CHAPTER SIX

THE FINAL CONSUMMATION OF THE OVERCOMERS

Scripture Reading: Rev. 6:9-11; 12:1-6; 14:1-5; 15:2-4; 13:7a; 11:3-12; 2 Cor. 5:10; Rev. 11:18c; 19:7-9; 17:14; 19:14; Joel 3:11; Rev. 19:19-21; 11:15; 20:4, 6; Matt. 5:20; 19:23-30; 1 Cor. 6:9-10; Gal. 5:19-21; Eph. 5:3-5; 2 Pet. 1:11; Matt. 19:28; Rev. 22:3b; 2:26-27; 12:5; 2:7; Matt. 13:43; Dan. 12:2-3, 13; Rev. 21:1-3, 9-12, 14; 22:17

OUTLINE

1. The composition of the overcomers:
   1. The overcomers crying to the Lord for His avenging at the fifth seal, comprising all the martyrs from Abel to those before the fifth seal-Rev. 6:9-11.
   2. The man-child born of the universal woman-Rev. 12:1-5:
      1. Comprising the martyrs who cry at the fifth seal and the additional martyrs before the great tribulation.
      2. To be resurrected and raptured to the throne of God before the three and a half years of the great tribulation-vv. 4b-6.
   3. The one hundred forty-four thousand living overcomers raptured before the great tribulation to Mount Zion in the heavens before God’s throne as firstfruits to God and to the Lamb-Rev. 14:1-5.
   4. The martyrs in the great tribulation under the persecution of Antichrist resurrected and raptured to stand on the glassy sea close to the end of the great tribulation-Rev. 15:2-4; 13:7a.
   5. The two witnesses martyred, resurrected, and raptured to the heavens in the cloud at the close of the great tribulation-Rev. 11:3-12.
2. The final consummation of the overcomers:
   1. To be manifested as a corporate overcomer after their raptures.
   2. To be rewarded at the judgment seat of Christ-2 Cor. 5:10; Rev. 11:18c.
   3. To be the bride married to the Lamb-Rev. 19:7-9.
   4. To be the army of the Lamb-Rev. 17:14; 19:14:
      1. To come as the mighty ones with Christ-Joel 3:11.
      2. To defeat, with Christ, Antichrist and his armies-Rev. 19:19-21.
      3. To close the great tribulation and the present age.
   5. To bring in the kingdom of God and of Christ-Rev. 11:15; 20:4, 6.
   6. To inherit the kingdom of God and of Christ in the fuller enjoyment of the eternal life-Matt. 5:20; 19:23-30; 1 Cor. 6:9-10; Gal. 5:19-21; Eph. 5:3-5; 2 Pet. 1:11:
      1. To be co-kings with Christ-Rev. 20:4, 6; Matt. 19:28.
      2. To be priests of God and of Christ-Rev. 20:6; 22:3b.
      3. To enjoy the ruling authority over the nations-Rev. 2:26-27; 12:5.
   7. To be the New Jerusalem, as the bride of Christ for one thousand years, in its initial and fresh stage:
      1. As the present Paradise of God in the millennial kingdom-Rev. 2:7.
      2. To shine forth like the sun in the kingdom of their Father in the heavenly part of the millennium-Matt. 13:43; cf. Dan. 12:2-3, 13.
   8. To consummate and complete the New Jerusalem in full, as the tabernacle of God and the wife of Christ in the new heaven and new earth for eternity-Rev. 21:1-2, 9-10:
      1. With the addition of all the saints perfected for their maturity in the divine life through the discipline in the kingdom age-Rev. 21:2, 12, 14.
      2. For the eternal expression, to its fullest extent, of the processed Triune God in, with, and through all the regenerated, transformed, and glorified tripartite saints in eternity-Rev. 21:10-11.
   9. To consummate finally the Triune God’s eternal economy in Christ through the consummated Spirit-Rev. 22:17.
   10. To participate in the fullest enjoyment of the processed and consummated Triune God in the fellowship with all the redeemed and glorified saints forever and ever.