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The Overcomers

he book of Revelation contains many stark contrasts. There is much that is dark and
Ttragic, yet there is also great light and victory. While one group of men are judged by
God for receiving the mark of the beast, another group is rewarded for achieving victory
over the beast, his image and the number of his name. The book of Revelation speaks of
saints who are overcome by the beast, as well as those who are overcomers, being marked
in their foreheads with the names of the Father and the Son.
I would imagine that all who read this book aspire to be numbered among the
overcomers. Great promises are spoken to the overcomers. These promises do not belong
to all those who name the name of Christ. Many saints have fallen short of these things, and
great numbers in this hour are in peril of forfeiting things that are impossible to value. To
the overcomers is promised the following:

Revelation 2:7
To him who overcomes, I will grant to eat of the tree of life which is in the Paradise
of God.

Revelation 2:11
He who overcomes will not be hurt by the second death [which is the lake of fire].

Revelation 2:17
To him who overcomes, to him I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give
him a white stone, and a new name written on the stone which no one knows but he
who receives it.

Revelation 2:26-28
He who overcomes, and he who keeps My deeds until the end, to him I will give
authority over the nations; and he shall rule them with a rod of iron, as the vessels
of the potter are broken to pieces, as I also have received authority from My Father;
and I will give him the morning star.

Revelation 3:5
He who overcomes shall thus be clothed in white garments; and I will not erase his
name from the book of life, and I will confess his name before My Father, and before
His angels.

Revelation 3:12-13
He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God, and he will not
go out from it anymore; and I will write upon him the name of My God, and the
name of the city of My God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven
from My God, and My new name.

Revelation 3:21-22
He who overcomes, I will grant to him to sit down with Me on My throne, as I also
overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.