Revelation 2:28 - Exposition

I will give him the morning star . In Revelation 22:16 Christ himself is "the Bright and Morning Star." Therefore here he promises to give himself to him that overcometh. The morning star has ever been proverbial for brightness and beauty, and, as the harbinger of the day, is the bringer of light, life, and joy. Moreover, a star is often a sign of royalty: "There shall come a star out of Jacob, and a sceptre shall rise out of Israel" ( Numbers 24:17 ); and as such it appeared to the Wise Men ( Matthew 2:2 ).