[ealgeone]

10‘Because you have kept the word of My perseverance, I also will keep you from the hour of testing, that hour which is about to come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth. Rev 3:10.

Exegete this passage please.

[grumpa]

from Chilton’s Days of Vengeance re Rev 3:10:

“it is speaking of the period of tribulation which was ABOUT TO COME. Does it make sense that Christ would promise the church in Philly protection from something that would happen thousands of years later?. . . .” (pg 129)

[Kalamata]

>>>>10‘Because you have kept the word of My perseverance, I also will keep you from the hour of testing, that hour which is about to come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth. Rev 3:10.<<<<

>>Exegete this passage please.<<

The word “world” (oikoumene) is the inhabited world at that time, or more so the Roman Empire (see Luke 2:1). The word “earth” (ge) could also mean land, which without qualifiers, means the land of Israel. So, it should read:

“Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of [trial,] which [is about to] come upon [the Roman Empire,] to try them that dwell upon the [earth, or land of Israel.]” — Rev 3:10

Mr. Kalamata