See Seiss, ALBR, 521; Barnes, BN, Vol. 14, 457; Walvoord, BKCNT, 989; Dummelow, JDCB, 1092; Whedon, WCB [Rev 22:16]; Burkitt, ENPO [Rev 22:16]; Schaff, SPC [Rev 22:16]; Draper, RJA, 855. ↩︎

See Rev 22:7-9; and generally [§370] Rev 22:7: Christ Will Come Quickly to Bless the Obedient; [§371] Rev 22:8-9: John Falls Down to Worship His Angelic Guide. ↩︎

See Jay A. Parry, UBR, 304; Seiss, ALBR, 522; Jamieson, JFB, Vol. 3, part 3, 730; Constable, ENTC [Rev 22:16]; but see Joseph Benson, JBC [Rev 22:16]; Ellicott, ECER [Rev 22:16]; Hawker, HPMC [Rev 22:16]. ↩︎

See Rev 1:1-2; Jay A. Parry, UBR, 2; Constable, ENTC [Rev 22:16]; Beza, GSG [Rev 22:16]; and generally [§6] Rev 1:1-3: John Announces the Revelation of Jesus Christ. ↩︎

See JST Rev 1:4; Bruce R. McConkie, DNTC, Vol. 3, 436; Whedon, WCB [Rev 22:16]; and generally [§7] Rev 1:4-6: John’s Salutation to the Seven Churches; [§9] Rev 1:9-11: John’s Charge to Write to the Seven Churches; [§12] Rev 1:19-20: John’s Final Charge to Write the Vision; [§13] Overview of Jesus Christ’s Message to the Seven Churches. ↩︎

See Jamieson, JFB, Vol. 3, part 3, 730; Wesley, JWEN [Rev 22:16]; Whedon, WCB [Rev 22:16]; Schaff, SPC [Rev 22:16]; Hengstenberg, EHJR [Rev 22:16]. ↩︎

See Henry, MHC, 2485; Walvoord, BKCNT, 989; Dummelow, JDCB, 1092; Ellicott, ECER [Rev 22:16]. ↩︎

See Hengstenberg, EHJR [Rev 22:16]; Exell, BI, Vol. 23, part 4, 756-757; Jamieson, JFB, Vol. 3, part 3, 730; Willmington, WBH, 807; Wallace, FWCB [Rev 22:16]. ↩︎

See Rev 22:13; Wallace, FWCB [Rev 22:13]; and generally [§373] Rev 22:12-13: Christ Will Come Quickly with His Reward. ↩︎

See Rev 3:7; Rev 5:5; Daniel H. Ludlow, EM, Vol. 1, 359; Fausset, FBD, 155; and generally [§31] Rev 3:7-8: Christ Holds the Key of David; [§48] Rev 5:5-7: The Lamb Prevailed to Open the Book and Loose the Seals. ↩︎

See Ezek 37:24; Bruce R. McConkie, PM, 189; Delbert L. Stapley, CR, April 1977, “What Constitutes the True Church”, 30; Ogden, WJW, 107; Exell, BI, Vol. 23, part 4, 753. ↩︎

See Brewster, DCE, 121; Joseph Fielding McConkie, GSS, 38; Jackson, SS, Vol. 5, 118. ↩︎

See Jackson, SS, Vol. 5, 10; Merrill, EYTT, 1, 173; Easton, IBD, 184-185; Galbraith, JTEC, 49. ↩︎

See Bruce R. McConkie, MM, 602; Matthews, ABAB, 48, 53; Joseph Fielding McConkie, GS, 6-7. ↩︎

See Rev 21:12; Rev 22:2; Bruce R. McConkie, MD, 414; cf. Andrus, DPO, 24; and generally [§357] Rev 21:12-14: The Walls, Gates, and Foundations of the City; [§366] Rev 22:1-2: The Celestial River of Life and the Tree of Life. ↩︎

See Keener, IVPNT, 777; Joseph Benson, JBC [Rev 22:16]; Bruce R. McConkie, MD, 657; Talmage, JC, 512-513. ↩︎

See Joseph Fielding McConkie, GS, 270; Adam Clarke, ACC, Vol. 6, 1064; Keener, IVPNT, 777; Jamieson, JFB, Vol. 3, part 3, 730; Seiss, ALBR, 522. ↩︎

See Jay A. Parry, UBR, 69; Ogden, WJW, 86; Draper, RJA, 855; Nyman, GWI, 207; cf. Mosiah 14:2; and generally [§366] Rev 22:1-2: The Celestial River of Life and the Tree of Life. ↩︎

See Luke 2:4; Lund, SWGL, 149; Andrus, DK, 541, 569. ↩︎

See Bruce R. McConkie, MD, 741; Joseph Fielding McConkie, GSS, 159; Pett, PPCB [Rev 22:16]. ↩︎

