who are the nations in revelation 22:2

The leaves of the tree will heal the nations. Even when God was judging providentially in the beginning of the Apocalyptic visions (Revelation 4:1-11), associated thrones were seen. We must perforce therefore look for a still more complete development before the Lamb judges the beast after the ten horns along with it shall have destroyed Babylon. John takes his picture of the tree of life from two sources--from the tree in the Garden of Eden ( Genesis 3:6); and even more from Ezekiel. The Jews interpret the passage in Ezekiel 47:12 to which this refers, of future time, or the world to come f; and speak of various trees and herbs of great fragrancy and medicinal virtues, which grow quite round on the sides of a laver that stands in paradise g. e Yalkut Simeoni, par. Note too that "street" is not a reference to one street but to all streets. yet we esteemed him stricken, Save 15% on BibleGateway+ with code SPRINGSTUDY15. "And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse." Since there will no longer be any curse, what is the use of the leaves in Revelation 22:2? (c) There is the idea of authority. Here accordingly is seen but one throne. There are thrones filled with certain persons, who reign along with Him. If this is "heaven" why would healing be necessary? The vision ends with the promise that the people of God will reign for ever and ever. Clearly, therefore, it is future. When Adam and Eve fell, they lost their access to the tree of life in the Garden of Eden (cf. These compose the third class here spoken of. It sounds, wow! and on either side of the river was there the tree of life; not that it stood either in the midst of the street of the city, which being a pavement of gold, a tree could not well stand there; nor on both sides of the river, which is impossible, unless the tree of life is put for many trees of the same kind, as in Ezekiel's vision, to which the allusion is; and so some were on one side of the river, and some on the other, as there; see ( Ezekiel 47:7 Ezekiel 47:12 ) or unless it can be thought that such a solution of the difficulty is sufficient, that the root of it was on one side, and the branches grew over to the other; though the words may be better rendered, and the difficulty will be removed, and the sense be clear, "between the street of it", the city, "and the river, on this side, and on that side"; that is, the street on one side, and the river on the other, was the tree of life; compare with this ( John 19:18 ) . The holy city of Rev 21:2 is holy so could anything needing healing enter it? The first is one of the angels who have been the interpreters of the divine things to John. Note the connection. Luke 12:42 - And the Lord said, "Who then is the faithful, wise manager, whom the master will set over the, Matt 24:45 - Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom the master has set over his household, to. Babylon had once heard the varied testimony of God; for what had she not heard of truth? Today's Highlight in History: On April 22, 2000, in a dramatic pre-dawn raid, armed immigration agents seized Elian Gonzalez, the Cuban boy at the center of a custody dispute, from his relatives' home in Miami; Elian was reunited with his father at Andrews Air Force Base near Washington. When the second beast appeared, he even strove to put to death those who would not worship the beast, nor pay homage to his image, nor receive his mark. It is Jesus Christ who in his Cross has provided that grace by which alone man can be forgiven; but man has to appropriate that sacrifice. "The God of the spirits of the prophets" means the God who inspired the minds of the prophets. It is going to be a neat tree. He who has been found by Christ must find others for Christ. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. And I heard as it were a voice of a great multitude, and as a voice of many waters, and as a voice of mighty thunders, saying, Alleluia, for the Lord God the Almighty reigneth. Revelation 3:20 where Jesus knocks at the door of the church in Laodicea, Revelation 10:11. All the sufferers, either in the early persecutions of Revelation 6:1-17, or in the later persecutions (see Revelation 15:1-8) up to Babylon's extinction, were now raised from the dead. In the days of his flesh Jesus had said: "I am the light of the world; he who follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life" ( John 8:12). Even so, come Lord Jesus. Thus the only use that seems made of the book is negative and exclusive. At its back is the river which watered the Garden of Eden and made it fruitful ( Genesis 2:8-16). "I will raise him up at the last day." It is, in fact, the kind of ending that ancient writers commonly added to their books. And now you can buy some trees that have peaches and nectarines on them. It was the common tree in this blessed Paradise - of which all might partake, and which was everywhere the emblem of immortality. This is a mistake. But Lord it has been nineteen hundred years. