Tzemach David, par. Yet grace despised necessarily ends in judgment. This is of immense moment doctrinally, because it decisively proves that it is altogether unfounded to assume, as is popularly done, that the Lord only returns at this juncture. However, to be a careful thinker on issues such as these we must realize that Even so, come quickly Lord Jesus. It presents a fact. Answering the Skeptic: Is the Bible a Myth? From Rome saints had suffered; and it was easy to see that the revealed persecutress is called Babylon, and identified with the governing city of Rome. 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. Verse of the Day , Revelation 22:19 Treasury of Scripture Knowing, Words and Meanings - Growing In Grace (23). 3:16 as support (i.e. "And I saw an angel coming down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. Your email address will not be published. Her part in the corruption of the high and the intoxication of the low her idolatrous character has come before us. "So don't seal the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand.". Then, right after the invitation comes a dire warning: For I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to these things, God will add to him the plagues that are written in this book; and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part from the Book of Life, from the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book. As in the beginning of this book (Re 1:3) a blessing was promised to the devout, obedient student of it, so now at its close a curse is denounced against those who add to, or take from, it. What, then, is the meaning of this curious passage which seems to say that men must remain as they are? It was important, just because it is the bride, the Lamb's wife, to show that angels are there, and further, that Israel is not forgotten. Now we find the symbol of the bride brought before us, and the elders and the living creatures disappear. The new phrase here is the dogs. And I, with John, would respond, "Amen. Revelation 3:5 "HE THAT OVERCOMETH, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name from the Book of Life, but I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels." Revelation 3:5. Before you jump to that conclusion, let me point out two observations, then see what it means for us. And who would defraud either the soul of salvation, or the Lord of showing it? I never hear a voice. The consequence of perverting the gospel was excommunication and being put out of the congregation, until they had learnt the lesson.