I would like to give you what Mahal na Ingkong, poured upon the clay jar of my mind and soul - regarding the interpretation of the apocalyptic passage in Apocalypse 3:12-13 as below:
12 He that shall overcome, I will make him 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 cometh down out of heaven from my God, and my new name. 13 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches. "
He that shall overcome - refers to the people who remained faithful to the teachings of the Lord Jesus Christ which was handed through the Holy Apostles and to His Church, the One Holy Apostolic and Catholic; those who remained in grace and in obedience to the messages of the Blessed Virgin Mary in all of her major and minor approved apparitions and of those waiting to be approved [which may not happen sooner]. These people are those whom the Prophet Ezekiel says about the temple, that are weeping because of the abominations committed thereto [Ezekiel 9:4]
"4 And the Lord said to him: Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem: and mark Thau upon the foreheads of the men that sigh, and mourn for all the abominations that are committed in the midst thereof. "
Note" Thau is the last letter in Hebrew alephbeth which has the form of the CROSS. Thus, literally the Lord said, Sign [mark] them with the CROSS on their forehead. The image of the alephbeth of the the Hebrew is shown below, it is read from right to left downwards. You will see that the letter T or TAU is the last of the letters. It, as well, signifies that the Lord Jesus Christ indeed is the First and the Last Letter of the Hebrew Alephbeth- the Aleph and the Tau, whom the Greeks called, ALPHA AND OMEGA.So, the overcomers are those who were signed or sealed by the signing angel. Those who were marked were literally saved from the destroying angel or the angel of death, as much as the Hebrews [sons of Heber] during the time of Moses were saved by the sign written by the blood of the lamb on their head and side door posts [Exodus 12:13.]
The overcomers are those who stayed until the end [Matthew24:13], holding fast the true Apostolic and Catholic faith amidst the confusions and persecutions of those wolves in lamb's clothing. The enemies of the Catholic Faith is no longer outside of its domicile, they're inside wreaking havoc and scattering the sheep.
"I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God; and he shall go out no more" Shepherd of Hermas narrates in his Vision 3 about the building of the Church. Please see it here
"and I will write upon him the name of my God" It says here that the Holy Spirit, the One speaking to the churches, that He will write upon him [the overcomer] the name of His God. This is one of the great mysteries of the Holy Trinity - it does not lowered the Holy Spirit from the rank of the Father and the Son, as much as the Son calls God His Father, yet He and the Father is ONE. And what is the name of God to be written on his forehead, this is the name of the GOD, the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit..i.e. - the Sign of the CROSS.
"and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God..." The Holy Spirit, will also write on him the name of the city of God, the NEW JERUSALEM which cometh down out of heaven from God. This is the Jerusalem in heaven, the great assembly of holy spirits of the angels and saints, whom the Holy Spirit will bring down from heaven to enthrone and to unite upon the living. Thus the prophecy and the plan of God is fulfilled 'to unite all things in heaven and on earth in Jesus Christ' [Ephesians 1:9]
So thus is the spiritual and mystical Jerusalem, and the Holy Spirit- Mahal na Ingkong, enthrone those spirits to people [overcomers] as spirit seal or banal na tatak or gabay, and they who recieved them were called sealed servant or tinatakan. This is the fulfilment of the words of God through prophet Joel that in the last days God will pour His spirits in men and women [Joel 2:28]. It all happened during the Holy Sealing or Pagtatatak ng Mahal na Ingkong - the true and the right BAPTISM OF THE FIRE AND SPIRIT said by Saint John the Baptizer [John 1:33; Matthew 3:11; Luke 3:16] wherein the man is reborn in spirit by the Holy Spirit. [John 3:3-7]. This enthronement of the holy spirit from heaven in man is the fitting and true fulfillment of the prophecy of Ezekiel that God will wash man of his sins and give him a new spirit [Ezekiel 36:25-27]. The spirit is from God, from the heavenly Jerusalem- the City of God in heaven whom in the last days, the Holy Spirit will bring down. And indeed it is happening up to now, since 1969, through the Holy Patriarch John Florentine.
"and my new name. 13 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches. " The Spirit speaks to the churches and the writer, John the Evangelist, asks to Him that hath an ear..listen to the Holy Spirit that says " My New Name". The Name is INGKONG. INGKONG is equivalent to the Hebrew word ATTIC YOMIN or in English, the ANCIENT of DAYS. In Filipino, INGKONG is the great grand father of the family. It is rightful and without diminution to call God, our Creator as our INGKONG. No one sees the FAther for He is a SPIRIT, and no one sees, as well to the HOLY SPIRIT, as HE as well, is a SPIRIT - INGKONG is the Alpha- the Beginning and the Omega- the Ending.
I would like to quote the vision of Prophet Daniel about Mahal na INGKONG on Daniel 7:9-10,13-14
9 I beheld till thrones were placed, and the Ancient of days sat: his garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like clean wool: his throne like flames of fire: the wheels of it like a burning fire.
10 A swift stream of fire issued forth from before him: thousands of thousands ministered to him, and ten thousand times a hundred thousand stood before him: the judgment sat, and the books were opened...
13 I beheld therefore in the vision of the night, and lo, one like the son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and he came even to the Ancient of days: and they presented him before him.
14 And he gave him power, and glory, and a kingdom: and all peoples, tribes and tongues shall serve him: his power is an everlasting power that shall not be taken away: and his kingdom that shall not be destroyed.
Mahal na INGKONG is the Ancient of Days whom Prophet Daniel saw in the vision, and He has a THRONE... Prophet Daniel also saw the Son of Man, no other that our Lord Jesus Christ. The same theme were related in the book of the Apocalypse i.e. The God sitteth on the THRONE and the LAMB, Apocalypse 7:9-10
"9 After this I saw a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and tribes, and peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne, and in sight of the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands: 10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying: Salvation to our God, who sitteth upon the throne, and to the Lamb."
The thrones are the people [those who overcomes] they are the tinatakan or the hinirang of the Holy Spirit- Mahal na Ingkong. The Throne, capital letter T is the Holy Covenant, St.Maria Virginia -the spouse of Mahal na Ingkong, whom He call as the incarnation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
Note: The images i used here are not mine, they are from other good websites, just i forgot their link. :(
