Roman empire. Christian, you are guaranteed that your name will not be erased from the Book if Life. Next, we'll look at Revelation 22:19, where we read, "And if anyone takes
"By grace you are saved through faith and that not of yourself it is a gift of God; not of works lest any man should boast"( Ephesians 2:8-9 ). "Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book." That is, the tabernacle of God is regarded as a separate object, no doubt associated with men, but not confounded with them. It kind of sounds like Revelation 22:19 is teaching that we can lose our salvation, doen't it? In this way there never has been anything of the kind before. Therefore says the angel, "I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, that hath* the seven heads and the ten horns. And they are doing a lot of things with the genetic codes. God shall take away his part out of the book of life - Perhaps there is here an intimation that this would be most likely to be done by those who professed to be Christians, and who supposed that their names were in the book of life. 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. But still it is a very solemn fact to read, and that which we are bound to preach that even in the perfect state of eternity, while there is the brightness of the heaven and of the earth into which no evil can enter, you have all the evil that ever has been all the wicked of every clime and of every age cast into the fixed condition of eternal judgment in the lake of fire. Even so, come quickly Lord Jesus. I [The Messiah vs 13, 16] - testify to every one who hears the words of the prophecy of this book, If any one shall add to these things, God shall add to him the plagues which are written in this book. For there follows another company of martyrs who suffered when the beast set up his worst and final pretensions. Copyright 2011-2023, Third Millennium Ministries, Inc. All rights reserved. Scriptures on Whether True Christians Can Lose Their Salvation The angel least him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal over him, that he should no more deceive the nations, till the thousand years should be completed: after these things he must be loosed a little time.". When you give don't make a big to-do over it; don't play the Halleluia chorus and do cartwheels. Maranatha! The new phrase here is the dogs. They received their power as kings when the beast ceased to exist. They were judged every man according to their works. Why then is the book of life mentioned? Moral elements too were not wanting: the mystery of lawlessness had long been at work, though the enemy had not yet brought in the apostacy, and still less the manifestation of the lawless one. But, further, we find that the saints who had suffered for Christ, during the time that the others were in heaven, are now reunited to their bodies and live, the Lord waiting for the last martyr that He might not leave out one of those who had died for His name. But the most ordinary knowledge suffices; for who does not know from the Bible that there was a Roman empire when Christ was born, one emperor, and no such state as that empire divided into ten kingdoms? As with all Scripture, God preserves His Word! A believer in Christ bases His whole faith on the Word of God. The practical application: what does this warning mean to me, a believer in Jesus Christ, the Messiah? "The dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works." "They have one mind, and give their own power and authority to the beast." "And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have not yet received a kingdom; but they receive authority as kings (not at but for) one hour with the beast." The Alexandrian copy, one of Stephens's, and the Complutensian edition, read, "the tree of life"; and so do the Syriac and Ethiopic versions; the sense is the same; see John 15:2 and out of the holy city; the new Jerusalem, before described, a part in which is a right to enter into it through the gates, and possess the glories of it: what is mentioned here is only a seeming one, which wicked men may flatter themselves with; and the meaning is, that such shall never enter into it, and enjoy the happiness of it, but shall ever be without, Revelation 21:27. and from the things which are written in this book; the blessings promised to the overcomers in Revelation 2:7 which such as detract from this book shall have no share in.
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