For Many People When They Think

of The Book of Revelation it conjures up images of God's judgment upon a godless earth. However, a careful reading of the letters to the seven churches, recorded in the second and third chapters, reveal many wonderful promises that the Lord has made to those who are a part of his family.

The following is a list of these promises:

1. "To everyone who is victorious I will give fruit from the tree of life in the paradise of God." (Rev. 2:7)
2. "if you remain faithful even when facing death, I will give you the crown of life." (Rev. 2:10)
3. "Whoever is victorious will not be harmed by the second death." (Rev. 2:11)
4. "To everyone who is victorious I will give some of manna that has been hidden away in heaven. (Rev. 2:17)
5. And I will give to each one a white stone, and on the stone will be engraved a new name that no one understands except the one who receives it." (Rev. 2:17)
6. "To all who are victorious, who obey me to the very end. To them I will give authority over all the nations. They will rule the nations with an iron rod and smash them like clay pots. (Rev. 2:26-27)
7. They will have the same authority I received from my Father, and I will also give them the morning star! (Rev. 2:28)
8. "All who are victorious will be clothed in white. (Rev. 3:5)
9. I will never erase their names from the Book of Life, but I will announce before my Father and his angels that they are mine." (Rev. 3:5)
10. "All who are victorious will become pillars in the Temple of my God, and they will never have to leave it. (Rev. 3:12)
11. And I will write on them the name of my God and they will be citizens in the city of my God...And I will also write on them my new name." (Rev. 3:12)
12. "Those who are victorious will sit with me on my throne, just as I was victorious and sat with my Father on his throne." (Rev. 3:21)
    

When one reads such a list of promises the magnitude of it is simply overwhelming. Believers in Jesus Christ have the great expectation of being join-heirs with him throughout eternity!

Victory, position and citizenship is the eternal reality for those who by faith have trusted in the Lamb of God!

Copyright. Bruce January 2006

Note: All quotes taken from the New Living Translation Second Edition.