After relating terrible events that must happen before Christ’s coming, this text leaves believers with a simple message – Stand Firm!
Although the first anointed king tried to kill the second one, the Lord protected his anointed, as he always does.
Faith is the means by which we are saved, obey God, and forgive our brothers and sisters.
No matter how bad things get, God is still working out his own holy will through seen and unseen agents.