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Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding. (Proverbs 23)

The Church Under the Cross

The Revelation of John is nevertheless primarily a book of consolation for ’the church under the cross’ of his time, to urge it to persevere in the struggle and to encourage it by picturing the crown awaiting it.

Herman Bavinck
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