Enduring James 5:7-8 and Rev 2-3

⁷Be patient, then, brothers, until the Lord's coming. See how the farmer waits for the land to yield its valuable crop and how patient he is for the autumn and spring rains. ⁸You too, be patient and stand firm, because the Lord's coming is near.

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Be patient in suffering.  Until when?  Until the Lord's coming

Be patient and stand firm.  Why?  Because the Lord's coming is near.

The valuable crop to wait for is the coming of the Lord!

What perspective do we have on life's "sufferings" which can hardly be categorized as sufferings.

Is our perspective to be patient in view of eternity?

Look at eternity for those who endure from Rev 2-3

To Those Who Overcome

I will give the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.
He who overcomes will not be hurt at all by the second death.
I will give some of the hidden manna.
I will also give him a white stone with a new name written on it,
known only to him who receives it.

I will give authority over the nations
I will also give him the morning star.
He will be dressed in white.
I will never blot out his name from the book of life,
but will acknowledge his name before my Father and his angels.

I will make a pillar in the temple of my God.
Never again will he leave it.
I will write on him the name of my God
I will write on him the name of the city of my God,
I will also write on him my new name.
I will give the right to sit with me on my throne,

WOW!

Patient Endurance.

Overcome

a white stone with new name

intimate

a new name given to me by Him

beautiful

Endure to the End

Come Lord Jesus.