Revelation 3:12 - Exposition

Him that overcometh will I make a pillar. (For construction, ὁ νικῶν , ποιήσω αὐτὸν , see on Revelation 2:26 .) The "overcoming" is a present continuous process, but will have a termination, and then he who has faithfully fought the daily battle will be made a pillar, steadfast, immovable. St. John may be alluding to

A reference may be intended to the frontlet of the high priest, upon which was inscribed, "Holiness to the Lord" ( Exodus 28:36 ). The inscription is threefold:

For God was the Christian maintaining his warfare; to the Church, the new Jerusalem, was he rendering this service; under Christ, as Captain, was the fight being accomplished. Again, the victorious Christian was

We can here trace an analogy to the baptismal formula.