Revelation Chapter 22
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The Revelation of Yahshua Christ
Chapter 22
XXII 1 And he showed to me a river of water of life, bright as crystal, coming out from the throne of Yahweh and of the Lamb. 2 In the middle of her street and with the river on the one side and the other is the tree of life producing twelve fruits, yielding each of its fruits by month, and the leaves of the tree are for the service of the Nations.
In order to understand the nature of this tree, perhaps a reading of the first Psalm is in order, Psalm 1: ”1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. 2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. 3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. 4 The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away. 5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. 6 For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.”
Yahweh is the true river, or source, for all things which are pure and legitimate. Notice that His throne and that of the Lamb are one, because they are one. Christ said to the woman at the well, in John chapter 4: “14 But he who should drink from the water which I shall give to him shall not thirst for eternity, but the water which I shall give to him will become in him a well of water springing up into eternal life.” The twelve fruits again stand for the twelve tribes of Israel.
3 And there shall no longer be any curse. And the throne of Yahweh and of the Lamb shall be in her, and His servants shall serve Him 4 and shall see His face, and His Name is upon their foreheads. 5 And there shall no longer be night, and they have not need for light of a lamp and for light of a sun, because Prince Yahweh shall shine upon them, and they shall rule for the eternal ages.
The serpent was cursed first, Cain was cursed, and Canaan was cursed. Curses result from violations of the Laws of Yahweh, as can be seen in the blessings of obedience and curses of disobedience found in Deuteronomy chapters 27 and 28. These curses are not because our God torments us from heaven, but rather they are a natural result of sin – it is a law of cause and effect. There shall be no more curse, because there shall be no more violators, and all those who are an offense – by the fact of their very creation (every plant which Yahweh did not plant) shall be removed and cast into the Lake of Fire (i.e. Matthew 13:41 and 15:13).
6 And he said to me: “These words are trustworthy and true, and Yahweh God of the spirits of the prophets has sent His messenger to show His servants the things which are necessary to happen shortly. 7 And ‘Behold! I come quickly! Blessed is he keeping the words of the prophecy of this book!’”
Shortly is a relative term. To God, a thousand years is as one day, as the apostle Peter explains at 2 Peter 3: “8 But you must not forget this one thing, beloved: that one day with the Prince is like a thousand years, and a thousand years like one day.” These things written in the Revelation did indeed begin to happen quickly, but would take at least a couple of thousand years to unfold completely.
8 And it is I, Iohannes, hearing and seeing these things. And when I had heard and seen, I fell to worship before the feet of the messenger who shows these things to me. 9 And he says to me: “No, look! I am your fellow-servant and of your brethren the prophets and of those keeping the words of this book! Worship Yahweh!”
The opening verses of the Revelation, reveal that this John is indeed the same apostle who wrote the Gospel of John. It began in chapter 1: “1 A revelation from Yahshua Christ which Yahweh had given to Him to show to His servants the things which are necessary to happen quickly, and He having sent explained through His messenger to His servant Iohannes, 2 who bore witness to the Word of Yahweh and the testimony of Yahshua Christ, as many things as he had seen. 3 Blessed is he reading and those hearing the words of the prophecy and keeping the things written in it, for the time is near.”
10 And he says to me: “Do not seal the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is near! 11 He who is unjust must yet be unjust, and he who is filthy must yet be filthy, and he who is righteous must yet practice righteousness, and he who is holy must yet be holy.
Many so-called churchmen confuse this with a statement in the Book of Daniel, at Daniel 12:4, where Yahweh instructs the prophet to “shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end”. It is likely that they do so purposely, because this book is also a mystery to them. However the Revelation is not sealed, and its prophecies began to transpire as soon as it was written. It is hoped that this interpretation of the Revelation has made clear, that with a knowledge of history and the Old Testament, all of the things written in this book may indeed be brought to light.
The filthy and the unjust, the righteous and the holy, all these things have been determined from the foundation of the world.
“12 ‘Behold! I come quickly! And My reward is with Me to render to each as is his work! 13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.
If we have seen 16 chapters of the Revelation fulfilled over the past two thousand years, we have an assurance that these last chapters shall indeed also be fulfilled. Only a fool would think otherwise.
Yet only a fool would also believe that he – a mere man – may judge when Yahshua is to return. At Matthew 24:36 Yahshua Christ is recorded as having said: “But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.” This same thing is also elucidated in several parables.
Others errantly look to certain historical events for the “coming of the Son of Man”, however the Book of Acts explicitly states, at Acts 1:11: “...Yahshua, who is taken up from you into the heaven, thusly shall He come in the manner which you have beheld Him going into the heaven.”
“‘14 Blessed are they washing their garments, that it shall be their license to the tree of life and they may enter into the gates into the city. 15 Outside are dogs and druggists and fornicators and murderers and idolaters and any who love and make a lie.
The first Christians – the Israelites of the Exodus – were kept from the angel of death by the blood of a lamb during that first Passover. Now in this age, Christians must also keep themselves safe from the wrath of God, by the blood of The Lamb Yahshua Christ, and an adherence to His words.
Since all of the enemies of Yahweh God have already been described as having been destroyed, the description of the sinners outside of the city may mean one of two things. It may simply indicate that these people have already been excluded, or it may indicate that unrepentant Adamites are still outside of the presence of God. Yet it seems difficult to believe that facing the final judgement, in the Spirit of God, there could be such an unrepentant Adamic person.
“‘16 I Yahshua have sent My messenger to attest these things to you for the assemblies. I am the root and the offspring of David; the bright morning star!
Again Yahshua proclaims that He is God, the only way that he could be both the root and the offspring of David.
“17 And the Spirit and the bride say ‘Come!’ And he hearing must say ‘Come!’ And he who thirsts must come, he desiring must receive the water of life freely!
Yahshua Christ is the only true Water of Life (John 4), yet He came only “for the lost sheep of the house of Israel”, those with whom His covenant was made (Jeremiah 31:31). The scope of the original calling has never changed.
“18 I testify to each who hear the words of the prophecy of this book: if one should add to these things, upon him Yahweh shall add the plagues written in this book, 19 and if one should take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, Yahweh shall take away his share of the things written in this book from the tree of life and from the holy city.
It is wise to be careful, examining the manuscripts and producing the best possible text of the book before even attempting to understand its utterances.
“20 He testifying of these things says ‘Yeah, I come quickly!’ Truly! Come, Prince Yahshua!”
21 The favor of Prince Yahshua is with the saints, truly!
Right to the last verse, the favor of Yahweh is with His sanctified ones – which is the meaning of the word saint. Only the children in the loins of Isaac were ever sanctified upon an altar to Yahweh at the command of Yahweh Himself. Only they can legitimately be His sanctified ones, and therefore “in Isaac shall thy seed be called”, Saxons, and the European history revealed in the Revelation of Yahshua Christ is the end of all proofs of our Israelite heritage.
Praise Yahweh!