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THE RAPTURE

SURVIVAL GUIDE

Version: 13.02

By Fluidic Ice

Released: 7 September 2024

For the latest version see:

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The Rapture Survival Guide is a comprehensive document focused

on the events leading up to and succeeding the rapture of the church.

It’s designed to guide you through the end times,

prove that the Bible is from God and save your eternal life.

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What Just Happened?

Were you unsure about Christianity or even shut out God completely but have since seen millions of Christians

and children vanish from earth instantly? This is the prophesied rapture or ‘harpazo’ and it’s a biblical event where

God pulls His believers from the earth so He can pour out His wrath on the nations in order to bring the Jews

back to Him.

You’ve missed the bus, but that won’t stop you from being allowed access into heaven if you become a born again

Christian and follow Jesus’ teachings from now on. However it will be an extremely dangerous period of time and

Christians will almost certainly be reported and killed for their faith by their family, friends, neighbors,

governments and artificial intelligence. But isn’t eternal life in heaven with God worth dying for? The fact that the

Rapture even happened should be substantial evidence that there is a God and the Bible is true. You may have

even heard about the rapture previously but brushed it aside as a “tale of mythical proportions” or the “ranting of

religious nuts”.

With many hundreds of thousands to millions of people on earth instantly disappearing, absolute chaos would

have likely ensued across the entire planet as vehicles crash, planes fall from the sky, utilities break down, looting

ensues and there’s utter chaos and panic everywhere as parents frantically look for their young children who are

missing. The lack of people to fulfil jobs will stall production. Food, water and fuel, amongst other things will

become scarce and nearly impossible to acquire. Transportation across the country will grind to a halt, exacerbated

by the array of crashed vehicles on the road. Some important leaders may also disappear, leaving nations leaderless

for a period of time. When the criminal class realize that millions are missing, looters may likely go house to house

in the chance they won’t be occupied and steal anything they can. Many evildoers and spiritualists will rejoice that

the people ‘holding back’ the planet have been removed so they can continue to ‘fix’ it.

With the withdrawal of the born-again Christians from earth, and consequentially the Holy Spirit who indwells

them, the world will get out of hand rapidly as there’s no longer salt and light to be found. In the same way that

salt slows meat from going rancid, so too will the earth rot and decay faster with a vertical plummet into evil and

lawlessness worldwide.

The second the rapture happens, Satan will kick his final plan into motion in an attempt to deceive those on earth

who remain, to cover up the true reason of the disappearances. The last thing the devil wants is for the world to

realize this event actually was the rapture and causing many to turn back to God. Satan’s cover-up will almost

certainly be an ‘Alien Abduction’ deception initiated after the removal of the believers which could be followed up

with demons creating extraterrestrial signs in the sky which will eventually lead to the landing of aliens. There’s

more on this in the ‘Post-Rapture’ section below.

I started this document in 2018 and I know without a doubt that the rapture will happen at some point in the near

future. I don’t have a crystal ball; I just put my faith in the word of God which has repeatedly proven itself with

past and future prophecies; such as Israel returning to the land after nearly two thousand years. God is outside of

space and time which allows Him to see all points of time at once. The way He authenticates Himself to us is by

demonstrating abilities unique to Him, in this case, writing the future in advance.

The fact that you’ve been left behind should wake you up to the fact that you aren’t currently going to heaven if

you die, or even when Jesus returns at His Second Coming. The good news is that you have slightly longer than 7

years from the rapture to commit your life to Him before His final return. However with the devastation to come

such as colossal hail, global earthquakes, blood waters and giant meteors, you may have much less time to live

than that.

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This Guide will:

 Explain what just happened across the planet,

 Discuss where everyone went and why,

 Help demonstrate that there’s a loving God in full control of the planet,

 Help you navigate through these tough times with wisdom and faith,

 Discuss Bible prophecy and fulfilment,

 Assist you on your path to become a Christian if you aren’t already, and

 Equip you mentally and spiritually for the rampant evil and deception ahead.

This document may be called ‘The Rapture Survival Guide’ but it actually aims for more of a “Surviving the

tribulation to reach the lost for Jesus” mentality, since few people will survive the seals, trumpets and bowls to

come. However because of this, and my background in preparedness, I feel it’s necessary in part to provide some

survival tips so that you can complete the Lord’s work to the fullest.

