Chapter Forty-Three/The Resplendent City - Revelation's Happy Climax

 What joy we feel, as we draw to the close of our consideration of the book of Revelation! We have seen the final efforts of Satan and his seed utterly frustrated and Jehovah's righteous judgments carried out to completion. Babylon the Great must go out of existence forever, to be followed by all other hopelessly corrupt elements of Satan's world. Satan himself and his demons will be abysses and later destroyed. New Jerusalem will rule with Christ from the heavens as the Resurrection and. judgment will proceed and perfected mankind will finally come to enjoy everlasting life in the Paradise earth. How is myvividly Revelation portrays all these things! How it strengthens our determination to 'declare this everlasting good news as glad tidings to every nation tribe and tongue and people's on earth today! (Revelation 14:6, 7) Are you expending yourself to the full in this great work?

With our hearts so full of gratitude, let us give attention to the concluding words of Revelation.

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Chapter Forty-Three/The Resplendent City - Revelation's Happy Climax

 The realization of this vision of New Jerusalem, the Lamb's bride, is the happy climax to which Revelation points, and fittingly so. All of John's first-century fellow Christians to .whom the book was Initially addressed look forward to entering into that city as immortal spirit corulers with Jesus Christ. The remnant of anointed Christians still alive today on earth have the same hope. This Revelation moves on to its grand climax, as the completed bride is united with the Lamb. Next by means of New Jerusalem, the ransom of Jesus' sacrifice will be applied to mankind, so that eventually all faithful ones will enter into everlasting life. In this way the bride, New Jerusalem, as loyal helpmeet to her Bridegroom King, will share in building up for eternity a righteous new earth-all to the glory of our Sovereign Lord Jehovah. - (Matthew 20:28; John 10:10,16; Romans 16:27.9

Chapter Forty-Three/The Resplendent City - No More Night -Conclusion

 John cl out this magnificent vision by saying of these slaves of God: "And they will rule as kings forever and ever."(Revelation 22:5b) True, at the end of the thousand years, the benefits of the ransom will have been  applied to completion,  and Jesus will present a perfected human race to  his Father. (1Corintian 15:25-28) What Jehovah has in mind for Jesus and 144,000, after that, we do not know. But Revelation assured that their privileged sacred service to Jehovah will continue.

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Chapter Forty-Three/The Resplendent City -No More Nightt

 John continues: "Also, night will be more, and they have no need of lamplight, nor do they have sunlight, because Jehovah God will shed light upon them." (Revelation 22:5) Ancient Jerusalem, like any other city on earth, relied on the sun for light by day and on moonlight and artificial light by night. But in heavenly New Jerusalem, such lighting will be unnecessary. The city will be illuminated by Jehovah himself. "Night" may also be used in a figurative sense, referring to adversity or separation from Jehovah. (Micah 3:6; John 9:4; Romans:13:11, 22) There could never be that kind of light in the glorious radiant presence of the almighty God.

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Chapter Forty-Three/The Resplendent City -No More Night -Conclusion

 Like John himself, all future members of the celestial city are "slaves "of God. As such, they have God's  prominently written on their forehead, identifying him as their owner. (Revelation 1:1; 3:12) They will count it as an inestimable privilege to render him sacred service as part of New Jerusalem. While Jesus was on earth, he made a thrilling promise to such prospective rulers, saying: "Happy are the pure at heart, since they will see God. (Matthew 5:8) How happy these slaves will be actually to behold and worship Jehovah.

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Chapter Forty-Three/The Resplendent City - No More Night

 Entry into Jerusalem-surely, there could mbe no more wondrous privilege! Just think -those once lowly, imperfect humans will follow Jesus into heaven to become part of a such a glorious arrangement. (John 14:2) John gives some idea of the blessing to be enjoyed by these saying: "And no more will there be any curse. But the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city, and his slaves will render him sacred service; and they will see his face, and name will be on their foreheads." -(Revelation 22:3, 4) When the Israelite priesthood became co yourrupt, it suffered Jehovah's curse. (Malachi 2:2) Jerusalem's faithless "house" was pronounced abandoned by Jesus. (Matthew 23:38-39) But in New Jerusalem, "no more will there be any curse." (  Compare Zechariah) All its  inhabitants have been tested in the of trials here on earth, an gained the victory, they will have to 'put on incorruption and immorality," in their case, Jehovah knows just as ke knew with Jesus, that they will never fall away. (1Corinthians 15:53, 57) Further, "the throne of God and of the Lamb" will be there, making the city's position secure for all eternity.

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Chapter Forty-Three/The Resplendent City-Trees

 Those trees, well watered, may additionally picture the 144,000 members of the Lamb's wife. While on earth these also drink of God's provision through Jesus Christ and are called "big trees of righteousness." (Isaiah;61:1-3; Revelation 2:1,6.

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Chapter Forty-Three/The Resplendent City-Trees

 What bounteous provision Jehovah makes for responsive humans! Not only may they partake of those refreshing waters but they may pluck from those trees a continuing variety of sustaining fruits. Oh, if only our original parents had been satisfied with a similar "desirable" provision in Eden's paradise! (Genesis 2:9) But now a global paradise is here, and Jehovah even makes provision through the leaves of those symbolic trees for "the curing of the nations." Far superior to any medicine, herbal or otherwise, this dispensed today, are the soothing application of these symbolic trees will raise believing mankind to spiritually and bodily perfection.

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Chapter Forty-Three/The Resplendent City -Trees of life

 In Ezekiel's vision, the river even became a torrent, and the prophet saw growing on both sides of it fruit-bearing trees. ( Ezekiel 47:12) But what does John see? "And on this side of the river and on that side were trees of life producing twelve crops of fruit, yielding their fruits each month. And the leaves of the trees were aafor the curing of the nations." (Revelation 22:2b) These "trees of life" must also picture part of Jehovah's provisions for giving eternal  for obedient mankind.

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Chapter Forty-three/The Resplendent City - The River of Water of Life-

 The River originates at "the throne of God and of the Lamb." This is appropriate, since the basis of Jehovah's life-giving provisions is the ransom sacrifice, and this was provided because Jehovah "loved the world so much that he gave his only be-gotten Son, in order that every exercising faith in might not be destroyed but have everlasting life." (John 3:16) The water of life also involves God's Word, which spoken of as water in the Bible. (Ephesians 5:26) However, the river of of li99

fe includes not only the truth but also every provision of Jehovah, based on Jesus'sacrifice, for recovering obedient humans from sin Jand death and granting them everlasting life.- JOHN 1:29; 1 JOHN 2:1, 2.0.

During the Thousand Year Reign, the benefits of the ransom are applied fully through the priesthood of Jesus and his 144,000 under priests. Fittingly, then, the river of water of life flow through the middle of the broad way of New Jerusalem. This is composed of spirit Israel, which along with Jesus make up the true seed of Abraham. (Galatians 3:16, 29) Therefore, when the waters of life flows through the middle of the broad way of the symbolic city, "all nations of the earth will have full opportunity to bless themselves by Abraham's seed. Jehovah promise to Abraham will be completely fulfilled. - Genesis 22:17, 18.

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