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. What a solemn and weighty fact in the government of God! But compare Eze 47:12, the millennial type of the final Paradise; which shows that there are several trees of the one kind, all termed "the tree of life." Centuries after came in, not only the division into east and west, but the broken up state of the west, when there ceased to be an imperial chief. 39 And when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord carried Philip away, and the eunuch saw him no more, and went on his way rejoicing. The sun has disappeared, dissipated, gone. It does not hinder, of course, that in the judgment of the dead each man is judged for his own sin. In the hot lands water was, and is, literally life. But it is blessed that He says, "I come quickly;" and it is only Christ who in scripture ever says so. Was there the tree of life - Not a single tree, but it abounded everywhere - on the banks of the river, and in all the streets. I do not, of course, complain of particular persons, but of the general vagueness in which the passage has been taken unless, indeed, the more common course be not to ignore it. The tree of life was not a symbol of healing. All these things have their place in Babylon the great. The fruitfulness of this tree. The bride is in view. The Spirit of God implies that it is decidedly not the righteousness here which is by another, and we thereby imputed righteous, but righteousnesses personal and actual. In this life, the believer applies the blood of Christ for the pardon of sin and for the healing of diseases. Such was her influence stretching out far beyond the beast. The proper translation is, producing twelve fruits, yielding or rendering its fruit in each month. Thus there is, indeed, a succession of fruit-crops, but it is the same kind of fruit. Revelation 2:7; Genesis 2; Luke 23:43; 2 Corinthians 12:2). It does not make the slightest difference which view is taken. The Greeks said that Zeus was the beginning, the middle, and the end. . Compare Re 21:2, 10-27; the "nations" mentioned (Re 21:24) are those which have long before, namely, in the millennium (Re 11:15), become the Lord's and His Christ's. How we need to walk in the light of God's Word.I'm sort of excited about the possibility of starting all over again, getting back into Genesis where it all began and see how the Lord works from the beginning to the end. This tree was perpetually rather than seasonally in fruit; it produced a new crop of fruit each month of the year. "And his name is called The Word of God." The temple would suppose a medium. But the most ordinary knowledge suffices; for who does not know from the Bible that there was a Roman empire when Christ was born, one emperor, and no such state as that empire divided into ten kingdoms? This, then, would be another warning that every man is writing his own destiny. It is no longer a question either of celebrating the ways and counsels of God, or of the war with the beast and king. The ten horns with the beast are all to receive authority the beast of course wielding the imperial power, they as kings, all during one and the same time before the end comes. "After these things I heard as it were a great voice of a great crowd in heaven, saying, Alleluia, the salvation, and the glory, and the power of our God: for true and righteous [are] his judgments: because he judged the great harlot, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and avenged the blood of his servants at her hand. One runs: "In the age to come God will create trees which will produce fruit in any month; and the man who eats from them will be healed.". She will despise everything really divine; she will only use whatever of God's word she can pervert for increasing her own importance, and gaining a greater ascendancy over the consciences of men, and enjoying herself more luxuriously in this world; for she will go far to obliterate all remembrance of heaven, and to make this world a kind of paradise which she embellishes, not with pure and undefiled religion, but with the arts of men and the idolatries of the world. A single verse dispels clouds of arguments. Holding on to what others knew before them, or little more, they reduce themselves to a minimum of the truth. "And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have not yet received a kingdom; but they receive authority as kings (not at but for) one hour with the beast." So with a warmer love for the church and a deeper dedication in the service of our local congregation as a part of that great church--realising that the river of water of life is flowing now--we will sing with truer understanding--, "Glorious things of thee are spoken, Zion, city of our God! No great rivers can flow through cities or bring life to and plains except there are high mountains as sources of those rivers. The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, beholding the beast that he was, and is not, and shall be present." It cannot be done till the moment comes. What our world needs now is to catch a new vision of the realities of the Christian gospel; and, if it should happen, "the leaves of the tree of life" would indeed be the healing of the nations. This too must not be viewed as if it