Revelation 22:12-21

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• Reading the Text:
  • NRSV (with link to Anglicized NRSV) at Oremus Bible Browser.
  • The Bible Gateway: NIV, NASB, CEV, The Message, KJV, etc.
  • The Blue Letter Bible -  KJV, alternate versions, Greek text with concordance, commentaries.
  • The World Wide Study Bible includes commentary (Matthew Henry, Wesley's Notes, Geneva Notes, etc) & sermons.
• Historical References, Commentary and Comparative Texts:
  • "Of David's Lineage," The Jesus Database, an online annotated inventory of the traditions concerning the life and teachings of Jesus. Dr. Gregory C. Jenks, FaithFutures Foundation.
  • Comparative World Scriptures from United Communities of Spirit: The Messiah.
  • Chapter XXXIV of The First Epistle to the Corinthians, Clement of Rome (ca. 96).
  • V.XXX.1, Adversus Haereses, Irenaeus of Lyons. (c. 180)
  • IV.22, Stromata, Clement of Alexandria (c 200)
  • Chapter XXII, Against Hermogenes, Tertullian (c. 205)
  • II.5, II.25, Against Marcion, Tertullian (c. 208)
  • Chapter XIX, On Modesty, Tertullian (c. 217)
  • I.22, I.23, Commentary on the Gospel of John, Origen. (c.228)
  • On the Advantage of Patience -- Cyprian of Carthage (c. 256)
  • From the Geneva Notes.
    • "A divine confirmation or sealing of the supplication first from Christ affirming the same and denouncing his coming against all those that will put their sacrilegious hands here: then from John himself, who by a most holy prayer calls Christ to take vengeance on them."
  • From Matthew Henry's Commentary.
    • "And while we are busy in the duties of our different stations of life; whatever labours may try us, whatever difficulties may surround us, whatever sorrows may press us down, let us with pleasure hear our Lord proclaiming, Behold, I come quickly; I come to put an end to the labour and suffering of my servants."
  • From Wesley's Notes.
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  • From the Commentary on the Whole Bible (Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
  • From The People's New Testament, B.W. Johnson, 1891.
• Contemporary Commentary, Studies, and Exegesis:
  • "First Thoughts on Year C Epistle Passages in the Lectionary," Easter 7, William Loader, Murdoch University, Uniting Church in Australia.
    • "The closing benediction is not a theological statement: 'The grace of the Lord Jesus is with (you) all', but a declaration which expresses a wish and also a confidence of its fulfilment: 'The grace of the Lord Jesus be with (you) all!' It does something as well as saying something."
  • "The Last Sentence of the Bible: Grace to All," The Journey with Jesus: Notes to Myself, Daniel B. Clendenin, Journey with Jesus Foundation.
    • "Consider extending grace not only to others but to yourself..."
  • "Small Lectionary Rant," Mary Hinkle, Pilgrim Preaching: Keeping Company with Biblical texts and the people who hear and preach them.
    • "Rev. 22:15 gives us language to say that as Christians, we hope not to have to put up with perpetrating these practices or being victimized by them for eternity!"
  • "Alpha and Omega Is Coming Soon," God's Song of Revelation: From Easter to Pentecost in the Apocalypse, Wendell W. Frerichs , Word & World Texts in Context, Luther Northwestern Theological Seminary, 1986.
  • "Come, Lord Jesus," Rev. Bryan Findlayson, Lectionary Bible Studies and Sermons, Pumpkin Cottage Ministry Resources. Includes detailed textual notes.
  • "The End!" Expository Essay, Revelation 22:12-21, Dr. William R. Long.
    • "Whenever I read this text, I am reminded of William Walsham How's great hymn "For All the Saints" (set to music by Ralph Vaughn Williams)..."
  • Kairos CoMotion Lectionary Discussion, Revelation 22:12-14, 16-17, 20-21, Wesley White. "A place of conversation regarding Progressive Christianity."
  • "Come, Lord Jesus!" analysis and reflections by Steven C. Kuhl in Sabbatheology by The Crossings Community of St Louis.
    • "Each of our lives is lived in adoration of the Christ: not in suspense of some unknown future, but in expectation and anticipation of his coming again with blessing."
  • "The Epilogue (Revelation 22:6-21)," by J. Hampton Keathley III at the Biblical Studies Foundation.
• Articles & Background:
  • "Under the Cover of Clothing: Scripted Clothing Performances in the Apocalypse of John," Dietmar Neufeld, Biblical Theology Bulletin, 2005.
  • "'Outside are the dogs and the sorcerers...' - Revelation 22:15," Rick Strelan, Biblical Theology Bulletin, 2003.
