Revelations of THE Father - REVELATIONS 22:7-20

⁷ “Look, I am coming soon! Blessed are those who obey the words of prophecy written in this book.^[d]”… ¹² “Look, I am coming soon, bringing my reward with me to repay all people according to their deeds. ¹³ I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.” ¹⁶ “I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give you this message for the churches. I am both the source of David and the heir to his throne.^[e] I am the bright morning star.”  ¹⁷ The Spirit and the bride say, “Come.” Let anyone who hears this say, “Come.” Let anyone who is thirsty come. Let anyone who desires drink freely from the water of life. ¹⁸ And I solemnly declare to everyone who hears the words of prophecy written in this book: If anyone adds anything to what is written here, God will add to that person the plagues described in this book. ¹⁹ And if anyone removes any of the words from this book of prophecy, God will remove that person’s share in the tree of life and in the holy city that are described in this book.  ²⁰ He who is the faithful witness to all these things says, “Yes, I am coming soon!”

 

The red letters of this chapter are an answer to those common doubts people have.  Due  to either lack of knowledge or understanding some have not realize that all the question pertaining to THE CREATOR of heaven and earth,  are answered somewhere in between this almost two thousand pages of this book who some had called the “blue print” of life. 

Red implies that JESUS is the One speaking; and is on red to be distinguish from the rest of the writings of this book as a special passage.  He who is it from is who PAID the price for you and me with His red blood, by dying in the cross for our sins. So whenever you see red letter, think about the blood that was shed for you, and make sure you do not take it light for are the words of our Heavenly Father.

Some of the questions this passage answers are:

• Is Jesus really coming for a second time?
• What’s the deal about obeying this book?
• Does it really talks about the future?
• What do I gain by following these words?
• Does it really God will punish my enemies?
• Who is really God?
• Why someone did write the Bible? What’s the purpose? And who is it for?
• Did God really was with David?

 

We can see how not only Jesus is speaking Himself here, but John testifies how the Holy Spirit speaking too.  On the following verses, says that together with the Spirit we can see that is what’s commonly known as “the bride” of Christ, those who’ve departed to live with The Lord.

Here we see how together they are leading us who are hungry for The Lord to live for Him to encourage each other to accept THE Bread of Life.  A very profound statement in fact this prophesy was declared in regards to the words of this book; using words that probably only in court are heard, “solemnly declare”; these words carry a judgment message, like happens in court.  We have to note that that this is also a conditional prophesy because if we are subject to whatever is written in the book, that pronounced judgment will not apply to us.   

The message given (prophesy) speaks about the plural of the word plague, which the dictionary describes as “a sudden appearance or outbreak of something unpleasant in very large numbers or with unusual frequency”; in medical terms is described as “a disease that spreads rapidly through a population, killing a great many people, or an outbreak of such a disease”.  If one plague is bad several plagues is just terrible!

A great example of a plague is given to us in the book of Exodus; in fact chapters seven thru eleven we see ten plagues, from water turned into blood, to frogs, lice, flies, livestock disease, boils, hail, locusts, darkness, and the most terrible one of those and finally the one that made the king change his mind, the death of the firstborn from every human and animal.  These terrible events were prophesized to happen to the King of Egypt and his people IF he wouldn’t agree to God’s request of letting GOD’s people go free, that’s exactly what I mean conditioned. As we all know these plagues were brought in, for this king did not regarded and believed GOD. 

In addition to if anyone decides to remove any word from this book, meaning ANY KIND of change, God Himself will remove this person’s share of the blessings described in the book. In case there’s anyone who still doubtful about this events described here, and to confirm that God HIMSELF is who is anointing John to write this book, is JESUS who speaks in verse 20.
 

I pray the next time someone questions about God, His power and His Word, you can remember Exodus 7-11, a great compilation among many others of God’s attributes.