were a loss. Hence the horns and the beast join together and desolate the harlot. H. B. Swete takes the first two parts as an appeal to Christ to fulfil his promise and come quickly back to this world; and he takes the third part as an invitation to the thirsty soul to come to Christ. It was just a thing of grafting into the basic root system the various types of citrus fruits. How appropriate. The horns and the beast join in hating the whore. But John is overwhelmed again; he is just wiped out, overwhelmed that the guy tells him that, so he falls down at his feet again to worship him. "And let him that is athirst come; and whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.". and the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations ( Revelation 22:2). Twelve manner of fruits ( ). The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life ( Proverbs 14:27). Little do they know, because they believe not what is here written, that it is about to come out of the abyss or bottomless pit. Of the nations - Of all the nations assembled there, Revelation 21:24. Satan will bring forth an empire suited to his purposes, as it springs from Satanic principles which deny God; and this is part of what appears to be meant by the beast ascending out of the bottomless pit. But she has a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and the impurities of her fornication. "Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book." For the latter read , as render, as Rev., on this side and on that. "For the glory of God enlightened it, and the Lamb is the lamp thereof." 22:3-5 No longer shall there be any accursed thing. Yet grace despised necessarily ends in judgment. In a spiritual sense, the leaves of the tree of life, in this present age, are the healing of the nations. , , . and carried our sorrows; The Philadelphia 76ers, despite missing Joel Embiid due to a knee sprain, took care of the Brooklyn Nets in four games to become the first team to advance to the second round. Babylon must hear, I do not doubt, the final testimony of God the gospel of the kingdom that is to go forth in the last days; but she loves her pleasure and power, and refuses truth. And I John saw these things, I heard them. It may be the Spirit who is operative in all the prophets and who is always calling men back to God. As throughout the vision, John uses present terminology to describe future conditions. 46. The writer undoubtedly conceives of a single river running through the city - probably as meandering along - and that river lined on both sides with the tree of life. But from Eze 47:7, I prefer English Version. Revelation 21:4; Ezekiel 47:12). ". However, now that I believe I want to serve God and I offer myself to God to serve Him, and the works that I do for God, I will be rewarded for them, those works that are done out of a pure motivation.Now, there are a lot of works that people do that there will be no reward. There was not yet fairly out before men what God foresaw as that which must finally provoke His judgment. Had those who preached said nothing about heathen vanities, had they merely presented the gospel as a better thing than anything the pagans could boast, I do not doubt that the pagans themselves would have acknowledged thus much. All the energy to mislead men in the presence of the first beast was long in his hands, and now nothing more is spoken of. The angel implies nothing of the sort. As far as the display of government goes, it is according to God morally, and for His glory, though I deny not for a moment that there are elements of evil which are never allowed, but kept under if not expelled. Lenski correctly observed that all these terms: avenue, river, and wood (tree) are comprehensive and collective."[15]. The idea in the mind of the writer is that of Eden or Paradise; but it is not the Eden of the book of Genesis, or the Oriental or Persian Paradise: it is a picture where all is combined, that in the view of the writer would constitute beauty, or contribute to happiness. Even the proclamation of the grace of God is powerless save it be brought home by the quickening energy of His own Spirit. It is to be supposed that it will far exceed anything yet seen on the face of the earth. The healing of these nations takes place, in and through the Gospel, when it is preached and taught, received and obeyed, by individual members of those nations. 