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Holy Book of Revelation

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The question

Could you please explain what is meant by "the name will be known only by who will take it" (Rev 2:17)?

The answer

The new name is the name of adoption: adopted persons took the name of the family into which they were adopted. No one reads the evidence of a man's adoption but himself; if he perseveres he shall have both the evidence of sonship and the inheritance.

Answered by His Eminence Metropolitan Youssef (opens in a new tab)

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