can be trusted to know the future exhaustively and perfectly. He alone dwells outside of our realm of cause and effect. Therefore, He can declare the end from the beginning and utter with confidence: “My purpose will be established, and I will accomplish all My good pleasure” (Isa. 46:10). Finally, God reiterated both the promise and the warning for all of us (21:7–8). The promise is extended to the one “who overcomes” (21:7). The one who overcomes is not the one who has lived a perfect life, obeyed