Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect's sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days.
General references
Bible References
For
Isaiah 1:9 Unless the Lord of hosts
Had left us a fewsurvivors,
We would be likeSodom,
We would be like Gomorrah.
Had left us a few
We would be like
We would be like Gomorrah.
Isaiah 6:13 “Yet there will be a tenth portion in it,
And it will again be subject to burning,
Like a terebinth or anoak
Whose stump remains when it is felled.
Theholy seed is its stump.”
And it will again be subject to burning,
Like a terebinth or an
Whose stump remains when it is felled.
The
Isaiah 65:8
Thus says the Lord,
“As the new wine is found in the cluster,
And one says, ‘Do not destroy it, for there isbenefit in it,’
So I will act on behalf of My servants
In ordernot to destroy all of them.
“As the new wine is found in the cluster,
And one says, ‘Do not destroy it, for there is
So I will act on behalf of My servants
In order
Zechariah 13:8 “It will come about in all the land,”
Declares the Lord,
“Thattwo parts in it will be cut off and perish;
But the third will be left in it.
Declares the Lord,
“That
But the third will be left in it.
Matthew 24:22 Unless those days had been cut short, no life would have been saved; but for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short.
Romans 11:5
In the same way then, there has also come to be at the present time a remnant according to God’s gracious choice.
General references
Isaiah 65:8
Thus says the Lord,
“As the new wine is found in the cluster,
And one says, ‘Do not destroy it, for there isbenefit in it,’
So I will act on behalf of My servants
In ordernot to destroy all of them.
“As the new wine is found in the cluster,
And one says, ‘Do not destroy it, for there is
So I will act on behalf of My servants
In order