REVELATION CHAPTER 22

The Alpha and Omega

By Don Hollifield

V1: And he showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. As Jesus prophesized that out of His belly would flow rivers of life, and when the Roman soldier trust his spear into the side of Jesus, through His belly and pierced His heart, we obtained the river of life. And when we are baptized we are cleansed with the river of life. This river continues to flow forever from the throne of God and His Son, and this is spiritual water that feeds our spiritual bodies. It is crystal clear since it is pure. This is the same living waters that Jesus spoke of to the Samaritan woman at the well.

V2: In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the Tree of Life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month, and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. In the midst of the street of water and on both sides of the river was the Tree of Life, which is Jesus. This stream of living spiritual water comes from Jesus. It feeds us with holiness and righteousness every month of every year forever. And the leaves are the Divine provision For preserving life, happiness and health of the various races.

V3: And there shall be not more curse, but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it, and His servants shall serve Him. There shall be no more curses because God and His Son have devoured them, and we shall serve Him forever.

V4: And they shall see His face, and His name shall be in their foreheads. We could not see God since He is in a different dimension, but now we can see him since we are in our spiritual bodies, and God's name resides in our soul which is with our brain in our foreheads.

V5: And there shall be no night there, and they need no candle, neither light of the sun, for the Lord God gives light, and they shall reign for ever and ever. We will live in the light of Lord God forever and ever. What other light do we need???

V6: And he said unto me, "These sayings are faithful and true, and the Lord God of the Holy Prophets sent His angel to show unto His servants the things which must shortly be done." John was taken into the future and observed the various curses cast on the earth, Jesus returned and the curse of the devil and his followers was ended. He also saw the kingdom of God and eternity of the righteous. These things must come about shortly, since a day in the life of God is as a thousand years. The time is rapidly approaching as we witness the prophesies of the end time, ever present in our daily lives.

V7: "Behold, I come quickly; blessed is he that keeps the sayings of the prophesy of this book." The words of the angel now pass into the words of Christ. We are blessed when we keep the Words of God including the prophesies of the Book of Revelation.

V8: 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. John verifies that he saw and witnessed these things with understanding for us. As such, we can now understand the future of the tribulations, the return of Jesus, the demise of evil and life everlasting with God and His Son. John went to the future to witness these events, but he has now returned back to his present day with the angel. John was so amazed that he fell down at the feet of the angel to worship him.

V9: Then said he unto me, "See thou do it not, for I am thy fellow servant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of the Book; worship God." The angel is upset and tells John that he is also a servant of God like him. He is a brethren of the prophets, keeping the sayings of the Book of Life. Don't worship me; worship God.

V10: And he said unto me, "Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book, for the time is at hand." The angel is emphatic that John does not seal up this Book, but shares it with everyone possible; for the time of the tribulations is at hand. Listen to the Word of God.

V11: "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." We are responsible for planting seeds, if it does not grow we are told to let it be. Sometimes it takes longer for some seeds to grow than others. If a person then chooses to be unjust, we are told to leave him be, for he has chosen his future and he doesn't deserve salvation.

V12: "And behold, I come quickly, and My reward is with Me to give every man according as his work shall be." Every person will receive his reward according to his works. You need faith, but your reward will be according to your works; use your spiritual gifts as expected by God.

V13: "I am Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End, the First and the Last." I am the beginning of salvation and the end of evil.

V14: "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." If you want to be blessed obey the Commandments, and you have the right or the blessings of the Tree of Life which is Jesus. The blessing is your entry into the gates of the Holy City.

V15: "For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loves and makes a lie." Those without the blessing are dogs, drug users, whoremongers, murders, idolaters and those that deceive and lie.

V16: "I Jesus 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. Jesus sent the angel which told John of the various spiritual churches. He is the root of Christianity and the descendent of David. Lucifer, the devil claimed to be the morning star, but Jesus is the true Morning Star.

V17: And the spirit and the bride say, "Come and let him that hear say, 'Come.' And let him that is athirst come, And whosoever will, let him take the Water of Life freely." The spirit and the bride invite the righteous to come and partake of the Water of Life freely, which is Jesus.

V18: "And 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 the book.

Don't put a spin on the Word of God, and don't listen to those that do, including movies, especially the Da Vinci Code. The Bible is not to be closed up and placed on the top shelf in a book case to collect dust, it is to be studied and shared with others. Every time you open His Book you will gain in knowledge and wisdom, if you seek. It is God's Word.

V19: "And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part of the Book of Life, and out of the Holy City, and from the things which are written in this book." If a person belittles this Book, God will remove his name from the Book of Life and he is refused entrance into the Holy City and Heaven.

V20: "He which testified these things saith, "Surely I come quickly," Amen. Even so, come Lord Jesus. John states "Amen" which means, "So be it" or "That's that." When you testify or bear witness to these things in this great Book of Revolution, Jesus comes into your heart And soul; SO BE IT.

V21: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen. Jesus specifically chose John to write the Book of Revelation to show us what will transpire in the latter days which began when God brought His People back to the Holy Land in 1948.

We are at the door and as you look at present events in the world, you can see the pieces of this great Book coming together. And as Jesus stated, "Surely, I come quickly."

AMEN