Revelation 22:1-11
The River of Life
1 And he showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding from the throne of God and of the Lamb. 2 In the middle of its street, and on either side of the river, was the tree of life, which bore twelve fruits, each tree yielding its fruit every month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. 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. 4 They shall see His face, and His name shall be on their foreheads. 5 There shall be no night there: They need no lamp nor light of the sun, for the Lord God gives them light. And they shall reign forever and ever.
The Time Is Near
6 Then he said to me, “These words are faithful and true.” And the Lord God of the holy prophets sent His angel to show His servants the things which must shortly take place.
7 “Behold, I am coming quickly! Blessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.”
8 Now I, John, saw and heard these things. And when I heard and saw, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel who showed me these things.
9 Then he said to me, “See that you do not do that. For I am your fellow servant, and of your brethren the prophets, and of those who keep the words of this book. Worship God.” 10 And he said to me, “Do not seal the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is at hand. 11 He who is unjust, let him be unjust still; he who is filthy, let him be filthy still; he who is righteous, let him be righteous still; he who is holy, let him be holy still.”
We see the vision heralding the River of Life coming from the throne of God and the Lamb that will water the Trees of Life that had previously been denied us in Eden’s Garden (Genesis 2:9, 3:22). This shows us clearly that eternal life offered in the beginning will be fulfilled in the new Kingdom on earth for all who are in Christ in this life, unlike the perversion of the gospel taught by the Jehovah’s Witnesses that limit the number and offer no hope in their reasoning for God’s true children. The water in this river flowing from where God sits are nearly as pure as His holiness in order to properly water the tree of life eternal. These trees will bear twelve fruits each month, presumably different fruits that offer the promise of eternal life representing the twelve tribes of the founding people of God and the twelve founding apostles of our Lord, but this is not certain or clear yet. When we are there all will be perfectly known (1 Corinthians 13:12) as will our deepest thoughts and intentions of our hearts. Even the leaves of the trees giving unending life will bring healing to all from our of the nations who come to be there in Christ. The healing spoken of is likely that of the spirits of men and women recovering from the sin that plagues this world since the fall and the corruption disfiguring us that also kept us from the tree of life in Eden because our ancestors took the wrong and forbidden fruit of self revelation of knowledge and who neglected to be fed the und of good and evil by God’s word (Hebrews 5:14) in His time. What grace and love of the Father to save us by the grace of His Son that we might be restored to our uncorrupted image of Him as intended! We will bathe in the waters of purity and be healed by the eating from the trees of the trees of life at last. There will be no more curse of sin there in the presence of God the Father and His son the Passover Lamb who took away our sins forever. Instead, we who are numbered as His own from the foundation of creation (Ephesians 1:4) will bask in the glory of worship before the throne of grace and reign with Him (Matthew 19:28-29, Romans 5:17, 2 Timothy 2:11-12, Revelation 20:4) in the light of that glory and grace forever! That is something to look forward to that will never become boring as some say with the blurred vision of spiritual ignorance now. This time of reckoning is swiftly approaching and all who read these faithful and true words are called to listen to the prophets and apostles of the gospel and keep His word in our journey of sanctification to align ourselves in His image of righteousness as preparation. We worship Him and no other as the angel had to remind the apostle whom Jesus loved. Worship God alone and keep His word! That is our lesson to learn from the book of Revelation, not to figure out the times and seasons which only God knows and chooses to reveal over time as events unfold according to His plan. Let us remain holy, just, and righteous in Christ because we have been saved out of sin to follow and be conformed to Him and look forward to the pure river from His throne and the trees of eternal life for our restoration. This is for our sealing of sanctification and restoration of God’s original design for we who are His prize creation. Amen!
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