It does not make the slightest difference which view is taken. If anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues which are written in this book. This is clearly of moral importance. Still closer is Ezekiel's picture of the river which issued from the Temple ( Ezekiel 47:1-7). The horns and the beast join in hating the whore. Now, as far as eternal life, that is God's gift. Once again he stresses the truth of all that John has seen and heard. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations. (i) There comes a time when it is too late to change. The reason is manifest there is a hinderer "one that letteth." He includes in himself all time, for he is the first and the last. It is the judgment of the dead as such, who now rise and give account of their deeds. I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end. 46. See what this is saying! Brent Rooker hopes to keep his hot-hitting going against the Cincinnati Reds at the Oakland Coliseum . 5 But he was pierced for our transgressions; But from Eze 47:7, I prefer English Version. "This is the first resurrection. In fact, we may say, all nations will be desolated by judgments of one kind or another; but for all this the world proceeding for a thousand years with every outward blessing, and the most admirable government administered by the blessed Lord Himself, will issue in the teeming and prosperous races of mankind. To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use the convenient, Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology, Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament, The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary, International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. And, behold [again the Lord is talking], I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be ( Revelation 22:11-12 ). G. B. Caird, The Revelation of Saint John the Divine (ACB; E), H. B. Swete, The Apocalypse of St John (MmC; G), ACB: A. and C. Black New Testament Commentary. Again a thousand years to a day and a day to a thousand years. Other cities close their gates at night to prevent possible enemy attacks, but this city never closes its gates, because there is no night and no enemy. Consequently there will be an increase in population such as never has been approached since the world was made, yet it afterwards appears, that Satan will not fail to turn the masses of the nations into one vast rebellion against the objects of God's special favour on the earth the saints wherever they may be, and the beloved city of Israel, as we have seen. I am the root and offspring of David, and the bright and the morning star. In the middle of its street, and on either side of the river, was the tree of life, which bore twelve fruits . To subscribe to this RSS feed, copy and paste this URL into your RSS reader. And he shewed me a pure river ( Revelation 22:1 ). What confusion! Calling is the, fruit of active grace on God's part towards man, and only towards him when fallen. He is urged to take up the same cry. That kings had dallied with her, that the beast had once borne her up, will only turn to gall the more bitter to her, who, faithless to God, had staked the usurped and abused name of Christ to win what was now lost for ever. All the sufferers, either in the early persecutions of Revelation 6:1-17, or in the later persecutions (see Revelation 15:1-8) up to Babylon's extinction, were now raised from the dead. Neither did I. . That is, there was first the literal Babylon, of course; but here it is symbolical. These were simply the characters of provisional judgment that filled the interval after the church was gone, and before the reign with Christ. Does the Bible Condemn Using Tarot Cards? John is therefore using the realistic and archaic language of Jewish piety to delineate the bliss of Christians in a future state where all the original glories and privileges of Gods life with man are to be restored. Some render crops or harvests of fruit. in the middle of its street. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.