If anyone is to be taken captive, to captivity he goes; if anyone is to be slain with the sword, with the sword must he be slain. Here is a call for the endurance and faith of the saints.
Meditate on that Word for a moment.
Take your time. Don’t rush.
For he will hide me in his shelter in the day of trouble; he will conceal me under the cover of his tent; he will lift me high upon a rock.
For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet the hope of salvation.
Consider this if you will. Since He is our Lord and our life is hidden with Him, and He will not let go of us, we should not fear that day of trouble that we may never see. Even if we do, and that is unlikely, we are covered, we are high and lifted up.
Revelation’s call to endurance and faith is to know the truth and not allow that to pull us off course in serving God’s will. We have been shown the truth to spur us on to good works, not to cower at the sound of that old serpent hissing at us.
While we are still in this world we will hear lies but we know the truth. Wisdom will tell us what to do in those moments. Faith endures.