Revelation 22:7 (YLT)

Passage

Lo, I come quickly; happy <FI>is<Fi> he who is keeping the words of the prophecy of this scroll.'

Nearby Context

Revelation 22:5 and night shall not be there, and they have no need of a lamp and light of a sun, because the Lord God doth give them light, and they shall reign--to the ages of the ages.

Revelation 22:6 And he said to me, `These words <FI>are<Fi> stedfast and true, and the Lord God of the holy prophets did send His messenger to shew to His servants the things that it behoveth to come quickly:

Revelation 22:7 Lo, I come quickly; happy <FI>is<Fi> he who is keeping the words of the prophecy of this scroll.'

Revelation 22:8 And I, John, am he who is seeing these things and hearing, and when I heard and beheld, I fell down to bow before the feet of the messenger who is shewing me these things;

Revelation 22:9 and he saith to me, `See--not; for fellow-servant of thee am I, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of those keeping the words of this scroll; before God bow.'

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "come", "quickly", "happy", "keeping", "words", "prophecy", and "scroll". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "come" and "quickly", 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 "And I John am he who is...", so "come" and "quickly" 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 "come" and "quickly" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.