Surely I Come Quickly Revelation 22:20

After sharing much of the beauty of the heavenly city and looking upon the wonders that shall be there, Jesus declared to John the apostle, “Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he that keeps the sayings of the prophecy of this book.” John continued, “And I John saw these things, and heard them. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which showed me these things. Then said he unto me, See you do it not: for I am your fellow-servant, and of your brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book: worship God.” John added, “And he said unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand. He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still. And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last. 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. For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loves and makes a lie. I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star. And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that hears say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely. For I testify unto every man that hears the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book. And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.” In Revelation chapter twenty-two and verse twenty John shares how Jesus told him again, “Surely I come quickly” where we read:

He which testifies these things says, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.

The verse reads, “He which testifies these things says, Surely I come quickly.” John began with the words, “He which testifies” which means “the certain One which is Jesus who bears witness, affirms and gives report of” “these things” which refers to “the things which were written in this book” “says” or “utters, declares and proclaims”, “Surely” or “verily, truly, assuredly and even so” “I come” or “Jesus will appear, arise, come forth and show himself” “quickly” which means “speedily, without delay and readily”. Jesus once again declared that He will return “speedily and without delay”.

The verse goes on to say, “Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.” John continued with the word, “Amen” which means “so it is, so be it and may it be fulfilled”. “Even so” or “yes, verily, truly and assuredly”, “come” which means “appear, arise, come forth and show yourself”, “Lord” or “he to whom a person or thing belongs, about which he has power of deciding; master and the title given to God the Messiah” “Jesus” or “the Son of God, the Savior of mankind and God incarnate whose name means Jehovah is Salvation”. John confirmed Jesus' words and reiterated that He should indeed “arise and appear”.

When we think through John's words in this verse, we see how Jesus confirmed His “coming again”, and John agreed with Him and appealed for Jesus to do so. Almost two thousand years ago Jesus said this to John, and He is that much closer to coming now than He was then. God desires to have a relationship with every person through Jesus Christ His Son, and those who yield their lives to Him shall enjoy “everlasting life” with Him and should be looking for His imminent return. “Even so, come Lord Jesus”.

Next time we finish the book of Revelation as we see John shares about, “the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.

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