Revelation 21:5-8 And he that sat on the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said to me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.… I. THE CHARACTER UNDER WHICH THE LORD JESUS REPRESENTS HIMSELF. The Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief is "the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end." Ascended up on high, far above all principalities and powers, He is constituted Head over all things to the Church; and from Him, as an inexhaustible fountain, all spiritual and eternal blessings flow. II. THE PERSONS TO WHOM A BLESSING IS HERE PROMISED by the Alpha and Omega are those who are athirst. They alone will receive with gratitude the boon which He so graciously offers. III. THE BLESSING TO RE BESTOWED IS WATER — the water of life. This expression denotes the various benefits procured for man by the adorable Redeemer, and which are distinctly set forth in the Gospel; more especially the influences of the Holy Spirit, by which alone that mighty transformation is produced on the human soul. IV. THE MANNER IN WHICH THIS BLESSING WILL BE BESTOWED next demands our consideration — "freely." The precious benefits here referred to are a free, unmerited boon, wholly undeserved on the part of man, and graciously of His free favour bestowed by God. It is when, as a helpless debtor, he has not one farthing to pay, that he is frankly forgiven all. (T. Bissland, M. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful. |
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