Blessing #5 Victorious
Taste and see that the Lord is good Taste and see that the Lord is good. How happy is the person who takes refuge in him! Psalm 34:8 CSB
Blessed and holy is the one who shares in the first resurrection Blessed and holy is the one who shares in the first resurrection! The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and they will reign with him for a thousand years. Revelation 20:6 CSB
This blessing is for those who have been faithful to the end; even when it cost them their lives.
But Jesus said to him, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.” Luke 9:62 CSB
For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead. James 2:26 CSB
This blessing is for those who have been faithful to the end; even when it cost them their lives.
The faithful will be bodily resurrected and made holy.
Blessed and holy is the one who shares in the first resurrection Blessed and holy is the one who shares in the first resurrection! The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and they will reign with him for a thousand years. Revelation 20:6 CSB
Hagios (holy) emphasizes purity.
For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the archangel’s voice, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are still alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord. 1 Thessalonians 4:16–17 CSB
The faithful will be bodily resurrected and made holy.
Blessed and holy is the one who shares in the first resurrection Blessed and holy is the one who shares in the first resurrection! The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and they will reign with him for a thousand years. Revelation 20:6 CSB
The faithful will never be separated from God.
Blessed and holy is the one who shares in the first resurrection Blessed and holy is the one who shares in the first resurrection! The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and they will reign with him for a thousand years. Revelation 20:6 CSB
The faithful have the authority to enter into God’s presence.
They came up across the breadth of the earth and surrounded the encampment of the saints, the beloved city. Then fire came down from heaven and consumed them. Revelation 20:9 CSB
Blessed and holy is the one who shares in the first resurrection Blessed and holy is the one who shares in the first resurrection! The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and they will reign with him for a thousand years. Revelation 20:6 CSB
The faithful will reign with Christ on earth for 1,000 years.
You made them a kingdom and priests to our God, and they will reign on the earth. Revelation 5:10 CSB
Blessing #5 Victorious