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The Promises to the Conquers 
Rev. 2:7 – To the one who conquers I will grant to eat of the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.
 
Rev. 2:11 – The one who conquers will not be hurt by the second death . 
 
Rev. 2:17 – To the one who conquers I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and a new name written on the stone that no one knows except the one who receives it.
 
Rev. 2:26 – To the one who conquers and who keeps my works until the end, to him I will give authority over the nations.
 
Rev. 3:5 – The one who conquers will be clothed thus in white garments, and I will never blot his name out of the book of life. I will confess his name before my Father and before his angels. 
 
Rev. 3:12 – The one who conquers, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God. Never shall he go out of it, and 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 from my God out of heaven, and my own new name. 
 
Rev. 3:21 – 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. 
 
Who Are Those Who Conquer?  
1 Jhn 2:13ff – I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one… I write to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one… 4:4  Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world… 5:4  For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world – our faith. Who is it that overcomes the world except the one who believes Jesus is the Son of God?
 
The Flow of Events
Rev. 18:24 – in her was found the blood of the prophets and of saints, and of all who have been slain on earth (cf. Matt. 23:35-36)…
Rev. 19:2 – [God] has judged…has avenged on her the blood of his servants.Rev. 19:7 – the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his Bride has made herself ready; it was granted to her to clothe herself with fine linen, bright and pure – for the fine linen is the righteous deeds of the saints. … Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.
Rev. 19:11 – Then I saw heaven opening, and behold, a white horse! … the beast was captured, and with it the false prophet… into the lake that burns with sulfur… Satan…bound him for a thousand years… must be released for a little while. 
 
Rev. 20:4 – I saw thrones, and seated on them were those to whom authority to judge was committed. Also I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God...they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. 
 
Rev. 21:7ff – the one who conquers will have this heritage, and I will be his God and he will be my son… its light is the Lamb. By its light will the nations walk…the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
 
The Presence of the Kingdom
The Kingdom is ‘Already, but Not Yet.’ The Kingdom is Realized hic et nunc in the real spiritual presence of God through the Sacraments. The Kingdom will be fully manifest when Jesus personally returns to judge all the world. 
 
                                        From the Catechism179. What is God’s kingdom?
The kingdom of God is the just and peaceful reign of Jesus Christ over all the world, especially in the lives of his faithful people, through the powerful work of the Holy Spirit. (Psalms 103:19; 145:11–13; Isaiah 11:1–9; Daniel 4:28–37; Mark 1:14–15; Luke 17:20–21; Eph 1:3–14; Colossians 1:9–14)

181. How does God’s kingdom come? 
God’s kingdom is announced to the people of Israel, arrives in Jesus Christ, and advances through the Church’s mission. It will appear in its fullness once Christ returns in glory. (Psalm 102:12–22; Dan 2:31– 45; Matt 10:5–8; Mark 4:26–32; Acts 1:1–11; 1 Cor 15:19–28) 

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