Revelation 22
Photo taken in Wax Museum in Grand Prairie, Texas
Here we are at the last chapter of the Bible, Revelation 22. Revelation 22:1-2 talks about the new Jerusalem as a city and in Revelation 21:2 it’s called the Holy City. How did I miss this before? I don’t know but I did. This is why, so many times I say please, PLEASE check out what I say. I am not trained in this. In fact I have never gone to a Bible college, or had any other kind of training in this. Be wise. Do as Paul says in 1 Thessalonians 5:20-22. Do not treat prophecies with contempt but test them all; hold on to what is good, reject every kind of evil. I pray that I am very accurate, but I’m afraid I will make mistakes and I do not want you to be mislead.
There is a river of life flowing down the center of main street, with a tree of life growing on both sides of the river. And it bears fruit each month. The leaves were used for medicine to heal the nations. Revelation 22:1-2 How this will work, I don’t know, but it will.
There will no longer be a curse, for the throne of God and the lamb will be there, and His servants will worship Him face to face. His name will be on their foreheads. They will truly be His. Now Revelation 22:5 says there will be no night, so there will be no need for lamps or even the sun! For the Lord God will shine on them. And they will reign for ever.
Much of Revelation is very difficult to understand. But remember an angel told John all he has seen and heard is trustworthy and true.
We are at the tail end of the Bible, and Jesus Himself says these things: He is coming soon, and blessed are those who obey the prophecies written in this book. I believe He is talking about the prophecies told to the seven churches in Revelation 1:4 through Revelation 3:22.
He also says He is coming soon and will bring His reward to repay everyone according to what he or she has done. After all, He is the Beginning and the End, the Alpha and the Omega (or the A and Z), the First and the Last. He was in the beginning in Genesis 1:1 as explained in John 1:1-14 and after the Amen in the end of Revelation 22:21. He has known everybody, past and present.
Jesus says also says, He is the Root and the Offspring of David, and the bright Morning Star. In other words He created man, and therefor King David, and and He is also the descendant of King David. We just celebrated His birth a few days ago on December 25th.
Now for Revelation 22:14-15. I have so many thoughts about this. I don’t know where to begin or even if I should. It would take way too must space and time. And if I get it wrong… that would be very bad.
So much of prophecy is a mystery because we’ve never seen it. I have read in commentaries at times that Israel and Jerusalem must be a spiritual place or an idea. They thought this because for over 2000 years there was no Israel. But there is now.
A few weeks ago, like myself, many of you bought and paid for your Christmas gifts in you home and maybe even in your pajamas. You mailed no letters and wrote no checks. You did not make any phone calls or even looked at a paper catalog. But you still picked out a gift and even paid for it. Today because of the Internet, this is no big deal. Yet fifty years ago, people would have no understanding of this paragraph. Prophecies in the Bible are the same way. They have to be seen first to be fully understood.
Photo taken in Wax Museum in Grand Prairie, Texas (I would have taken more, but the battery in my camera died)
Revelation 22:17-19 is both a welcome and a very stern warning. Basically it says, if you change anything, you’re in trouble. I do not want to be in trouble. I have prayed for wisdom the whole time while writing the Revelation series. This is way so often I have been saying that I am not trained in this. This is also why I have often told you to read, and to check this out for yourself. I want nobody to be misled on account of me. (I don’t want you to be misled at all) So please pick up a Bible and read Revelation yourself. It won’t take long. You may agree with me or disagree. Just read.
Remember Revelation 22:20. Jesus said He’s coming soon.
And now for the last verse: The grace of the Lord Jesus be with God’s people. Amen.
My Thoughts 
Have you considered what it means that this Holy City, the New Jerusalem or Zion, is called the Bride of the Lamb in Revelation 21:9? She comes down out of heaven from God. Spirit and flesh has now been married, and for this reason this Bride of Christ is able to rule and reign with Him forever =)
She is so beautiful. The nations will walk by her light, whatever that means (are there still nations in heaven?). The Temple of God will be the Lamb Himself – and we are His Body, the temple of the Holy Spirit. Together we rule over the whole earth together, and no longer will there be any curse. Zion calls to us all. This beautiful and spotless bride says with the Spirit, “Come.” She is written about in Proverbs 31, and we find in Hebrews 12:22-24 that “ye have come to Zion”. This Davidic Kingdom is the beauty of holiness, the very glory of God.
Thanks for comments. Grace and peace to you, in the Lord Jesus Christ!
Thank you for your comments. I agree with you that we (Christians) are the Bride of Christ. And I also agree with what you say about New Jerusalem coming down out of Heaven, being the like the bride in Revelation 21:2. However in Revelation 21:9 John was shown the Bride of the Lamb and then it talks about New Jerusalem as if it’s a place with walls and doors, with height, width, and length. I assume the bride is the people inside the walls of Jerusalem.
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