22 Then the angel showed me a river of the water of lifebright as crystal,[ a] flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb 2 down the middle of the city's street. THE BEAUTY OF HOLINESS ( Revelation 22:3-5 ). It is not therefore a question of virtual idols suitable to ensnare the children of God, but of that which is adapted to the earth itself, thorough-going palpable idolatry. A river that deepens the further it flows. They are not seen here as the bride. Let us bear this in mind. The chief difference is that in man's case it is God who raises him, whereas in the empire's not God but the devil will raise it again. If there was any Gentile power since John's day, which did not sustain but persecute and suppress Jerusalem, it was Rome, instead of being a gaudy harlot mounted on that vast empire. It is necessary that we should all bear in mind, if we have not observed it before, thatRevelation 17:1-18; Revelation 17:1-18 does not pursue the chronological course of the prophecy. The prophecy of Hosea is fulfilled. "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." "By grace you are saved through faith and that not of yourself it is a gift of God; not of works lest any man should boast"( Ephesians 2:8-9 ). The horns have constantly opposed each other, and even sometimes the pope. Brent Rooker hopes to keep his hot-hitting going against the Cincinnati Reds at the Oakland Coliseum . And there shall in nowise enter into it anything that defileth, nor making abomination and a lie: but only those written in the book of life of the Lamb." And as for the twelve tribes of Israel, they are merely written there, nothing more. The literal rendering is, producing twelve fruits - poioun karpous dodeka. at Evangelist Elsie Fleming's Gospel Birthday ExplosionRiceboro Missionary Baptist Church; Riceboro GA (4/22/2023) OTHER STUFF _____. Today is Saturday, April 22, the 112th day of 2023. And it's great what man has been able to do messing around with some of the genetic codes of some of the plants and trees.When I was a kid we lived off of North Broadway Street here in Santa Ana, and we had a tree that had both Navel and Valencia oranges growing on it, as well as grapefruits and lemons. All rights reserved worldwide. Have we not all heard of the balance of power? (i) Those who wash their robes have the right of entry into the city of God; the King James Version has: Blessed are they that do his commandments. Revelation 22:2? but it does not follow that various bodies are not raised at different times. The son is doubly guilty, because he saw his father's nakedness and felt it enough to hide. 2down the middle of the great street of the city. For that which comes distinctly before us in this one verse is the twofold fact, that the ten horns here contemplated receive their kingly power for the same hour or time as the beast, and not subsequently, when his rule was extinguished. Was there the tree of life - Not a single tree, but it abounded everywhere - on the banks of the river, and in all the streets. We may illustrate it by the members of a family. On either side of the river stood a tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit and yielding a fresh crop for each month. What would be the meaning, if so read? In Daniel we read: "The wicked shall do wickedly" ( Daniel 12:10). It is not into a wilderness the prophet is carried, but he is set on "a mountain great and high," and shown not the great, but. "And the angel said unto him, Wherefore didst thou wonder? The beloved city is Jerusalem; the camp of the saints, I presume, is a larger circle and embraces all of Israel and the Gentiles who, being converted, refuse Satan's deceit. The leaves of the trees are for the Healing of the Nations that shall occupy the New Earth. He certainly leaves us in no doubt that worship of angels is wrong and that worship must be given to God alone. The writer undoubtedly conceives of a single river running through the city - probably as meandering along - and that river lined on both sides with the tree of life. As there is but a single class of trees referred to, it might have been supposed, perhaps, that, according to the common method in which fruit is produced, there would be sometimes plenty and sometimes want; but the writer says that, though there is but one kind, yet the supply is ample. The old oracles were sealed then: not so John's. It is Christ Himself about to be displayed in His rights as King of kings, and Lord of lords; and this in the face of the world. This tree of life is fed by the pure waters of the river that comes from the throne of God. "[13] "Tree seems intended to be understood generically of that whole class of trees. Some connect these words with the preceding. But the day is coming when Satan will be allowed to have things his own way. And he carried me away in [the] spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God." 5 And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever. "Behold, I come quickly.". The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. What's the cheapest way to buy out a sibling's share of our parents house if I have no cash and want to pay less than the appraised value? And yet this warning would seem to imply the expectation of a long time of reading and copying the book, a time which John himself clearly did not expect. 36 And as they were going along the road they came to some water, and the eunuch said, See, here is water! The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations". The woman the strange woman sets forth corruption, human nature indulging itself in its own evil desires, irrespective of God's will. Who can describe his generation? The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. 