Matthew 24:9-14 Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and put you to death, and you will be hated by all nations for my name's sake. And then many will fall away and betray one another and hate one another. And many false prophets will arise and lead astray. And because lawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold. But the one who endures to the end will be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.

Why do we endure suffering? Why do we endure tribulation? This is the common question for everyone who is in the midst of a season of suffering isn't it? Why? Why am I going through this? The opening of Jesus' Olivet Discourse [verses 3-8] began with the encouragement for the Apostles and the Church that endurance of theological trickery [false messiahs], war, famines and earthquakes “must take place, but the end is not yet." [Matthew 24:6]

Jesus's teaching transitions, compounding those tribulations as they increase to what will be greater tribulation of martyrdom, apostasy, and perseverance. The tension associated with the suffering and tribulations of the saints builds in this teaching.