Rev 22:1 Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb 2 down the middle of the great street of the city. On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations. 3 No longer will there be any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city, and his servants will serve him. 4 They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. 5 There will be no more night. They will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, for the Lord God will give them light. And they will reign for ever and ever. 6 The angel said to me, "These words are trustworthy and true. The Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, sent his angel to show his servants the things that must soon take place." 7 "Behold, I am coming soon! Blessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecy in this book." 8 I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things. And when I had heard and seen them, I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who had been showing them to me. 9 But he said to me, "Do not do it! I am a fellow servant with you and with your brothers the prophets and of all who keep the words of this book. Worship God!" 10 Then he told me, "Do not seal up the words of the prophecy of this book, because the time is near. 11 Let him who does wrong continue to do wrong; let him who is vile continue to be vile; let him who does right continue to do right; and let him who is holy continue to be holy." 12 "Behold, I am coming soon! My reward is with me, and I will give to everyone according to what he has done. 13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End. 14 "Blessed are those who wash their robes, that they may have the right to the tree of life and may go through the gates into the city. 15 Outside are the dogs, those who practice magic arts, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood. 16 "I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, and the bright Morning Star." 17 The Spirit and the bride say, "Come!" And let him who hears say, "Come!" Whoever is thirsty, let him come; and whoever wishes, let him take the free gift of the water of life. 18 I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: If anyone adds anything to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book. 19 And if anyone takes words away from this book of prophecy, God will take away from him his share in the tree of life and in the holy city, which are described in this book. 20 He who testifies to these things says, "Yes, I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus. 21 The grace of the Lord Jesus be with God's people. Amen.
It is said that the river of the water of life is the "Holy Spirit's testimony" to our Glorious Jesus' flowing from the throne. The lfe giving waters we all can drink from, to know Christ is King and never suffer death or pain again. In addition, try to remember just how precious water was in the East. It was truly "life giving" to mention something like this constant flow would be overwhelming. Which our Lord is, He is overwhelming with love for his children....us!
Ezekiel 47:12 talk of the trees and the abdance of fruit there will be....no, it is not the "fruit of the month" club...it is so much more! Neverending food, neverending health!
Now read on to see the rest of the promises spelled out here. No need to "translate" that, it is pretty simple!
Heed the warnings, do not hesitate, and do not change God's word or attempt to false teach from the Bible. This last warning is ment for you to be prompted to do research. If our sitting in a church building and if what the person is saying up front does not seem correct to you, DO NOT take his or her word for it, look it up, seek advice, MAKE sure it is correct with our Holy Bible. There are some teachers, preachers, priest, Christians, non Christians etc...out there who either have not fully understood God's word and are not representing it correctly, have been taught it incorrectly or they mean to mislead you. It is for you to find the truth in His word. Even with this blog I have just completed. I am not the "end all be all" authority on Revelation, and neither are the sources I utilized. You should reasearch, pray and know the peace of God with what He wants you to understand. The more you reasearch and seek Him, the more clear things become. For those who seek to intensionally get it wrong, there will be judgement from God.
My dear friends, I thank you for this journey and I pray it has touched your hearts and that the huge blessing from God be upon you.
I wish to place many thanks to my husband for his continual support, insight, and reading of my blog. Thanks John, I do love you
In addition, I want to thank Mike and Valerie Unverzagt for their support, knowledge and faith in me to complete this task.
And finially, thank you Holy Spirit for the drive, guidance, words and the "Ah Ha" moments given me through this journey.
With tears and a bittersweet final:
Blessing on all,
Calabash
Amen!
The Major References utilized in this blog:
Dake's Annotated Bible
A Light in the Darkness, by Rick Renner
Dispensational Truth, by Clarence Larkin
The Revelation of John Vol 1 and 2, by William Barklay
Lectures on the Book of Revelation, by Ironside
Mike and Valorie Unverzat pastors of The House
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
Revelation 21:9-27
9 One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues came and said to me, "Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb." 10 And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the Holy City, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God. 11 It shone with the glory of God, and its brilliance was like that of a very precious jewel, like a jasper, clear as crystal. 12 It had a great, high wall with twelve gates, and with twelve angels at the gates. On the gates were written the names of the twelve tribes of Israel. 13 There were three gates on the east, three on the north, three on the south and three on the west. 14 The wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them were the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. 14 The wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them were the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. 15 The angel who talked with me had a measuring rod of gold to measure the city, its gates and its walls. 16 The city was laid out like a square, as long as it was wide. He measured the city with the rod and found it to be 12,000 stadia in length, and as wide and high as it is long. 17 He measured its wall and it was 144 cubits thick, by man's measurement, which the angel was using. 18 The wall was made of jasper, and the city of pure gold, as pure as glass. 19 The foundations of the city walls were decorated with every kind of precious stone. The first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald, 20 the fifth sardonyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst. 21 The twelve gates were twelve pearls, each gate made of a single pearl. The great street of the city was of pure gold, like transparent glass. 22 I did not see a temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. 23 The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and the Lamb is its lamp. 24 The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their splendor into it. 25 On no day will its gates ever be shut, for there will be no night there. 26 The glory and honor of the nations will be brought into it. 27 Nothing impure will ever enter it, nor will anyone who does what is shameful or deceitful, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb's book of life.
