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THE HOUR OF TRIAL / REVELATION 3:10

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(KJV) Revelation 3:10

 Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.

THE HOUR OF TRIAL / REVELATION 3:10

Christ’s promise to His faithful followers in Philadelphia to keep them from the hour of trial is identical to Paul’s promise to the Thessalonians that they would be rescued from the “coming wrath” (1 Thessalonians 1:10). This promise extends to all of God’s faithful people throughout the ages (Revelation 3:13, 22). In the original Greek, the phrase “keep you from” can mean either “keep you from experiencing” or “keep you through.” For the church then and the church today, both interpretations are relevant. God will help His people to endure and prevail through the difficulties and opposition they experience in the world, and He will ultimately rescue them from the final “hour of trial.” This final hour includes God’s appointed time of wrath and distress that will come on “the whole world” in the last years of this age, just prior to the establishment of Christ’s kingdom on earth (Revelation 5:10; 6-19; Revelation 20:4). Concerning this time, the Bible reveals the following truths.

  1. This time of trial involves God’s wrath (justified anger, judgment and punishment) on the ungodly (Revelation 6 – 19; Isaiah 13:6-13; 17:4-11; Daniel 9:27; 12:1; Zechariah 14:1-4; Matthew 24:9-31; 1 Thessalonians 5:2).
  2. Also included in this time of trial and tribulation, however, is Satan’s brutal attack on the godly (on those who accept and follow Christ). For these bold believers, there will be hunger, thirst, exposure to harsh weather (Revelation 7:16) and great suffering and tears (Revelation 7:9-17; Daniel 12:10; Matthew 24:15-21). They will experience the natural catastrophes of war, famine and death. Many will be tortured or killed for their faith in Christ (Revelation 6:11; 13:7; 14:3). They will experience the ravages of Satan and demonic forces (Revelation 9:3-5; 12:12), hate and violence from wicked people and persecution by the antichrist (Revelation 6:9; 12;17; 13:15-17). Many will be forced to flee from their homes (Matthew 24:15-21). It will be an especially disastrous time for those with families and children (Matthew 24:19). Those who accept, follow and die for Christ during the tribulation period are considered blessed, for “they will rest from their labor” (Revelation 14:13).
  3. For those who are overcomers (true followers of Christ) before that terrible “day” arrives (Revelation 2:7; Luke 21:36), God will rescue them from that time of severe trial. This most likely will happen through the rapture – the catching up of God’s faithful people to meet Christ in the air before God unleashes His wrath on the world (John 14:3). This rescue is a reward for those who persevere in devotion to Christ and live by God’s Word in true faith.

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Some of our Post That Might Interest You, All Out of the Current Book / Chapter

