Expositor's Bible Commentary Commentary Revelation 2:28

"and I will give him the morning star." — Revelation 2:28 (ASV)

Second, the overcomers in Thyatira are promised “the morning star.” Some link this expression to Christ himself as in 22:16; believers receive Christ as their very life. Or it may refer to the Resurrection in the sense that the morning star rises over the darkness of this world’s persecution and offers victory over it. Perhaps a combination of the two thoughts is intended. The promise of Christ’s return is like the “morning star” (2 Peter 1:19).