Revelation 22: 10-21
Now this extraordinary being tells John the "last word" concerning this book.
(10) And he said to me, "Do not seal up the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is near.
He tells him not to hide it! Don't seal it away from being known. Put it out there, publish it, broadcast it everywhere, because it's going to happen soon, and we need to be prepared!
(11) Let the one who does wrong, still do wrong; and the one who is filthy, still be filthy; and let the one who is righteous, still practice righteousness; and the one who is holy, still keep himself holy."
Whoever decides to be in the wrong and get that mark to seal him away from rescue, will continue to do what is wrong and detrimental.
Whoever has refused to allow himself to be washed in the blood of the Lamb will continue to be filthy.
And whoever seeks the righteous God to do His righteousness will never fall, but will continue in His righteousness faithfully.
And whoever has been born into God's holy family will have the strength and fortitude to remain holy in the middle of all the filth around him.
(12) "Behold I am coming quickly, and my reward is with me, to render to every man according to what he has done.
(13) "I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end."
This is Jesus speaking again, and He repeats that when He comes it will be sudden and surprising to all who are not expecting Him. When He arrives to judge the living and the dead, He will have with Him everything He needs to reward the good and punish the evil. He will not lack any resources that He will need to accomplish all of His will and the great Plan of the Ages.
He is the One who started it all, and He will be the One to get it all finished!
The Father gave the Lordship to the Son, who accomplished all the work of creation, redemption, and renewal of everything, all creation; and when it is all finished and done, He will hand it back to the Father as a brilliant jewel!
(14) Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the Tree of Life, and may enter by the gates into the city.
Only those who have been cleansed by the blood, and thereby have washed their filthy clothes, exchanging them for the clean linen robes, which are the righteous acts of the saints, will be fit and able to withstand the very intense presence of God Himself reigning in the city. Only they will not be burned up by His holiness. Only they will have the right to walk those golden glass streets and drink from that river of living water and eat from the tree of life.
(15) Outside are the dogs and the sorcerers and the immoral persons and the murderers and the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices lying.
Outside that city and outside of that new Planet are those who have been judged for these wicked sins and for their carnal, animal-like attitudes, and are now confined in the Lake of Fire.
(16) "I, Jesus, have sent My angel to testify to you these things for the churches. I am the root and the descendant of David, the bright morning star."
Our Lord Jesus says that the angel who told John all these things was sent by Him so that John could tell everyone in every age of the universal Church to be informed and prepared and ready to face and have victory over all these things. Jesus admits that He is both the founder and the descendant of King David, who was a man after God's own heart.
(17) The Spirit and the bride say, "Come." And let the one who hears say, "Come." And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who wishes take the water of life without cost.
Yes, God's Spirit says, "Come!" and all the members of the Church, the bride, say, "Come!" And everyone who hears about all these things in this book who accept the Truth of God's word, are all anxious for Jesus to, "Come!" and put an end to all of the tears and sorrows, all the pains and hurts, all the sicknesses and maladies, all the storms and floods and earthquakes and volcanoes and other environmental upheavals of this Earth. End it all, and re-create it to be perfect and beautiful and prosperous, as the original Earth could have been.
(18) I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues which are written in this book;
(19) and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his part from the tree of life and from the holy city, which are written in this book.
All this written in this book is True. Anything that any created creature would add to it, is not God's Truth, and is a lie.
Anyone who would take out any detail of this program that is laid out in this book would be leaving a hole for evil to enter into it.
(20) He who testifies to these things says, "Yes, I am coming quickly." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.
Jesus Christ, our Lord and King, has told us all these things, and confirms that He is coming back to accomplish it all very soon. He will come suddenly, appearing all at once through the clouds that have been rolled up like a scroll, with His whole army of saints and angels and other Heavenly beings to finish it all. To wipe this Earth clean of all the evil and wickedness and pollution and rebuild it all with Truth and righteousness, to rule and reign for 1000 years to give our world its Golden Age. But even that will not be enough.
When Satan is released to tell his lies again, the people who have never known any other government than this paradise will be vulnerable to this new idea, and will be deceived into thinking that there must be something better, and rebel against our Lord God the King.
That proves that our very DNA has been damaged, and we need to have our mortal swallowed up by the immortal, our perishable must put on the imperishable, to eradicate that sin-nature that we inherited from the first Adam, to be reborn of the second Adam (I Corinthians 15: 45, 53).
That is the only way to be the pure and righteous and humble servant of our God that can live to serve Him in His presence forever. This is our future.
(21) The grace of the Lord Jesus be with you all. Amen.
This is the Last Word. The Final Message. We desperately need God's free Grace, His gift of favor and blessing. We can do nothing without it, without Him.
And he finishes this whole Bible with blessing us with God's grace. All of us. God is not willing for any to perish, but for all to realize their culpability and that God has already taken care of it for us.
He gave us our whole story, from before He made us to beyond the end of our whole human era! And what all has happened in our story, what kind of results came from all the good and faulty choices we have made, and how the Father sent His Son to be the solution to all of our problems and troubles, as the Lamb of God.
The Son is the Lord God who gave the Law to Moses and the prophecies to the prophets, then came to fulfill them all Himself.
And every eye shall see, every knee will bow, every tongue will confess that Jesus is our Christ, Son of the Living God, our Lord God Almighty, sovereign King over all Creation; to the everlasting glory of Almighty God the Father, for ever and ever. Amen.
Even so, come quickly, Lord Jesus!
