REVELATION ITS GRAND CLIMAX AT HAND!/Chapter Eight -Striving to Be Conquerors - Continue

 Faced with such hatred, the Christians in Smyrna are comforted by  Jesus: "Do not be afraid of the things you are about to suffer. Look! The Devil will keep on throwing some of  You in prison that You may be fully put to the test. and that You may have tribulation ten days.  Prove yourself faithful even to death, and I will give  you the crown of life." (Revelation 2:10) Here Jesus three times uses the Greek plural form of "you" showing that his words embrace the congregation as a whole.  Jesus cannot promise that the trials of Christians in Smyrna will soo end.  Some of them will continue to be persecuted and cast into prison .  They will have tribulation for "ten days." Ten is a number that symbolizes  earthly completeness  or entirety.  Even those spiritually rich integrity keepers will receive  a thorough testing while in the flesh.

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