Because you have kept My command to persevere, I will also keep you from the hour of testing that is about to come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.Because you kept my command to endure, I also will keep you from the hour of testing which is to come on the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.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.Because thou didst keep the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of trial, that hour which is to come upon the whole world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
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… that where I am, there you may be also. Revelation 3.10. 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 it. Right? And finally this, 1 Thessalonians 4, 17 and 18. You read it tonight. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and thus we shall always be with the Lord. Therefore, comfort one another with these words. So, the alarm went off. We're done. Really, it just did. Right there. Amazing. Lord tonight we could say can you wait till after the shaved ice or the hot dogs or whatever but when we stop to realize that your Bible makes an announcement to us that eye has not seen, ear has not heard nor has it entered in the minds of man the things that God has preferred for those who love him the very next verse but God has shown them to us for he has given us the mind of Christ Lord, we can't wait to see you. …
… Lord gives one of His promises to believers. Because you have kept the word of My perseverance." In other words, because you have been steadfast in keeping My Word. You remember John 8? If you continue in My Word, you're My real what? Disciple. Because you have kept the word of My perseverance, I will also keep you from the hour of time testing that hour which is about to come upon the whole world to test those who dwell on the earth." What hour is about to come on the whole world to test those who dwell on the earth? The tribulation. People say, are you a believer in a pre-tribulation rapture? Well, if I'm being kept from the tribulation, then I have to leave before. And that's what it says. the Greek, tereo ek, keep you out from the hour of testing, that hour which is about to come upon the whole world to test those who dwell on earth. You don't need to be tested. You have been proven to have a persevering devotion to the truth. …
… But he says, God has delivered us from wrath. And God said to that church there in Revelation 3.10, Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell on the earth. So as John Phillips says, God is getting ready to declare war on this world. And before He does, He's going to call His nationals home. We're going to be leaving here. So He's coming. One of the reasons for why is rescue. Another reason for why is reunion. Verse 17 says we're going to be caught up together with them to meet the Lord in the air. Your brothers, your sisters, your fathers, your mothers, your loved ones in the church who have died, they're going to be raised and together we're going to meet the Lord. We have not said our final goodbyes. There's going to be a homecoming in the glory. We'll sing and shout and dance about. …