To Belong Eternally To God
. . . I will write on him the name of my God . . . (Revelation 3:12—NIV)
If we are a pillar in the eternal Temple of God we will have the name of the Father written on us. This tells whoever sees us that we belong to God.
Notice below the attitude of the saved peoples of the earth—those who are our inheritance—toward the saints.
And you will be called priests of the LORD, you will be named ministers of our God. You will feed on the wealth of nations, and in their riches you will boast. (Isaiah 61:6—NIV)
It always is the role of Israel to be the priests of God among the other nations of the earth. It is through the Seed of Abraham that all the nations of the earth shall be blessed The Lord Jesus Christ and those who are part of Him are the one Seed of Abraham of whom the Bible speaks.
To Be for Eternity a Part of the New Jerusalem
. . . and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which is coming down out of heaven from my God; . . . (Revelation 3:12—NIV)
The holy city, the new Jerusalem, is the eternal tabernacle of God. It is a living tabernacle, a living temple. In the present hour God has a temple in Heaven. Heaven is God's throne.
Because of the rebellion of the angels God is moving His throne to the earth. For eternity the Church of Christ will be the new Jerusalem, the Throne of God.
When God created man and the physical realm He brought forth a realm infinitely better than the unclothed spirit realm. But as the human body is dead without the spirit, so is the world of nature, including our own bodies, dead apart from the Life of the Spirit of God, the life of Heaven.
When Adam and Eve rebelled against God's commandment the spiritual life left the physical realm, leaving it dead. But the death of the physical realm is not permanent. The physical realm was made subject to frustration and corruption in the hope that in the future God can restore the life of the spirit realm to the material creation. This God will do at the hands of His sons.
Earthly Jerusalem is in bondage with her children. When the Lord Jesus descends with His saints He will bring Jerusalem to life spiritually, taking away the sins of the people.
Later, when the present world passes away, the true, eternal Jerusalem, the Jerusalem that is in Heaven today, will descend through the new sky and come to rest on a high mountain of the new earth.
While there no doubt will be a real, stationary Jerusalem on the new earth, yet it appears the new Jerusalem will have a counterpart such that it will be wherever the saints are.
The Lord Jesus Christ has this power of multiple presence now. He never leaves the right hand of God in Heaven. Yet He is among us when we gather in His name. Soon His conquerors also will have the power to be in many places at once.