{The Spirit and the bride} (	o pneuma kai h(8820)numph(885c)). The
Holy Spirit, speaking through the prophets or the Spirit of
prophecy ( 2:7  16:4  18:24 ), joins with the bride ( 21:2 ), the
people of God, in a response to the voice of Jesus just heard.
After the picture of heaven in  22:1-5  there is intense longing
( 19:7 ) of God's people for the consummation of the marriage of
the Lamb and the Bride. So now "the prophets and the saints"
(Swete) make a common plea to the Lord Jesus to "come" (Erchou,
present middle imperative of erchomai, Come on) as he has just
said twice that he would do ( 22:1,12 ). The call for Christ is
to be repeated by every hearer (ho akou(936e)) as in  1:3 . {Let
him come} (erchesth(935c)). Change of person and this verb applied
not to Christ as just before, but to the one who wishes to greet
Christ. The thirsty man is bidden to come himself before it is
too late. See  5:6  for dipsa(935c), used for spiritual thirst, and
in particular  Joh 6:35  7:37  for one thirsting for the water of
life ( 21:6  22:1 ). Cf.  Isa 55:1 . {He that will} (ho
thel(936e)). Even if not yet eagerly thirsting. This one is welcome
also. For this use of 	hel(935c) see  Php 2:13 . {Let him take}
(labet(935c)). Second ingressive aorist active imperative of
lamban(935c). In accordance with the free promise in  21:6 ,
"freely" (d(9372)ean) here as there. This gracious and wide
invitation is cheering after the gloomy picture of the doomed and
the damned. The warnings against the dragon and the two beasts
with all their dreadful consequences are meant to deter men from
falling victims to all the devil's devices then and now. The door
of mercy still stands wide open today, for the end has not yet
come. The series of panoramas is over, with the consummation
pictured as a reality. Now we drop back to the standpoint before
we saw the visions through John's eyes. In verse  17  we hear the
voice of the Spirit of God inviting all who hear and see to heed
and to come and drink of the water of life freely offered by the
Lamb of God.