Revelation 22:6-15

The Book of Revelation, chapter 22, verses 6 to 10, will also be looking at 11 to 15 in a moment. Let me begin with this section. And he said unto me, these sayings are faithful and true. The Lord God of the Holy Prophet sent his angel to show unto his servants the things which must shortly be done. Behold, I come quickly. Blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book. And I, John, saw these things and heard them. And when I heard and when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which showed me these things. Then saith he unto me, see thou do it not, for I am thy fellow servant, and of thy brethren, the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book, worship God. And he saith unto me, seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book, for the time is at hand. God bless to us is sacred and holy word. this evening. Now we have mentioned that the prominent theme of the last chapter of the book of Revelation is life. We have the water of life in verses 1 and 17. We have the tree of life in verses 2 and 14. And we have the book of life in chapter 22, verse 19. all that is contrary to God, all that has developed as a consequence of sin entering into the world by Adam’s fall ends in death. And not just physical death, but what the Bible calls the second death, which is being cast into the lake of fire, as we’ve been told in chapter 20, 21, and it will also see. and 22. However, all that is saved from the dominion of sin enters into the complete, abundant life of the new creation, the new heaven and the new earth. As chapter 21 tells us about it. The abundant life that believers in joy has been provided for them by their Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. Now the first part of this chapter we’ve already looked at, chapter 22, 1 to 5, which is a continuation of the description of the New Jerusalem, which we saw from chapter 21. The second part of this chapter, verses 6 to 21, is the final conclusion of the book, and it includes a variety of issues. Now tonight, as we look at this section of scripture, verses 6 to 10, we see here the affirmation of God’s Word. These sayings we see in verses 6 and 7 are faithful and true. He said unto me, this refers back to the angel that’s mentioned in chapter 21 in verse 9, one of the angels who brought the vile, one of the vile judgments in this book. He is the one who is speaking. And he has just shown John the vision of the New Jerusalem. These sayings refer to the words of the entire prophecy of this book. Verse 7 says, Blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book? book. So the words here that he’s speaking about really refer to the whole book itself. And we’re told that these sayings are faithful and true. This isn’t the first time we’ve been told this. We’ve already been told this by God himself in chapter 21 and verse 5 and we’ve looked at that in the past. But it’s reaffirmed here by the angel. Now you are called upon the believe every part of the prophecy and accept it as absolutely true. Sure and certain to come to pass. It’s true because the message comes from God himself. And you can be assured that God’s faithfulness and his power are going to be exercised in the bringing to pass of all that he says in this book of Revelation. God cannot lie nor can his purposes be thwarted. Has he said it? Then he will bring it to past. We can be assured it will come to fruition. Now, the scripture tells us here that the Lord God that’s mentioned here these sayings of faithful and true and the Lord God of the Holy Prophets. Lord God of the Holy Prophets, I believe, is the Lord Jesus Christ. This text then would be proof of his deity. And I say that because if you look at the very first verse of this book, Chapter 1 and verse 1, it says here, the revelation of Jesus Christ which God gave unto him when what is he to do with it? To show unto his servants the things which must shortly come to pass and he sent and signified it by his angel to his servant John. So it is Christ who is signifying this. It is Christ who is bringing the message through his angel. Sometimes Christ himself speaks and sometimes he uses one of his angels to convey the message. He is the Lord God of the Holy prophets, both of the Old, in the New Testament, because we know that Christ really is the spirit of prophecy. It’s all about him, ultimately, in one way or another. And so Jesus Christ has sent his angel to show unto his servants through the various signs and visions of this book, the things which must shortly be done, he tells us. The word shortly, and we looked at this in the past, when we looked at chapter 1 when he talked about things which must shortly come to pass. It means it once immediately, without delay. Jesus confirms by his own personal word, the great events of this book, are about to take place. And you’ll notice here he says in verse 7, behold, I come quickly. This is not the second point. coming of Christ, as many people have believed, as almost 2,000 years have gone by since Jesus has said this to John. You know, Christ is not someone who is going to tell us something that is wrong. He’s not going to be mistaken about these things. The context here, verse 6, refers to what much shortly come to pass or what must shortly be done. You’ll recall that in Revelation 2 and verse 5 that our Lord