June 16

Behold, I come quickly; hold that which thou hast, that no one take thy crown. Him who overcomes I will make a pillar in the temple of My God, and he shall go out no more. And I will write upon him the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God, the New Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from My God; and My new name. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. (Revelation 3:11-13)

That no one take thy crown signifies lest wisdom should perish, from which comes eternal happiness. Wisdom in man is from no other source than good by truths from the Lord. The reason why man has wisdom through these is because the Lord conjoins Himself to man and man to Himself by them, and the Lord is wisdom itself. Therefore wisdom perishes with man when he ceases to do truths, that is, to live according to them, for then he ceases to love wisdom, and thus [he ceases to love] the Lord. (Apocalypse Revealed 189)

I will make [him] a pillar in the temple of my God signifies that truths from good from the Lord, with those in whom they abide, sustain the Lord’s church in heaven. By “temple” the church is signified, and by “the temple of my God,” the Lord’s church in heaven. From this it is evident that by “pillar” is signified that which sustains the church and makes it firm, and this is the Divine truth of the Word. By “temple,” in the supreme sense, the Lord is signified as to the Divine Human, in particular as to the Divine truth. But in the representative sense, by “temple” is signified the Lord’s church in heaven, and likewise the Lord’s church in the world. (Apocalypse Revealed 191)

And I will write upon him the name of My God signifies that the Divine truth will be written in their hearts. (Apocalypse Revealed 193)

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