Covenant Reformed News – February 2016 • Volume XV, Issue 22
This article from Covenant Reformed News expounds on Revelation 2:26-28, examining the threefold reward promised to overcomers at the church of Thyatira, particularly focusing on the promise of authority over the nations. The author encourages believers that their seemingly small labors in the church will be rewarded with cosmic significance in the new creation, offering biblical comfort to those who feel their service is insignificant.
Rewards for the Saints at Thyatira and All Overcomers In the last two issues of the News, we saw that the church at Thyatira (Rev. 2:18-29) was commended by Jesus Christ for five virtues or gracious activities: love, service, faithfulness, perseverance and good works: “I know thy … charity, and service, and faith, and thy patience, and thy works; and the last to be more than the first” (19). In this concluding article, we will treat the threefold reward of grace that the Son of God gives to...