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>> “So we should prepare to stand strong and die or be imprisoned for our faith” <<
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Not if you are obedient to his Torah, and study and keep his Appointed times!
We will be taken to that place in the desert. He explained it in his letter to the Philadelphian church.
He keeps his promises.
Those that dismiss Matthew Ch 5 will likely experience what you said, and it will be up to them to figure it out. That is what happens to those that disbelieve the word.
I think Christians will be experiencing a lot of trouble even prior to the scenario you describe. The attacks are already accelerating!