Revelation 22:4

Revelation 22:4

2 ^aIn the middle of its street, and on either side of the river, was ^bthe tree of life, which bore twelve fruits, each tree yielding its fruit every month. The leaves of the tree were ^cfor the healing of the nations.

3 And ^athere shall be no more curse, ^bbut the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it, and His ^cservants shall serve Him.

4 ^aThey shall see His face, and ^bHis name shall be on their foreheads.

5 ^aThere shall be no night there: They need no lamp nor ^blight of the sun, for ^cthe Lord God gives them light. ^dAnd they shall reign forever and ever.

The Time Is Near

6 Then he said to me, ^a“These words are faithful and true.” And the Lord God of the¹ holy prophets ^bsent His angel to show His servants the things which must ^cshortly take place.

7 ^a“Behold, I am coming quickly! ^bBlessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.”

Commentaries:

Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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They shall see his face (oyontai to proswpon autou). Future active of oraw. This vision of God was withheld from Moses (Exodus 33:20, Exodus 33:23), but promised by Jesus to the pure in heart (Matthew 5:8) and mentioned in Hebrews 12:14 as possible only to the holy, and promised in Psalms 17:15. Even here on earth we can see God in the face of Christ (II Corinthians 4:6), but now in the New Jerusalem we can see Christ face to face (I Corinthians 13:12), even as he is after we are made really like him (II Corinthians 3:18; Romans 8:29; I John 3:2). It is anthropomorphic language, to be sure, but it touches the essential reality of religion. "The supreme felicity is reached, immediate presence with God and the Lamb" (Beckwith).

His name on their foreheads (to onoma autou epi twn metwpwn autwn). As in Revelation 3:12; Revelation 7:3; Revelation 14:1.

**Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Revelation 22:4:**

Revelation 3:12
Revelation 3:21
Revelation 7:3
Revelation 14:1
Revelation 17:5
Revelation 19:10
Revelation 22:17

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