Revelation 2:26 Revelation 2:26 And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations: Unto the end The conclusion of this epistle followeth in the four last verses of this chapter, wherein you have an addition annexed unto the ordinary qualification of those persons, to whom Christ in these epistles maketh great and precious promises (as in Revelation 2:7; Revelation 2:11; Revelation 2:17), which addition annexed, is perseverance in the works of Christ, viz., the work of faith, the labor of love, the service of charity, and all the works of piety which god commandeth in the Holy Scripture of truth to be done or performed by his ministers and saints. \ "Unto the end," that is, to the end of their lives, or until he comes again. To him will I give power over the Nations. There is no power that we read of in the Holy Scripture, which the saints have been given by Christ over the nations (or gentiles or heathens), but that power and dominion of rule and government, which he hath purchased, and God hath promised to give them in the last days; the power which Christ purchased for his redeemed ones, over the nations and kingdoms of the world, is a kingly power and authority. \ Thou hast redeemed us with thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people and nation and hath made us unto our God kings and priests, and we shall reign on earth. Likewise, the power which God hath promised to his saints over the nations, is a kingly power and dominion. \ And the kingdom and dominion, and greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most high. But for any other power, either spiritual or ecclesiastical, which the saints should have over the nations, we know not how it can be proved by scripture; but many scriptures do bear a clear testimony, that the saints shall have a kingly power over the nations when Christ comes the second time. See the exposition of Rev 1:6; Revelation 5:9-10; Revelation 20:4. See KNOLLYS: Revelation 1:6 See KNOLLYS: Revelation 5:9 See KNOLLYS: Revelation 5:10 See KNOLLYS: Revelation 20:4