Revelation 2:24-29

24 But to the rest of you in Thyatira, who do not hold this teaching, who have not explored and known the depths of Satan, as they say--I tell you that I do not lay upon you any other [fresh] burden: 

25 Only hold fast to what you have until I come. 

Jesus once again is confirming to His chosen ones in Thyatira that He knew what was going on and that He would cause them to hold fast. Yet to the false leaders, when they read this letter, they would believe that they to hold fast, through their own human strength. They would have read this prophesy and then began to teach on it, placing all of the burden on their congregations, telling them the works that they must do to satisfy Jesus. But for the true chosen ones, the Holy Spirit would have reminded them of our Father’s Truth, that He is the One keeping us until the day of their redemption.

Consider so many churches today, homosexuals are allowed in leadership, Jesus is not the primary focus of the message, people are constantly told what they must first do, there are false teachers wanting our money, and people are being abused. It just gets clearer and clearer, these seven churches are not church ages, but seven church styles. These church styles are not the true body of Christ, they are not the true chosen believers. True believers are kept by God, sealed with the Holy Spirit, and Shepherded by Jesus 100% of the time. The Bride is never left or forsaken! We cannot loose our first love, because we have eternally become one with Him. We cannot have false teachings overtake us, our Father prunes them away, Jesus refines them out, and the Holy Spirit causes us to remember the Truth, because we now have the mind of Christ! 

26 And he who overcomes (is victorious) and who obeys My commands to the [very] end [doing the works that please Me], I will give him authority and power over the nations; 

27 And he shall rule them with a sceptre (rod) of iron, as when earthen pots are broken in pieces, and [his power over them shall be] like that which I Myself have received from My Father;

Look at what our future is, we rule the nations right along with our Lord Jesus. There is no maybe here, because we have our Father’s Spirit within us, causing us to walk in His ways, we will rule along with Jesus. Through Christ we are more than victorious, we are one with His power and His authority and we will serve the people as Jesus serves them.

These verses provide us with just a little glimpse, a foreshadowing, of what Jesus will declare to us later in His Revelation. Our present and our future with Jesus is Great! During our study of the Great Tribulation we will see just how powerfully Jesus uses His true church. We will see how we are used during His millennial reign and then Jesus will show us how we are one with Him for the rest of eternity. The Truth of our salvation is that we are gloriously used from the moment that our Father calls us to be used! We are one with Jesus, and the part that our Father has Jesus play on this earth, we are directly involved with, because we are one with Him. Jesus never leaves us or forsakes us. Our heritage and future are absolutely victorious! 

28 And I will give him the Morning Star. 

29 He who is able to hear, let him listen to and heed what the [Holy] Spirit says to the assemblies (churches).

We are able to hear only because our Father has called and empowered us with His Spirit to hear. There will be many who try and tell us that we can’t hear everything that our Father has to say; they are wrong! There will be many who shy away from the Book of Revelation, don’t follow them. We are one with Jesus and He is far greater within us than anything that is in this world. Read and listen to this Book being read out loud, there is a special blessing in doing so!