Month: July 2018

“The one who conquers, I will grant him to sit with me on my throne, as I also conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne” Rev. 3:21 (ESV). If we will persevere and be faithful to the end then we will actually have the privilege on sitting with Jesus on His throne. This means that we will reign with Jesus! This is an important biblical theme and John just promised it in Rev. 2:26-28 and we see it fulfilled in Rev. 22:5. Jesus reigns with love, power, wisdom and humility and we will do likewise. Maybe Jesus will give us a city to preside over or maybe He will invite us to create new cities using our own creativity. Maybe we will design new types of buildings or create new inventions to bless God’s people. Whatever we do as leaders we will do with Jesus. We will Continue Reading →

“To the one who conquers I will grant to eat of the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.” Rev. 2:7b (ESV). Surely the Christian life is one of conquest: in Christ we conquer the destructive enemies of our life and help others to do the same. Sometimes conquest is hard but he makes us “more than conquerors” (Rom. 8:37) and if we persevere God will reward us with the great privilege of feasting from the tree God created to give true life. In Genesis 3:24 God put an angel at the Garden of Eden to guard against people eating from the tree of life. But in the next age God provides the tree of life again so that we can have the amazing life He originally intended for us. This is the certain hope that we set our hearts on. Blessed Are Those Who Are Persecuted Continue Reading →