Revelation 20:6 (ESV Strong's)
Blessed and holy is the one who shares in the first resurrection! Over such the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and they will reign with him for a thousand years.
Blessed Are ...
The word “blessed” in the above verse is the Greek, “makarios.” It is the same word used throughout the Beatitudes in Matthew 5. The word means that those who qualify (in this case, Kingdom Citizens) will have an abundant and spectacular life, above and beyond all imagination. Besides the above, in chapters 19-22 the word is used three other times.
Revelation 19:9 (ESV Strong's)
And the angel said to me, “Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.” And he said to me, “These are the true words of God.”
Revelation 22:7 (ESV Strong's)
“And behold, I am coming soon. Blessed is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.”
Revelation 22:14 (ESV Strong's)
Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the tree of life and that they may enter the city by the gates.
The point being that the citizens of the Kingdom of Christ are going to reign with Christ and be part of the eternal Kingdom of God in the New Heaven and the New Earth. This current earth, with all this death and destruction will be done away with, and we, as believers, will experience makarios in a way no one can imagine. This is what John is describing in these last chapters of Revelation. What will it look like?
Revelation 22:3 (ESV Strong's)
No longer will there be anything accursed, but the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants will worship him.
Christ will be the center. Our makarios is the beauty of worshiping Christ at the center of everything, where “no longer will there be anything accursed.” This is the Kingdom of Christ ... what we are living or and hoping for.
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