Only Jesus knows when our time is up and no amount of preparation or stockpiles of resources will change that.

This information is given so you can help others survive in a time of great hardship while also being the salt and

light, and leading the lost to Christ. Feel free to print, copy, email and disseminate this guide to anyone and

everyone seeking truth in these ‘biblical’ times since there are no copyrights on it.

This guide is NOT intended to help you ‘survive’ the tribulation,

but to help you fight the good fight until the Lord calls you home.

About Me

Before continuing I will briefly introduce myself and give my statement of faith so you can more trust the content

– both biblical and preparedness which I provide below.

Brought up in a Christ-centred household, I’ve been a born-again Christian since I gave my life to the Lord at age

10 behind my bedroom door. Since then I have been learning and studying the word of God over a couple of

decades. I was baptised on the 15

of December 2020 and would lay down my life for Him, as He did for me.

Since I’m a sinner and make mistakes like everyone else, I continually refer to Acts 17:11, which in its simplest

form says to verify the content in this document to the Bible for yourself, and don’t just take my word for it. Due

to this, I only quote the King James Version (KJV) Bible throughout this document, for the most accurate

translation.

My second calling and passion in disaster preparedness has taught me all about the processes, protocols and

application of all facets of preparedness and being ready for any and all emergencies. My compilation – ‘The

Preparedness Encyclopedia (TPE)’ is a critically acclaimed 2,000+ page emergency preparedness document and a

wealth of knowledge to thousands of prepared minds across the world.

Statement of Faith

The Bible is the living Word of God, it’s inerrant in its original manuscripts, and is fully and uniquely reliable as

the primary guide to all actions and commitments;

That Jesus Christ is God incarnate, became man to die on our behalf, was crucified, buried, and bodily

resurrected, is presently seated on His Father’s Throne, and will soon return to establish His Kingdom on Earth.

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That, in the meantime, the Holy Spirit is uniquely active in pursuing His mission in calling, equipping, and

empowering believers, and is essential for any and all of the pursuits to be fruitful and effective.

A Watchman on the Wall

I warn you about the coming King and the wrath of God because I am a watchman on the wall as per verse 6

below. If I see the destruction that’s coming and don’t warn others, God will require the blood of those people

from me. Turn from your wicked ways, repent from your sins, believing and accepting that Jesus died and rose

again on the third day. He loves you and provided a way for you to live through His sacrifice!

Ezekiel 33:3-6

When he sees the sword coming upon the land, if he blows the trumpet and warns the people,

then whoever hears the sound of the trumpet and does not take warning, if the sword comes

and takes him away, his blood shall be on his own head. He heard the sound of the trumpet,

but did not take warning; his blood shall be upon himself. But he who takes warning will save

his life. 6 But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet, and the

people are not warned, and the sword comes and takes any person from among them, he is

taken away in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at the watchman’s hand.’

Before continuing this document, I recommend watching (at least some) of the first video on my web page below.

It will give you the basics of what just happened across the globe and what’s coming soon.

 ‘After the Rapture’ – by prophecyupdate.com: https://christianity.fluidicice.com/rapture (1 Hour)

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The Rapture

So what is the Rapture and what are the End Times?

The Rapture, otherwise known as “the Harpazo” is a Christian religious event in which the believers saved in

Jesus Christ and those younger than the accountable age vanish from earth instantly (“in the twinkling of an eye”)

to meet Jesus in the air. Those who aren’t saved and were left behind on earth will be subject to 7 years of the

wrath of God, known as the Tribulation period.

Following the instant disappearance of believers from earth, and consequently the standing aside by the

‘restrainer’ (the Holy Spirit), there will be utter chaos in the world as people seek to recover from, and

comprehend what just happened. If you’re one of these people - you have found the answers to what’s happening,

along with The Bible as your primary source of proof. Be warned that there will be a ‘lie’ (2 Thessalonians 2:11)

that is so powerful it will deceive even the most intelligent individuals after the rapture. Many Christians believe

that this lie will be an alien abduction deception of some sort as it’s the only other plausible reason that could

explain the disappearances from a secular and scientific viewpoint. However, since the Bible isn’t explicit on what

this ‘lie’ is, you should keep other options open.

