Cutting Short
Does cutting short relate to judgment on the church in tribulation?
CUT SHORT: JUDGMENT ON THE CHURCH?
Ro 9:27 Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved:
Ro 9:28 For he will finish <4931> the work <3056>, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work <3056> will the Lord make upon the earth.
Ro 9:29 And as Esaias said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, we had been as Sodoma, and been made like unto Gomorrha.
2Ki 10:32 In those days the LORD began to cut Israel short: and Hazael smote them in all the coasts of Israel;
Ac 17:31 Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
Job 17:12 They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.Ro 3:23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
Heb 4:1 Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.
Nu 11:23 And the LORD said unto Moses, Is the LORD’S hand waxed short? thou shalt see now whether my word shall come to pass unto thee or not.
Isa 50:2 Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh, because there is no water, and dieth for thirst.
Isa 59:1 Behold, the LORD’S hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:
FINISHED WORKED: SALVATION – SEALING OF 144,000?
Ro 9:28 For he will finish <4931> the work <3056>, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work <3056> will the Lord make upon the earth.
Mt 7:28 And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended <4931> these sayings <3056>, the people were astonished at his doctrine:
Joh 4:34 Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
Joh 17:4 I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.
Heb 4:3 For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.
Php 1:6 Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:
1Th 1:3 Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;
SHORT TIME: MEASURE OF TIME OR JUDGMENT?
Re 12:12 Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short <3641> time.
Jas 4:14 Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time <3641>, and then vanisheth away.
1Pe 1:6 Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season <3641>, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:
1Pe 5:10 But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while <3641>, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.
Re 17:10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space <3641>.
Ps 89:47 Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?
1Co 7:29 But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;
Ps 89:45 The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah.
Mt 24:22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened.
Ps 102:23 He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days.
Pr 10:27 The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
Eze 7:8 Now will I shortly pour out my fury upon thee, and accomplish mine anger upon thee: and I will judge thee according to thy ways, and will recompense thee for all thine abominations.
SHORT: SALVATION?
Mt 24:22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened.
1Co 4:19 But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will know, not the speech of them which are puffed up, but the power.
2Pe 1:14 Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me.
Re 1:1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
Re 22:6 And he said unto me, These sayings are faithful and true: and the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to shew unto his servants the things which must shortly be done.
1Co 15:52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
SUMMARY CONCLUSION
God appears to be associationg short or shortened to His judgment in tribulation. The wicked are cut short meaning they come under judgment at the revelation of Christ. At the same time, the believers shortly experience salvation. Also it seems that judgment and salvation had to coincide with the time when Christ finished the work of sealing all the elect.