ACC ~ Revelation 3 v12b

THE NEW NAME IS THAT OF THE SON OF MAN. TYCONIUS: “And I will write on him the name of my God.” That is, we are signed with the name of Christian. “And the name of the city of the new Jerusalem which comes down from my God out of heaven.” The name of the church that daily comes down from God out of heaven, that is, from the church that is reborn by the Lord. He speaks of it as new because of the newness of the Son of man who is the new Jerusalem. … “Indeed, the name which is above every name.” However, this name is not new because it refers to the Son of God, who existed before the world and possessed this glory with the Father.Rather, this name is new in regard to the Son of man who died and on the third day rose again and, ascending to the heavens, sits at the right hand of the Father. For it is the Son of man who said “my new name,” whom [John] saw “in the midst of the seven lampstands.” This Son of man is God “at whose name every knee bows, in heaven and on earth and under the earth.” COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 3.12.

THOSE WITH THE NEW NAME. APRINGIUS OF BEJA: [I will write on him the name of my God] so that he might be signed with the divine name and be adorned with the glory of immortality and might receive the name of the divine city of Jerusalem, which is the vision of peace, and so fully enjoy the society of perpetual quiet and security. This is that city which descends out of heaven from God, so that the saints might dwell and repose within it. “And my new name.” In God nothing is old, because he does grow old with age. But the name of the Lord is always new, always fresh. And if any is named by this name, having been changed by the eternal power, he will obtain eternal life. TRACTATE ON THE APOCALYPSE 3.12.

THE JOY AND BLESSEDNESS OF VICTORY. OECUMENIUS: Through these names he depicts the joy of God and the blessedness of dwelling in the midst of blessings, which they will have in the coming age. The “new name” has never been heard anywhere, which the saints, who reign with Christ and who are called “friends” and “brothers” and “servants” will obtain. But the new name transcends even these designations. For these names are written in holy Scripture and have been heard by people. But the new name has been unnamed in every place. And that he says “of my God” suggests that he does not deem himself unworthy of the limitations of his condescension or of the humility of his human nature. For if he had disdained these things, who would have compelled him to be personally united to the flesh and so to fashion our salvation? COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 3.7-13.