says this to the church at Ephesus, remember therefore, from whence thou art fallen and repent, and do the first works, or else I will come unto thee quick, and will remove thy candle, stick out of his place, except thou repent. There is a coming here. There is a judgment coming for those who do not correct themselves in the church and return to their first love, which of course should be for the Lord Jesus Christ. And so we have a passage here, which Jesus talks about coming quickly. It has nothing to do here with the second coming. Verse 16 of the same chapter 2 of Revelation. Repent, or else I will come unto thee quickly, and we’ll fight against them with the sword of my mouth. The Nicolaeotans who bring in false doctrine into the church here at Pergamos, he says, I will come quickly. And so we have the same kind of idea in this passage of scripture. So Christ’s coming here as a reference, I believe, to the theme of the book that we saw in chapter 1 in verse 7, where Jesus tells us here, or we’re told about Jesus, behold, he cometh with clouds, and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him and all the kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him, even so. Amen. We’ll look at that briefly in a few minutes. But that, I believe, also, is referring to a judgment coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. That is the theme of the book. The theme of this book, for the most part, is a direct reference to the judgments against apostate Israel. During John’s lifetime, a judgment coming against the very generation which crucified our Lord. they shall look on him whom they pierced. The people that pierced him will see him coming in this man. This refers, of course, we could refer back to Matthew 24.30, for verily I say unto you, this generation shall not pass to all these things be fulfilled with that to do with the destruction of Jerusalem in Matthew 24. Verse 7, says also blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book. Now this book is full of doctrine, and it’s full of prophetic promises. So God would have you meditate upon the truths related to the book. About Christ reigning, about the certain doom of Christ, enemies, about the glorious future of the saints and so forth, and by God’s grace, you’re to steer your life and behavior according to the instructions, the directions, and the promises that are given in this book. Such as to exercise faith in Christ your king who is reigning on high and will defeat your enemies. To have patience. while suffering. To exercise hope in your internal inheritance that has been promised to you. To exercise love to Christ, the Savior, and to exercise joy and the salvation that you possess. Things of this nature. So these things are faithful and true. And then we’re given a reminder here of the command to worship God. only. Let’s look at verses 8 and 9. And I John saw these things and heard them. And when I had heard and when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which showed me these things. Then saith he unto me, see thou do it not. For I am thy fellow servant and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book. basically say, I’m one of the servants of the Lord, just as these other individuals are that he mentions here. The prophets and those who are obedient to what Christ has commanded. We’re all servants of the Lord. Now, John the Apostle was both an eyewitness to these events, and also he was an ear witness. Now, with regard to the eyewitness, he saw visions. With regard to the ear witness, he heard explanations of those visions or directions given to him about the information that has been conveyed. So having heard and seen these glorious things seemed to have overwhelmed, John, have just filled him with such wonder and such excitement and such joy, that he falls down at the feet of the angel messenger to worship. Now, though he’s been previously warned about this, he did it before in chapter 19, you recall, in verse 10, and he was rebuked for that. John repeats his previous error in judgment. Before we’re too critical of John, I would remind you, that we’re often guilty of the same thing, that we often do the same things we shouldn’t do repeatedly. But for the second time, he’s rebuked by the angel, who abhors the very idea of receiving worship that is due to the Lord God alone. What propensity there seems to be in man to worship angels. Even a godly saint, such as John, here gets carried away, and somehow rather he gets caught up in this. Now, this may be recorded, and it’s recorded twice, and whenever God records something twice, I think he’s trying to put a lot of emphasis on it. So both in 19 here and also now in 22, he’s emphasizing the fact that we are not to worship angels. And this is to prevent angels from being worshiped maybe in the future by the church, that they would be reminded in these passages very clearly stated. Colossians talks about people caught up in the worship of angels. So here’s a reminder of the command of worship God. only and we all always keep that in mind that God is the only one worthy of our worship. And then there’s the command not to seal the book in verse 10. And he saith unto me, seal not the saying of this, of the prophecy of this book, for the time is at hand. Now here you’ll recall that this stands in direct contrast to how the book of Daniel