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John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO Revelation 22 This chapter contains a further account of the above city, a confirmation of the visions of this book, and the conclusion of it. The city is further described by the river that ran by it, or through it, called a river of water of life, said to be pure and clear as crystal, and to have its rise from the throne of God and the Lamb; and by the tree of life in the midst...
John Gill
And there shall be no more curse,.... As there was in Eden, from whence a river came, and where was a tree of life; for there the serpent cursed for his concern in man's transgression, and the earth on account of it; but in this new earth, and paradisiacal state, and on the inhabitants of it, will be no curse; here will be no sin, the cause of the curse, nor pain and sorrow, nor death, corporeal,...
Matthew Henry
In this chapter we have, I. A further description of the heavenly state of the church, ver. 1-5. II. A confirmation of this and all the other visions of this book, ver. 6-19. III. The conclusion, ver. 20, 21. The New Jerusalem. (a. d. 95.) 1 And he showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. 2 In the midst of the street of it,...
Charles H. Spurgeon
And there shall be no more curse: Of labour, of sin, of sorrow, of death. Rev_22:3. But the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it: So that we shall all be in the throne-room, all beholding the King in his beauty, and ourselves made his courtiers. Rev_22:3. And his servants shall serve him: That is heaven to me, for here we sometimes are unable to serve him as we would. We are distracted,...
Charles H. Spurgeon
And there shall be no more curse: The curse shall be taken from the soft on which it fell obliquely when God said to Adam, “Cursed is the ground for thy sake.” There shall be no curse upon man’s body; there shall be nothing but blessing. Blessing shall swallow up the cursing, and God shall be manifest everywhere. Rev_22:3. But the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants...
Charles H. Spurgeon
And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him: and they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their forehead. And there shall be no night there, and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the lord God giveth them light and they shall reign for ever and ever. This is the climax of the saints’ blessedness:...
Charles H. Spurgeon
And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him: Happy servants, to be permitted so to do! Here, dear friends, we are hindered in our service, but I think that it will be heaven enough for some of us to be permitted to serve the Lord for ever in glory: “His servants shall serve him.”
Charles H. Spurgeon
And there shall be no more curse: No more thorns or thistles, no more pangs of child-bearing, no more sickness, or sorrow, or death. Rev_22:3. But the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it, and his servants shall serve him: They shall have nothing else to do, and it shall be their supreme delight to serve him perfectly and unceasingly.