Revelation 3:12
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He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God, and he will go out from there no more. I will write on him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from my God, and my own new name.
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Get a full Reformed explanation of this passagePhiladelphia, Sardis, and Laodicea were cities in Roman Asia Minor (modern western Turkey), addressed among Revelation’s seven churches; Philadelphia receives Christ’s promise to overcomers. Jerusalem, specifically the “new Jerusalem” from God, signifies the permanent dwelling and covenant belonging promised to those who conquer in faith.
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Revelation 3:12 mentions Jerusalem, Laodicea, Philadelphia and Sardis.
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