Thursday, October 04, 2012

Revelation 22:13-15


13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last (the Before all and the End of all).

Jesus is the End of it All. Which means that Jesus, our Groom, is the completion of love. He is the completion of sacrifice, of faith, of hope, and of interceding on the behalf of others. Jesus ever lives to intercede for all that He has been given, so that they might be saved to the uttermost, Hebrews 7:25. This is not just Jesus being arrogant here, this is Jesus telling us that He will cause all things to come to pass to carry out our Father’s will of Grace. This is our peace that regardless of what we think, Jesus is in complete and total control. 

14 Blessed (happy and to be envied) are those who cleanse their garments, that they may have the authority and right to [approach] the tree of life and to enter through the gates into the city.

We were just shown that the Tree of Life is for the healing and restoration of the nations. The Bride does not need restored. So blessed are those who are not the Bride of Christ, who are allowed to eat of the Tree of Life and live with our Father forever. This is a blessing for the guests of the Bride, Matthew 22. These people who are raised up at the end of the Millennial Reign of Christ will cleanse their garments with the Blood of Christ and be allowed to stay. 

15 [But] without are the dogs and those who practice sorceries (magic arts) and impurity [the lewd, adulterers] and the murderers and idolaters and everyone who loves and deals in falsehood (untruth, error, deception, cheating). 

There will be no more sin after Judgment Day, so there will be no more sinners. Our Father will make everything new and all of the pain, sorrow, and misery that came with sin will be gone. This does not mean that people who did these things are in Hell suffering as we are partying. It means that the world, the nations, the sinners, those raised up from Hades have been restored and healed. Jesus’ sacrifice is that strong and it is that powerful. Think of the worst person that you know of and yes, even that persons sin’s are covered by Jesus’ Blood. 

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