AE 253
He that overcomes,
I will give to him to sit with Me in My throne,
(Revelation 3:21)
signifies that he who is steadfast to the end of life
shall be conjoined with heaven where the Lord is.
This is evident from the signification of "overcoming,"
as being to be steadfast in the spiritual affection of truth
even to the end of life;
but here it means to be steadfast in a state of faith from charity,
since charity is here treated of.
This is what "overcoming" means;
because so long as a person lives in the world
he is in combat against the evils and the falsities therefrom that are with him;
and he who is in combat,
and is steadfast in the faith of charity even to the end of life, overcomes;
and he who overcomes in the world overcomes to eternity,
since a person after death is such as his life had been in the world.
This is evident also from the signification of "to sit with Me in My throne,"
as being to be conjoined with heaven where the Lord is;
for "throne" signifies heaven,
and to "sit with Me" signifies to be together with the Lord,
thus conjoined to Him.
AE 254
As I also have overcome,
and sit with My Father in His throne,
(Revelation 3:21)
signifies comparatively as Divine good is united to Divine truth in heaven.
This is evident from the signification of "overcoming,"
as being in reference to the Lord Himself,
to unite Divine good to Divine truth.
Because this was effected through temptations and victories,
it is said, "as I also have overcome."
"To sit with My Father in His throne"
signifies Divine good united to Divine truth in heaven,
because "Father," when said by the Lord,
means the Divine good that was in Him from conception,
and "Son" the Divine truth,
both in heaven, "throne" meaning heaven.
This Divine of the Lord in the heavens is called Divine truth,
but it is Divine good united to Divine truth.
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For most of us, walking through the valley of the shadow of death is difficult. Sometimes extremely difficult. There are deep pits, narrow ledges, lots of slipping and falling, lots of slogging, darkness, heartache, and pain. The hells are doing their very best worst. They want our soul with a keen hunger. Sometimes, perhaps too many times, it is easy not to see how the Lord is working even harder than the hells, to keep our soul, and fill it with His Love, Wisdom, and eternal peace. The Writings tell us that nothing happens that some good use can't be come out of it. It's been helpful to remember that. Overcoming!
Thank God for the Lord, in whose Presence their "best worst" is not good enough.
o Those people who have overcome in temptations or trials have an interior perception of useful ends; for temptations or trials open the interior constituents of the mind. The perception that those people have is described in Jeremiah 31:33, 34. They sense in themselves what is good, and see in themselves what is true. AR 354
(Jeremiah 31:33-34 (KJV): "This is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after that time," declares the LORD. "I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people. No longer will a man teach his neighbor, or a man his brother, saying, 'Know the LORD,' because they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest," declares the LORD. "For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more.")
Apocrypha: Sirach Chapter 2
1 My son, if thou come to serve the Lord, prepare thy soul for temptation.
2 Set thy heart aright, and constantly endure, and make not haste in time of trouble.
3 Cleave unto him, and depart not away, that thou mayest be increased at thy last end.
4 Whatsoever is brought upon thee take cheerfully, and be patient when thou art changed to a low estate.
5 For gold is tried in the fire, and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity.
6 Believe in him, and he will help thee; order thy way aright, and trust in him.
7 Ye that fear the Lord, wait for his mercy; and go not aside, lest ye fall.
8 Ye that fear the Lord, believe him; and your reward shall not fail.
9 Ye that fear the Lord, hope for good, and for everlasting joy and mercy.
10 Look at the generations of old, and see; did ever any trust in the Lord, and was confounded? or did any abide in his fear, and was forsaken? or whom did he ever despise, that called upon him?
11 For the Lord is full of compassion and mercy, longsuffering, and very pitiful, and forgiveth sins, and saveth in time of affliction.
12 Woe be to fearful hearts, and faint hands, and the sinner that goeth two ways!
13 Woe unto him that is fainthearted! for he believeth not; therefore shall he not be defended.
14 Woe unto you that have lost patience! and what will ye do when the Lord shall visit you?
15 They that fear the Lord will not disobey his Word; and they that love him will keep his ways.
16 They that fear the Lord will seek that which is well, pleasing unto him; and they that love him shall be filled with the law.
17 They that fear the Lord will prepare their hearts, and humble their souls in his sight,
18 Saying, We will fall into the hands of the Lord, and not into the hands of men: for as his majesty is, so is his mercy.
(cont.)
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