| Overcoming Believers | Overcoming Christ |
| Eat of the tree of life (2:7) | The "water" of the tree of life comes from his throne (22:1-3) |
| Not be hurt by the second death (2:11) | Holds the keys of death (1:18) |
| Will be given new manna and a new name (2:17) | Is the new manna (cf. John 6) and has the greatest name (22:12-13) |
| Will be given authority over the nations as Christ was given from his Father (2:27-28) | Has the authority of the King of kings and Lord of lords (17:14; 19:16) |
| Will not have name erased, but Christ will confess it before the Father (3:5) | Christ decides whose names will be confessed before the Father (3:5; cf. 1:18; 2:7; 22:12) |
| Will be made a pillar in God's temple (3:12) | God and the Lamb are the temple (21:22) |
| Will be given a place to sit on Christ's throne as he overcame and sat on his Father's throne (3:21) | Receives universal worship while sharing his Father's throne, which is the throne of God and the Lamb (5:12-14; 22:3) |
Robert M. Bowman & J. Ed Komoszewski, Putting Jesus in His Place
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