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7. The River of the Water of Life Proceeding out the Throne of God and of His Lamb (Revelation 22:1-2)
Revelation 22:2 reports on nations which convalesce by means of the loaves of the trees that are close to the river of water of life. We do not know which nations of the sinless new creation are thought of. May be that millions of Hindus, Buddhists, Chinese people, Muslims and Animists who had never heard anything about Jesus and His salvation will get a new chance in the eternal era, if they are willing and do not resist the gospel. Two third of mankind do not yet know God and His Lamb. Whoever's name is written in the Book of Life of the Lamb according to the foreknowledge of God, will get a chance in the eternal era so as to believe in Christ.
Whoever is under the curse of Christ according to the judgment of the nations (Matthew 25:41), will not exist any longer in the new world. The condemned will not go out of the lake of fire and brimstone and become healthy by the water of life and the loaves of the trees of life, as Mohammed maintains in his traditions. In the new paradise there is no serpent, no tempter and no death. All living people had already confessed their sins to the Lamb and returned goods acquired in an unrighteous manner. No ban is upon them any longer (Joshua 1:7), because the blood of Jesus, the Son of God, cleansed them from all sins (1 John 1:7).
PRAYER: Merciful Father, we thank You because You love unclean peoples too and You bring to their multitudes the life-giving papers, which contain everlasting life. We ask that You let the pure, wide river flow along the quarters of China, India and Africa too so that living tress may grow among the deserts. Amen.
QUESTION:
- Who are the peoples of the new world of God to whom the gospel will be brought?