How to Share Together in Jesus’ Tribulation, Kingdom, and Endurance (Rev. 1:9)

 

How to Share Together in Jesus’ Tribulation, Kingdom, and Endurance (Rev. 1:9)

Revelation 1:9 I, John, your brother and a participant in the tribulations, kingdom and endurance of Jesus, was on the island called Patmos, as a witness of God and of Jesus. 

Item	Sharing in Jesus’ Tribulation	Sharing in Jesus’ Kingdom	Sharing in Jesus’ Endurance
Meaning	Following Jesus and suffering with Him in Him	Living under God’s ruling in the church life	Partaking of Christ’s enduring life
Cause	Persecution for not compromising with religion and the world	Regeneration brings us into God’s kingdom	Satan’s affliction and human opposition
Way	Follow Jesus by the indwelling Spirit and be conformed to His death	Live the kingdom life with those who call on the Lord	Abide in Christ and keep the word of His endurance
Function	Brings us into the reality of God’s kingdom	Causes growth and transformation in life	Enables us to bear long-term suffering and opposition
Explanation	The Lord suffers in us and with us (Acts 9:4–5)	The church life is the kingdom life	Our endurance is Christ experienced in us
Result	Fellowship in Christ’s sufferings and the cross	Governed by the kingdom and not by self	Able to endure persecution, rumors, and rejection
Mutual Relationship	Tribulation leads us into the kingdom	The kingdom requires endurance to remain	Endurance enables us to sustain tribulation and the kingdom
Example	John exiled on Patmos  (Rev. 1:9)	Caring for a sinning brother (Matt. 18)	Jesus enduring opposition (Heb. 12:2–3)
Application	Do not love the soul-life; lay down our life for the brothers	Pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace	Do not retaliate; endure with Christ
Burden	Bring believers into fellowship with Christ’s sufferings	Bring them into the practical kingdom life	Bring them into the enjoyment of Christ’s endurance
Prophesying Direction	Declare: We suffer in Jesus, not alone	Declare: The church life is the kingdom life	Declare: We live Christ’s endurance
Conclusion	To share in tribulation is to walk the Lord’s way	To share in the kingdom is to live in the church	To share in endurance is to live Christ’s nature
Related Verses	Rev. 1:9; Acts 14:22; Phil. 3:10; Rev. 12:11	Matt. 16:18–19; Rom. 14:17; 2 Tim. 2:22	Rev. 3:10; 2 Thes. 3:5; Heb. 12:1–3

 

🔗 Spiritual Integrated View (Key Points)

Tribulation in Jesus → brings us into the Kingdom → and requires Endurance

• Tribulation is the mark of following Jesus.
• Kingdom is not only future; it is today’s reality in the church life.
• Endurance is not human patience but Christ lived out of us.

Spiritual pathway:
Follow Jesus → suffer → live the kingdom → endure by Christ

🗣 One Prophesying Summary

“We suffer in Jesus, live in the kingdom, and walk the Lord’s way by Christ’s endurance!”

🏁 Ultimate Conclusion

To share in:

• Jesus’ tribulation,
• Jesus’ kingdom,
• Jesus’ endurance

means:

Living Christ, walking the way of the cross, living the church life, and waiting for the Lord’s return.

 

*Please refer to the 2025 Winter Training: Experience, Enjoy, and Manifest Christ (Part 4), Week 3: Christ is the Son of Man walking among the golden lampstands.