New Beginnings

Eight is the number of New Beginnings. The eighth note in the musical scale begins a new octave. The eighth day begins a new week. Noah and his family, eight people, began the human race anew after the Great Flood. The use of the number ‘eight’ in the Revelation shows the New Beginning of Eternity after the completion of the Lord’s Plan, which has been in place since before the creation of our physical world.

I have found the word “overcometh” is used eight times in the Revelation.

1. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.
2. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death.
3. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.
4. And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations:
5. He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
6. Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.
7. To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.
8. The final use of this word is a promise related to the New Beginning of Eternity. “He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.” – Revelation 21:7

What a wonderful promise found in the eighth occurrence of the word “overcomes!”

In Eternity there are eight things which will be no more; hunger , thirst, sea, death, sorrow, crying, pain, curse.

There is a boundary between our physical world and the spiritual world of the Lord. In Genesis 1:8 it is called “the firmament.” In Psalm 148:4 it is referred to as “waters,” and the psalm speaks of the waters that are above the heavens. These waters are described as a “sea like crystal” in the Revelation 4:6 and a “sea of glass” in the Revelation 15:2. This “sea” is the boundary that separates the physical and spiritual worlds. In Eternity, there will be no separation between God and man. There will be no more “sea.”

The Revelation, the book of the completion of the Lord’s Plan and Timeline also shows us the New Beginnings for those who love the Lord and are obedient to Him. Praise Him for His wonderful grace! We will praise Him for eternity!