Revelation 22: 1 “And he showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal proceeding from the throne of the Lamb.”
Dear God,
Thank You for Your words of life and hope throughout the Bible and in my focus book at present, Revelation. To be able to have the hope of eternal life whilst living upon this earth, with its difficulties and torments, is a real comfort, even though many on earth have pleasant and happy experiences most of the time; no one has them all the time, and many people, almost never. Yet it does appear from my reading of Your Holy Bible, that nothing else on this earth gives the deep soul contentment that comes from reading about and contemplating Jesus and eternal heavenly themes. For me it is a precious reality to know that I am loved at all times, by You, God, and that Your ultimate implemented plans, have always been directed toward, as many people on earth being turned from sin, and death and instead rescued into heavenly righteousness.
Unlike that devil, Satan, You never force Your will upon us, and therefore no one is ever forced to choose You or go on Your way. Instead we are provided with all the knowledge we need, along with every provision needed for us, if we so choose and live Your way: despite all the interference and open warfare from Satan, which is levelled against anyone choosing You. Thereafter a true Christian is Satan’s special target. I give thanks, that after we have chosen You, we can by prayer and reading Your Holy word, avail ourselves of Your protection against Satan and his evil angel band. I am so glad that You have given each individual person born on earth, their own guardian angel. Some references by Bible authors, write of certain instances, when there were 1000’s of angels of great strength present. They all love to do Your will, in heaven and on earth, which means that there are more than enough angels to deal with Satan’s band, and provide protection and aide to any human person/,s when You so direct. Only in heaven, will we be told and comprehend how many times angels were involved with individual/s and large events on the world.
I love to think of ‘the pure water of life, clear as crystal proceeding from the throne of God and of the Lamb”, as well as picture in my mind the ‘tree of life’. Revelation 22:2 “In the middle of its street, and on either side of the river, was the tree of life, which bore twelve fruits, each tree yielding its fruit every month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.” The tree of life is no longer in the Garden of Eden, on earth. It was withdrawn to heaven, because of sin on the earth.
It is Christ, who gives all who listen, believe and accept the hope and promise of immortality at His second coming. In heaven, it is You Father, God and Jesus, the Lamb who will preserve our lives, as Your gift in the ‘tree of Life’ did for Adam and Eve, before sin.
Amen