<p>3:21- see on Mk. 10:37.</p><p><em>He that overcomes, I will allow him to sit down with me on my throne, as I also overcame and sat down with my Father on His throne</em>- Here we see the very intense extent of our possibilities in Christ; all that is true for Him really can be true for those &quot;in Christ&quot;, even those as apparently far gone as Laodicea. These descriptions of the faithful in the Kingdom show how they are counted as righteous by grace; they overcame <em>even as </em>the Lord overcame. They are described as clothed in white linen, just as was the Victorious Saviour straight after His death (Mt. 27:59). A comparison of our struggles with the Lord in Gethsemane, let alone the cross, reveal that we do not overcome as He did. We have not resisted unto blood in striving against our own sin. We will have the <em>right</em> to the tree of life (Rev. 22:14); yet our salvation is by pure grace alone.</p><p>'Israel' means 'he who will rule as / with God'. This would therefore be the basis of Rev. 3:21, which promises that he who overcomes (also translated &quot;prevail&quot;) will be a ruler with God, on His throne. It seems that the Lord has his mind back in Gen. 32, and he saw all who would attain His Kingdom as going through that same process of prevailing with God, overcoming, and being made rulers with Him.</p>