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NASB (UPDATED) TEXT: Rev_22:12-13
12"Behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to render to every man according to what he has done. 13"I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end."
Rev_22:11-12 "to render to every man according to what he has done" This is a recurring theme throughout the Bible (cf. Job_34:11; Psa_28:4; Psa_62:12; Pro_24:12; Ecc_12:14; Jer_17:10; Jer_32:19; Mat_16:27; Mat_25:31-46; Rom_2:6; Rom_14:12; 1Co_3:8; 2Co_5:10; Gal_6:7-10; 2Ti_4:14; 1Pe_1:17; Rev_2:23; Rev_20:12). God will reward those who love Him and live for Him in the midst of this fallen world system (cf. Rev_2:23; Rev_20:12-13). Lives reveal the spiritual reality and vitality of inner faith (cf. Matthew 7). Humans are stewards of the gift of life and will give an account to God!
This is not to imply a "works-righteousness." Mankind is redeemed through the grace of God by means of Christ's death and resurrection and the Spirit's wooing! However, the evidence that one has met God is a changed and changing life of Christlikeness! One's priorities and allocation of resources reveal the heart!
Rev_22:11 This is an allusion to Dan_12:10.
Rev_22:12 "I am coming quickly" See Special Topic at Rev_1:3.
Rev_22:13 This verse is an allusion to the OT titles for YHWH found in Rev_1:8; Rev_21:6, but here it refers to Christ. The transfer of these OT titles to Jesus was one way NT authors affirmed His deity. Rev_22:13 has three such OT titles or phrases which originally described the eternal God (cf. Isa_41:4; Isa_44:6; Isa_48:12), but now are used for Jesus (cf. Rev_1:17; Rev_2:8).