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are written in Heaven during this Gospel Ageand who are faithful to their Covenant. (Psa.50:5.)"— Z.'16-394; Phil. 4:3; Rev. 3;5, 13:8.FM333REVELATION 22THE RIVER OF GRACE AND TRUTHRevelation 22:1.And he showed me a [pure] River of Water ofLife, clear me crystal.— "One would think that,even with no knowledge of the symbols ofRevelation, no thinking Christian should haveany difficulty in realizing that the book portraystrouble for the Church throughout this GospelAge and the triumphant Millennial Reign at itsclose."— Z.'05-170; Ezek. 47:1-12; Joel 3:18;Zech. 14:8; Psa. 46:4.Proceeding out of the Throne of God and ofthe Lamb.— "The Scriptures nowhere speak ofthe River of the Water of Life now. There isnone, and can be none until the Heavenly Citydescends, for the river must flow from the midstof it, from the Throne. Describing the conditionof the Lord's saints at the present time verydifferently, the Lord declares that those who areHis have in them a well of water springing upinto life eternal."— Z.'05-172; Ezek. 47:1; Zech.14:8.Revelation 22:2.In the midst of the street of it.— In the midstof the Highway of Holiness.— Rev. 21:21.And on either side of the River.— Nourishedand blessed by the life-giving Waters of Truth.—Ezek. 47:12.Was there the Tree of Life.— The Christ, Headand Body.Which bare twelve manner of fruits, andyielded her [fruit] FRUITS every month.—Twelve kinds