“看哪，我必快来！赏罚在我，要照各人所行的报应他。” – 启 22:12-13
启示录第 22 章的结束语为我们了解耶稣写给教会的书信提供了一个恰当的结尾——所有这些都适用于当今的普世教会。
启示录第 2-3 章中的教会因着他们的忠心而受到称赞，他们也受到了挑战，要在阻挠和逼迫中继续前进，直至死亡。
在这里，耶稣祝福跟随祂的人，并敦促他们等候祂荣耀的归来。“看哪，我必快来！赏罚在我，要照各人所行的报应他。”
耶稣基督的启示给教会带来了勇气和希望，祂是神的儿子。祂用自己的生命为我们的罪付上代价，祂是坐在父神右边的人子。祂掌管着教会，统治着世上所有的君王。耶稣是万有之主。若没有祂的统治，过去和将来都是虚空。教会因着对耶稣基督的信，将在国度的筵席上聚集，并在新天新地里永远与祂同住。
证明这事的说：“是了，我必快来！”
阿们！主耶稣啊，我愿你来！
祷告
主耶稣，感谢你藉着写给教会的信鼓励我们，给我们希望，呼召我们悔改、侍奉你，使我们在你里面稳固站立。今天，请指引我们进入你为教会预备的未来。阿们。
启示录22:6-21
6天使又对我说：“这些话是真实可信的。主，就是众先知被感之灵的神，差遣他的使者，将那必要快成的事指示他仆人。”
7“看哪，我必快来！凡遵守这书上预言的有福了！”
8这些事是我约翰所听见、所看见的，我既听见、看见了，就在指示我的天使脚前俯伏要拜他。
9他对我说：“千万不可！我与你，和你的弟兄众先知，并那些守这书上言语的人，同是做仆人的。你要敬拜神！”
10他又对我说：“不可封了这书上的预言，因为日期近了。
11不义的，叫他仍旧不义；污秽的，叫他仍旧污秽；为义的，叫他仍旧为义；圣洁的，叫他仍旧圣洁。”
12“看哪，我必快来！赏罚在我，要照各人所行的报应他。
13我是阿拉法，我是俄梅戛；我是首先的，我是末后的；我是初，我是终。
14那些洗净自己衣服的有福了！可得权柄能到生命树那里，也能从门进城。
15城外有那些犬类、行邪术的、淫乱的、杀人的、拜偶像的，并一切喜好说谎言、编造虚谎的。
16“我耶稣差遣我的使者为众教会将这些事向你们证明。我是大卫的根，又是他的后裔；我是明亮的晨星。”
17圣灵和新妇都说：“来！”听见的人也该说：“来！”口渴的人也当来，愿意的都可以白白取生命的水喝。
18我向一切听见这书上预言的作见证：若有人在这预言上加添什么，神必将写在这书上的灾祸加在他身上；
19这书上的预言，若有人删去什么，神必从这书上所写的生命树和圣城删去他的份。
20证明这事的说：“是了，我必快来！”阿们！主耶稣啊，我愿你来！
21愿主耶稣的恩惠常与众圣徒同在！阿们。
Take These Words To Heart
“Look, I am coming soon! My reward is with me, and I will give to each person according to what they have done.” — Revelation 22:12-13
The closing words of Revelation 22 provide a fitting conclusion to our study of Jesus’ letters to the churches—and all of this applies to his worldwide church today.
The churches in Revelation 2-3 were praised according to their faithfulness, and they were challenged to continue in spite of opposition and persecution to the point of death.
Here Jesus blesses his followers and urges them to await his glorious return. “Look, I am coming soon! My reward is with me, and I will give to each person according to what they have done.”
The Revelation of Jesus Christ has been given to supply the church with courage and hope, grounded in the One who is the Son of God. He gave his lifeblood as payment for our sin, and he is the Son of Man who sits at the right hand of God the Father, reigning over the church and ruling over all the kings of the earth. Jesus is Lord over all. Nothing has happened or will happen apart from his rule. The church, by faith in Jesus Christ, will gather at the banquet of the kingdom and will live forever with him in the new heaven and new earth.
“He who testifies to these things says, ‘Yes, I am coming soon.’
“Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.”
Prayer
Lord Jesus, thank you for your letters to the churches, encouraging us and giving us hope, calling us to repent, serve, and stand strong in you. Guide us into your future for your church today. Amen.
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