“In entering in through the door, you enter into and become a part of that great temple that John saw “coming down out of heaven from God.” You enter in and form a part of that body of mature souls that is to constitute man in the image and likeness of God, and at that time the words will go forth to the world: “Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he shall dwell with them, and they shall be his peoples, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. And he shall wipe away every tear from their eyes; and death shall be no more; neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, anymore; the first things are passed away. And he that sitteth on the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he saith, Write, for these words are faithful and true.” (Revelation 21:3-6.)
Then, will the individual man be not only like the Christ, but in many respects will be fulfilled the words of the Lord Jesus when he said, “He that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he”, for before the Christ could say, “All things have been delivered unto me of my Father”, he had to overcome the world. He said to his disciples, “Be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.”
Why did he say, “Be of good cheer”? Not because he had overcome the world and that therefore we had nothing to do, but because he had made it possible for us to overcome the world the same as he had. And when you have overcome the world through faith in God, patient perseverance, and unyielding persistence, then there is a transition that takes place as literally as if the temple or the Kingdom of God were a literal city, most glorious in its appointments, and you were ushered in from the darkness and dreariness without. Once you have entered in, you have entered into all that God has promised his people, all that he has purposed in your creation, and as there is no retrogression from this high position, the angel said of such, “They go no more out forever.”
You who would overcome, you who are brave enough to consecrate your lives to God in order that his temple may be built, may become coworkers with God and his angels in bringing to earth and establishing among men that kingdom for which the Lord Christ taught us to pray, “Let thy kingdom come, and thy will, be done on earth, as it is in heaven.” Then will “the kingdoms of this world become the kingdom of our Lord and of his anointed”, your kingdom. Then will this little grain of sand – our earth – be elevated among the stars of heaven, to become a sun – a son of God. “He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.””
Hiram Butler
The Mark Of God: Understanding Your "I AM Presence" 