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Revelation’s message to the church in Thyatira uses language from Psalm 2, where a king is promised power over the nations. The author adapts the language of kingship into an apocalyptic and eschatological vision of victory, with Jesus as that king.
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2500 BCE
1000+ CE
LXX Psalms 2:8
Septuagint
7 declaring the ordinance of the Lord: the Lord said to me, You are my Son, today I have begotten you. 8 Ask of me, and I will give you the pagan nations for your inheritance, and the ends of the earth for your possession. 9 You shall rule them with a rod of iron; you shall dash them in pieces as a potter's vessel. 10 Now therefore understand, you kings: be instructed, all you that judge the earth.
Date: 100–1 BCE (based on scholarly estimates)
Revelation 2:26
New Testament
25 However, hold on to what you have until I come. 26 And to the one who conquers and who continues in my deeds until the end, I will give him authority over the nations— 27 he will rule them with an iron rod, and like clay jars he will break them to pieces, 28 just as I have received the right to rule from my Father—and I will give him the morning star.
Date: 92–96 CE (based on scholarly estimates)
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"... At the end of each one of these letters, after the exalted Christ has reviewed the particular situation of the church and set out what he requires, a promise to the ‘one who conquers’ is put before the church. In the case of the letter to the church in Thyatira (2.18-29), this Überwinderspruch (overcomer saying) is shaped by a clear appeal to Psalm 2.8-9. The ‘Son of God’, which is the self-presentation found at the beginning of the letter, promises to ‘the one who conquers and does my works to the end’ that ‘I will give him authority over the nations’. The words give the cue for Psalm 2, and this leads to a grammatically adjusted allusion to Psalm 2.9 ..."
Tze-Ming Quek, “‘I Will Give Authority over the Nations’: Psalm 2.8–9 in Revelation 2.26–27,” in Early Christian Literature and Intertextuality, LNTS 392 (2009), 2:175–187.
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(Revelation 2 : 26) :'He that overcometh & keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations.'
(Revelation 2 : 26) :'He that overcometh & keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations.'The verse is propounded nicely in this article.
This is one way of explanation about overcoming _:
The synonymous words for overcome are: to gain victory, to conquer or ...
The verse is propounded nicely in this article.
This is one way of explanation about overcoming _:
The synonymous words for overcome are: to gain victory, to conquer or to win.
These are 5 consistent verses about it _:
!) (Revelation 2 : 7 ) says:' He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers I will grant to eat of the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.’
!!) (Revelation 3 : 5) says :' He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; & I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, & before His angels.'
iii) (Revelation 3 : 21) states :'To the one who is victorious, I will give the right to sit with me on my throne,just as I was victorious & sat down with my Father on His throne.'
iv) (Revelation 3:12) states :'Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, & he shall go no more out: & I will write upon him the name of my God, & the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God :& I will write upon him My new name.'
v) (Revelation 2:11) says :' He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death.'
We have to overcome :
The world, spirit of antichrist.& the evil things.
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These are 2 explanatory verses - :
i) (Hebrews .12 : 1) says :'Let us lay aside every weight, & the sin which doth so easily beset us. '
!!) (1 Peter 5 : 8) :' Your adversary the devil,as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour.'
How we can overcome.
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1) Through our belief.
(1 John 5 : 5 ) says :'The one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God, overcomes the world.'
'By fighting the good fight of faith.' (1Timothy 6:12)
2) Overcoming with goodness.
(Romans 12 : 21)states : 'Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.'
3) Overcoming with Lord Jesus Christ.
Jesus overcame the world.' (John 16 : 33)
We can also overcome: ' By abiding in Him.' (John 15 : 4)
' By submitting ourselves to Him ; resisting the devil. '(James 4 : 7 )
Being sober & vigilant. (1 Peter 5 : 8)
' By standing firm & not submitti ng again to a yoke of slavery.' (Galatians 5 : 1 )
'Not repaying evil for evil or reviling for reviling.' (1 Peter 3 : 9)
' Putting on the whole armor of God, so as to stand against the schemes of the devil. For we have to wrestle against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil, having fastened on the belt of truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness, as shoes for feet,& having put on the readiness given by the gospel of peace.' ( Ephesians 6:11-17 )
And,
' Offering our bodies as a living sacrifice, holy & pleasing to God; not conforming to the pattern of this world, but being transformed by the renewing of mind.'( Romans 12:1-2 ).
(1 Corinth.15 : 55-57) says:“O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?” The sting of death is sin, & the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.'
(Romans 8 : 37) states :'ln all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.'
Lastly,
(1 John 4 : 3,4) states :'This is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; & even now already is it in the world.Little children, you are from God & have overcome them.'