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As the Church instantly broke forth in answer on the Church revelation of Jesus, in exactly corresponding praises to His then revealed character, so now, on the revelation of His millennial and glorified character, it breaks forth by the Spirit which never leaves it, let it be ever so desolate, but rather inspires it with hope in the answering and suitable cry of “Come!” and then looks round, in the sense of this, to renew its service of grace to the world.

In chap. xxi. 9, we have Jehovah sitting on the throne declaring Himself as Alpha and Omega; here, in xxii. 12, 13, we have Jesus doing so: there closing the millennium,—here introducing the millennial times.