  1. PHILADELPHIA / REVELATION 3:7
  2. HER CHILDREN /REVELATION 2:23
  3. YOU TOLERATE THAT WOMAN JEZEBEL, WHO CALLS HERSELF A PROPHETESS / REVELATION 2:20
  4. HEAR WHAT THE SPIRIT SAYS – A WHITE STONE WITH A NEW NAME / REVELATION 2:17
  5. FIGHT AGAINST THEM / REVELATION 2:16
  6. THE TEACHING OF BALAAM / REVELATION 2:14
  7. WHERE SATAN HAS HIS THRONE / REVELATION 2:13
  8. THE SECOND DEATH / REVELATION 2:11
  9. CROWN OF LIFE / REVELATION 2:10
  10. POVERY / REVELATION 2:9
  11. TO HIM WHO OVERCOMES / REVELATION 2:7
  12. YOU HATE THE PRACTICES OF THE NICOLAITANS, WHICH I ASLO HATE / REVELATION 2:6
  13. REMOVE YOUR LAMPSTAND / REVELATION 2:5
  14. FORSAKEN YOUR FIRST LOVE / REVELATION 2:4
  15. WHO CLAIM TO BE APOSTLES / REVELATION 2:1-2
  16. WHAT YOU HAVE SEEN – WHAT IS NOW AND WHAT WILL TAKE PLACE / REVELATION 1:19
  17. SEVEN STARS / REVELATION 1:16
  18. A SON OF MAN / REVELATION 1:13
  19. SEVEN GOLDEN LAMPSTANDS / REVELATION 1:12
  20. IN THE SPIRIT / REVELATION 1:10-11
  21. ISLAND OF PATMOS / REVELATION 1:9
  22. THE ALPHA AND THE OMEGA / REVELATION 1:8
  23. HE IS COMING / REVELATION 1:7
  24. HIM WHO IS, AND WHO WAS, AND WHO IS TO COME / REVELATION 1:4-5
  25. TO THE SEVEN CHURCHES / REVELATION 1:4
  26. BLESSED IS THE ONE WHO READS / REVELATION 1:3
  27. REVELATION OF JESUS CHRIST / REVELATION 1:1-2
  28. DEATH AND HADES – THE LAKE OF FIRE / REVELATION 20:14
  29. ACCORDING TO WHAT THEY HAD DONE / REVELATION 20:12
  30. EARTH AND SKY FLED / REVELATION 20:11
  31. GREAT WHITE THRONE / REVELATION 20:11-13
  32. THE FIRST RESURRECTION / REVELATION 20:6
  33. THRONES ON WHICH WERE SEATED / REVELATION 20:4
  34. KEEP HIM FROM DECEIVING THE NATIONS ANYMORE / REVELATION 20:3
  35. TWENTY-FOUR ELDERS / REVELATION 11:16
  36. THE SEVENTH ANGEL SOUNDED / REVELATION 11:15
  37. TERROR STRUCK THOSE WHO SAW THEM / REVELATION 11:11
  38. THE INHABITANTS OF THE EARTH WILL GLOAT / REVELATION 11:9
  39. THE BEAST … KILL THEM / REVELATION 11:7
  40. OLIVE TREES … LAMPSTANDS / REVELATION 11:4
  41. MY TWO WITNESSES / REVELATION 11:3
  42. TRAMPLE ON THE HOLY CITY / REVELATION 11:2
  43. MEASURE THE TEMPLE / REVELATION 11:1
  44. BUT THE COWARDLY, THE UNBELIEVING / REVELATION 21:8
  45. HE WHO OVERCOMES / REVELATION 2:17
  46. A PALE HORSE / REVELATION 6:8
  47. A BLACK HORSE / REVELATION 6:5
  48. HORSE … FIERY RED ONE / REVELATION 6:4
  49. A WHITE HORSE / REVELATION 6:2
  50. A FEW PEOPLE IN SARDIS / REVELATION 3:4
  51. YOU ARE DEAD / REVELATION 3:1-2
  52. I WILL GIVE THE MORNING STAR / REVELATION 2:28
  53. HOLD ON … UNTIL I COME / REVELATION 2:25
  54. THE REST OF YOU / REVELATION 2:24
  55. A MALE CHILD / REVELATION 12:5
  56. WHO OBEY GOD’S COMMANDMENTS / REVELATION 14:12
  57. A MARK / REVELATION 13:16
  58. REFUSED TO WORSHIP THE IMAGE TO BE KILLED / REVELATION 13:15
  59. WORSHIP THE FIRST BEAST / REVELATION
  60. DRAGON … BOUND HIM FOR A THOUSAND YEARS / REVELATION 20:2
  61. THE GREAT TRIBULATION / REVELATION 7:14
  62. THE DEVIL … THE LAKE OF BURNING SULFUR / REVELATION 20:10
  63. SURROUNDED THE CAMP OF GOD’S PEOPLE / REVELATION 20:9
  64. DECEIVE THE NATIONS / REVELATION 20:8
  65. SATAN WILL BE RELEASED / REVELATION 20:7
  66. SPIRITS OF DEMONS PERFORMING MIRACULOUS SIGNS / REVELATION 16:14
  67. FROGS / REVELATION 16:13
  68. WAR IN HEAVEN / REVELATION 12:7-9
  69. A THIRD OF THE STARS / REVELATION 12:4
  70. FALSE PROPHET … THE MIRACULOUS / REVELATION 19:20
  71. THE LAMB OPENED / REVELATION 6:1
  72. GUIDED BY GRACE HOME

Thank you for taking the time to read my Daily Devotion.
Blessings,
Margarita & Stace

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