{"id":5231,"date":"2014-04-12T00:05:14","date_gmt":"2014-04-12T07:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/?p=5231"},"modified":"2014-04-11T19:44:06","modified_gmt":"2014-04-12T02:44:06","slug":"alpha-omega","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/2014\/04\/12\/alpha-omega\/","title":{"rendered":"Alpha Omega"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cBehold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to render to every man according to what he has done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tBlessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter by the gates into the city. Outside are the dogs and the sorcerers and the immoral persons and the murderers and the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices lying.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cI, Jesus, have sent My angel to testify to you these things for the churches. I am the root and the descendant of David, the bright morning star.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tThe Spirit and the bride say, \u201cCome.\u201d And let the one who hears say, \u201cCome.\u201d And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who wishes take the water of life without cost.<\/p>\n

\tI testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues which are written in this book; and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his part from the tree of life and from the holy city, which are written in this book.<\/p>\n

\tHe who testifies to these things says, \u201cYes, I am coming quickly.\u201d Amen. Come, Lord Jesus. Revelation 22:12\u201320)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\tJesus will come back soon. He is coming with a reward for everyone, \u201caccording to what he has done.\u201d But Moses, David and Paul took part in murder. The thief on the cross never performed any good deeds. And what about the woman caught in adultery, or the prostitute who bathed Jesus\u2019 feet with her tears? Will they all be locked out of the city?<\/p>\n

\tJesus\u2019 words allude to those of the prophet Isaiah, who announced that God would come to his people Israel with his reward (Isaiah 40:10 and 62:11). That \u201creward\u201d was not based on anything that Israel deserved. The \u201creward\u201d referred to God\u2019s work of bestowing the blessings of salvation on his faithful people. That \u201cwork\u201d is actually God\u2019s work of forgiveness (Isaiah 40:2). <\/p>\n

\tOnly the Lamb was \u201cworthy\u201d to be accepted by God (Revelation 5:22), while \u201cthose who washed their robes and made them white by the blood of the lamb\u201d (Revelation 7:14) are those to be saved. We will be rewarded by Jesus when he returns for us and we are saved not just from our sins, but from their effects. Our reward is the inheritance we have in God\u2019s Kingdom as his forgiven and adopted children.<\/p>\n

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