eak great words against the Most High and
shall wear out the Saints of the Most High" (Daniel vii:21, 25). These
suffering tribulation Saints will receive the Kingdom on earth (Dan.
vii:22, 27). In the great vision of John in Revelation chapter xiii,
the same beast which Daniel saw is described. Here again we read of
Saints: "And it was given unto him to make war with the Saints, and to
overcome them" (Rev. xiii:7). Now as the church is no longer on earth,
who are these Saints? They are Jewish believers who have turned to the
Lord and whom He now owns as Saints. Their sufferings at that time, as
well as their faith, their prayers and their deliverance is the subject
of many of the Psalms. They are the sealed ones of Revelation vii.[3]
Many of them refusing to worship the beast suffer martyrdom and are
raised up.

III. Important Conclusions

We have seen what the church and her destiny is. We have learned the
character of the tribulation. It is evident that the true church has
nothing whatever to do with this time of trouble. We add some
important conclusions with further proofs that the church will not pass
through the tribulation.

1. The tribulation is a judgment period. When this predicted trouble
comes for the world, for Jews and Gentiles, the church is no longer
here, but possesses its promised rest and glory. The Thessalonians had
been disturbed by a rumor as if that tribulation preceding the day of
the Lord had come. In the second Epistle to them the apostle makes it
clear that this was not the case, and points out the fact that those
who troubled and persecuted them would have as a recompense
tribulation, while the troubled believers would have rest (2 Thess.
i:4-9). Nowhere in the Epistles of Paul addressed to the church, and
unfolding church truths, is there a word said about that tribulation.
If the church would pass through this judgment period with which the
ages closes, the Spirit of God would certainly have mentioned it and
given His exhortations so suited for such a time. But inasmuch as
nothing is said in these church epistles it is a logical conclusion
that the true church will not be in the tribulation.

2. Not alone will the church not be in that time of trouble, but that
time, the last prophetic week of Daniel, cannot begin as long as the
true church is on earth. This is made clear by one of the great
prophecies of the New Testament. In the Second Thessalonians chapter
ii