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Another key pa age for But this could mean two things:
those who believe the
rapture ha ens before the Either Christ wi protect believers in the midst
Tribulation is Revelation 3:10. of the trials, or He wi deliver believers out
of the trials. Both are valid meanings of the
Grk word translated “from.”
ὅτι ἐτήρησας τὸν λόγον The
τῆς ὑπομονῆς μου, κἀγώ pre-tribulational
view is that this
σε τηρήσω ἐκ τῆς Scripture is saying
we wi be
protected not
just from the
Because you have kept My trial, but the
command to endure, I will Revelation 3:10 “hour” of trial.
also keep you from the
hour of testing that is
going to come over the ἐκκλησίᾳ
whole world to test those
who live on the earth. Revelation chapters 1-3
uses the Grk word for
church 19 times, but the
church is not mentioned
at a in chapters 6-18
when the Tribulation is
taking place.
So, this also
lends
credence to Chapter 19 in
the idea of the Revelation, which
church not describes the return
being present of Christ, also does
during the not mention a
Tribulation. post-tribulational
rapture.
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