<p>24:13&nbsp;<i>But he that endures-&nbsp;</i>The idea of enduring to the end and being saved is the spirit of the Lord's struggle on the cross (Heb. 12:2,3 s.w.). Again we see that the sufferings of the last days enable the faithful to fellowship the Lord&rsquo;s crucifixion sufferings.&nbsp;<i>Hupomeno</i>&nbsp;&ldquo;endure&rdquo; is a form of&nbsp;<i>meno</i>, the word used so often by the Lord in the upper room discourse for &lsquo;abiding&rsquo; or remaining in Him. Again, it seems John has replaced the Olivet prophecy&rsquo;s call to endure to the end of the tribulation period with an appeal for the believer to abide / endure in Christ to the end of life. The language of the tribulation is applied to the entirety of the Christian&rsquo;s life. &lsquo;Enduring to the end&rsquo; is paralleled with&nbsp;<i>agape</i>&nbsp;love not becoming cold; the real endurance is in continuing in the thankless life of love, in the midst of a majority of believers who have lost their way. This is what is so difficult.</p><p><i>To the end</i>- The end of the tribulation period is described with the same term as is used about the Lord&rsquo;s death on the cross being &ldquo;the end&rdquo; (26:58; Lk. 22:37; Jn. 13:1). Again we see that the experiences of the tribulation are intended to forge identity with the final sufferings of the Lord. 1 Thess. 2:16 speaks of Divine wrath coming upon Israel &ldquo;to the end&rdquo; (s.w.; AV &ldquo;to the uttermost&rdquo;), as if &ldquo;the end&rdquo; could have come in the first century. Peter was very clear: &ldquo;The end s.w. is at hand&rdquo; (1 Pet. 4:7). Constantly we see evidence for what could have happened- and yet did not. And yet it shall happen, ultimately. And the only conclusion can really be that the final &ldquo;end&rdquo; was deferred, the Divine program rescheduled.</p><p><i>The same shall be saved-&nbsp;</i>In the first instance, &ldquo;the end&rdquo; was the end of the tribulation period, for he that endures to the end&nbsp;<i>shall be saved</i>, but :22 explains that unless the days the 1260 days of the time periods? are shortened, then even the elect will not be &ldquo;saved&rdquo; (s.w.).</p>