Dear Doves,
 
1 Peter 5:8-10
"Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the SAME KIND OF SUFFERINGS. And the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ, AFTER YOU HAVE SUFFERED A LITTLE WHILE, will Himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast."
 
Revelation 2:10
"Do not be afraid of WHAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO SUFFER. I tell you..............YOU WILL HAVE TRIBULATION TEN DAYS. Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I WILL GIVE YOU THE CROWN OF LIFE."
 
After the Church has suffered the first ten days ("a little while") of the great tribulation, Jesus will 'cut short and shorten' our suffering by rapturing His faithful Church at which time we will receive the "crown of life".
 
According to Your Word, come Lord Jesus!
 
Bruce Warner