Messiah” (Hos 13:13; Isa 26:16–19; Mic 4:9–10; Hag 2:6; Mark 13:8; Matt 24:8; Volz, Eschatologie, 147). However, if it refers to the “tribulation” in Rev 6–19 (6:2–17; 8:6–9:21 12:13–17; 13:7; 16:1–21; 17:6), then Christians do not appear to be “kept out” (τηρεῖν ἐκ) of it. Further, “the hour of trial” refers generically to all the trials that precede the return of Christ; it should not be identified with the plagues narrated in 9:3–21 (for the exclusive punishment of the wicked), from which the