Revelation 22:12

12 "Pay attention!" [says Yeshua,] "I am coming soon, and my rewards are with me to give to each person according to what he has done.

Revelation 22:12 Meaning and Commentary

Revelation 22:12

And, behold, I come quickly
. This is repeated, to confirm the truth of Christ's second coming, and the speediness of it, and to point at the time when the above shall be, and to add what follows. And my reward is with me:
which words are taken out of ( Isaiah 40:10 ) ( Isaiah 62:11 ) and which being compared together, furnish out a clear proof of Christ being the true Jehovah, the eternal God. There is a reward of debt, or a due reward, a reward of punishment, which is the just recompense of reward, which, shall be righteously given to wicked men for their sin, ( Hebrews 2:2 ) ( Isaiah 3:11 ) and there is a reward of grace, which is also called the recompence of reward, the reward of the inheritance, which is no other than the gift of eternal life, which God of his free grace bestows upon his people, ( Hebrews 11:26 ) ( Colossians 3:24 ) and both these are with Christ; they are in his hands, he has authority from God, as Mediator, to inflict vengeance on the wicked, and to give eternal life to his people; both which he will do, for this is with him: to give every man according as his work shall be;
if his work is evil, and he is an unjust and filthy man, and the course of his conversation has been vicious, the reward of debt, or just punishment, will be rendered to him; but if his work is the fruit of grace, and he has had his conversation in the world by the grace of God, and he is a righteous person, justified by the righteousness of Christ, and a holy, good man, sanctified by the Spirit of God, the reward of grace, the crown of righteousness, will be given to him.

Revelation 22:12 In-Context

10 Then he said to me, "Don't seal up the words of the prophecy in this book,g because the time of their fulfillment is near.
11 "Whoever keeps acting wickedly, let him go on acting wickedly; whoever is filthy, let him go on being made filthy. "Also, whoever is righteous, let him go on doing what is righteous; and whoever is holy, let him go on being made holy."
12 "Pay attention!" [says Yeshua,] "I am coming soon, and my rewards are with me to give to each person according to what he has done.
13 I am the 'A' and the 'Z,' the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End."
14 How blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they have the right to eat from the Tree of Life and go through the gates into the city!
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