Revelation 22

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REV 22:17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.

The reason that Jesus came was to seek and to save that which was lost. The reason that we have the Bible is so that we know about Jesus, who He is, why He came, and how we can be with Him forevermore. So it is very fitting to end the Bible with one final call for man to come unto Him.

In this verse God makes it very clear that salvation is offered unto all. It say let him that is athirst come. All men are born spiritually thirsty. Only Jesus has the water that can satisfy this thirst. Him that is athirst is everyone. It also says whosoever will. Every man has a free will. Everyone is offered salvation. It truly is whosoever will. And we have one final reminder that salvation is a free gift. Let him take the water of life freely. Salvation is not of works. It is not of our own merit.

Eph 2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: [it is] the gift of God: Eph 2:9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.

Have you come and taken of the water of life freely?

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REV 22:3 And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him:

The curse came because of man's fall and was put in place at that time.

Gen 3:14 And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou [art] cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:

That old serpent the Devil has now been thrown into the lake of fire and there he will be forever.

Gen 3:15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

Satan has been at enmity against women ever since. This to will be no more.

Gen 3:16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire [shall be] to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

The woman had multiplied sorrow. In sorrow she had to bring forth children. That pain will be no more.

Gen 3:17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed [is] the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat [of] it all the days of thy life;

Gen 3:18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;

God cursed the ground because of Adam. Thorns and thistles are a result of the curse.

Gen 3:19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou [art], and unto dust shalt thou return.

Growing food because a very difficult thing because of the curse. Man had to live by the sweet of his brow. It was a lot of labor just for a days worth of bread.

But one day, the curse will be no more. God will lift the curse that was put in place because of sin for there will be no more sin. No more fights against the flesh, the world, the Devil, and we will not have to deal with the curse. Eternity will be Great! Amen and Amen.

King James Bible Main Index:

Revelation 22 [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22]

REV 22:1 And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.

REV 22:2 In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.

REV 22:3 And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him:

REV 22:4 And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.

REV 22:5 And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.

REV 22:6 And he said unto me, These sayings are faithful and true: and the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to shew unto his servants the things which must shortly be done.

REV 22:7 Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book.

REV 22:8 And I John saw these things, and heard them. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which shewed me these things.

REV 22:9 Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not: for I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book: worship God.

REV 22:10 And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand.

REV 22:11 He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.

REV 22:12 And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.

REV 22:13 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.

REV 22:14 Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.

REV 22:15 For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.

REV 22:16 I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.

REV 22:17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.

REV 22:18 For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:

REV 22:19 And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.

REV 22:20 He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.

REV 22:21 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.

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REV 22:18 For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:

REV 22:19 And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.

God takes His Word very seriously. God does not want any man messing around with His scripture. God does not care how smart a man thinks he is. God does not care if a man is a Greek scholar. God does not want any man taking away or adding anything to His Word. Period.

Excuses will not fly with God. One of the most common excuses of changing God's Word is the making it easier to read excuse. The easier to read excuse will not cut it. And if you really start comparing all the changes it does not take you very long to figure out that there is a whole lot more going on with the new versions than making it easier to read. Words like hell are changed to grave. The word hell is not hard to understand so why change it? Hell and grave do not mean the same thing. We all go to the grave, but we do not all go to hell. The word virgin is changed to maid. In many places the blood is taken out, the worship of Jesus is taken out, the deity of Jesus is taken out. Some versions like the NIV have 17 whole verses missing as well as many other verses that have important words and phrases taken out. The list of problems goes on and on.

And all the while that man is doing this, God says don't add to my Word and don't take anything away from my Word. In short do not change it.

REV 22:18 For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:

It always has amazed me how "Christians" will attack a man who stands up for God's Word and simply repeats God's command to not add to or take away from His Word.

Instead of changing the book, what we as Christians should do is stand up for The Book, read The Book, Love The Book, obey The Book, and share The Book with others.