What does, “But the one who endures to the end will be saved” mean?

He is not talking about eternal life. He is talking physical life

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It means.........a person having repented, been baptized and committed to living by God's commandments...a born again Christian...... will maintain (endurance) that posture of righteousness until our earthly physical death.

Scriptures speaks to this point by pointing in many ways.

I see.
Are you contending that this salvation is from hell rather than the events surrounding verses 12 and 13?

No it’s actually taking the whole of what Jesus said. He is talking about that time period. You just don’t want to see it because like the Pharisees you need your works to count

They won”t

I contend nothing...just illuminating scriptures.

Show in Matthew 10 how it is referring to the end of the age.

To me, the context appears to be in conjunction with Jesus sending out His disciples by two and two to preach to the world.



Was James preaching a works gospel in James 1:12? Because that verse appears to me to be a companion verse to Matthew 10:22.

I'll rephrase.

Do you believe that this salvation is from hell rather than the events surrounding verses 12 and 13?

Our salvation is from God and is granted by our Lord and Savior...Jesus Christ.

Suggest that is sufficient...no other road is scriptural.

Stick with scriptures.....faith without works is dead.

Works are necessary.

Stick with scriptures.....faith without works is dead.

Works are necessary.

Your new age religion beliefs are showing....again.

I understand the salvation you are describing. Thank you for the reminder.


So do you believe that this salvation/deliverance in verse 12 is referring to...

Tit 3:3, For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
Tit 3:4, But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared,
Tit 3:5, Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;
Tit 3:6, Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour;
Tit 3:7, That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

Of course if someone is regenerated and renewed in the Holy Ghost, they will be inclined towards doing the good works that the Lord has foreordained for them to walk in.

But that we are not saved by works of righteousness which we have done is a basic tenet of holy scripture (see also Ephesians 2:8-9, Romans 4:1-8, Romans 11:5-6).

We must not mix works in a saving manner...that is different. Likewise No one in this thread has said that works alone saves one. Remember...faith without works is dead.
Keep works in context.

Do not allow new age religion types to miss lead you. We are ambassadors for Christ...in our work assignments.

Your phariseeism is open for all to see

I am at a loss to understand another salvation avenue you refer...?

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I think one of the major issues of contention, whether or not The Elect of God, Christians, will go through the Great Tribulation, is due to a major misunderstanding of the scripture in both Ephesians 2:8 and Matthew 24:13. It is my hope this article saved in my favorites file for years now will assist in clearing that up.


June 24, 2017
In Matt 24:13, Jesus says the famous words:
Perhaps the most common understanding of this passage is that we must endure in good works to the end of our physical lives to be saved from hell. This understanding contradicts Paul’s words in Eph 2:8a:
Notice two differences between Eph 2:8a and Matt 24:13: First, the Matt 24:13 salvation is by enduring whereas the Eph 2:8a salvation is by grace through faith. Second, the Matt 24:13 salvation is future (“will be saved,” from the Greek future tense, sothesetai) whereas the Eph 2:8a salvation is past (“have been saved,” from the Greek perfect tense sesosmenoi). Salvation from hell was by grace through faith and has already happened to me, so what is the future salvation by endurance that Jesus is talking about in Matt 24:13? The answer is in the context.
Matthew 24:13 is part of an answer to the question that Jesus’ disciples asked earlier in the chapter:
It makes sense that the salvation in vs 13 should be in the future tense; after all, the disciples are asking about the future. Specifically, they were asking about the 7-year tribulation period. One reason we know that the Tribulation is in view is because Jesus says that the abomination of desolation (which Daniel talks about in Dan 9) will occur during this period. We also know that this is the tribulation because they asked immediately after Jesus said that not one stone of the temple would be left on another – surely a reference to the replacement of the 2nd temple with the temple that Ezekiel writes about in Ez 40-48.

Yep. There are still stones on top of each other.
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We already know that the salvation in question is not salvation from hell, so what is it a salvation from? In verse 22, Jesus indicates that salvation from physical death is in mind:
When Jesus says, “He who endures to the end will be saved,” He does not mean that you must be good until you die to be saved from hell. He is talking about a specific group of people in the future who will need to endure to the end of the tribulation in order to be saved from physical death.
Understanding Matt 24:13 is good news for several reasons. It’s good news to know that we don’t need to endure to the end of the Tribulation because we aren’t in the Tribulation. It’s also good news to know that we won’t even be in the Tribulation, in fact, this is the doctrine that Paul points to for us to encourage each other with.1 Perhaps most of all, it’s a relief to know that we can take Jesus at His word to give eternal life to whomever believes in Him for it:

1. See this article by a popular theologian.

σῴζω (greek) means "saved/delivered/preserved/rescued". In our everyday Christian conversations, we usually tend to stick to subjects that are personally relevant, like our spiritual salvation. So our minds naturally go there when we read the word "saved" in the Bible.

But the Bible uses the term σῴζω in many more ways in the NT (not just spiritual salvation).
Here are some examples where "saved" is used in terms of a natural danger/affliction:





Now that you know that "saved" can have other possible meanings...

The OT prophets have already written about these events that Jesus is talking about in Matthew 24. The "salvation" Jesus mentions in verse 12 is described in their writings (I provided some of those passages already in post#370). Jesus reminded his disciples that there will be a "time of distress" that will come upon the whole earth. And those who endure to the end will be "saved".
More specifically, during the day of the Lord, The "man of lawlessness" (2 Thess 2:3) will persecute believers on the earth and God's wrath will be poured out on all mankind. But a remnant of believers will be preserved (saved) through this time of distress. That is what Jesus is referring to. It has nothing to do with the soteriological debate. If it did, then one would be able to explain a soteriological interpretation using the context of the passage. However, it is not possible because the entire passage (verses surrounding verse 12) is eschatological and an echo of what has already been written by the prophets.