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Revelation 21:1-7
And I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth
passed away, and there is no longer any sea. And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem,
coming down out of heaven from God, made ready as a bride adorned for her
husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne, saying, "Behold, the tabernacle
of God is among men, and He shall dwell among them, and they shall be His people,
and God Himself shall be among them, and He shall wipe away every tear from their
eyes; and there shall no longer be any death; there shall no longer be any mourning,
or crying, or pain; the first things have passed away." And He who sits on the throne
said, "Behold, I am making all things new." And He said, "Write, for these words are
faithful and true." And He said to me, "It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the
beginning and the end. I will give to the one who thirsts from the spring of the water
of life without cost." He who overcomes shall inherit these things, and I will be his
God and he will be My son.

A great deception has fallen upon the church, for a vast number of saints have received
the lie that all that is required to inherit all of the things listed as the inheritance of the
overcomers is that they maintain their confession of Yahshua the Messiah. Yet the
Scriptures reveal that believing in Christ, and confessing Christ as Savior and Lord, is not
sufficient to receive these promises. One must also be conformed to Christ, being sealed in
their foreheads with the names of the Father and the Son. One must triumph over the beast,
his image and the number of his name. The professing Christian must manifest the fruit of
a transformed life by turning from sin and exhibiting righteousness.
Yahshua was very plain in revealing the fact that it was not enough to merely be a
confessor of Christ, or to even offer up many good works to God. There is only one thing
that satisfies the righteous requirements of God, and that is to know His will and do it.

Matthew 7:21-23
“Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven; but
he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven. Many will say to Me on that day,
'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons,
and in Your name perform many miracles?' And then I will declare to them, 'I never
knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness.'”

These words of Christ reveal that mere confession falls far short of God’s will for the
saints. Even doing good and miraculous works falls short, for one can still be self-directed
in doing such things. Only this one will enter the Kingdom of Heaven, he who does the will
of the Father. And what is His will? That mankind should bear His image and His likeness,
subduing and ruling over the beasts. This was God’s first command to man, and His will in
this matter has not changed. The saint must come to a perfect resignation to the will of God
in every area of his life. He must lose his soul life that he might gain the divine life.
There is much symbolic language used in Revelation that speaks of the overcomers.
Most prophecy teachers have focused only upon the physical, or carnal, sense of the words,
and they have stopped short of looking at the spiritual understanding that is most
important. Following is one such passage that relates to the overcomers in Christ.