Revelation and You - Continue

 If people want to ignor the warnings and counsel in Revelation, well, let htem do so!  "He that is doing unrighteousness, let him do unrighteousness still."  If it is their choice, those who are wallowing in filth of this permissive age can die in that filth. Shortly, Jeyhovah's judgments will be executed to completion, starting with the destruction of Babylon the Great.  Let meek persons be diligent to heed the prophet's words:  "Seek Jehovah . . . Seek righteousnessm seek meekness.  Probably you may be concealed in the day of Jehovah's anger." (Zephania 2:3) As for those who are already decdicated to Jehovah, "let the righteous one do righteousness still, and let hte holy one be made holy still."  The wise know that no temporar advantage coming from such sin can compare with the lasting blessings to be enjoyed by those who pursue righteousness and holiness. The Bible says:  "Keep testing whether  you are in the faith, keep proving  what  you yourselves are." (2 Corinthians 13:5)  Based on the course you choose and stay with, you will receive your reward. - PSALM 19:9-11; 58:10, 11. 

Jehovah, the King of eternity, now addresses readers of Revelation for the last time in the prophecy, saying: "Look! I am coming quickly, and the reward I give is with me, to render each one as his work is. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end. Happy are those who wash their robes, that the authority to go to the trees of life may be theirs and that  they may gain entrance into the city by its gates, Outside are the dogs and those who practice spiritism and the fornicators ad the murderers and the idolaters and everyone liking and carrying on a lie. - REVELATION 22:12-15. 

Once again, Jehovah God emphasizes his eternal sovereignty and the fact that what he first purposes he will at last perform. He is "coming quickly" to execute judgment and will reward those earnestly seeking him.  (Hebrews 11:6) His standards determine who will be rewarded and who will be rejected.  The clergy of Christendom have acted likeeee "speechless dogs winking at the vices that Jehovah here describes. (Isaiah 56:10-12; see also Deuteronomy 23:18, New World Translation Reference Bible)  Certainly, they have 'liked and carried on ' lying  doctrines and dogmas and have totally ignored the counsel of Jesus to the seven congregations.  Hence, they have no share in New Jerusalem.

Next time: Revelation and You - Conclusion

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