The Amazing Revelation of St. John

What is in a Name?

6: The Star, the Bright morning one!

Revelation 22 uses many pictures:

Context: This is the end of the whole prophetic message: John has seen the judgment of the harlot and the beast in Rev 17-18. The Marriage Feast of the Lamb and Christs second coming in Rev 19. He saw the flashback to the binding of the the dragon by Christs first advent followed by the millennium (20:1-6); the loosing of the dragon for battle of Gog and Magog just before the END (20:7-10). The Resurrection and the judgment of the human race in 20:11-15 and is now prepared to see BEYOND the end of the first world to the creation of a NEW HEAVEN AND A NEW EARTH!

WE BELONG!

but only those who are written in the Lamb's book of life.

1 Peter 2:9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

New Eden: Rev 22:1-5

The River of Life

22 Then the angel[a] showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb 2 through the middle of the street of the city; also, on either side of the river, the tree of life[b] with its twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit each month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. 3 No longer will there be anything accursed, but the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants[c] will worship him. 4 They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. 5 And night will be no more. They will need no light of lamp or sun, for the Lord God will be their light, and they will reign forever and ever.

Notes on New Eden:

1. Eden in Hebrew is Luxury, Delight, Pleasure The Greek LXX translates it Paradise the Tree of Life ushers in the New Eden for Eternity. Ezek 47 1 Enoch, 4 Ezra Pseudepigraphal literature.

2. No curse there

3. The throne of God and the Lamb will be in her. Both God and Lamb enthronedTriune God

4.Name on Forehead as Righteous Children of God.

5. The People of God will Reign remember 1 Cor 6:2

Epilogue: Rev 22:6-21

Jesus Is Coming

6 And he said to me, These words are trustworthy and true. And the Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, has sent his angel to show his servants what must soon take place.

7 And behold, I am coming soon. Blessed is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.

Rev 22:

8 I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things. And when I heard and saw them, I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who showed them to me, 9 but he said to me, You must not do that! I am a fellow servant[d] with you and your brothers the prophets, and with those who keep the words of this book. Worship God.

10 And he said to me, Do not seal up the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is near. 11 Let the evildoer still do evil, and the filthy still be filthy, and the righteous still do right, and the holy still be holy.

Rev 22:

12 Behold, I am coming soon, bringing my recompense with me, to repay each one for what he has done. 13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.

14 Blessed are those who wash their robes,[e] so that they may have the right to the tree of life and that they may enter the city by the gates. 15 Outside are the dogs and sorcerers and the sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.

Rev 22:6-15

Jesus is saying I am coming quickly 3 times.

The 3 Divine Titles repeated from Prologue Rev 1

The Alpha and Omega: beyond all creation

The Beginning and the End: Of Creation

The First and the Last: of the Church

Blessed in vs 14 is the Seventh Beatitude...

From Revelation Commentary

Rev 22

16 I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify to you about these things for the churches. I am the root and the descendant of David, the bright morning star.

Rev 22:16

This is the ONLY time in Revelation that the Lord speaks of himself using his personal, given name, Jesus (the Lord speaks directly to John in Ch 1,2 and 3) and even though HIS name, Jesus appears 14 times in Revelation, only here in 22:16 is used by the Christ.

NOTE: this is the ONLY time in the entire New Testament that the Lord uses HIS personal name to identify HIMSELF!

Why so significant?

Jesus the Christ uses many names to define who HE is, what HE does, How He operates but at the end of HIS revelation to John HE wants HIS BELOVED Disciple that this is his friend Jesus, his LORD and SAVIOR but also the man with whom he lived, walked, talked and was taught by in Galilee and Judea! JESUS IS HIS PERSONAL SAVIOR AND LORD AS WITH US!

Also plural YOU is really important. I, Jesus, sent my angel to testify to YOU (Plural) these things for the churches both John and US.

Root, Descendant of David, the Star, the Bright Morning ONE

I AM THE ROOT AND DESCENDANT OF DAVID:

Rev 5:5 The Lamb: the Lion who is from the tribe of Judah, the Root of David

Mark 12:35-37 (Psalm 110:1) Whose Son Is the Christ?

35 And as Jesus taught in the temple, he said, How can the scribes say that the Christ is the son of David? 36 David himself, in the Holy Spirit, declared,

The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand, until I put your enemies under your feet.

37 David himself calls him Lord. So how is he his son? And the great throng heard him gladly.

The Star: The Bright Morning ONE

Rev 2:28 Church at Thyatira: And I will give him the Morning Star

Same star the Father has given to the Son. The seven Stars in the hand of the Son of Man represent the angels of the seven churches. The Brightest is Christ

Num 24:17 Balaam, in his 4th prophetic oracle, declared how a star would come forth out of Jacob who would become the ruling scepter from Israel

Why so important?

Lucifer is often referred to as Morning Star. Meaning he was the height of Creation as the worshiping Angel. He is referred to as a Lion in Peters letter too.This is from Isaiah 14: 12 How you are fallen from heaven, O Day Star, son of Dawn! How you are cut down to the ground, you who laid the nations low! KJV and NKJV translate O Day Star Lucifer

Good reminder that satan likes to imitate the light but only Christ is the TRUE Light, MORNING STAR and Lion of Judah Savior and Lord!

The Star.

In Apocalyptic Literature the star was a symbol of the King and/or the priest that God promised to send.

Testament of Levi 18: the star will rise in heaven like a king and he will shine forth like the sun his priesthood will never end In his priesthood sin shall cease and he shall open the gates of paradise.

Testament of Judah 24: King shall arise for you a Star from Jacob in peace, and he will be like the Sun of righteousness Known as the shoot of God Most High and is the fountain for the life of all humanity.

Jesus Christ as the STAR...

Mal 4: 2 But for you who fear my name, the sun of righteousness shall rise with healing in its wings. You shall go out leaping like calves from the stall.

Jesus now promises that the brightest and best star of the morning is signaling an end to the tribulation and the day of the Lord and eternity is about to begin!

As Jesus promised to the Church of Thyatira we will share in HIS Glory as Children of God!

Rev 22:17-21

17 The Spirit and the Bride say, Come. And let the one who hears say, Come. And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who desires take the water of life without price.

18 I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book, 19 and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and in the holy city, which are described in this book.

20 He who testifies to these things says, Surely I am coming soon. Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!

21 The grace of the Lord Jesus be with all. Amen.

That is why what we do today has eternal significance.