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Is it right to textually and contextually insist that Revelation 3:10 is a “slam dunk” for the pretrib rapture position?

Is it right to textually and contextually insist that Revelation 3:10 is a “slam dunk” for the pretrib rapture position?

Revelation 3:10 states:

Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.

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Why is the prophecy of the end times given to Daniel instructed to be sealed, while the one given to John is not?

Why is the prophecy of the end times given to Daniel instructed to be sealed, while the one given to John is not?

But you, Daniel, roll up and seal the words of the scroll until the time of the end. Many will go here and there to increase knowledge.” (Daniel 12:4 NIV)

Then he told me, “Do not seal up the words of the prophecy of this scroll, becaus…

What, if any, is the biblical basis to interpret prophecy as future when wording seems to reflect past history instead of future fulfillment?

What, if any, is the biblical basis to interpret prophecy as future when wording seems to reflect past history instead of future fulfillment?

A possible example of prophecy referring to past events can be Joel’s four waves of locusts, unless Joel lived even before the deportation of Israel, which is not entirely consistent with the rest of his book.
There is also the need for re…