Well we finally made it to the last chapter....what a blessing it is to study this book and know for the believer how it all turns out! In this last chapter I just want you to sit back and take it all in. For the saved it is Awesome! Just let your imagination run wild of what it will be like to be with Jesus forever!
Revelation 22:1-5
The River of Life
1 Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb 2 through the middle of the street of the city; also, on either side of the river, the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit each month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. 3 No longer will there be anything accursed, but the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants will worship him. 4 They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. 5 And night will be no more. They will need no light of lamp or sun, for the Lord God will be their light, and they will reign forever and ever.
This chapter pics up with continuing on in the looking at the New Jerusalem. The angel in verse 1 shows John the river of the water of life. He also tells us how clear it is like crystal! Then where it comes from....the throne of God and Jesus! True , pure life only comes from Jesus! Look at these verses:
John 4:10
10 Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.”
John 4:13-14
13 Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, 14 but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”
Ahhhh just like good cold water....how refreshing these verses are! Verse 2 says this river flows through the middle of street of the city...always a reminder to us! The tree of life with twelve kinds of fruits, yielding each month and the scripture says it is on either side of the river....on big tree! We have never seen a tree like this! It once was off limits but now it will satisfy the citizens of heaven year round! Why? Because we have been healed from the sin curse! Look at this verse:
Ezekiel 47:12
12 And on the banks, on both sides of the river, there will grow all kinds of trees for food. Their leaves will not wither, nor their fruit fail, but they will bear fresh fruit every month, because the water for them flows from the sanctuary. Their fruit will be for food, and their leaves for healing.”
This healing will be complete as you see it says the leaves "were" for the in Rev. 22:2. Verse 3 goes on to tell us nothing will be accursed as all will have been cleansed by the blood and the throne of God and Jesus will be in this city! Then we are told his servants will worship Him! May be a problem for those who don't serve Him now! The entire city will be the temple!
Verse for just makes me tingle when I think about it...we will see His face....everyday! Wow..that will be so awesome! We will have His name on our foreheads...sounds strange now but it will be a symbol of intimacy with Him. We are His property and protected by God Himself! In verse 5 we are reminded we will need no lamp for light, or the sun, because God's glory will be our light, and we will reign with Him for ever and ever and ever!
Men have wrote all kinds of books with happy endings but NONE compare with what God has in store for His children!!!
Praise King Jesus!
Tom
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