Those who were raptured from Earth will firstly meet Jesus in the air for an unknown period of time before going

to heaven. Don’t worry, your children, family members, friends and colleagues who were raptured are now

immortal, have perfect spiritual bodies and are rejoicing in the presence of the Lord – the safest place in the

universe. Right now you need to worry about yourself and whether you will be joining them when you die.

Immediately after the rapture, the antichrist (someone who puts themself in place of God) will begin their rise to

power, gaining notoriety and influence all over the world and solving its problems with ingenuity and force. Once

he has gained fame on the world stage he will make an existing covenant with Israel even stronger, allowing the

Jews to build the third temple in Jerusalem and recommencing worship again. This ‘reinforced’ covenant initiates

the 7 year tribulation which is the period that God pours out plagues on the planet in an attempt to bring His

nation of Israel and those who dwell on the earth back to Him. Three and a half years into this seven year

covenant, the antichrist sits on the throne in the newly built temple and declares himself to be god, initiating the

second half of the tribulation, known as ‘The Great Tribulation’.

At this point, the antichrist will attempt to slaughter all Jews and newly converted Christians throughout the entire

globe and all those who refuse to take his ‘mark’ - The Mark of the Beast, which will be on or in someone’s right

hand or forehead. The Bible says this mark (666) will need to be ‘calculated’ and won’t be easily identifiable, but it

will be his number and not your own personal identification number. (Revelation 13:18) You CAN become saved

through Jesus after the rapture happens, but your life will be much tougher with the antichrist hunting down all

those who oppose him.

During this tumultuous 7 years, God will be pouring out His just judgements on this increasingly sinful world

which will cause utter devastation to the planet and ultimately brings all the nations of the world together to battle

Him at Armageddon. Then comes Jesus’ second triumphant return with those who were raptured previously.

Jesus’ first coming was as a suffering servant on our behalf; His second coming will be in all His glory, power and

might! He will then destroy all those who gathered to fight Him at Armageddon and will claim His throne in

Jerusalem. From there Satan and his cohorts will be imprisoned, unable to tempt people while Jesus rules the

world for 1,000 years in the period known as the millennium.

After the thousand years are up, Satan will be released to deceive the nations one last time for the final rebellion

against God. Again, those who allied themselves with the devil are destroyed, and Satan and his followers are

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thrown into the lake of fire to burn eternally. Finally, once sin and evil are done away with, God creates a new

heaven and a new earth for His believers to dwell in eternally with Him.

That’s the rapture and a summary of the end times as described in the Bible in a nutshell. You don’t have to

believe it, because it’s certainly an unbelievable series of events, but when they start to fulfil themselves, come

back and keep reading. Remember that “the only barrier to truth is the presumption that you already have it”.

“The only barrier to truth is the presumption that you already

have it.” - Chuck Missler

The contents below provide an outline of the categories so you can jump to the topics you’re interested in or are

currently experiencing in the world. They are generally laid out chronologically so you can follow along.

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Contents

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PreRapture....................... ................................17

