Revelation 3:10 — Tereo Ek — Keep From

With numerous Greek references, I demonstrate that “keep from,” τηρεω εκ (tereo ek) in the Greek, means “keep from,” not “keep through.” Then I demonstrate that tereo ek in John 17 is not an argument against the pretribulation rapture. John 17 keeps the church from spiritual harm at the hands of Satan while in a world filled with trials (the word of Christ’s patience). Revelation 3:10 keeps the church from the hour of trial because she has kept the word of Christ’s patience. In other words, the church gets the blessing of Revelation 3:10 because she was faithful in the time of John 17. The hour of trial will engulf the entire world, and therefore the only way for the church to be kept from the hour will be for her to be removed from the earth prior to the hour.