<TITLE>26. Par 257-264</TITLE>L-257 All right. Now. And here's the appearing of the sleeping virgin. Also here proves that the last of the church ages moves to the first part of Pentecost, for they go on into the great tribulation which shall come in the--which did not come in the Wesley age.
11th verse, all right, "a crown of Life." The--the 11th verse said.
Behold, I come quickly:... (What? Quickly after this now. See?)
Behold, I... hold fast to that which thou has... (Keep on to it.)... that no man take away Thy crown.
What is a crown? What is a crown? It's a--it's a--it's a... "Crown" means that "you have--have a domain." You are a king if you're crowned. See? And we are sons of God when we're crowned with Eternal Life, and our domain is the earth: "Make you priests and kings unto God." Is that right. So there you are.

L-260 And over in the New Jerusalem, how that the kings of the earth even bring their glory into the city there. Oh, it's wonderful. Let... If you want to take that... See, just like shine like stars, crowns. And Daniel 12:3 gives a great, big description of it, if you'd like to write it down. Maybe we'd have time just for a few minutes to get it. Let's get Daniel, what he says here in 12th chapter of Daniel. All right. Let's start at the 1st, at the 12th chapter:
And at that time shall Michael... (See? Oh, you know Who that is.)... shall stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble,... (What is it? Right after this: tribulation.)... such as never was since there was a nation even till that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that is found written in the book.
And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, and some to everlasting life... (the crown)... and some to shame and everlasting contemptment.
And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness shall as the stars for ever and ever.
Oh, brother, there's your crown, that glorious crown of Eternal Life: a crown of Eternal Life.

L-262 12th verse, right quick before we... And then I think we're going after that then.
Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of My God,...
Now, we're going to go through this real quick, because I'm already five minutes past time. But you can sleep in a little bit in the morning, can't you? Mama, you let him sleep. You get up all right, but pop's kind of hard to get up. But you just let him sleep just a little bit. Slip out real easy and get his coffee made, or whatever he does; he'll be in good humor.

L-264 Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God,...
Oh, let's just take it word by word here for a minute. Will you bear with me that long, just a little bit? I know it's hot, and you know it's hot up here too. But let's see.
I'll make a... He that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God,...
Pillar... A pillar, or a foundation. Foundation in the temple of the house, or the house of God. "The temple of my God," or, "the house of my God." It's a pillar, the foundation. These are those that took the Word which they heard in verse 8, and went back to the foundation.


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