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A Beatitude

(“Behold, I am coming like a thief. Blessed is he who stays awake and who keeps his clothes [that is, stays spiritually ready for the Lord’s return], so that he will not be naked-spiritually unprepared-and men will not see his shame.”)  (Revelation 16:15 AMP)

Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, for the time is near. (Revelation 1:3, ESV)

Remember, then, what you received and heard. Keep it, and repent. If you will not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come against you. (Revelation 3:3, ESV)

16:15 Blessed. This is the third of seven beatitudes in Revelation (see note after 14:13). Jesus warned believers to be vigilant because of the unexpected timing of His return (Mt 24:43–44). The warning to watch is a reminder of the parable of the ten virgins (Mt 25:1–13) who were told to “Therefore, be on the alert [be prepared and ready], for you do not know the day nor the hour.”

Therefore, stay awake, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming.  But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what part of the night the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and would not have let his house be broken into.  Therefore you also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect. (Matthew 24:42-44, ESV)

And now, little children, abide in him, so that when he appears we may have confidence and not shrink from him in shame at his coming. (1 John 2:28, ESV)