Revelation 2:26-27

To the Church in Thyatira

²⁶ _b The one who conquers and who keeps my works _c until the end, _d to him I will give authority over the nations, ²⁷ and _e he will _f rule them with a rod of iron, _g as when earthen pots are broken in pieces, even as I myself have received authority from my Father.

1. Cross References
   Revelation 2:7
   He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers I will grant to eat of the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.
   
2. Cross References
   Hebrews 3:6
   But Christ is faithful over God's house as a son. And we are his house if indeed we hold fast our confidence and our boasting in our hope.
   
3. Cross References
   Psalms 2:8
   Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage, and the ends of the earth your possession.
   Revelation 3:21
   The one who conquers, I will grant him to sit with me on my throne, as I also conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne.
   Revelation 20:4
   Then I saw thrones, and seated on them were those to whom the authority to judge was committed. Also I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.
   
4. Cross References
   Psalms 2:9
   You shall break them with a rod of iron and dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
   
5. Cross References
   Revelation 12:5
   She gave birth to a male child, one who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron, but her child was caught up to God and to his throne.
   Revelation 19:15
   From his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and he will rule them with a rod of iron. He will tread the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty.
   
6. Cross References
   Isaiah 30:14
   And its breaking is like that of a potter's vessel that is smashed so ruthlessly that among its fragments not a shard is found with which to take fire from the hearth, or to dip up water out of the cistern.
   Jeremiah 19:11
   And shall say to them, 'Thus says the Lord of hosts: So will I break this people and this city, as one breaks a potter's vessel, so that it can never be mended. Men shall bury in Topheth because there will be no place else to bury.