Revelation 22:1

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Revelation 22:1-21

THE RESTORED PARADISE, AND THE EPILOGUECRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTESTHE first five verses complete the description of the new heavens and new earth. There is evident reference in the figures of the tree of life and the river that flows by the trees, to the first and forfeited paradise. The Epilogue is brief, but pertinent and impressive. The angel-guide and interpreter reassures the seer that all which has been disclosed is certain; and he repeats what was said in the prologue to the book... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Revelation 22:1-21

Chapter 22And he shewed me a pure river ( Revelation 22:1 )You know it is going to be new, because these don't exist anymore here.of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. And in the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bore twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month ( Revelation 22:1-2 ):So, you have an interesting kind of a tree here. And of course, we have been fooling... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Revelation 22:1-21

Revelation 22:1 . He shewed me a pure river of water of life. From the city we go to the palace, where the vision opens on the rock of ages, the Elohim, seated on his throne. Thence flows the crystal river with a constant stream, never exhausted with drought, nor ever swollen and turbid with rain. It is pellucid as the clearest crystal, and he who drinks shall never die, for death and the curse are now no more. Revelation 22:2 . In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Revelation 22:1

Revelation 22:1A pure river of water of life, clear as crystal The life riverI.It is a river of heaven. They that drink of it must drink immortality and love. “It is the river of God.”II. It is a river of grace. It flows from the throne of the Lamb; and everything that has connection with the Lamb is necessarily of grace.III. It is a river of power. It comes from the throne--the throne of God; and therefore possessing the properties of that throne. It communicates power into the soul of every... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Revelation 22:1

1 And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. Ver. 1. A pure river ] Not muddy as Nile, but clear as Calirrho. The allusion seems to be to that earthly paradise so well watered, Genesis 2:8-14 , or else to Ezekiel 47:1-12 . This river is Christ, John 4:14 , and so is that tree of life, Revelation 22:2 . The second Adam is a quickening spirit. Apollonius telleth us (lib. 3, Argonaut.) that in the court of Aeta, king of... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Revelation 22:1

A pure: Psalms 36:8, Psalms 46:4, Isaiah 41:18, Isaiah 48:18, Isaiah 66:12, Ezekiel 47:1-1 Samuel :, Zechariah 14:8, John 7:38, John 7:39 water: Revelation 7:17, Revelation 21:6, Psalms 36:9, Jeremiah 2:13, Jeremiah 17:13, John 4:10, John 4:11, John 4:14 clear: Revelation 21:11 proceeding: Revelation 3:21, Revelation 4:5, Revelation 5:6, Revelation 5:13, Revelation 7:10, Revelation 7:11, Revelation 7:17, John 14:16-Job :, John 15:26, John 16:7-Ezra :, Acts 1:4, Acts 1:5, Acts 2:33 ... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Revelation 22:1

And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.And he showed me a river of the water of life — The ever fresh and fruitful effluence of the Holy Ghost. See Ezekiel 47:1-12; where also the trees are mentioned which "bear fruit every month," that is, perpetually.Proceeding out of the throne of God, and of the Lamb — "All that the Father hath," saith the Son of God, "is mine;" even the throne of his glory. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 22:1

d. Its river and tree of life Close of Apocalypse, Revelation 22:1-5 . 1. And The entire passage, Revelation 21:1 to Revelation 22:5, should be read as one unbroken description. He The angel interpreter of Revelation 21:9; Revelation 21:17. Clear Rather, bright, radiant. Throne The royal seat of the eternal KING. We may suppose its position central, the most illustrious point in the luminous capital. read more

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