Continue with Say: "Come!"

Those of the John class must draw attention to "the prophecy of Revelation. They must not hide it or add to it. Its message must be preached openly, "from the housetops."(Matthew 10:27) Revelation is inspired of God. Who would dare change a word of what God himself has spoken and transmitted through the one who is now the reigning King, Jesus Christ? Certainly, such a person would deserve to lose out in the quest for life and suffer the plagues that must come upon Babylon the Great and upon the whole world.

Jesus now adds a final word of encouragement: "He that bears witness of these things says, 'Yes, I am coming quickly.' " (Revelation 22:20a) Jesus is "the faithful and true witness." (Revelation 3:14) If he bears witness to the visions of Revelation, they must be true. Both he and Jehovah God himself repeatedly stress the fact that they are coming "quickly," or soon, Jesus here saying that for the fifth time. (Revelation 2:16; 3:11; 22:7, 12, 20) The "coming" is to execute judgment on the great harlot, the political "kings" and all others who oppose "the kingdom of our Lord [Jehovah] and of his Christ." -Revelation 11:15; 16:14, 16; 17:1, 12-14.

Your knowing that Jehovah God and Jesus are coming quickly should encourage you to keep "close in mind the presence of the day of Jehovah." (2 Peter 3:12) Any seemingly stability of the earth of Satan's system of things is illusory. Any seeming success that the heaven of the worldly rulers under Satan might achieve is transitory. These things are passing away. (Revelation 21:1) The only permanence is to be found in Jehovah, his Kingdom under Jesus Christ, and his promised new world. Never lose sight of that! -1John 2:15-17.

Next time: The conclusion of Say: "Come!"

Revelation Its Grand Climax At Hand! Watchtower Bible And Tract Society, 1988