Revelation 22:7 (LSB)

Passage

“And behold, I am coming quickly. Blessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.”

Nearby Context

Revelation 22:5 And there will no longer be any night, and they will not have need of the light of a lamp nor the light of the sun, because the Lord God will illumine them, and they will reign forever and ever.

Revelation 22:6 And he said to me, “These words are faithful and true”; and the Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, sent His angel to show to His slaves the things which must soon take place.

Revelation 22:7 “And behold, I am coming quickly. Blessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.”

Revelation 22:8 I, John, am the one who was hearing and seeing these things. And when I heard and saw, I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who showed me these things.

Revelation 22:9 But he said to me, “Do not do that! I am a fellow slave with you and your brothers the prophets and with those who keep the words of this book. Worship God!”

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "behold", "coming", "quickly", "blessed", "keeps", "words", "prophecy", and "book". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "behold" and "coming", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 6's "And he said to me These words..." into verse 8's "I John am the one who was...", so "behold" and "coming" belong inside that flow. In Revelation context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "behold" and "coming" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.