Revelation 22 Footnotes
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22:18-19 It is doubtful the wording here refers to closing the canon of the Bible. The “book” (Gk biblion, “scroll”) that is not to be tampered with (as new religions and other groups do, adding to or taking away from the final scriptural form) is the book of Revelation. However, in a more subtle manner, the wording does imply a canonical perspective. The context in Revelation is of a new Eden (vv. 1-5). In Gn 3, Eve added to the word of God (Gn 3:3) and the serpent took away from what the Lord had said (Gn 3:4). The bookend effect of Rv 22:18-19 looking back to Gn 3:3-4 infers that this curse for altering Scripture at the end of Revelation should be viewed as the last biblical word on the subject.
22:20 Jesus promised to come quickly, but it has been almost two millennia since he made that promise. John prayed for Jesus to come soon. The amazing patience of the Lord toward the unbelieving world (2Pt 3:9) is responsible for Jesus’s delay and John’s unanswered prayer.