A point in right division:
SALVATION in the Age of Grace is NOW (2 Cor. 6:2).
Emphasis: Looking backward to the CROSS
2 Corinthians 6:2 (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)
Titus 2:11 For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,
SALVATION in the Tribulation Period is at the END
Emphasis: looking forward to the SECOND COMING
1 Peter 1:9 Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.
10 Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you:
13 Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
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