He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
A new universe opens before us: not newly fashioned, but newly revealed and filled with heirs at last claiming their own. The glorified bodies of the saints will themselves be spiritual and heavenly, fitted for those bright mansions. All the old world's tumult and sorrow passes away to make room for this perfection.
AI summary
Commenting on Revelation 21:1-8
He that overcometh,.... All spiritual enemies, sin, Satan, and the world, the antichristian beast, his image, mark, and number of his name; who is more than a conqueror through Christ; one that perseveres to the end, notwithstanding all temptations, trials, and difficulties; See Gill on Rev 2:7, shall inherit all things; the kingdom of Christ in the new Jerusalem state, and all things in it...
Verse 7. He that overcometh. . Shall inherit all things. Be an heir of God in all things. . Compare . And I will be his God. That is, for ever. He would be to them all that is properly implied in the name of God; he would bestow upon them all the blessings which it was appropriate for God to bestow. . And he shall be my son.