What does Revelation chapter 22 verse 19 mean?

Answer 1

A:It was common in ancient times to end a text with a dire threat of divine vengeance if the text is destroyed or altered in any way. We often find this on memorial steles that warn against their removal or destruction. Similar warnings were placed on royal graves in Egypt.

Revelation 22:19 similarly warns that if any one changes the text as written, the record of his life will be removed from the heavenly book of life and he will no longer be able to go to heaven. Nevertheless, redaction and amendment of books in The Bible was so common in ancient times that that the Book of Revelation was never going to be an exception. A well known, although minor change is in the number of the beast - usually 666 in modern Bibles, but 616 in some early manuscripts.