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The Beginning Of The End

Revelation 22:3 KJV 1900

And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him:

The Greek word is not the usual anathema, found half a dozen times in the New Testament, but katathema, which occurs only here.

It means an “accursed thing.” Glasson says: “This perhaps looks back to Gen. 3:17-18 .

Genesis 3:17 KJV 1900

And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;

After the Fall … a curse was imposed; thorns and thistles began to grow … . Now the curse is taken away.

Thus the last chapters of the Bible balance the first, and Paradise Lost gives place to Paradise Regained.” No evil thing or person can enter the New Jerusalem, be cause the throne of God and of the Lamb is there.

And his servants shall serve (or worship) him suggests that the next life will not be a time of idleness (7:15).

Revelation 7:15 KJV 1900

Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them.

Furthermore, they shall see his face in perfect fellowship; and his name shall be in their foreheads (4).

Revelation 22:4 KJV 1900

And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.

This is a sign of complete consecration to God and absolute ownership by Him.

Again (21:25) we are told that there will be no night there (5).

Revelation 22:5 KJV 1900

And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.

Consequently they need no candle, not even light of the sun (cf. 21:23); for the Lord God giveth them light— all the light we have comes from Him—and they shall reign for ever and ever.

This is not just for the thousand years of the millennial Kingdom (20:5).

On entering chapter 21 we moved from time into eternity.

Here everything lasts forever.