8 Apr 2014; Rev 22

8 Apr 2014; Rev 22

Rev 22 does not stop at v5 that they will reign forever and ever. It is therefore not to say that once we received our salvation, we wait for the second coming so that we will reign forever and ever with Christ.

“And behold, I am coming soon. Blessed is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.” (Revelation 22:7 ESV)

The word is "keep" - that is what is made known, we have a job to do, keep the words. How then to keep the words - do nothing? In this context - No. We keep the words by working on the words. Words give truths, but it is not truths that set us free, it is the practice of truths. I have been commented - that I know about the words, the truth, but knowledge puff up, it is the practice that brings about a transformation.

Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the tree of life and that they may enter the city by the gates. (Revelation 22:14 ESV)

Our robes get dirty each day, we are in the world. We fall, we get up, we fall we get up. But when we get up, wash the robes so that we may have the right to the tree of life.

We have the promises - no other God promise how the end will be like and none is like - and they lived happily ever after - the end"

I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.” (Revelation 22:13 ESV)

But till now - we are told not to sit back and relax. We know how the end is like - we as Christian are told to keep the words and wash our robes. And in the earlier chapter, the are souls that will be lost. We as Christian has a job to do. Do what the end dictates and not not what the world dictate.

Run the last lap of your life - pour it out for Christ.