...And the “keep” of Rev. 3:10 is in the sense of “to watch or to guard.” You may recall that there used to be a type of medieval castle called a “keep.” Same meaning.
Christ wouldn’t need to watch or to guard us in heaven. That would only be necessary if there was something to guard us FROM.
We know that many Christians will be martyred during the Great Tribulation, and we know that they’ll be supernaturally protected from some of the plagues (Rev. 9:4 and Rev. 16:2, for example.) Perhaps that’s how Christ “keeps” them through those trials?
>>>We know that many Christians will be martyred during the Great Tribulation, and we know that they’ll be supernaturally protected from some of the plagues (Rev. 9:4 and Rev. 16:2, for example.) Perhaps that’s how Christ “keeps” them through those trials?<<<
I believe the Great Tribulation occurred in the generation of the disciples, like Jesus said it would. But as you mentioned, lots of Christians were martyred, and over 1.1 million Jews were killed or starved to death in Jerusalem, alone.
Philip
During the last part of the Tribulation, the only people who suffer are the ones who took the Mark of the Beast. A really definitive time in that period. During the last years, believers will be sheltered in (so it is believed) Petra, the Rose Red City. The Beast will attack, but be repelled. It’ll be the one and only safe place for Christians. Christians will live there from the time of the Abomination of Desolation (the complete desecration of the reconstructed Temple) and then from then out it’ll only be a matter of time until Armageddon. Then the Great Appearance and thousand years/Millennium. Then the Devil will be loosed and then eternally cast into the Lake of Fire. From then on out, Eternal Life.