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.
The angel next shows John a pure
river of the water of life. This water comes directly from the throne of YHWH
and Yeshua.
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.
There are trees which line both
sides of the river. They are all the tree of life and produce twelve fruits
each month. The leaves of the tree can heal 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.
There is no more curse, and the
servants of YHWH will serve Him. The curse, if you remember, comes from not
obeying YHWH.
Deuteronomy 11:26-28
“Behold, I set before you today a
blessing and a curse: the blessing, if you obey the commandments of the
Lord your God which I command you today; and the curse, if you do not obey the commandments of the Lord your God,
but turn aside from the way which I command you today, to go after other gods
which you have not known.
At this point, there really is no
option to disobey YHWH within the walls of the kingdom.
4 They shall see His face,
and His name shall be on their foreheads.
All those in the kingdom will
stand face to face with YHWH, and His name will 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.
Inside the kingdom there is no
night and no need for the sun or a lamp. YHWH is their light. John repeats this
several times, this must mean he is amazed by this. Those within the kingdom
will reign with YHWH forever.
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.
John is told by the angel, these
words are true, YHWH sent His angel to show the things that will come to pass.
7 “Behold, I am coming quickly!
Blessed is he who keeps the words of the
prophecy of this book.”
Yeshua is coming quickly. Those
who keep the words found in the prophecy John is giving, are blessed.
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.
John saw and heard all these
things, then fell down to worship the angel.
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.”
John is rebuked by the angel and
told to worship only YHWH.
10 And he said to me, “Do not
seal the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is at hand.
John is commanded not to hide the
words of this prophecy because these things are close to beginning. This was
stated during the life of John. John lived roughly two thousand years ago. This
leads me to believe we are now in the last days, as in, fully immersed. If that
is the case, we absolutely must take a look around the world today and see what
we can find that matches up. Doing so leads me to the conclusions I have laid
out throughout the entire breakdown of each of the chapters. That is, looking
at where these antichrist countries are located, and seeing that each of those
countries are all of one mindset today.
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.”
John is told, if a man is unjust,
let him be and so on.
12 “And behold, I am coming
quickly, and My reward is with Me,
to give to every one according to his
work.
Yeshua is coming quickly and
bringing His reward for men. His reward will be given to each man according to
that man’s deeds. This is also a very interesting point. Most churches today
teach a man’s works do not have an effect on his salvation or afterlife. This clearly
states we will be rewarded according to our works.
13 I am the Alpha and the
Omega, the Beginning and the End, the
First and the Last.”
Again we see, Yeshua stating He
is the Aleph and Tav, that is the first and the last.
14 Blessed are those who do His
commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and
may enter through the gates into the
city.
This verse comes just after the statement
concerning His rewards. Those who keep the commandments of YHWH will be
blessed. Those who keep those commandments will be granted access to the tree
of life and through the gates of the kingdom.
Does the inverse mean then, those
who do not keep His commandments will not have access to the tree of life and will
not be allowed to enter through the gates of the Kingdom of God?
15 But outside are dogs and sorcerers and sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and whoever loves and practices a lie.
Outside the gates of the kingdom
are sinners. Notice the things listed here are all things that directly violate
the commandments of YHWH, which is what many call the Law of Moses.
16 “I, Jesus, have sent My angel
to testify to you these things in the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the Bright and Morning Star.”
Yeshua sends His angel to the
churches. He is the Root of David.
17 And the Spirit and the bride
say, “Come!” And let him who hears
say, “Come!” And let him who thirsts
come. Whoever desires, let him take the water of life freely.
The Spirit of the bride is the
Spirit of those who want to keep the Law of YHWH.
18 For I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of
this book: If anyone adds to these
things, God will add to him the
plagues that are written in this book; and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy,
God shall take away his part from the Book
of Life, from the holy city, and from the things which are written in this
book.
If anyone adds to these
prophecies, YHWH will add the plagues found here to him. Anyone removing things
from these prophecies will be removed from the Book of Life.
20 He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming quickly.” Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
Yeshua says again, He is coming
quickly.
21 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
John says may the grace of Yeshua
be with you.
