Summary of passage: Let all come for the gift of the water of life say the Spirit and the bride. A warning to not change the prophecy in the book of Revelation. Jesus is coming soon. Grace be with God’s people.
Questions:
9a) The invitation is to all to accept Jesus as Savior. It is open to all.
b) Personal Question. My answer: I am thirsting for Him more. For His world here. For His presence more in my life.
10) So nothing is twisted to mean something else. God wants all to know the promises for the believers and the consequences for the nonbelievers. No sugar-coating going on here. All need to know the Truth. Whoever changes it, corrupts His word and leads others astray.
Conclusions: I love the ending! A final invitation to God’s world and eternal life with Him. A reminder Jesus is coming soon. And a prayer for us! His grace be with us! Awesome!
End Notes: Is this an invitation to Jesus, asking Him to return? Or is it an invitation to those with a spiritual thirst to come to Jesus? Either sense is certainly true. Isaiah 55:1 echoes this invitation.
All you need is the desire to have Jesus in your heart. Come and God will do the rest. There is no bringing anything to God or giving. It’s HIM doing the giving. All you have to do is accept. This is the greatest invitation you’ll ever receive.
The warning is either Jesus, the angel, or John. It is not clear who is speaking here.
God’s word is holy and must not be altered. 2 Peter 3:16 says those who do face destruction.
“Come, Lord Jesus” in verse 20 is a common Aramaic expression that was well known in the ancient church: Maranatha! Should be our cry today!
Will the End Times be in our times? Only God knows. It is our job to be ready. God has the rest.
Note: it’s a cry for Jesus to fix the world. Man cannot fix it. It’s man’s fault the world is full of sin. Despite our noble efforts, we are Fallen. Only God can catch us and make us whole again.
The word of grace was used by Paul as well to sign off on his letters (1 Corinthians 16:23, 2 Corinthians 13:14, 1 Thessalonians 5:28, 2 Thessalonians 3:18). In 2 Thessalonians 3:17-18, Paul indicated that this signature – no doubt written with his own hand – was a mark that the letter was genuinely from him. John is greeting those who will soon be reading his testimony and praying for them as well.
The last verse of the Old Testament contains a curse by the Lord: “Else I will come and strike the land with a curse. (Malachi 4:6). The last words of the New Testament speak of grace–the saving grace of Jesus that saves and redeems. The fading of the Old Covenant with the New Covenant. A curse but a promise fulfilled at the end.
