“Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he that keeps the sayings of the prophecy of this book. And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand.
And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that hears say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.
He which testifies these things says, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.”
Revelation 22:7, 10, 17, 20 KJV
I see a promise in these verses
that in a sense open up the entire book. It says it is a blessing to keep the
sayings of this book. So it is a book of blessing not terror. How many times
did Jesus or his angels say “fear not”. I’ve been told that if you’re afraid it
surely is not of God. Fear is used by the enemy of our souls to make us not
trust our God.
I think we “keep the sayings” by having the attitude that is shown in
the very last verse. We know there is a day coming. Actually a moment coming
where this world will pass from the condition it is in right now and the world
will fall under God’s judgment. We don’t know when this will be but there is a
cut off time and date that God knows. When we think of all of our relatives and
friends who don’t know Jesus we want that date to be further away. We love
these people and we want them to be in heaven with Jesus. This concern would
make us ask God to withhold his judgment. But the last portion says “surely I
come quickly”. In our hearts we say “Amen. Even so, come Lord Jesus”. The attitude
I see in these verses is that we long for HIS coming and know that his judgment
is true and holy.
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