And that was a very...bizarre word for you to choose to focus on to 'disagree' with.
Yes "us" is a general term, it was meant to be.
US, being General, gives NO indication WHO is the "Specific US".
Can you deny that Revelation shows, repeatedly that "Christians" are martyred for their faith,
You have decided the "US" IS Christians.
Scripture never mentions Christians IN Revelations.
The word Christian...was devised BY non-believers, Calling other men WHO believed AND other men WHO were Following Christ's teachings.
Major Religions TODAY are Very Confusing.
(A topic for another Time).
But for the word "Christian" as used "Today"...
* Men believing AND Following...(who Can fall away an stop Believing and Following)...are called Christians.
* Men believing AND Following AND Converted...(who CAN NOT fall away)...are called Christians.
* YET ...Jesus defined THEM Specifically "AS "
"Converted" IN Christ.
but by their very death they actually are triumphing over their enemies...much like their Saviour did?
In this way, whether we live for Christ or die for Christ, we triumph over Satan and his works.
BY their Very Death?
Physical Death Does NOT Save men.
"Conversion", Crucified With Christ, Saves and Quickens men to Everlasting Life.
The "Conversion", IS the Triumph, (Not armies of men killing men,) IN Keeping the Credit TO Christ, (not an Army who kills physical bodies).
I would say ISRAEL for ancient TO modern history have been (In Bondage, Slaves, Outcasts, Tortured, Martyred) Expressly for Their Faith IN the Heavenly God.
AND a primary factor, why, those of the Tribes of Judah and Benjamin, who were coming To Jesus; STOPPED Believing and following After Jesus the Christ, not many years After the Apostals Of Christ died off).
Killing of Converted Christians, For their Faith IN Christ Jesus, is a more modern and Isolated, (to specific regions), NOT World wide.
Also it was allowed to make war on the saints and to conquer them. And authority was given it over every tribe and people and language and nation, -Revelation 13:7
* IT ? - Yes - The Beast (World Authority Govt)
( under government control of A Worshiped "false god"; the dragon/(Satan/Devil/anti-Christ/Likeness as a man/all one in the same).
* ALLOWED ?- Yes - BY Whom? The Lamb of God.
* WHEN ? - Beginning of Tribulation. Opening of the First FOUR SEALS, BY the Lamb of God.
* AUTHORITY ? - Yes - BY Whom? The Power of God.
* WHO IS THE Power of God? - CHRIST.
* IT - Beast & false god, Given Power & Authority TO MAKE War ON "THEM".
* THEM ? - who?- "Saints".
* what "Saints"?
* Who are "these" Saints?
* Why are "they called" Saints?
* Where are "these" Saints?
THE SAINTS:
* Saints: OT/ men Faithful To God and His Word...Saved...at their Physical Death.
* Saints: NT/ ISRAEL men REMAINING UNDER OT LAW/ Remaining Faithful to God and His Word: Saved at Physical Death: (thereafter, called a Saint).
* During Tribulation- ISRAEL (Gods People) SENT Servants To Teach ISRAEL...JESUS IS "their" (the 12 Tribes) Christ Messiah Savior.
JESUS "IS" the Word of God.
CHRIST "IS" the Power of God.
Christ Jesus "IS" "their" (12 Tribes/ISRAEL) "Salvation"...BEFORE Physical Death.
* Sainthood- ALIVE in their FLESH, ON Earth- - CONVERTED IN Christ- BEFORE Physical Death.
ALSO - the Same Applies TO ANY Gentile- During the Tribulation-
ALIVE IN their FLESH- ON Earth- Electing to Believe IN God, IN Christ Jesus- becoming "Converted" IN Christ...
ARE the Saints, ON Earth, ALIVE IN their Flesh, ALLOWED TO BE Physically KILLED, BY the Power given the Dragon/Satan and The Army under the Authority OF Satan.
No, I will not BE ON Earth During the Tribulation..."Coming INTO Belief, IN God, IN Christ Jesus, Converting, Becoming a Saint, and THEN being Allowed "By the Lamb of God," TO BE Killed BY the Power given Satan.
I have Already Established with the Lord God, my Belief IN Him...I have Already
GIVEN my Life To Him...His Power has Already MADE me Converted...I am Already EXCEPTED FROM Satan
TAKING / KILLING my Physical Life. <-- My Physical Life was Already "by me",
GIVEN TO Christ Jesus.
Continued to Your next point.
Glory to God,
Taken