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Commentaries:
People's Commentary (NT)
Revelation 22:2
In the midst of its street. In the Revised Version this is attached
to Revelation 22:1. It is the river of life that runs in the street. On each
side of the river, watered by it, stands
the tree of life . . . yielded her fruit every month. The thought
is that it is always fruitful, not limited to certain seasons of fruit
bearing.
The leaves of the tree [were] for the healing of the nations. We
are not to conclude that there were diseases to be healed, but that in
the city were the means which banished disease and death. The student
cannot fail to trace the correspondence with the home of the sinless
race in Eden. There was there "a river that went out of Eden to water
the garden" (Genesis 2:10). Here there is a river, "clear as crystal,
proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb" (Revelation 22:1).
There was a tree of life in Paradise. In the New Jerusalem, on either
side of the river stands the tree of life bearing twelve manner of
fruits, or rather fruit twelve times a year, every month. The river and
the tree are symbols of the life bestowed by the grace of God. The
river flows from the throne of God and the Lamb; from the fountain
whence life and immortality come. The tree yields its fruit at all
times, so that the supply never fails. Everything about the tree is
healthful. Even the leaves are for the healing of the nations. There is
a book, a river and a tree of life. Christ is the life, and all refer
in some way to Christ. Trees and rivers presented most attractive
features in an oriental city, and are beautiful emblems of the full
supplies of life, grace and bliss that shall pervade the heavenly city.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Revelation 22:4
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