Introduction...................................................17

TheTerm'Rapture'........................................17

RaptureVerses........ ......................... .............17

ThePreRaptureWorld....................... .......... .20

StageSetting....................... ...........................21

TheDestructionofDamascus.........................22

CashPhaseOut..............................................23

PowerConsolidation......................................24

ReligiousConsolidation..................................24

IslamicPowerRemoved.. ...............................24

RaptureTiming............. ......................... ..... ...24

TheRapture.............................................. .........25

Introduction...................................................25

TheAlienDeception.......................................27

OtherDeceptions.............. .............................31

TheRestrainerStepsAside.... .........................32

PostRapture...... ...............................................34

WhatShouldIDo?.... ................................... ..35

PostRaptureSurvival.....................................40

OneWorldCurrency... ...................................43

OneWorldGovernment.................................44

OneWorldReligion........................................45

TheAttemptedInvasionofIsrael...................46

TheRiseoftheAntichrist............. ..................50

TheRiseoftheFalseProphet.........................50

TheBemaSeatJudgement.............................52

ReconstructionofBabylon.............................53

TheTribulationOverview...................................54

Rebuildingthe3rdTemple.............................54

TheTwoWitnesses.......................................54

RevelationSummary........ .............................55

TheSeals.............. ..... ........................................57

1stSeal.......... ...............................................58

2ndSeal........................................................60

3rdSeal.........................................................62

4thSeal.........................................................64

5thSeal.........................................................65

6thSeal.........................................................66

Sealingofthe144,000.... ...............................69

7thSeal.........................................................70

PreludetotheTrumpets. ..............................71

TheTrumpets.. .................................................72

1stTrumpet..................................................72

2ndTrumpet........... .............................. ........74

3rdTrumpet............. .............................. .......76

4thTrumpet..................................................77

TheFirstWoe........ .............................. ..........80

5thTrumpet..................................................80

6thTrumpet..................................................83

TheSevenThunders......................................86

TheLittleBook....... ......................... ..... .........86

TheWitnessesKilled.....................................87

TheWitnessesResurrected..................... ......88

TheMysteryofGodisFinished......... ............88

7thTrumpet..................................................89

ThirdTempleComplete.................................90

MidTribulation. ................................................91

AbominationofDesolation...........................92

TheJewsSecondExodus...............................93

TheBowls.........................................................95

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1stBowl.........................................................95

2ndBowl.......... .............................................96

3rdBowl.......................... .......... ....................97

4thBowl........................................................98

5thBowl......................................................100

6thBowl......................................................101

7thBowl......................................................102

TheFallofBabylon....................... ................105

PostTribulation....... ................................... .....107

TribulationEnd............................................107

ArmageddonGathering............ .................... 108

TheSecondComing....................... .......... ....109

Jesus'Return............... .................................109

TheArmyDefeated...................... ................110

SatanBound................................................111

TheSheepandGoatsJudgement.................111

TheMillennium................ ......................... ......113

TheBelieversLivewithChrist... ....................113

TheRebellion..............................................115

Satan'sDemise................................... .........115

TheGreatWhiteThroneJudgement...........115

Eternity........................... ............... .................117

TheNewJerusalem... ..................................117

AcceptingJesus...............................................120

WhatisSalvation?.......................................120

ABC’sofSalvation................. ......................120

StepstoLivingaGodlyLife..........................122

Addendum............................ ............... ...........125

RapturePrerequisites............. .....................125

RaptureHermeneutics................................126

RaptureTiming...... .............................. .......131

BiblicalRaptures... .............................. ........134

RapturevsSecondComing..........................135

ProminentRevelationFigures.....................136

NextSteps......................................................140

ChristianContent.......................... ..............140

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Introduction

All of the terms in the introductory paragraph above are discussed in greater detail below to help you understand

God’s plan for the gentiles (non-Jews) and the plan for His nation of Israel in the final chapter of earth.

If some of these prophecies such as the rapture have already been fulfilled and you’re seeking answers, keep

reading! If anything, the events in the book of Revelation can be used to verify that the Bible is absolute truth,

given by a loving God who cares deeply for every one of us – His unique creations. It’s important that you

understand this before continuing on or you’ll tend to disregard the essential points. For additional reasons why

the Bible has to be true, see my separate document entitled “Christianity” and look for the “Evidence for God”

section. It can be found on the same page you downloaded TRSG from, which is linked in the footer of every

page.

This is the primary verse in the Bible referencing the rapture:

1 Corinthians 15:51-53

Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed—in a moment,

in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will

be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on

incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.

Essentially, all those who accepted Christ between the cross and the rapture will be raised from the dead to meet

Jesus in the sky all at once. All those still alive will be instantly transported as well, leaving their belongings and

clothing behind. During this transformation, all believers will be given new incorruptible and sinless bodies.

When will it happen?

As described in the Bible, the ‘Last Trumpet’ will sound when the last gentile (non-Jew) on earth is saved and the

‘fullness of the gentiles’ is complete. We have no idea what this number is, or even how many gentiles are

currently saved so the rapture could literally happen any second. Some believe that this ‘last trumpet’ could be

timed with the last blowing of the shofar on Yom Kippur - one of Israel’s celebrations around late September or

early October every year. Some also believe that it’s likely to sound on a Jubilee year; however once again nobody

knows the timing of the Jubilees. Others have tried to calculate the date using complex arithmetic and math, but

the truth is that nobody knows the day or the hour as outlined in the verse below.

