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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
                                                Gr‚k 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 Gr‚k 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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