“He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will give the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone inscribed with a new name, known only to the one who receives it.”
Revelation 2:17
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Connection with Jacob's new name
Jesus renamed Simon as Cephas (John 1:42), and here the risen Christ promises the one who overcomes a new name known only to the one who receives it. To know God is to be known by Him that closely, by a name only He could give.
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