"But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only."

Matthew 24:36

Although with that said, we are also given signs to watch out for and hints depicting the season in which the

rapture will occur. That component has been moved to the bottom of this guide to continue the flow as if the

rapture has already occurred. If you wish to read it, head to the ‘Addendum > Rapture Timing > Rapture Season’

section.

There are plenty of other events which must be fulfilled in the near future such as the global government and the

one world religion. The three below are very distinct events which will be hard to miss, as they will garner global

media coverage when they occur.

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The Destruction of

Damascus

Damascus will be destroyed

and never inhabited again.

(Link to ‘Damascus’ destruction’)

Millions Vanish From

Earth!

Jesus calls the believing Christians

home, before His wrath.

(Link to ‘Post-Rapture’)

The Attempted

Invasion of Israel

Russia, Iran, Turkey, Libya and

Syria will surprise attack Israel

simultaneously but utterly fail.

(Link to the ‘Israel Invasion’)

Survival Tips Icon

Throughout the guide you will see this symbol under most of the judgements. These survival

tips are designed to help you plan ahead for the devastation to come and to use these resources

as witnessing opportunities for the lost. By giving freely and sharing the gospel, the unsaved will

experience the love of Christ first hand, and will hopefully become saved too.

The Timeline

Below are diagrams of how the end times events in Revelation are likely unfold based on a ‘premillennial

dispensational’ view of Christianity. I recommend referring back to them as you read through this document,

since you probably won’t understand where each event sits without further study or this timeline in front of you.

The detailed version of the diagram may be daunting at first glance, but after reading the scriptures (mostly

Revelation and 2 Thessalonians) you will slowly be able to work out what each event signifies and where you

currently sit in God’s timeline.

The Bible covers this 7 year tribulation period in better detail than any other period in the scriptures; however

there are still a few gaps which must be estimated. If you’re reading after the rapture I recommend finding where

you currently sit in the timeline and read on - watching for the next judgement and preparing for what’s to come.

If anything, it can be used to prove the validity and accuracy of God’s word to help keep you strong in the faith.

These three timelines should better help you visualize God’s end times plan no matter how knowledgeable you are

on the Bible. The first is an incredibly simple diagram with only the basic events in chronological order. The

second has more detail in the Tribulation period and contains the Seal, Trumpet and Bowl judgements. The final

timeline contains as much detail as possible for those wanting to see how it all fits together. Take some time now

to print and study the timelines and work out where you are.

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For an easier reading experience I recommend downloading the high-definition (4K)

diagrams from my website at www.christianity.fluidicice.com/resources or by scanning

the QR code to the right. Additionally there are digital versions which are designed to fit a

screen perfectly and print versions which maximise the use of a sheet of paper.

This is a quick summary of the “Reading the Timelines” section below:

The horizontal axis is time and the vertical axis splits up the events in heaven and

on earth. If you draw a vertical line anywhere on the diagram, any horizontal lines

that intersect with it may be occurring at that time. Colors have a relationship with

anything else that color. Gradients signify intensity and effect duration.

Reading the Timelines

This section will help you understand the timelines above.

To start reading this rather complicated diagram, take a look at the white ‘Time’ bar near the top. This shows

approximate timings for the events below such as the tribulation and the millennium. A little further down in the

light blue section are the events that take place in heaven and below that, events happening on earth. Vertical lines

spanning heaven and earth show you these events affect both. Any coloured text adjacent to coloured lines shows

a relationship. Coloured text is used to link common themes throughout the document, such as satanic influences

and events appearing red, events involving raptured believers in blue and the events involving Israel being purple.

Of course this may not always apply as I ran out of distinguishable colours to use.

The events on earth have light brown and light red backgrounds. This is the section you will likely be focusing on

the most if you’ve missed the rapture, since it contains the seals, trumpets and bowls. I recommend drawing a

vertical line on the diagram every so often to keep track of where you are in God’s grand scheme. The horizontal

gradient lines are themed to particular events, people or groups of people and generally cover most of the

timeline. The weaker the gradient - the less it applies.

