Reference

Revelation 22:6

And he said unto me, These sayings are faithful and true: and the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to shew unto his servants the things which must shortly be done.
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And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.

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And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.

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And he said unto me, These sayings are faithful and true: and the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to shew unto his servants the things which must shortly be done.

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Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book.

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And I John saw these things, and heard them. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which shewed me these things.

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Imminent Return
Semantic Discovery
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This verse was identified through meaning similarity — its content is mathematically close to known verses in this theme, even without sharing the same vocabulary.

Created Messenger
Keyword Match
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Counter-Arguments

The strongest case that this verse does not belong in this theme.

Imminent Return

The phrase "shortly be done" refers to the events described in the book, not necessarily the return of Christ itself, and "shortly" can be interpreted as within God's timeline rather than a human understanding of immediate.

Created Messenger

The strongest argument against this interpretation is that some theological traditions identify "the Angel of the LORD" (when capitalized and referring to a specific figure in the Old Testament) as a Christophany – a pre-incarnate appearance of Jesus Christ himself, rather than a created angelic being. If this verse is understood as the culmination of that tradition, then the "angel" here would not be a created messenger but God the Son. However, the Greek word "angelos" (ἄγγελος) simply means "