1) Romans 5:17; Christians
will reign in eternal life through Jesus Christ.
Compare
Romans 5:21.
2) 2 Timothy 2:12; “If we endure,
we shall also reign with Him; if we
deny Him,
He also will deny us.”
Conclusions:
God rewards our Christian endurance with reigning
rewards.
If we do not endure, He will deny us reigning rewards.
3) Revelation 2:26; “And he
who overcomes, and he who keeps My
deeds until
the end, to him I will give authority over the nations.”
Compare
Psalm 149:5-9.
4) Revelation 3:21; “He who
overcomes, I will grant to him to sit down
with Me
on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My
Father
on His throne.”
6) Revelation 5:10; “And Thou
hast made them to be a kingdom and
priests
to God; and they will reign upon the earth.”
7) Revelation 20:4; “And I
saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and
judgement
was given to them. And I saw the souls of those who had
been beheaded
because of the testimony of Jesus and because of the
word of
God, and those who had not worshipped the beast or his
image,
and had not received the mark upon their forehead and upon
their hand;
and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a
thousand
years.”
8) Revelation 20:6; “Blessed
and holy is the one who has a part in the
first resurrection;
over these the second death has no power, but they
will be
priests of God and of Christ and will reign with Him for a
thousand
years.”
9) Revelation 22:5b; “. . . they shall reign forever and ever.”
10) Matthew 19:28; The Apostles
“shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging
the twelve tribes of Israel.”