For many are invited but few are chosen.'"
So be the more eager, brothers, to ratify your calling and election, for as you practise these qualities you will never make a slip;
They will wage war on the Lamb, but the Lamb will conquer them because he is Lord of lords and King of kings — the Lamb and the elect, the chosen, the faithful who are with him."
So shall the last be first and the first last."
Had not those days been cut short, not a soul would be saved alive; however, for the sake of the elect, those days will be cut short.
for false Christs and false prophets will rise and bring forward great signs and wonders, so as to mislead the very elect, — if that were possible.