Matthew 24:22
And if those days had not been shortened, no flesh would be saved; but for the sake of the elect those days will be shortened.
Romans 11:2-6
God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew. Do you not know what the scripture says of Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel?
Revelation 3:4
Yet you have a few names in Sardis, people who have not soiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white, for they are worthy.
Revelation 11:2-3
But leave out the court outside the temple and do not measure it, for it has been given over to the nations; and they will trample over the holy city for forty-two months.