ends. remember how the book of Daniels? In chapter 12 of the book of Daniel, God says, But thou, Daniel, shut up the words and seal the book, even to the time of the end. So Daniel is told, seal the book. John’s told, don’t seal the book. What’s the difference? Remember, Daniel’s prophecies, were long-term prophecies. and he lived in the days of Babylon where he had Nebuchadnezzar and Belchazar as the kings. He lived in the days of the Medes and Bersians, where Darius was on the throne at that time. And so his prophecies, if you follow them through, include Greece coming to power and then Rome coming to power. But Greece and Rome were a bit far off yet. And Rome is certainly quite a distance in the future. And so even though Daniel is prophesying some of the same things, and we saw this throughout the Book of Revelation, as John is, the fact of the matter is, one is far off and one is going to be near. So the reason that Daniel’s prophecy was not going to have an immediate fulfillment here during the prophet’s lifetime, that led to these events being sealed and the book, if you would, being shot for the time being. Because the time of the time of the time, of the end hasn’t arrived yet when Christ would come. God promised that the events of Revelation, and we saw this repeatedly in this book, for the most part, would have an immediate fulfillment, for the time is at hand. We see that in chapter 1, verse 3. We see it here in chapter 22 and verse 10. The word at hand, and again, we looked at these words in the past. It means, near, it’s eminent, it’s ready, it’s present. And so there’s an affirmation of God’s word. Look for these things to happen. Look for them to happen quickly. The second part of this section that we want to look at tonight is God’s solemn admonition in verses 11 to 15. Let’s look at that. I will read it. He that is unjust, let him be unjust still. He that is filthy, let him be filthy still. He that is righteous, let him be righteous still. And he that is holy, let him be holy still. And behold, I come quickly, and my reward is with me to give every man according as his work shall be. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last. Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life and may enter in through the gates into the city for without her dogs and sorcerers and and horomongers and murderers and idolaters and whoever loveth and maketh a lie every man according to verses 11 and 12 are going to be judged according to their works in scripture the word let is when he talks about in this passage in verse 11, let him be, or let him be this or let him be that or let him be righteous and so forth still and so forth. In scripture, the word let is used in two different ways. The one way that it is used is to be used as a command. Let the wicked forsake his way. there’s an urge to repent and turn to the Lord and faith and so forth. The second part is a confirmation of things. When we use the word amen, for example, it means let it be. It’s a confirmation of what has been said. In this case, I think in a way both things could be confirmed by this. If the unjust and the fact, filthy persist in their wickedness if they dismiss all warnings, if they reject all exhortations to repent, then let them remain in this corrupt state and go on to their eternal doom. If the righteous and the righteous and the holy persevere in their godly behavior, not casting off the faith, not recanting their allegiance to Christ, and let them remain in their holy state and go on to their eternal reward and rest in Christ. There’s not much time for the wicked to forsake their ways. For Christ promises once again that he’s coming and he’s coming in judgment and he’s coming quickly. according to verse 12. Very soon, he is going to punish the transgressor and reward the faithful. Men will be judged according to their works here on this earth. The righteous will not have to wait long for vindication, and the wicked will not long escape the justice that is due unto them. the reward spoken of here in this passage of scripture is not the reward that’s given out on the last day. This reward involves all the plagues of the book falling upon the wicked, or it involves the deliverance of the righteous from the great tribulation in this great time of persecution. You’ll notice in Revelation chapter 2, In verse 16, we have the same kind of idea that’s spoken of with regard to the church here at Pergamose, verse 16. Repent or I also will come unto thee quickly and fight against them with the sword of my mouth. And then chapter 2 verses 22 and 23, Behold, I will cast her into a bed. This is the prophetess Jezebel here. And them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds, and I will kill her children with death, and all the churches shall know that I am he that searchest the reins and hearts, and I will give every one of you according to your works. So we have something that is going to be near and present in which Christ is going to be to judge them according to their works. Now the language of this passage back in revelation seems to be taken from Isaiah chapter 40 in verse 10. We’ll read these words, behold your God. Behold your God. Behold the Lord God will come with strong hand and his arm shall rule for him. Behold, his reward is with him. This seems to relate to Christ’s first coming, and those