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Coming Christ Day 71
"Since you have kept my command to endure patiently, I will also keep you from the hour of trial that is going to come upon the whole world to test those who live on the earth. I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown. "(Revelation 3:11)
Christ is coming to Philadelphians to reward them for their faithfulness. He is also coming to Ephesus, Pergamum and Sardis but as judge of their evil ways. "I am coming soon," he says. Until then, the Christian Church in Philadelphia needs to hold on and be patient in adversity. The Risen Christ tells them that he is coming quickly or "coming soon." This is a warning to the heedless and a comfort to the oppressed. James urges patient endurance on his people because the coming of the Lord is drawing near,1 soon their distress will be at an end.
The Risen Christ bids the Philadelphians to hold to what they have, that no one may take "their crown."2 It is not a question of someone stealing their crown but of God taking it from them and giving it to someone else, because they were not worthy to wear it.
1James 5:8 2Verse 11
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