Revelation 22:11–15 stands as the final declaration of Jesus before His return. This passage is a final verdict, an irreversible line of separation, a solemn call addressed to all humanity.
“He who is righteous, let him be righteous still; he who is holy, let him be holy still.”
To be holy here means without sin. Jesus is not speaking of a theoretical, partial, or future holiness, but of a real, present, lived condition. The one who has been freed from sin is called to sharpen his holiness even more, to refine it, to deepen it, down to the smallest details of life:
thoughts, intentions, attitudes, reactions, and even the unconscious actions of the body.
For Jesus is coming soon.
And He is coming to repay each person according to the way he has lived on earth, not according to verbal profession, but according to a concrete life, observed, weighed, and judged.
The one who is aligned with the Law of God must continue in that integrity, that faithfulness, that living righteousness. The Law of God remains the standard of the Kingdom, the expression of the divine will, and the criterion of judgment.
But Jesus also delivers a terrifying warning, marked by absolute justice:
“He who is unjust, let him be unjust still; he who is filthy, let him be filthy still.”
Here, Jesus forces no one.
He compels no one to choose the life of constant victory in holiness without sin.
The one who loves injustice, let him remain in it.
The one who delights in impurity, let him continue in it.
This is the final freedom granted to man:
to choose definitively his side.
But this freedom leads to a certain judgment.
For the Son of Man is coming, with His saints, and He will execute righteous vengeance upon all who have lived in iniquity, in impurity, and in contempt of truth. Nothing defiled will enter the City. No compromise will remain.
> “Outside are the dogs, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and whoever loves and practices a lie.”
This passage permanently shuts the door on all religious illusion.
There are only two paths:
holiness without sin, maintained, strengthened, perfected until the end;
or the deliberate persistence in injustice, leading to eternal exclusion.
Jesus is coming soon.
He is not coming to purify those who refused to be purified.
He is coming to reward the saints
and to judge iniquity.
Let the one who is holy remain holy.
And let him sanctify himself still.