All those initially 'redeemed by the Blood' Believers who came out of Egypt weren't 'spared' or kept from their Heavenly Father's judgments...once they became whiny, rebellious, disobedient children! And many times in the Old Testament Yahweh used Gentile rulers to punish His rebellious, disobedient children. So, why would Yahweh spare or keep His (mostly) lukewarm, worldly minded, worldly loving, biblically apathetic and/or biblically ignorant Church Age children from having to go thru the judgments of the 7-year Tribulation Period? (I hope you're not so biblically dull that you've allowed yourself to be convinced that just because you're a 'member' of the Body of Christ...you get exempt from your Father's judgements! Ananias and Sapphira don’t believe that!) Why would Yahweh 'rescue' His worldly-loving, disobedient born-again people from the judgments (i.e. earthly punishments) (coming soon to planet earth) that they deserve? Why would Yahweh ‘rescue’ HIS people…when they DON’T do as HIS Word says? He surely is not going to ‘rescue’ them simply because they got born-again at some point in their life? Are today's worldly loving, biblically apathetic and/or biblically ignorant New Testament Believers seen (by Yahweh) as being any less rebellious and disobedient than all those Old Testament children of HIS who were punished unto death while wandering around in the desert for 40 years? As HE always does...Yahweh will 'rescue' those children of HIS He deems faithful! (Out of all those (probably) millions of Believers who ‘saved’ out of Egypt…only two adults…Joshua and Caleb (were faithful enough to be spared from God’s wrath) and make it into the Promised Land!) Yahweh doesn’t 'rescue' His children from physical judgment...simply because they are His children! Again…Ananias and Sapphira found that out too late!
Revelation 3:8, 10-12 , “I know all the things you faithful Believers (in the small but faithful Church of Philadelphia) do, and I have opened a door for you that no one can close. You have little strength, yet you obeyed MY Word and did not deny ME. “Because you have obeyed MY command to persevere, I will protect you from the great time of testing that will come upon the whole world to test those who belong to this world. I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take away your crown (i.e. stay faithful or you will ‘lose’ rewards.) All those Believers who are (found to be) overcomers(at the Judgment Seat of Christ)…will become pillars in the Temple of Yahweh, (which is INSIDE the Millennial Reward City of Jerusalem during the 1000 year Millennial Kingdom period)…and they will never have to leave it. And I will write on them the name of my Father, and they will be citizens in the city of Yahweh—the new Jerusalem that comes down from heaven from my Father. And I will also write on them MY new name. (Par added)
Speaking the Truth in love…and not meaningless, fluffy, kissy-huggy, ‘empty’ love words,
Brother Bob