ACC ~ Revelation 3 v12a

THE ONE WHO CONQUERS WILL SEE GOD. OECUMENIUS: And I will make him who conquers temptations to rejoice always in the vision of God, for this is what it means to become a pillar of the divine temple. COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 3.7-13.

THOSE WHO PERSEVERE. BEDE: Whoever has conquered adversity for my sake will be glorious in the temple of the church and will never fear any further loss from adversity. These pillars, that is, holy men, now defend the church by supporting it, but then adorn the church by their eminence, just as the two pillars at the entrance of Solomon’s temple. EXPLANATION OF THE APOCALYPSE 3.12.

OUTSIDE THE CHURCH THERE WILL BE NO SALVATION. TYCONIUS: “And he shall never go out of it.” The nations went out from God, and they gave to idols that worship which they owed to God alone. But “all the families of the nations will remember and turn to the Lord and shall worship before him.” This refers to those whom he foretold would come “from the synagogue of Satan.” For having broken the bond of charity, the schismatics have gone out of the house of God. They are those who have separated themselves from the body of the whole church which is throughout the world and who vainly glory in themselves and firmly believe that they are the whole church, even though they themselves are not everywhere.For when he says that “he shall never go out of it,” he shows that at the end of time there will be a struggle. For it will happen that after unity there will be a final struggle in which there will be another separation. And wherever anyone will have been freed, he shall certainly not go out, and he shall remain in the house, not as a slave but as a son. And therefore God allowed those who were saved from the flood in the ark to go out, because until that time there was still time for returning from one’s sins. However, at the end of time it will not be allowed one any longer to come out, for whoever at that time will go out, will have not occasion for repentance. COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 3.12.

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