The bottom line warning to their members concerns the victor’s struggle
to keep oneself in the love of G-d. The sins of the believers range from
loveless intolerance of those that err from the faith to the other extreme,
which is so prevalent today, immorality-condoning “tolerance.”
Great promises are made to the “overcomer who wins the victory”
(see 2:7 and 2:11 and 2:17 and 2:26
and 3:5 and 3:12 and 3:21 and 21:7).
What does this mean to be an “overcomer who wins the victory?”
To “overcome” or “to win the nitzachon
(victory)” means total war, stepping on demonic scorpions,
trampling Satan under one’s feet, conquering
diabolical efforts to ruin one’s testimony,
engaging in whatever spiritual warfare is necessary
to go all the way with Moshiach,
even if Moshiach’s call is to the Martyr’s Tree (see 12:11).
The Anti-Moshiach who would overcome
us (Daniel 7:21; see Rev 11:7 and 13:7) will be himself
overcome by the overcoming (see Rev 5:5) Lamb Moshiach
(Rev 17:14) whose overcoming faithful and true followers
we must prove ourselves to be
at all costs (see Rev 15:2 and 12:11).
The Moshiach-rejecting pagan world can expect
judgment plagues and divine wrath,
even as
and from which only Moshiach’s followers
will be sheltered and protectively
sealed (see Rev 9:4).
Meanwhile, even in the midst of
persecution and trouble, believers can expect an open
door to preach the Besuras Hageulah
(the good news of redemption, see Rev.3:8).
But the believers can also expect the tempter to try
to delude them into stupidly exchanging the truth
for a lie, even their priceless eternal crown
for the cheap allurements of worldly
ease and complacency
and compromise (see Rev 3:11).
With the close of this book, we have the faith once-for-all
delivered to the Kadoshim. No one can
add to these 66 books and no one can take away. Every
vision or dream of the Last Days (see Joel 2:28[3:1]
and even the OJB translator’s solemn testimony
[no liar lying about the Holy Spirit
will enter the
must be tested against the inerrant words
of the closed canon of Holy Scripture.
For in the Book of Revelation, Yochanan
was “in the Spirit” (see 1:10 and 4:2 and 17:3)
and he was given a foreglimpse of the
world crisis and earth-shaking events leading to the Bias HaMoshiach.
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