Martyrdom Explanation / John 17:15 NIV, Rev 2:26-27 NIV, Rev 3:10 NIV, Rev 3:12 NIV, Rev 12:11 NIV
The Greek translation for being victorious and being protected by God means you either survive to the end or die for Christ. Believers will still be on earth. Follow the Greek text in each verse..
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John 17:15 NIV My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect (téreó) them from the evil one.
Rev 2:26-27 NIV To the one who is victorious (nikaó) and does my will to the end, I will give authority over the nations— 27that one ‘will rule them with an iron scepter and will dash them to pieces like pottery’—just as I have received authority from my Father.
Rev 3:10 NIV Since you have kept (téreó) my command to endure patiently, I will also keep (téreó) you from the hour of trial (peirasmos) that is going to come on the whole world to test the inhabitants of the earth.
Rev 3:10 Greek Version - Because thou hast observed my word to wait patiently for my return, I also will preserve thee at a distance from the moment of trouble sent by God to prove faith, holiness and character, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
Rev 3:12 NIV The one who is victorious (nikaó) I will make a pillar in the temple of my God. Never again will they leave it. I will write on them the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which is coming down out of heaven from my God; and I will also write on them my new name.
Rev 12:11 NIV They triumphed (nikaó) over him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death.
Definitions
John 17:15 NIV, Rev 3:10 NIV Keep or Tereo - Not Rapture - b. metaphorically, to keep: τινα, one in that state in which he is, τήν ἑαυτοῦ παρθένον,
Rev 3:10 Trial or Peirasmos - adversity, affliction, trouble (cf. our trial), sent by God and serving to test or prove one's faith, holiness, character: plural, Luke 22:28; Acts 20:19;
Rev 2:26-27, Rev 3:12, Rev 12:11 Victorious or Nikaó- a. absolutely, to carry off the victory, come off victorious: of Christ, victorious over all his foes, Revelation 3:21; Revelation 6:2; ἐνίκησεν ... ἀνοῖξαι κτλ. hath so conquered that he now has the right and power to open etc. Revelation 5:5; of Christians, that hold fast their faith even unto death against the power of their foes, and their temptations and persecutions,