"I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book, and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and in the holy city, which are described in this book."
(Revelation 22:18-19)
In Deuteronomy 4:2. As Moses reiterates the Law, calling on Israel to follow the Lord faithfully, he warned about adding to or taking away from the word that he had given them. "You shall not add to the word which I am commanding you, nor take away from it, that you may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you." Then he reminds them of what happened at Baal-peor, which was the occasion when the teaching of Balaam slipped into the camp of Israel so that God's people fell into idolatry (Deut. 4:3-4). The deceitful strategy employed was "that idolatry was not inconsistent with faith in the God of Israel" Here was precisely the problem facing the churches of Asia Minor and of our own day—that of thinking that idolatry in any form might be acceptable to the Christian faith.
So our Lord warns, "if anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues which are written in this book; and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his part from the tree of life and from the holy city, which are written in this book." Certainly, the book of Revelation has not shifted theological gears to promote losing salvation! Throughout the book we've noted the underlying surety of Christ bringing His elect through every danger into His presence in the New Jerusalem. None whose names are written in the book of life fail to enter. Rather in the warning, our Lord states it with austerity, giving assurance that the one who would take away from this prophetic word or add to it is not Christian and therefore will face all of the judgments promised to unbelievers. In spite of their parading in the churches, and even in spite of leadership positions or places of prominence in the church, if they distort the holy message of the gospel then they face severe judgment. They may profess to be Christian but their allegiance to other gods betrays their confession.
(Phil A. Newton)
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