We have seen before that the angels are redeemed men, see whre he tells john that he is a prophen in 1:1 and then again in 19:10 and that he (the angel) is a man in verse 17. We have discussed this before in previous bloggs.
Now though, let's turn our attention to "the bride, the wife of the Lamb". Controversy arises here with who the bride is.
There are some scholars that say they are the 144,000. Others mention the bride as the church, still others say it is the Holy City, the New Jerusalem as mentioned in 19:7. But, who is the New Jerusalem? isn't it the redeemed of all who were in the first resurrection?
We know what the Bride of Christ is not:
1. Not the Old Testiment Isreal
2. Not the 144,000 Jews
3. Not part or all of the New Testiment church
4. Not the tribulation saints
5. Not just one person or a specific group out of the redeemed.
What the Bride of Christ is:
See Verse 2, 9 & 10 it says it there:
"The great city, the holy Jerusalem". Continue to read, the angel said he would show John who the bride is, and he took him to show him the Holy Jerusalem.....
So, if the city is the bride then all of us who are promised to go into the city is the bride, not part of a group or a specific group or number of persons.
ALL the REDEEMED will live in the City!
1. The old testiment saints. Heb 11:10-15
2. Heb 13:14 says the early church as does John 14:1-3
3. Rev 3:12 says EVERY Christian as does Heb 12:23
4. Rev. 7:1-8 mentions the 144,000 will be there.
5. Rev 6:9-11 says the tribulation saints will also be there.
However we have read in scripture that the New Covenant with Christ has us married to Christ and that we have hope of going to the New Jerusalem. It is just not limited to us. It is not that we are just the bride but, that we are to be part of the bride.
In Chapter 19 of Revelation we talked of final marriage festivities. The Hebrew custom has the "consumaiton" of a marriage by entering into the wedding chamber. After that is the concluding ceremony. So the supper of the Lamb mentioned Rev 19 is the conclusion of the ceremony, not the beginning.
Following starts the description of the city.
The 12 names of the 12 apostles are from Acts 1:26. Where we read the 12 name will be Matthias.
A golden reed is 121/2 ft. long.
12 thousand furlongs are 1,500 mi. sq.
144 cubits is 300 ft at 25in. per cubit.
The rest of it well, is kinda easy to get. Just make sure you get YOUR name in that book!
The next blog....Final Chapter!
Blessings on all,
Calabash
We have seen before that the angels are redeemed men, see whre he tells john that he is a prophen in 1:1 and then again in 19:10 and that he (the angel) is a man in verse 17. We have discussed this before in previous bloggs.
Now though, let's turn our attention to "the bride, the wife of the Lamb". Controversy arises here with who the bride is.
There are some scholars that say they are the 144,000. Others mention the bride as the church, still others say it is the Holy City, the New Jerusalem as mentioned in 19:7. But, who is the New Jerusalem? isn't it the redeemed of all who were in the first resurrection?
We know what the Bride of Christ is not:
1. Not the Old Testiment Isreal
2. Not the 144,000 Jews
3. Not part or all of the New Testiment church
4. Not the tribulation saints
5. Not just one person or a specific group out of the redeemed.
What the Bride of Christ is:
See Verse 2, 9 & 10 it says it there:
"The great city, the holy Jerusalem". Continue to read, the angel said he would show John who the bride is, and he took him to show him the Holy Jerusalem.....
So, if the city is the bride then all of us who are promised to go into the city is the bride, not part of a group or a specific group or number of persons.
ALL the REDEEMED will live in the City!
1. The old testiment saints. Heb 11:10-15
2. Heb 13:14 says the early church as does John 14:1-3
3. Rev 3:12 says EVERY Christian as does Heb 12:23
4. Rev. 7:1-8 mentions the 144,000 will be there.
5. Rev 6:9-11 says the tribulation saints will also be there.
However we have read in scripture that the New Covenant with Christ has us married to Christ and that we have hope of going to the New Jerusalem. It is just not limited to us. It is not that we are just the bride but, that we are to be part of the bride.
In Chapter 19 of Revelation we talked of final marriage festivities. The Hebrew custom has the "consumaiton" of a marriage by entering into the wedding chamber. After that is the concluding ceremony. So the supper of the Lamb mentioned Rev 19 is the conclusion of the ceremony, not the beginning.
Following starts the description of the city.
The 12 names of the 12 apostles are from Acts 1:26. Where we read the 12 name will be Matthias.
A golden reed is 121/2 ft. long.
12 thousand furlongs are 1,500 mi. sq.
144 cubits is 300 ft at 25in. per cubit.
The rest of it well, is kinda easy to get. Just make sure you get YOUR name in that book!
The next blog....Final Chapter!
Blessings on all,
Calabash
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