    • "I suggest that the term dogs refers to the animals and not to humans. In addition, I prefer accenting pharmakoi on the last syllable and so reading "scapegoats" rather than "sorcerers." Both dogs and scapegoats will be shown to be central in many of the purificatory rituals of Asia Minor where the churches addressed in Revelation are located."
  • "The New Heaven and the New Earth," from The Most Revealing Book of the Bible, Vernard Eller.
  • "The Chaos of Rev 22,6-21 and Prophecy in Asia," Giancarlo Biguzzi, Biblica 2002.
    • "All this reveals the anxiety of John about a relaxation of vigilance on the part of the churches of Asia, so that John consequently insists on the imminence of the eschatological Coming and labors to show the legitimacy of the demands of his book, especially before the eyes of his ‘brother-prophets’."
  • "The Plague of Utopias" Pestilence and the Apocalyptic Body," Elana Gomel, Twentieth Century Literature.
    • "In this interplay between the incorporeal purity of the ends and the violent corporeality of the means the apocalyptic body is born. It is a body whose mortal sickness is a precondition of ultimate health, whose grotesque and excessive sexuality issues in angelic sexlessness, and whose torture underpins a painless--and lifeless--millennium."
  • "Hate Never Dispelled Hate: No Place for the Pharmakos," Mark R. Bredin, Biblical Theology Bulletin, 2004.
    • "In this article I examine occurrences of pharmakos-type words and consider them in the Septuagint, in Greek literature, and in the book of Revelation, showing that Girard's mimetic theory can be detected in the book of Revelation."
  • "Trinitarian Thoughts While Descending into the Grand Canyon," W. Paul Jones, Saint Paul School of Theology. Theology Today, 1992.
    • "Creation is an androgynous love affair of Spirit with the Lamb (Revelation 22:17), consummated as the marriage feast celebrating the emerging God as All in All. Sexuality, spanning foreplay to afterbirth, wraps richly this divine analogy-writhing, gentle, wrenching, joyous, desperate, ecstatic, embracing, frightening, exciting, lonely, clutching, laughing, bloody, teasing, agonizing, frantic, unrepeatable. Understandably, Becker insisted that God is the only adequate sex partner."
• Articles in ATLAS Journals. (Direct link when you are subscribed and logged in to ATLASerials online collection of Religion and Theology Journals.):
  • Aune, David E., "The Prophetic Circle of John of Patmos and the Exegesis of Revelation 22:16," Journal for the Study of the New Testament, 1989.
  • Bonhoeffer, Dietrich, "The Coming of Jesus in Our Midst," The Living Pulpit, 1997.
  • Frerichs, Wendell W., "God's Song of Revelation: From Easter to Pentecost in the Apocalypse," Word & World, 1986.
  • Loscalzo, Craig A., "Come Lord Jesus: A Sermon Based on Revelation 22:12-21," Review & Expositor, 1999.
  • Ross, J.M., "Further Unnoticed Points in the Text of the New Testament," Novum Testamentum, 2003. (Section on Revelation 22:14 begins on page 220.)
  • Royalty, Robert M., Jr., "Don't Touch this Book!: Revelation 22:18-19 and the Rhetoric of Reading (in) the Apocalypse of John," Biblical Interpretation, 2004.
  • Miller, Kevin, "The Nuptial Eschatology of Revelation 19-22," Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 1998.
  • Schellenberg, Ryan S., "Seeing the World Whole: Intertextuality and the New Jerusalem (Revelation 21-22)," Perspectives in Religious Studies, 2006.
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  • Thomas, Robert L., "The Spiritual Gift of Prophecy in Rev 22:18," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, 1989.
  • Townsend, Jeffrey L., "Is the Present Age the Millennium?" Bibliotheca Sacra, 1983.
• Reviews:
• Sermons:
  • "After All Is Said and Done," John Jewell, 2001.
  • "The City of Glory," Ray C. Stedman. Text or Real Audio.
• With Children:
  • "Heaven," Illustrating the Story (lessons, children's sermons), coloring pages, activity sheets, crafts, children's songs. MSSS Crafts.
  • "The Water of Life," Charles Kirkpatrick, Sermons4kids.com.
• Drama:
• Graphics & Bulletin Materials:
  • Clip Art, Revelation 22:13, Revelation 22:20, Fr. Richard Lonsdale, Resources for Catholic Educators.
• Hymns and Music:
  • Hymns with Scripture Allusions: Revelation 22:12, 13, 16, 17, 18, 20. The Cyber Hymnal.
  • Hymnal Scripture References, The Lutheran Hymnal, Lutheran Worship.
  • At Digital Hymnal (midi files, guitar chords, karaoke files, projection text):
    • Christ Is Coming
    • Come, Ye Disconsolate
    • Love Divine
    • Near the Cross
    • Shall We Gather at the River
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