<p>22:14- see on Mk. 10:25.</p><p><em>Blessed are they that wash their robes, that they may have the right to eat of the tree of life and may enter in through the gates into the city</em>- The reference may be to baptism, and belief in the efficacy of that washing. On this basis we will have the &ldquo;right&rdquo; to the tree of life (Rev. 22:14); yet our salvation is by pure grace alone. We are &quot;meet&quot; to be partakers of the inheritance, we walk worthy of the Lord Jesus unto all pleasing of him (Col. 1:10-12), the labourers receive the penny of salvation, that which is their right&nbsp;(Mt. 20:14). We are either seen as absolutely perfect, or totally wicked, due to God's imputation of righteousness or evil to us (Ps. 37:37). There is no third way.</p><p>This parallels the city and Eden by equating having &quot;right to the tree of life&quot; with entering &quot;in through the gates into the city&quot;. Rev. 22:3 tells us that the throne of God will be in &quot;it&quot; - i.e. the wood of life (not the river- see context), as in Eden God's throne was in the garden, which garden was presumably a wood of trees and little else (&quot;of every tree of the garden...&quot; -other plants are not mentioned), in the same way as the new Eden is composed solely of trees of life. The invitation &quot;of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat&quot; is mirrored in &quot;take the water&nbsp;(lit. take from the stream) of life freely&quot; - the stream being that of Eden. Rev. 21:27&nbsp;stresses&nbsp;that no serpent -&quot;whatever works abomination or makes a lie&quot;- will enter the new Eden as it did before. The midst of the new Garden will be the throne of Christ, who in every way will then be the tree of life and knowledge. This will be paradise restored, but without the possibility of sinning. Paradise indeed.</p>