2 through the middle of the street of the city. "And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heavens fled away." "Let him that is unrighteous be unrighteous still: and let the filthy be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still." I can't deserve that or earn it. In Greek, the word is ethnos, meaning people joined together by a common culture and custom, which in turn makes them a nation. This can have two meanings. Save 15% for life on BibleGateway+ with code SPRINGSTUDY15. THE CLAIMS OF CHRIST ( Revelation 22:12-13 ). So the Jews say e, that the tree of life is in the midst of paradise, and its body covers all the garden; and that there is in it five hundred thousand different tastes; and that there is no likeness and smell like it. There are two possibilities. Man on the earth has his portion in the goodness of a God who is manifesting His kingdom. It is a wholly unwarranted interpolation. But that the heart of man even so is not renewed becomes manifest, when Satan at the close deceives all that are not converted; and these, as we are told, are countless "as the sand of the sea.". 24:2; John 4:21, 23 But I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. When its own season arrives, as it surely will, the divine hindrance is to be removed, and the devil then is allowed to do his worst. It is the way to all, if it be not the actual entrance into and enjoyment of it. "And on the banks, on both sides of the river, there will grow all kinds of trees for food. In the future state of the blessed, that tree will abound, and all may freely partake of it; the emblem, the pledge of immortal life, will be constantly before the eyes, whatever part of the future abode may be traversed, and the inhabitants of that blessed world may constantly partake of it. R. H. Charles points out that this warning may not be part of the original book at all. So, during part of the year we could pick the Valencia oranges, during the winter months pick the navel oranges, and in the meantime, eat the grapefruit and have lemonade. Verse Revelation 22:2. The angels are never "called," although they may be "chosen;" and though termed holy, I do not recollect that they are ever spoken of as "faithful." In heaven, there will be no diseases either of body or mind. But he ought to have withstood it I do not mean in vengeance (for that belongs to the Lord), but as holily hating the sin itself, yet withal in the deepest compassion for his parent. Then we have another glorious description. It was as clear as crystal. "And fire came down out of heaven from God, and devoured them. It will help to show us that, whatever may have been the past conditions of Babylon, there is a future one; and it is in that future one that Babylon is to perish. Then follows another scene still more solemn the most awe-inspiring of all we can contemplate, at the same time full of blessing for the Christian to look onward to as that which will for ever put aside every trace of evil, and vindicate good where man must altogether fail. Foolishness. We have seen her connection with the beast; but there is a conflict coming. God has not told us how, nor is it our business. "The nations shall walk in the light of it," Any one of spiritual judgment can see that it should not be "nations of them which are saved." What, then, is the meaning of this curious passage which seems to say that men must remain as they are? 46. For who knows not the horrors of Mariolatry? But this is not to emerge from the bottomless pit. Life in the holy city (21:22-22:5) No temple is needed in the city, because God is everywhere. However, God is going to reward me according to the works that I do. Access 50+ premium resources. And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for night shall not be there. Healing Leaves (Revelation 22:2) I love the last line of Revelation 22:2 about the leaves of the fruit tree nourished by the living waters. It is all plain and simple "the beast that was, and is not, and shall be present.". Although there is such a levelling of human distinctions, and men have to do directly with God that is men raised from the dead or in their changed condition we still see the holy Jerusalem "the holy city, new Jerusalem," separate from the rest of those that fill the new heaven and earth. That is to say, there will be no more of the pollutions which harm the Christian life. Then, when the Lamb and His purchase by blood are celebrated in heaven, the four living creatures join the elders, though each is distinct. It is also clearly a personal reward to those who had suffered. That age of visible glory is inefficacious to change the heart of man, though in the absence of the enemy and the controlling presence of the great King, they render feigned obedience for a long while. Here is an echo of the Psalmist: "No man who practises deceit shall dwell in my house; no man who utters lies shall continue in my presence" ( Psalms 101:7). As there is but a single class of trees referred to, it might have been supposed, perhaps, that, according to the common method in which fruit is produced, there would be sometimes plenty and sometimes want; but the writer says that, though there is but one kind, yet the supply is ample.
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