ACC ~ Revelation 14 v12

THE SAINTS WILL ENDURE. OECUMENIUS: “Here is a call for the endurance of the saints,” it says. This will be manifested at this time of the antichrist and in this ordeal. For however great is the danger and the tribulation at that time, so great is the need for endurance. Then the passage continues as though in response to a question. And who are those, it says, whom you call holy and patient? “Those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.” For when the tribulations and death have come, such persons as these will regard all things as second in importance to faith and to the love of God. COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 14.9-12.

THOSE WHO ENDURE ESCAPE FELLOWSHIP WITH THE BEAST. PRIMASIUS: The Lord says, “He who endures to the end will be saved,” and the apostle says, “You have need of endurance.” So also in this passage it says that the endurance of the saints consists in this, that those who persevere to the end escape the fellowship of the beast and the mark of its name. COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 14.12.

THE SAINTS ENDURE IN FAITH. ANDREW OF CAESAREA: While the impious will be tormented eternally in the coming age, the saints here below show their patient endurance, keeping inviolate the commandments of God and their faith in Christ during the present time, which is quickly passing away. COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 14.12.

MOMENTARY SUFFERING. BEDE: Although the beast will be ferocious, nonetheless this momentary suffering, which will be rewarded with eternal bliss, will not distress the saints. For the saints will see their persecutors, who were arrogant for a short while, suffering eternal penalties along with the beast. EXPLANATION OF THE APOCALYPSE 14.12.

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