Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the tree of life and may enter the city by its gates.Blessed are those who do his commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter in by the gates into the city.Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.Blessed are they that wash their robes, that they may have the right to come to the tree of life, and may enter in by the gates into the city.
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… and so revelation ends with the voice of the spirit saying come come have you taken up that offer blessed are those who wash their robes so that they may have the right to the tree of life and that they may enter the city by the gates because outside you see outside are the dogs and sorcerers and the sexually immoral and murders and idolaters and all those people who love and practice falsehood who would not give it up and come to Jesus. But I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify to you about these things for the churches. I am the root and of the offspring, the descendant of David, the bright and morning star and the spirit of the bride say, come. And let the one who hears say, come. And let the one who is thirsty, come. Let the one who desires take the water of life without price. He who testifies to these things says, surely I am coming soon. Amen. Even so come Lord Jesus. The grace of the Lord Jesus be with all. Amen. The end. …
… that is, and he's the telos here. He's the terminating point and the reason for everything that is. Blessed are those who wash their robes, that they might have the right to the tree of life and may go through the gates into the city. But Jesus said, this is Jesus, outside are the dogs, those who practice magic arts, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood. So make no mistake, Jesus is still calling it like it is, even at the very end of the age. And he's saying, look, you don't have to be in the city. Outside the city are people who love to practice falsehood. And you and I can look around right now, look into our own hearts and see weakness where we stumble still, but we can look around us and see people who are just reveling in the wrong. And he's like, yeah, they don't want to be in the holy city and inside the gates where the tree of life is. …
… In chapter 22, blessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book. And again in chapter 22, blessed are those who wash their robes, that they may have the right to the tree of life and may go through the gates, through the gates of heaven, into the city. Read, hear, heed all present tense participles. This book is heavenly. It is angelic. It is elevated with visions of heaven. At the same time, it is designed to be understood so that it can encourage and bless the suffering, persecuted, struggling, patient, hopeful Christians with the glorious triumph coming soon and lasting forever. Seven blessings, seven Beatitudes are consistent with the way this book is designed. Many many sevens are in this book. Just listen to this. Seven churches, seven spirits, seven candlesticks, seven stars, seven lamps, seven seals, seven horns, seven eyes, seven angels, seven trumpets, seven thunder, seven thousand, seven heads, seven crowns, seven angels, seven plagues, seven vials or bowls, seven mountains, seven kings. …
… end of Holy Scripture. Verse 14, "'Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the tree of life and may enter by the gates into the city.'" This is the heavenly city. are the dogs and the sorcerers and the immoral persons and the murderers and the idolaters." Same list as chapter 21, verse 8. "...and everyone who loves and practices lying." They're not in heaven. Heaven's not for liars. Heaven's not for liars. Thank you. Now, this is the most significant illustration of the hatred of God that dominates the power structure in this world and this nation. They lie. They lie. They lie about everything. To cover their sin or to advance their sinful desires. To protect themselves or to make themselves rich in power and money. And again, I say what I said earlier, there's never been a time when we have been drowning in so many lies and liars. There have always been lies and liars because every person in the default position lies, But never have we had to deal with them beyond the scope of our normal relationship so that the world dumps all of its lies on us all the time. …