See Bruce R. McConkie, MD, 102; Jay A. Parry, UBR, 308; Wiersbe, BCNT, 1083; Hawker, HPMC [Rev 22:16]; Edwards, FBNT [Rev 22:16]. ↩︎

See Isa 22:22; Rev 3:7; and generally [§31] Rev 3:7-8: Christ Holds the Key of David. ↩︎

See Exell, BI, Vol. 23, part 4, 756-757; cf. Rev 2:28; 2 Pet 1:19; Jeffrey R. Holland, CR, October 1999, “’An High Priest of Good Things to Come”’, 45, 48; Daniel H. Ludlow, SWDL, 217; and generally [§28] Rev 2:26-29: The Saints Will Receive the Morning Star. ↩︎

See Seiss, ALBR, 522; Draper, RJA, 856; Constable, ENTC [Rev 22:16]. ↩︎

See Draper, RJA, 856; Keener, IVPNT, 777. ↩︎

See e.g., Exell, BI, Vol. 23, part 4, 753; Exell, BI, Vol. 23, part 4, 757; Exell, BI, Vol. 23, part 4, 758; Whedon, WCB [Rev 22:16]; Schaff, SPC [Rev 22:16]; Walvoord, BKCNT, 989; Wallace, FWCB [Rev 22:16]. ↩︎

See Bruce R. McConkie, MD, 106; Adam Clarke, ACC, Vol. 6, 1064; Wiersbe, BCNT, 1083; Easton, IBD, 643. ↩︎

See Jay A. Parry, UBR, 308; Joseph Fielding McConkie, GSS, 164-165; and cf. Bruce R. McConkie, MD, 766. ↩︎

See Daniel H. Ludlow, SWDL, 323; Daniel H. Ludlow, EM, Vol. 1, 341; Joseph Fielding McConkie, TMA, 47; Matthews, SWRM, 516; Andrus, GMU, 305, fn 35; and generally [§190] The First Estate from Spirit Creation to the Grand Council. ↩︎

See Bruce R. McConkie, PM, 57; Robert D. Hales, Ensign , May 1994, “The Unique Message of Jesus Christ”, 78; Dallin H. Oaks, Ensign , November 1987, “’The Light and Life of the World”’, 63; Donald W. Parry, UI, 371; Millet, SS, Vol. 1, 165. ↩︎

See Joseph Fielding McConkie, TMA, 11; Doxey, DCS, Vol. 2, 426; Victor L. Ludlow, P&P, 145-146; Daniel H. Ludlow, EM, Vol. 2, 854; Top, TLB, 63; Millet, SWRM, 292. ↩︎

See Joseph Fielding Smith, DS, Vol. 1, 106; Black, EFT, 112; Milton R. Hunter, GTTA, 21; Daniel H. Ludlow, EM, Vol. 2, 724; Bennion, IG, 131. ↩︎

See D&C 93:21; Victor L. Ludlow, P&P, 41; Bennion, IG, 130; Bruce R. McConkie, MM, 11-12; M. Russell Ballard, Ensign , May 2004, “The Atonement and the Value of One Soul”, 86. ↩︎

See Joseph Fielding McConkie, TMA, 11-12; Daniel H. Ludlow, EM, Vol. 4, 1770; Top, TLB, 59-60. ↩︎

Watt, JD, Vol. 1, 287; Bruce R. McConkie, CR, October 1951, 148; Andrus, DK, 117, 146; Bennett, SMZ, 196; Andrus, GMU, 187. ↩︎

See Bruce R. McConkie, MD, 765-766; Joseph Fielding McConkie, GS, 272; Bennett, SMZ, 189; Jay A. Parry, UBR, 154. ↩︎

See Isa 14:12-13; Nyman, GWI, 85; Victor L. Ludlow, P&P, 263; Nels L. Nelson, SAM, 327; Sill, TMHL, 198; Widtsoe, UR, 25. ↩︎

See Job 38:4, 7; Oscar W. McConkie, ANGL, 112-113; Bruce R. McConkie, TMM, Vol. 1, 25; Joseph Fielding McConkie, GSS, 101. ↩︎

See Bruce R. McConkie, DNTC, Vol. 3, 453; Joseph Fielding McConkie, GSS, 118-119; Donald W. Parry, UI, 148; Hengstenberg, EHJR [Rev 22:16]. ↩︎

See Bruce R. McConkie, SWBM, 367; Millet, SWRM, 90; Bruce R. McConkie, DNTC, Vol. 3, 453. ↩︎

See Keith B. McMullin, Ensign , May 2004, “Jesus, the Very Thought of Thee”, 34-35; Howard W. Hunter, THWH, 4; Bruce R. McConkie, TMM, Vol. 1, 25; Lund, SWGL, 149. ↩︎