The word of my patience

Revelation
{3:7} And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth
{3:8} I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast
kept my word, and hast not denied my name.
{3:9} Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to
come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.
{3:10} Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
{3:11} Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.
{3:12} Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, [which is] new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and [I will write upon him] my new name.
{3:13} He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
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Rev. {3:10} Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth. {3:11} Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.

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Patience- Being patient
Dictionary Definition
patient (pâ..shent) adjective
1. Bearing or enduring pain, difficulty, provocation, or annoyance with calmness.
2. Marked by or exhibiting calm endurance of pain, difficulty, provocation, or annoyance.
3. Tolerant; understanding: an unfailingly patient leader and guide.
4. Persevering; constant: With patient industry, she revived the failing business and made it thrive.
5. Capable of calmly awaiting an outcome or a result; not hasty or impulsive.
6. Capable of bearing or enduring pain, difficulty, provocation, or annoyance: "My uncle Toby was a man patient of injuries" (Laurence Sterne).
Excerpted from The American Heritage® Dictionary

We are told because we have kept the word of Christ's patience that He will keep us from the hour of temptation which will come upon ALL the world.

What is this hour of temptation? The fact that the entire world will suffer through the temptation says it's something huge. Only those who have kept the word of Christ's patience will be kept by Christ from that hour of temptation. The hour of temptation will come, it will be something we all have to face but some will be kept by Christ, others won't. Those who haven't kept the word of Christ's patience will not be kept from the temptation but they will fall to it. Obviously this means it's eternal life important that we keep the word of Christ's patience. Taking a look at what patience means from just a few verses in the Bible we can understand just how important patience is.

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Hebrews {6:12} That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

Hebrews {10:35} Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward. {10:36} For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise. {10:37} For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry.

Hebrews {12:1} Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

James {1:3} Knowing [this,] that the trying of your faith worketh patience

James {5:10} Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.

James {5:11} Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.

2 Pet. {1:6} And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness

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An example of suffering afflication and patience comes from where? The prophets.

Maybe we need to look a bit at the suffering of the prophets. We might not be prophets, but we have been told that we have example in the prophets suffering. We need an example why? Because examples given to allows us to realize how we too must be. If someone shows you an example of behavior to follow then you follow it or suffer consequences. Our lives are filled with such examples. We watch others and know generally what is acceptable behavior. We see those who don't follow examples and the results aren't pleasant. We are told the prophets are an example of patience and we need patience, we need to keep the word of God's patience if we're to be kept from the hour of temptation that comes upon all the world.


This study is going to be a long study- here is a list of the prophets (from offline and needing to be checked for accuracy which we'll do as we go along). I think it's important though to pay attention to them because we can learn from examples and they are our examples in patience and we need the patience of God's word.

May God bless and keep us as we seek to understand more and more of what He would have us do, to be in Christ. By the mercy and grace of our Lord and Savior now and forever!

Amen.

A
Aaron (Exodus 7:1)
Abel (Luke 11:50-51)
Abraham (Genesis 20:7)
Agabus (Acts 21:10)
Agur (Book of Proverbs 30:1)
Ahijah (1 Kings 11:29)
Amos (Amos 7:8)
Anna (Luke 2:36)
Azariah (2 Chronicles 15:1)
B
Barnabas (Acts 13:31)
D
Daniel (Matthew 24:15)
David (Hebrews 11:32)
Deborah (Judges 4:4)
E
Elijah (1 Kings 18:22)
Elisha (1 Kings 19:16)
Enoch (Jude 1:14)
Ezekiel (Ezekiel 1:3)
G
Gad (2 Samuel 24:11)
Gideon (Hebrews 11:32)
H
Habakkuk (Habakkuk 1:1)
Haggai (Haggai 1:1)
Hosea (Hosea 1:1)
Huldah (2Kings 22:14)
I
Iddo (2 Chronicles 13:22)
Isaiah (Isaiah 1:1)
J
Jacob (Genesis 28:11 - 16)
Jehu (1 Kings 16:7)
Jeremiah (Jeremiah 1:11)
Joel (Joel 1:1)
John the Baptist (Luke 7:28)
John of Patmos (Revelation 1:1)
Jonah (Jonah 1:1)
Joshua (Joshua 1:1)
Judas Barsabbas (Acts 15:32)
L
Lucius of Cyrene (Acts 13:1)Jhon lucianus
M
Malachi (Malachi 1:1)
Manahen (Acts 13:1)
Micah (Micah 1:1)
Micaiah (1 Kings 22:8)
Miriam (Exodus 15:20)
Moses (Deuteronomy 34:10)
N
Nahum (Nahum 1:1)
Nathan (2 Samuel 7:2)
Noah (Genesis 7:1)
O
Obadiah (Obadiah 1:1)
Oded (2 Chronicles 15:8)
P
Paul of Tarsus (Acts 16:9)
Philip the Evangelist (Acts 8:26) Note: His four daughters also prophesied (Acts 21:8, 9)
S
Samuel (1 Samuel 3:20)
Shemaiah (1 Kings 22:12)
Silas (Acts 15:32)
Simeon Niger (Acts 13:1)
T
The Two Witnesses of Revelation 11:3
Z
Zechariah son of Berechiah (Zechariah 1:1)
Zechariah son of Jehoiada (Luke) 11:50-51)
Zephaniah (Zephaniah 1:1)