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octoberose:
This verse in Revelations 22 was brought to my attention recently:
 "Let the evildoer still do evil, and the filthy still be filthy, and the righteous still do right, and the holy still be holy.”

This is the last chapter of scripture and I find it extraordinary. I don't know how to understand it, except as we've always said here that God will draw to Himself whomever He will draw. Evil will do it's work until it's purged in the Lake of fire.  Kind of seems silly to convince people who do evil to be any other way.    Is there anything else you see in this?

lareli:
Reminds me of the verse that says 'make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, work with your hands, and mind your business'

Also where it says 'everyone is right in his own eyes'

We all are going to do whatever we have been created to do. Some will be vessels of wrath and some vessels of honor.

John from Kentucky:
No Scripture is its own interpretation.

In the mouth of two or three witnesses let every word be established.

Also, the Book of Revelation is not literal.  It's all symbolic.

The Two Witnesses (Scriptural) must speak to us.  All human speculation is false.

willemv:

This verse is better understood if you read it in context of this part of the 22nd chapter.Take it from verse 6 where the angel says :"these sayings are faithful and true ". This is referring to the visions and prophecies given to the apostle John throughout the book of Revelation. Verse 7 confirms this and states that Christ will come quickly and speaks of keeping the sayings of the prophecy as a blessing for them that keep them always in mind,because if you do that ,then you are expecting Christ's return to be imminent and live your life accordingly. In verse 10 the angel tells John specifically not to seal these sayings of the prophecy so that we may clearly see His coming ,both in our lifes and in the world as a whole .

And then comes verse 11 which you quoted . The word "still " which is used in every phrase you can read as "yet more" according to the Greek word used, giving the meaning : "let the evildoer do evil yet more , let the filthy be filthy yet more , let the righteous be righteous yet more, let the holy be holy yet more" so that the FULLNESS of all these things including the fullness of the number of the elect (which was all prophesied ) may be reached so that Christ can return.

Ephe 1 :10 --That in the dispensation of the fullness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in  heaven and which are on the earth : even in him.

Trust this helps some , Wim

rick:
Ray said that everything in the book of revelation is true but not literally true except for the introduction of course.  :)

j from K is right when he says in the mouth of two or three witnesses let every word be established.

If you believe that and do it you'll never be deceived.


God bless.

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