Revelation 22:14: Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.

Revelation 22:14 is the seventh and final beatitude in the Book of Revelation.¹ This ultimate statement of blessedness² applies to those that inherit the earth as exalted saints in the celestial kingdom.³ They are blessed with eternal life based on their obedience⁴ to the commandments.⁵

Several well-accepted Bible manuscripts say that the words of this verse should say they that wash their robes, instead of they that do His commandments.⁶ There is little substantive difference between the two⁷ because those that keep the commandments will metaphorically have their garments washed white in the blood of the Lamb.⁸ In both cases, covenant people that are both obedient and cleansed⁹ have the right to enter in through the gates into the city,¹⁰ which represents entry into the celestial kingdom.¹¹ In addition, they will have the right to partake of the tree of life which represents exaltation and eternal life.¹²

Revelation 22:15: For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.

In contrast to the blessed state of people that enter the celestial city,¹³ all unworthy people must remain without.¹⁴ They remain outside the celestial kingdom¹⁵ in an unsaved condition.¹⁶ These banished souls include dogs‒an disease-ridden animal in John's day that was also unclean under the Mosaic code.¹⁷ This image metaphorically describes morally reprehensible people¹⁸ and non-covenant Gentiles generally.¹⁹

John describes the people outside the gates as dogs, sorcerers, and whoremongers,²⁰ and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.²¹ The scriptures usually employ these words to describe wicked people of the telestial kingdom.²² However, this description includes anyone unworthy of the celestial kingdom since this verse excludes from the celestial kingdom seven categories of wicked people universally²³ to embrace every kind of unclean person.