Be Thou Faithful Unto Death | The King James Bible with Apocrypha

2 Maccabees 7:1

It came to pass also, that seven brethren with their mother were taken, and compelled by the king against the law to taste swine’s flesh, and were tormented with scourges and whips.

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This whole chapter is a good story on faith, and more so, keeping the faith until death

Faith

Psalms 23:4 Proverbs 3:5 Habakkuk 2:4 Ecclesiasticus 2:10 Matthew 6:25 2 Corinthians 5:7 Galatians 2:16 Ephesians 2:8 Ephesians 6:16 Hebrews 11:6 2 Peter 2:9

Be Thou Faithful Unto Death

1 Thessalonians 4:16 Revelation 2:10 Revelation 6:9 Revelation 14:13 Revelation 20:4

1 Thessalonians 4:16

For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:

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the dead in Christ shall rise firs Those that died doing the work of the Lord will be risen first.

Precepts

Acts 1:11

Be Thou Faithful Unto Death

2 Maccabees 7:1 Revelation 2:10 Revelation 6:9 Revelation 14:13 Revelation 20:4

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Revelation 2:10

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Esau will put some of the men of the Lord into concentration camps where they'll be tortured, some beheaded (Revelation 20:4), etc. The Ten days are metaphorical.

Be Thou Faithful Unto Death

2 Maccabees 7:1 1 Thessalonians 4:16 Revelation 6:9 Revelation 14:13 Revelation 20:4

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Revelation 6:9

And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:

Be Thou Faithful Unto Death

2 Maccabees 7:1 1 Thessalonians 4:16 Revelation 2:10 Revelation 14:13 Revelation 20:4

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Revelation 14:13

And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.

Be Thou Faithful Unto Death

2 Maccabees 7:1 1 Thessalonians 4:16 Revelation 2:10 Revelation 6:9 Revelation 20:4

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Revelation 20:4

And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

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Two-fold. Some of the elect men will have to die for this truth but they will be raised up first (1 Thessalonians 4:16). the souls of them that were beheaded... The apostles that were put to death 2000 years ago. had not worshipped the beast The Apostles didn't follow the Roman system in their lives before. neither had received his mark The elect will not take the chip. The image represents the image of the Roman Empire e.g. its laws, legislation, architecture, etc (1 Maccabees 8:13-16). The Roman Empire has been reincarnated today as America.

Be Thou Faithful Unto Death

2 Maccabees 7:1 1 Thessalonians 4:16 Revelation 2:10 Revelation 6:9 Revelation 14:13

The Reward

Wisdom 5:15-16 Ecclesiasticus 36:16 2 Esdras 2:45 Matthew 19:28 1 Corinthians 9:25 2 Timothy 4:8 James 1:12 Revelation 2:26 Revelation 22:12

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