![]() ![]() For "the saints shall given to his hand for a time and times and half a time" (Daniel 7:25)-again the time period the Great Tribulation and the Day of the Lord. The dragon, through the Beast power, will make war with those who do not go. ![]() Notice also that since a flood of water is used to try to destroy the church, but is helped by the earth, that the church is NOT in heaven, but on the earth.Ĭarefully notice that just keeping the commandments of God and having the testimony of Jesus Christ is not enough to insure that one will go "into the wilderness," be "nourished," and protected "from the presence of the serpent." The above shows that after persecution (this would be the persecution of Daniel 7:25a and 11:29-35) the church (symbolized by a woman) has to "fly into the wilderness to her place."īeing in heaven with Jesus is not the same as being in any wilderness-hence this is not some type of " rapture" as many Protestants believe in.Īlso notice that the church "is nourished for a time and times and half a time, from the presence of the serpent." Hence, this is how Jesus is intending to keep His Philadelphia Church "from the hour of trial which shall come upon the whole world" (3:10)-this "hour of trial," this "time and times and half a time" includes the period of the Great Tribulation and the Day of the Lord (cf. 17 And the dragon was enraged with the woman, and he went to make war with the rest of her offspring, who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ. 16 But the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed up the flood which the dragon had spewed out of his mouth. 15 So the serpent spewed water out of his mouth like a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away by the flood. It states:ġ3 Now when the dragon saw that he had been cast to the earth, he persecuted the woman who gave birth to the male Child.ġ4 But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness to her place, where she is nourished for a time and times and half a time, from the presence of the serpent. That being said, let this be perfectly clear, there are two groups of God's people mentioned in Revelation 12-one which goes to a place of safety and one which does not. There are similarities that apply to the place of protection, which also includes a place in the wilderness. The children of Israel had a place in the wilderness (see also Exodus 15:22) of the desert, and the way God took them up like the wings of an eagle was to have them walk. Two Basic Christian Groups: The Philadelphians and the Others in the Church of GodĪnd in the wasteland, a howling wilderness Ĭarrying them on its wings, (Deuteronomy 32:9-11) Two sermon-length videos of relaled interest are available Physical Protection During the Great Tribulation and Might Petra be the Place of Safety? It also explains who will and will not be able to be protected in the place during the time of the Great Tribulation and Day of the Lord. The purpose of this article is to explain some of the reasons why a place like Petra seems to be a more logical choice to be the "place of safety" for the Philadelphians. That type of reasoning is very weak at best. 'Also, in verse 55 appears the name Juttah, which is the same as Utah if one simply deletes the J and one of the T's.' "If you take away the J and change the D to a T, you have Utah,' he pointed out. 'This passage talks about a "salt sea" (verse 2), which could bring to mind Utah's Great Salt Lake. Henson sees relevance in Joshua 15, where Joshua assigns the tribe of Judah its boundaries. ![]() The December 2001 edition even contained the following quote: Years ago, various issues of the old publicat ion The Journal: News of the Churche of God used to have somewhere (normally in an ad) an assertion to the effect that "Petra is not the place of safety" (or that there will be no such place). (Some Christians apparently will be in Jerusalem around this time and will also flee-Matthew 24:15-19-more information on that is included in the article Who is the King of the North?) 21 For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no nor ever shall be" (Matthew 24:20-21, NKJV throughout, unless otherwise indicated).ĭo all know that those who need to be warned include the members of the Churches of God (COGs)? Why it May Be Near PetraĪre some of God's people actually going to flee right before the tribulation? According to Jesus the answer is yes.Ģ0 And pray that your flight may not be in winter or on the Sabbath. Why Petra Might Be It There is a Place of Safety for the Philadelphians. ![]()
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