things associated with him a coming and presently reigning and things of this nature. So every man judged according to his work. And then we see those who are obedient to Christ’s commands enjoy the blessings of the new creation in verses 13 to 15. The promises as well as the threats of Christ have eternal consequences for he is said to be alpha and omega, the beginning and the end. Or as we should understand, he is indeed the Almighty God. As Chapter 1 uses the same kind of phraseology with regard to his being the Almighty God. Revelation 1, 8, and 11 would indicate that. God’s people are known, and certainly were revealed by this fact, that they keep God’s commandments. You can’t read 1 John chapter 2 without being told that repeatedly. Note here that believers are justified by God. They are saved by grace through faith in Jesus Christ. This results in God’s people living according to his commandments. Obedience, then, is always a characteristic of the true Christian. I’m not saying that you earn salvation by your obedience. We’re saying it is an indication of one who is converted by God’s grace. And God’s blessing rest upon those who keep his commandments. Not those who live as they please and sin. against the Lord. These obedient believers alone will have, according to verse 14 and B, the second part of that verse, have the right to the tree of life. This is promised to overcomers in Revelation 2.7. Those who overcome have a right to the tree of life. And they’ll have the liberty of eating its fruit. And they alone also are the ones that have the right to enter into the gates of the new Jerusalem that’s mentioned in 14C here. Again, this is promised to overcomers in Chapter 3 of Revelation and verse 12. They are the ones that enjoy the happiness and the joy of the heavenly state. Now Christ here provides a whole list of those who are going to be excluded from the tree of life and from the heavenly Jerusalem and from the blessings here of the creation. In verse 15, they may not enter into the glorious city of God. He says here, for without our dogs and sorcerers and whormongers and murderers and and idolerers and whosoever loveth and maketh a lot. Now, when he talks about dogs, he’s not talking about animals here, but he is talking about people who act like animals, those who would be oppressors, persecutors, harmers of the people of God. Those who would bite like a dog. I remember when Christ in the sermon of the mount talked about not casting your pearls before swine and, you know, not before the dogs who would, and so forth, these are like vicious wild dogs that attack believers. Sorcerers are those. Those use the magic arts. Those who contact what they call familiar spirits in the King James version. Conjure up the dead, things of this nature. Whormongers, we don’t usually use this word today. We would say those who are sexually impure, but that the word is used here in King James in several places. Those who have given themselves over to lust of the flesh. Murderers. We have to think, especially of those who would kill the prophets, the apostles, and those who are following the Lord Jesus Christ, because this book is full of the martyrs. These are also the ones who killed Christ, and therefore they’re murders. As we saw in Revelation 1-7, they’re guilty. They pierced him. Idolators would be those who worship, you know, idols of gold, silver, brass, and so forth. Scripture tells us they’re actually worshipping demons when they worship these idols. And certainly, we would also put the category of those who worship the beast. The image of the emperor would fit this category. Whosoever loveth and maketh the lie is also excluded. those who love to invent and tell lies, especially those who believe Satan’s lies, will be excluded. Christians renounce all these ungodly behaviors, but the wicked eventually do these kind of evil things, and therefore they are excluded. So this is a very solemn admonition that is given here in this passage of Scripture. Now I’m going to stop at this point. I want to make just one practical application tonight, and then Lord Willie, next week I’m going to look at the whole chapter and give like a summary of some thoughts. But I thought about, when I broke this down, I thought this week about what practical conclusion can we draw. And I’d like to focus back on verses 6 through 10. I think this is important. God tells us twice about things here, quickly, shortly coming past, and so forth. I want to emphasize this because the scripture does. And let me draw this one practical conclusion tonight, and it boils down to three words. Scripture interprets Scripture. The general rule of interpretation of Scripture. We find it in the 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith. also in the Westminster. If I’m not mistaken, I think it’s in the Savoy as well. It’s worded pretty much the same. But in our Baptist Confession, Chapter 1, paragraph 9, on the Holy Scriptures, we have this paragraph. The infallible rule, infallible rule, of interpretation of Scripture is Scripture itself. And therefore, when there is a question about the true and full sense of any Scripture, which is not manifold but one. It must be searched by other places that speak more clear. Now, that makes perfect sense, doesn’t it? If the Holy Spirit has told us something in one place, it may indeed