Revelation 3:12 Comment: The soul’s of the redeemed shall be part of the Temple of God in Heaven! On earth we as believer’s are the Temple of the Living God! God is our dwelling place! The Holy Spirit is our promise of redemption! A pillar is fixed, unshakeable and permanent! Names were inscribed in the pillars of antiquity! Pillars are still standing in the City of Philadelphia today even after many earthquakes! The name of God the Heavenly Jerusalem! The allusion here is the golden frontlet with the name of Jehovah inscribed on the breastplate of the High Priest! We will bear the token of Heavenly citizenship! No illegal’s here! We all had to come through the Blood of the Lamb! Christ! Scripture refuses to recognize any finality confined to a beginning or an end! Christ’s promise to us for faithfulness is not from but strength in and through the conflict! The Christian life is always a battle between good and evil. So what do we overcome to receive the reward? Is it abortion, drugs, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, atheism, Darwinism, socialism, communism, idoltry, adultery, gambling, robbery, theft, rape, murder, illegal immigrants, fascism, liars, fraud, assault, death, hell or the grave? We overcome the sin which is the foundation for all evil by what God has already done for us! Christ defeated sin for us at Calvary! If we confess our sin he is faithful to forgive our sin! If we reject Christ then we will trust ourselves and sin will continue! Overcoming is the product of redemption! We no longer need to go out from the Temple in Heaven because there is no need for Evangelism! We remain in Heaven stable, uninterrupted in communion with God! The writing of our name implies ownership! Complete visibility! Like your name written on a Deed of Trust! Is your name written down in the Book of Life? How do we possess one another? How do we belong to God? How does a Spirit possess a Spirit? By love! For God so loved the world……….. Through self surrender and practical obedience! Just as a man writes his name in a book or brands his cow on the farm so on the redeemed is written the name of God! Satan has branded his own! During the Tribulation period they have to take the Mark of the Beast! 666! All of us are destined for one of two places! Heaven or Hell! Yet we decide which place! Who will mark you? Will it be sin or redemption? The mark of redemption is the piercing of his hands and side! To reject Christ is to take the Mark of the Beast! Death without redemption! Who will you follow? Heaven is a place! Jesus said I go to prepare a place for you! Heaven is a city! Heaven is a country! Hell is also a city, place and country! We all will reside in one of these two places! Remember the rich man and Lazarus! There is a great border wall between Heaven and Hell. No one can cross these borders! These borders are forever sealed! If you belong to Hell you cannot claim asylum to Heaven! If you are living like the Devil you are oppressing and are also oppressed! Your citizens in Hell are just like you! You deserve each other! Citizens in Heaven are just like all other citizens! Righteous and Holy! Not by their own works but are forgiven sinners! The sinners in Hell are unforgiven sinners! Which are you? James and Hamsa Sasse. GodWhoisGod.com