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22 1Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life. The river was bright
like crystal. The river flows from the throne of God and the Lamb. 2It flows down
the middle of the street of the city. The tree of life was on each side of the river.
The tree of life makes fruit twelve times a year. It gives fruit every month. The
leaves of the tree are for healing all the people. 3Nothing that God judges guilty
will be there in that city. The throne of God and the Lamb (Jesus) will be in the
city. God's servants will worship him. 4They will see his face. God's name will
be written on their foreheads. 5There will never be night again. People will not
need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun. The Lord God will give them light.
And they will rule like kings forever and ever. 6The angel said to me, "These words
are true and can be trusted. The Lord is the God of the spirits of the prophets.*
God sent his angel to show his servants the things that must happen soon." 7"Listen!
I am coming soon! The person that obeys the words of prophecy* in this book will
be blessed." 8I am John. I am the one who heard and saw these things. After I heard
and saw these things, I bowed down to worship before the feet of the angel who showed
these things to me. 9But the angel said to me, "Don't [worship me]! I am a servant
like you and your brothers the prophets.* I am a servant like all the people who
obey the words in this book. You should worship God!" 10Then the angel told me,
"Don't keep secret the words of prophecy* in this book. The time is near [for these
things to happen]. 11Let the person that is doing wrong continue to do wrong. Let
the person that is unclean continue to be unclean. Let the person that is doing
right continue to do right. Let the person that is holy continue to be holy* ."
12"Listen! I am coming soon! I will bring rewards with me. I will repay each person
for the things he has done. 13I am the Alpha and the Omega,* the First and the Last,
the Beginning and the End. 14"Those people who washed their robes* will be blessed.
They will have the right to [eat the food from] the tree of life. They can go through
the gates into the city. 15Outside the city are the dogs (bad people), people who
do evil magic, people who sin sexually, people who murder, people who worship idols,*
and people who love lies and tell lies. 16"I, Jesus, have sent my angel to tell
you these things for the churches (groups of believers). I am the descendant* from
the family of David.* I am the bright morning star." 17The Spirit* and the bride
say, "Come!" Every person that hears this should also say, "Come!" If a person
is thirsty, let him come; that person can have the water of life as a free gift
if he wants it. 18I warn every person that hears the words of the prophecy* of this
book: If a person adds anything to these words, then God will give that person the
troubles written about in this book. 19And if any person takes away from the words
of this book of prophecy, then God will take away that person's share of the tree
of life and of the holy city, which are written about in this book. 20[Jesus is]
the One who says that these things are true. Now he says, "Yes, I am coming soon."
Amen. Come, Lord Jesus! 21The grace (kindness) of the Lord Jesus be with all people.
Footnotes: prophets People that spoke for God. prophecy A message or teaching from
God. holy God's people are called holy because they are made pure through Christ,
and they belong only to God. Alpha, Omega The first and last letters in the Greek
alphabet, meaning the beginning and the end. washed their robes (in the blood of
the Lamb-see Revelation 7:14) Meaning they came in contact with the blood of Jesus
so that their sins could be forgiven. See Acts 2:38, Romans 6:1-8, 1John 1:7, Colossians
2:17, Galatians 3:27. idol(s) Idols are statues or other objects that people worshiped
as gods. descendant(s) The people born in a person's family after that person dies.
David King of Israel about 1000 years before Christ. Spirit, Holy Spirit Also called
the Spirit of God, the Spirit of Christ, and the Comforter. Joined with God and
Christ, he does God's work among people in the world.
"Taken from the HOLY BIBLE: EASY-TO-READ VERSION © 2001 by World Bible Translation
Center, Inc. and used by permission."
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