shed a lot of light on other passages of Scripture. But here is the infallible rule. The Holy Spirit provides guidance as to how you are to unlawful. understand the Word of God. You should pay careful attention then to what the Holy Spirit says. He’s always going to give you perfect guidance. He’s never going to mislead you. Now, since Scripture has one true author, the Holy Spirit, there is harmony to it all. Or as our confession says, which is not manifold but one. The idea is that all Scripture really is a unit. We can’t break it apart in different sections and think that one section would be different from another. There are no contradictions. So whatever Daniel says in his prophecy, John says it is. Those two fit together like hand and glove. Look at the scriptures as a whole. and you’re going to find one passage of Scripture will unlock a more difficult passage of Scripture. Now, if you do this, it will keep you from misinterpreting the Scriptures. This is what we want to do. We want to make sure that when we come to the Word of God, we’re properly understanding it. So the general rule of interpretation of Scripture is Scripture interprets Scripture. My second point under this practical application is this. Revelation is one of the most difficult books of the entire Bible to interpret. There are a massive amount of books on the Book of Revelation. I’ve got news for you. If you look through them, I have a fair number of them. They’re all different. They interpret the book completely differently in many cases. Most put the majority of this book, into the future. From chapter 4 on, we’re told that the book of Revelation is all about the future. The end of the world, the time right before Christ’s coming. We classify these people as the futurist. Others claim that the book is progressively being fulfilled as history comes to pass. So we find the events that we find the events that we’re would include John’s Day, but then go on to include maybe the Dark Ages, the Reformation, the Napoleonic history. And of course, if you were still a historicist today, I guess you would have to include World War I and World War I and World War II and everything else. That becomes a problem for the historicist. Some claim that the book isn’t to be specifically applied to any particular time in history. That is, just gives us general teaching and symbolic language of what every Christian can expect as they go through this life. The themes such as suffering for Christ, the hatred of the world, the attacks of Satan as agents, and the victory that Christ has provided over the world, over suffering, and over persecution. Now, we classify these individuals as idealist. And finally, there are those who interpret the book as being mostly fulfilled in John’s Day, except for the final chapters, 20 through 22, which are specifically preceded with this idea of a thousand-year period. It tells us there’s a length of time here. And they are the partial preterst. So here you are. You pick up a book on Revelation, you’re trying to read the book maybe for yourself. He can say, how am I supposed to understand this book? You’re bewildered. It is a mysterious book. Good men have differed on the interpretation of the book. But that leads me to number three, my third point tonight, and my last one. You should not ignore the Holy Spirit’s guidance for interpreting this highly complex book of Revelation. Remember scripture interpret scripture. That’s what we started out with. God has clearly told you how you should understand the book. He told you in chapter 1, he tells you in chapter 22. He tells you the beginning, he tells you at the end. The Holy Spirit is giving you an infallible guide. It can’t be wrong. It would be foolish. ignore this. In chapter one, we read about the things which much shortly come to pass. in chapter 22 and verse 6, we read about the things which much shortly be done. In chapter 22, verse 10, as well as chapter 1 and verse 3, we read the phrase, the time is at hand. In chapter 22 here in verse 7, we read, behold, I come quickly. And what did we read in chapter 1? in verse 7, behold, he cometh with the clouds, and every eye shall see him, they also, which pierced him, meaning his generation, the ones who actually crucified him by their own hands on the cross. So here we have these things. Now, there’s a harmony to Scripture, all Scripture, right? There’s no contradiction in the Scripture. So how do you think the, scriptures speak regarding the coming, the second coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Does the scriptures tell us that Christ is going to come quickly when he comes physically and personally the second time? Or does it talk about a delay? Now let’s look at a couple of passages of scripture so we get this clearly in mind. of Matthew chapter 24 and verses 42 to 51. This is part of the Olivet discourse of our Lord. The first part of this chapter deals with the judgment upon Jerusalem. The second part of this chapter deals with the second coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. And he goes into chapter 25 as well when we talk about the second coming. But I want you to look at verse 42 here, and notice what he says. And I’ll read through verse of 51. Christ says this, watch therefore, for you do not know what our, your lord doth come. But know this, that the good man of the