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 the earth.

• ·        Jesus promises to keep us spiritually vibrant and protected from sin as well as God’s judgment in the End-Times.

• ·        The hour of trial was a specific period in the first century in which persecution from the Roman Empire increased greatly on the known world as a partial application. This prophetically pointed to the Great Tribulation.

Isaiah 24:17  Fear and the pit and the snare are upon you, O inhabitant of the earth

Ezekiel 21:13  Because it is a trial, and what if the sword despises even the scepter?  The scepter shall be no more, says the Lord GOD.

Revelation 3:9

“Indeed I will make those of the synagogue of satan, who say they are Jews and are not, but lie – indeed I will make them come and worship before your feet, and to know that I have loved you.

• ·        Vindication of the faithful before the unbelievers who persecuted them by paying homage to them in the Millennium (Isa. 45:14; 49:23; 60:14).

• ·        The Father will reveal to the nations the fact that He loves His people. These unbelieving Jews will witness Jesus’ love towards these people on the last day.

Isaiah 43:4  Since you were precious in My sight, you have been honored, and I have loved you; therefore I will give men for you, and people for your life.

Isaiah 49:23  Kings shall be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers; they shall bow down to you with their faces to the earth, and lick up the dust of your feet.  Then you will know that I am the LORD, for they shall not be ashamed who wait for Me.

Revelation 3:8

“I know your works.  See, I have set before you an open door, and no one can shut it; for you have a little strength, have kept My word, and have not denied My name.

• ·        Jesus has the ability to see everything about our life.  He sees the full truth about us.  He is fully attentive to His people.  The essence of the fear of God grows in us as we grow in the awareness that God sees everything about us continually.

• ·        Jesus set before the saints at Philadelphia the invitation to governmental positions of honor in His eternal government (Millennium then the Eternal State) related to their obedience in this age. He also offered them open doors in the spirit that give them access to the revelation of God’s heart.

Deuteronomy 32:30 How could one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had shut them up?

Psalm 77:9 Has God forgotten to be gracious?  Has He in anger shut up His tender mercies?