In scripture, sometimes just a short one or two verse sentence can mean so much. In prophecy, scripture is very important up to just one or two verses and you do not need a whole chapter to describe a coming prophecy. Revelation 3:1 is a great explanation of how God will save the church from tribulation. Don’t ignore this scripture but put A LOT of weight on it. Let’s read:
“Because you have kept My command to persevere, I also will keep you from the hour of trial which shall come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.”
Revelation 3:10 NKJV
In this verse Jesus is speaking to the church and you may miss it because you may think this verse is speaking to a specific church in history. But God is writing this to the church that is right before all the events that are going to take place later in the book of Revelation. Now, it’s possible that this church has not come about in history yet, but Jesus also instructs us that like we know the season when a fig tree is in bloom, we will know when He is about to return by seeing the signs. But this promise to keep us from the hour of trial is about the tribulation and not describing His coming in Revelation 20 when the trial has already taken place.
The hour of trial is the destruction of Babylon because later on John who is writing this book, tells us that Babylon gets destroyed in a single hour. The hour of trial. So, we can expect as a church a rescue from the hour of trial or the events of Revelation of probably chapters 6-19. The rescue is from a intense trial described hitting the earth. “Behold, I am coming quickly! Hold fast what you have, that no one may take your crown.”Revelation 3:11 NKJV. God after telling us He will keep us from the hour of trial goes on to put it in perspective of what He means, He will “come quickly” to pick us up. The last verse I can associate with the verse that says He is coming to pick us up is in John 14: Anyway, the last point I want to make is that the rapture cannot happen until a falling away comes first and the man of sin is revealed as we read 2 Thessalonians: “Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition,”II Thessalonians 2:3 NKJV. So when He is revealed I am guessing the hour of trial has not started yet, because remember Jesus says to the church He will keep us from the hour of trial. God bless you, and remember God has not appointed us to wrath. 1 Thessalonians 5:9 “ For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ.”