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Alexander MacLaren

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Revelation 22:3-4

Revelation THE TRIPLE RAYS WHICH MAKE THE WHITE LIGHT OF HEAVEN Rev_22:3-4 One may well shrink from taking words like these for a text. Their lofty music will necessarily make all words of ours seem thin and poor. The great things about which they are concerned are so high above us, and known to us by so few channels, that usually he who says least speaks most wisely about them. And yet it cannot be but wholesome if in a reverent spirit of no vain curiosity, we do try to lay upon our... read more

Alexander MacLaren

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Revelation 22:4

Revelation THREE INSCRIPTIONS WITH ONE MEANING ‘HOLINESS TO THE LORD.’ - Exo_28:36 . ‘HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD.’ - Zec_14:20 . ‘ His name shall be in their foreheads .’ - Rev_22:4 . You will have perceived my purpose in putting these three widely separated texts together. They all speak of inscriptions, and they are all obviously connected with each other. The first of them comes from the ancient times of the institution of the ceremonial ritual, and describes a part of the high priest’s... read more

Alexander MacLaren

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Revelation 22:14

Revelation THE LAST BEATITUDE OF THE ASCENDED CHRIST Rev_22:14 The Revised Version reads: ‘Blessed are they that wash their robes that they may have the right to come to the Tree of Life.’ That may seem a very large change to make, from ‘keep His commandments,’ to ‘wash their robes,’ but in the Greek it is only a change of three letters in one word, one in the next, and two in the third. And the two phrases, written, look so like each other, that a scribe, hasty, or for the moment... read more

Alexander MacLaren

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Revelation 22:17

Revelation CHRIST’S LAST INVITATION FROM THE THRONE Rev_22:17 The last verses of this last book of Scripture are like the final movement of some great concerto, in which we hear all the instruments of the orchestra swelling the flood of triumph. In them many voices are audible alternately. Sometimes it is the Seer who speaks, sometimes an angel, sometimes a deeper voice from the Throne, that of Christ Himself. It is often difficult, therefore, amidst these swift transitions, to tell who is... read more

Alexander MacLaren

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Revelation 22:21

Malachi THE LAST WORDS OF THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS Mal_4:6 . - Rev_22:21 . It is of course only an accident that these words close the Old and the New Testaments. In the Hebrew Bible Malachi’s prophecies do not stand at the end; but he was the last of the Old Testament prophets, and after him there were ‘four centuries of silence.’ We seem to hear in his words the dying echoes of the rolling thunders of Sinai. They gather up the whole burden of the Law and of the prophets; of the former... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Revelation 22:1-9

“The River of Water of Life” Revelation 22:1-9 The first five verses of this chapter obviously belong to the preceding one, from which they should not be severed. The ever-flowing river of life proves that the whole life of the blessed depends on the life of God, resident in the enthroned Lamb and communicated through the Holy Spirit. In Eden there was one tree of life; in the New Jerusalem there is a grove with perennial fruit, not protected by a flaming sword, but standing freely in the... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Revelation 22:10-21

“Come, Lord Jesus” Revelation 22:10-21 Still , four times repeated, implies the crystallization and permanence of character. The rewards mentioned here are for the faithful service of Christ’s stewards, as in Matthew 25:21 . For the fourth time, He who began the book and closes it, uses of Himself the divine monogram of Alpha and Omega, Revelation 1:8 ; Revelation 1:11 ; Revelation 21:6 . In the Authorized Version the way to the tree of life was opened to those who kept the commandments,... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Revelation 22:1-21

Still gazing at the city, the seer beheld the great river of water of life. On its banks is the tree of life, yielding fruit, and leaves for the healing of nations. And once more the apostle declares there shall be no more curse. The great unveiling is accomplished. It ended with the declaration of the established Throne, and of the unending reign of the saints. What follows is of the nature of ratification and enforcement. The divine word concerning the authority and value of the book is... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Revelation 22:1-21

The Marriage of the Lamb Revelation 19:1-10 ; Revelation 21:1-27 and Revelation 22:1-21 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. Old Testament analogies of the coming Marriage in the skies. It is not difficult to find, in both the Old and the New Testaments, delightful foreshadowings of the coming Heavenly nuptials. (1) There is the first marriage in Eden. Eve was the bride typical of the Bride of Christ. Observe the following: Adam was put to sleep; Christ was put to sleep. Adam's side was opened; Christ's... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 22:3-5

THE SERVICE OF HEAVEN‘His servants shall serve Him … and they shall reign for ever and ever.’ Revelation 22:3-Deuteronomy : Service is the task of heaven; not toilsome, for the taint of the course no longer vitiates it; not mechanical, but spiritual; cheerful also, and perfect, because there is nothing to depress or mar it in the presence of the healing leaves of the tree of life.Four things make the service perfect in matter and spirit:— I. His servants shall see His face.—The vision of... read more

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