“Him who overcomes will I make a pillar in the Temple of My God” (Revelation 3:12a).

Pillar (Def): (Gr.): Stulos from Stuo and the base of Histemi: A Post, Support, Stand, Hold up

When one thinks about pillars, one thinks permanent. One view of the Roman Colosseum makes the point. All one sees are rows of pillars, row upon row, pillars, standing the test of time. Column after column standing after millennium of years for tourists from around the world to view in all its magnificence.

There is a promise for the overcomers. A permanent, eternal place, a Pillar in the Temple of God,

“He shall go no more out, and I will write upon him the Name of My God, and the Name of the City of My God, which is New Jerusalem, which comes down out of Heaven from My God, and I will write upon him My New Name” (Revelation 3:12b).

The Prophet, Jeremiah, was one such pillar as the Lord declared to him:

“For, behold, I have made thee this day a fortified city and an iron pillar, and brazen walls against the whole land, against kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land” (Jeremiah 1:18).

The Prophet was an overcomer, indeed, and was given a promise of protection from the Almighty:

“They will make war on you but shall not overcome you, for I am with you and will keep you safe. This is the very word of the Lord” (Jeremiah 1:19).

From the days of Moses the Lord has established His Presence in Pillars:

“The Lord went before them by day in a Pillar of a Cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a Pillar of Fire, to give them light, to go by day and night. He took not away the Pillar of the Cloud by day, nor the Pillar of Fire by night from before the people” (Exodus 13:21-22).

In the days of the Patriarchs, Jacob established the House of God, Bethel, in his journey from Beersheba in Canaan to Padan-Aram, Syria where awaited his wives Rachel and Leah. During his journey, the Scripture narrative tells us:

“And Jacob came upon a certain place, and tarried there all night because the sun was set and he took of the stones of that place and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep. He dreamed and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven, and behold the angels of God ascended and descended on it. . . When Jacob awoke, he said, ‘Surely the Lord is in this place and I knew it not’. He was afraid and said, ‘How dreadful is this place! This is none other but the House of God, and this is the Gate of Heaven.’ And Jacob rose early in the morning and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it” (Genesis 28:11-12,16-18).

The Pillar became the permanent marker for the eventful night in the Presence of God and His Holy Angels at the House of God, Bethel. We are now according to the Scriptures that House in the Body of Christ (see John 1:50-51; Hebrews 3:6). The promise left to us has been given. “To him who overcomes will I make a Pillar in the Temple of My God.”

The Apostle wrote to his son in the faith, Timothy:

“If I tarry long, that you may know how you ought to behave yourself in the House of God, which is the Church of the Living God, the Pillar and Ground of the Truth” (I Timothy 3:15).

You can be an overcomer. You can be a Pillar in the Temple of God. You can be one who stands, one who is strong in the Lord, one who is a support and holds up others in their struggles. We overcome by grace through faith, by our testimony, and as we lay down our lives for the Brethren.

Let us be wise. Let us be strong in the grace of our God. Let us stand. Forever.

“Wisdom has built her house, she has hewn out her seven pillars” (Proverbs 9:1).

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