Some say that the verses that talk about the time of testing coming on the whole world to test those who belong to it, and our being told to pray we will be found worthy to escape that time of testing, and the church that is told it will be kept from that time of testing in Rev, (while another church is told it will be thrown into tribulation and its children will die from pestilence), means to pray just that we will be kept safe through the testing.
This makes it sound and appear that those who are kept safe are those who escape the famines, pestilences, food and water shortages, and beheading for not taking the mark. In other words, those who remain alive through it all. This makes it appear that those found worthy to escape that time of testing coming on the whole world to test those who belong to the world are those who are not beheaded and that those who are beheaded are those not found worthy to escape that time of testing.
So to say it means just to pray that you will be found worthy to be kept safe through the time of testing rather than to pray you will be found worthy to escape that time of testing, does not make good sense to me. In fact, considering the awfulness of Gods' wrath (painful stings that torture for 5 months, lack of good drinking water and severe food shortage from famine, earthquakes, sores all over your body, pestilences and diseases, etc.), to be beheaded quickly and soon would be a mercy. So then, it seems that one would pray to be beheaded, not to be kept alive in that nightmare. You would be praying to be found worthy to be beheaded rather than praying to be found worthy to be kept alive through it.
To be kept alive through all that wrath of satan AND wrath of God would not seem to be escaping that time of testing coming on the whole world to test those who belong to the world. So I don't see where "kept from" or "being found worthy to escape" can be even remotely sensical to change to "be kept safe through."
This makes it sound and appear that those who are kept safe are those who escape the famines, pestilences, food and water shortages, and beheading for not taking the mark. In other words, those who remain alive through it all. This makes it appear that those found worthy to escape that time of testing coming on the whole world to test those who belong to the world are those who are not beheaded and that those who are beheaded are those not found worthy to escape that time of testing.
So to say it means just to pray that you will be found worthy to be kept safe through the time of testing rather than to pray you will be found worthy to escape that time of testing, does not make good sense to me. In fact, considering the awfulness of Gods' wrath (painful stings that torture for 5 months, lack of good drinking water and severe food shortage from famine, earthquakes, sores all over your body, pestilences and diseases, etc.), to be beheaded quickly and soon would be a mercy. So then, it seems that one would pray to be beheaded, not to be kept alive in that nightmare. You would be praying to be found worthy to be beheaded rather than praying to be found worthy to be kept alive through it.
To be kept alive through all that wrath of satan AND wrath of God would not seem to be escaping that time of testing coming on the whole world to test those who belong to the world. So I don't see where "kept from" or "being found worthy to escape" can be even remotely sensical to change to "be kept safe through."
A review of posts 1237 and 1240 provide you with the proper interpretation for the pre-trib rapture of the Church. The Church does not go through any part of the seven year tribulation. When reading the prophetic Scriptures, you need to identify who is being addressed in the text you are reading. Rev.3:10 pertains to the Church Jesus will keep from the hour of testing. The hour of testing is found in Rev.18, pertaining to the Great Tribulation, i.e. the final 3.5 years of the 7 year tribulation. Lk.21:36 is addressed to Israel and of Jesus to heed His words, that they may be considered worthy of escaping the tribulation.
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