Most people who profess Christianity today are focused on earthly realities, while the word of God clearly admonishes us to fix our gaze on heavenly things (2 Cor. 4:18, Col. 3:2).
Below is a quick list of ten heavenly things (to remind ourselves to always set our minds on) which our Lord Jesus Christ (in the letters to the seven churches of Asia Minor) promises to all those who remain steadfast in following Him until the end, through trials and temptations.
1. Eat from the Tree of Life: “To him who overcomes I will give to eat from the tree of life, which is in the midst of the Paradise of God.” (Rev. 2:7)
2. Crown of Life: “Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life. (Rev. 2:10)
3. Saved from Second Death: “He who overcomes shall not be hurt by the second death.” (Rev. 2:11)
4. Eat Hidden Manna and Receive a white stone with a new name written on it: “To him who overcomes I will give some of the hidden manna to eat. And I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written which no one knows except him who receives it. (Rev. 2:17)
5. To Rule with Christ in His kingdom: “And he who overcomes, and keeps My works until the end, to him I will give power over the nations—‘He shall rule them with a rod of iron; They shall be dashed to pieces like the potter’s vessels’— as I also have received from My Father” (Rev 2:26)
6. Receive the Morning Star: “And I will give him the morning star.” (Rev 2:28)
7. Clothed in White Garments, Name Will not Be Erased from the Book of Life, and Jesus will confess his/her Name before God and His angels: “He who overcomes shall be clothed in white garments, and I will not blot out his name from the Book of Life; but I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels.” (Rev 3:5)
8. Kept from the World’s Hour of Trial: “Because you have kept My command to persevere, I also will keep you from the hour of trial which shall come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.” (Rev. 3:10)
9. A pillar in God’s Temple, with God’s Name, Christ’s New Name and the Name of God’s City written on him/her: He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God, and he shall go out no more. I will write on 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 I will write on him My new name.” (Rev. 3:12)
10. Sit with Christ on His throne: “To him who overcomes I will grant to sit with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.” (Rev. 3:21)
