Jesus' message to the Philadelphia Church: Because you have kept My command to persevere, I also will KEEP YOU FROM THE HOUR OF TRIAL which shall come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth. Rev. 3:10
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Christ was saying that the Philadelphia Church would not enter the future time of trouble..
He didn't say: they would be PERSERVED THROUGH a time of trouble or be TAKEN OUT from within the Tribulation...
This promise seems to go beyond the Philadelphia Church to ALL believers in Christ meaning there will be a PRE tribulation rapture taught by the Apostle Paul .. (See 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18)
The pre tribulation rapture is our BLESSED HOPE...
Apostle Paul wrote in 2 Timothy 4:8: Finally there is laid up for me the CROWN OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, which the Lord, the righteous Judge will give to me on that Day, and not to me only but also to ALL WHO HAVE LOVED HIS APPEARING..
If we are LOVING HIS APPEARING in the air, we will receive a crown to cast toward the throne of Jesus.. (See Revelation 4:10~)
