“Behold, I come quickly. Blessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.”
God's character seals this book: He is faithful and true, and He would never send His holy angels to deceive His saints with mere dreams. That the angel refused John's worship, reproved him for it, and the apostle confesses his own relapse into folly shows a sincerity no deceiver would display. The book stands open for all to study, compare, and test against what comes to pass.
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Commenting on Revelation 22:6-19
Behold, I come quickly,.... These are the words not of the angel, but of Christ, as is manifest from Rev 22:12 and which are to be understood not of Christ's coming in his power to destroy Jerusalem, for this was past when John had these visions, and wrote this book; but of the second and personal coming of Christ to judgment, as is clear from...
"And" is omitted in Coptic and ANDREAS with English Version, but is inserted by A, B, Vulgate and Syriac. blessed-- (Rev 1:3).