house had known in what watch the thief would come. He would have watched. It would not have suffered his house to be broken up. therefore be also ready for in such an hour as you think not the son of man coming. Who then is a faithful and wise servant whom his Lord hath made ruler over his household? And here seems to be speaking mainly to the ministers of the church, the house of God, to give them their meat or their food, spiritual food, in due season. Blessed is that servant, whom is Lord. when he cometh, shall find him so doing. Verily I say unto you, he shall make him ruler over all his goods. But if that evil servant say in his heart, my Lord delayeth his coming, now notice this. My Lord delays his coming. And shall begin to smite his fellow servants and to eat and drink with the drunken. The Lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and an hour when he’s not for him. not aware and shall cut him asunder and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites and there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Here, the God’s servants are told there’s going to be a delay before Christ comes a second time. Else the servant would not have decided to go off on his spree of abusing the people of God and sinning against the Lord God. Now notice chapter 25. And you’ll notice here the first 13 verses. Here we have the parable of the ten virgins. Then shall the kingdom of heaven be like an under ten virgins, which took their lance, and went forth to meet the bridegroom, and five of them were wise, and five were foolish. They that were foolish took their lamps and took no oil with them. But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. While the bridegroom terrored. They all slumbered and slept. And at midnight there was a cry made. Behold the bridegroom cometh, go ye out to meet him. Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps. And the foolish said under the wise give us of your oil, for our lamps are gone out. But the wise answered and said, Not so, lest there be not enough for us and you. But go ye rather to them that sell and buy for yourselves. For why, And while they went by, the bridegroom came. They that were ready went in with him to the marriage, and the door was shut. The marriage supper of the land. Afterward came also the other virgins saying, Lord, Lord, open at us. But he said, he answered and said, Verily I said to you, I know you not. Watch therefore for you, no, neither the day nor the hour, the son of mankind. But I just focus on that phrase in verse 5, the bridegroom tarried. He tarried. Now, look at chapter 25 verses 14 and 19. Here’s another account where the master of the house gives talents to his servants to work and earn things and take care of things while he’s gone. Now notice what it says here. For the kingdom of heaven is as a man traveling into a far country. Here we should understand this as Christ going to heaven here. Who called his own servants and delivered under them his goods. And under one, he gave five talents to another two and to another one, to every man according to his several ability, and several, and straightway took his journey. Then he that received the five talents went and traded with the same and made them other five talents. And likewise, he that had received two, he gained other two. But he that received one, went and digged in the earth and hid his Lord’s money. And after a long time, the Lord’s servant, the Lord of those servants cometh and reckoned with them. Now notice here, when Jesus talks about his second coming, three times. He talks about a delay. He talks about tearing. He talks about a long time. Does he not? In these passages of Scripture. One more passage. Second Thessalonians and chapter 2 verses 1 to 3. 2. Thessalonians chapter 2 verses 1 to 3 and then verse 8. Now we beseecheche you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and by our gathering together unto Him, that you be not soon shaken in mind or troubled, neither by spirit or by word, nor by letter, as from us, as that the day of Christ, the second coming of Christ, is at hand. Let no man deceive you by any means, for that day shall not come except there come a falling away far. and the man of sin be revealed the son of perdition verse 8 and then shall the wicked be revealed whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming we connect to this with Revelation chapter 20 you’ll recall in the great 1,000 year period when Christ reigns and then it’s followed by this season where Satan is loosed. But there’s a thousand years to precede the loosed. There’s a long time, isn’t it? So in all three of these four, actually, these passages, we have the idea of it not Christ’s second coming, not being in hand, or a tearing or delaying, or a long time, doesn’t this tell us something? So when Revelation speaking, of what is at hand and Christ coming quickly, we must realize that Revelation cannot be speaking of the second coming of Christ’s personal, visible coming in these passages, but a judgment coming on apostate Israel. Scripture, therefore, leads us to interpret the book of Revelation from a partial preterist manner. Listen to the what the Holy Spirit has told us and follow it. And I think that is the key to understanding this book. And I’ll leave it at that tonight. And hopefully, that will be of you. Let us close with a…