The events after the tribulation such as the millennium and eternity are more for your general information due to

not needing this diagram after the second coming of Jesus. That’s about it, if you still have questions on it try

reading the referenced scriptures found on the detailed diagram.

The Order of Events

This is a quick explanation of the order of events in the detailed timeline above by referencing the colors.

The diagram starts before the rapture of the church (left of the blue rapture line) where lawlessness, natural

disasters and the persecution of the church will grow ever stronger in an attempt to wake people up from their

spiritual slumber and to turn them back to God. Then the rapture happens (the blue line with an upwards arrow

on the left) and the restrainer steps aside allowing all hell to break loose on earth. People will loot, steal, murder,

riot and cry out in agony as the entire world breaks down in desperation for someone to solve the world’s issues.

The deception sent by God post-rapture will fool many into believing ‘the lie’ and everyone will be fixed to their

televisions in disbelief and shock at what’s happening around the planet.

Out of the shadows the one who will be called the ‘antichrist’ will rise to power having the solutions to the

world’s problems. (The orange gradient at the bottom) He will then establish a covenant with Israel allowing the

third temple to be built (maroon line at the bottom), kicking off the tribulation period (the entire light red area in

the middle). The tribulation is a time of God’s wrath on a sinful world, and consists of 21 scroll related events in

the form of seals, trumpets and bowls (the 1-7 numbered events) including a few other events mentioned

throughout the Bible. The seals are the orange gradients near the top, the trumpets are the red-orange gradients

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and the bowls are the maroon gradients at the bottom right of the diagram. This is the point at which the seals

and trumpets take place; the bowls come after the mid-point.

3.5 years into the covenant with Israel (the red dotted line in the middle); the antichrist will sit on the throne in the

third temple and desecrate it with abominations to God. This is known as the Abomination of Desolation which

starts the horrific second half of the tribulation known as “The Great Tribulation” where the Jews and Christians

are hunted down relentlessly for their faith. (The green gradient near the bottom). At this point the antichrist will

mandate a ‘mark’ that everyone must take to be able to buy and sell. Whoever doesn’t take it will be beheaded.

The bowls of God’s wrath will be poured out on the world somewhere throughout this second half. (The maroon

gradients in the bottom right). Near the end of the 7 years the Euphrates River will dry up (Bowl 5) allowing the

nations of the world to gather in Armageddon, Israel to fight God. (Bowl 6) Jesus will then come gloriously from

heaven with those who were raptured and destroy all those who took the mark of the beast and those who do not

believe in Him. (The white vertical bar before the millennium)

Satan will be bound and those Christians who survived the tribulation and those who returned from heaven will

live harmoniously in the millennium with Jesus reigning on the throne of David. (The green section to the right).

After the 1,000 years have finished, Satan will be released once more to deceive the nations for a time before Jesus

destroys this uprising. (The white section to the right after the millennium)

After this, earth and heaven will be dissolved. The great white throne judgement then occurs, where all the Old

Testament saints and unbelievers throughout history are raised to life and judged by their actions in life. (The

black vertical bar). Once the judgement has passed and everyone has been grouped to either His left hand or His

right hand, He will send those to His left into everlasting judgement in hell and take those to His right into

everlasting life in heaven. Finally, a new heaven and earth will be created for us to live in eternally. (The yellow

and light blue bars)

ListofEvents

Below are the chronological events listed in the diagrams. Indented events occur within the subject above it such

as the trumpets and bowls. The colors are matched to the diagrams.

The Cross The point Jesus died on the cross and rose again.

The Church Age (The Interval) The period of time from the founding of the church to its removal in the rapture.

The Destruction of Damascus The likely point at which Damascus is destroyed completely. (By nuclear weps)

The Rapture The moment the church is removed from the world by Jesus.

The Ezekiel Invasion

The likely point where the 7 country confederacy tries to eliminate Israel but is

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God.

The Tribulation Starts The current arrangement with Israel is made stronger by the antichrist.

The Seals The 7 seals of God’s judgement.

• Seal 1

The White Horse - The revealing of the antichrist who goes forth to conquer the

nations.

• Seal 2 The Red Horse - The taking of peace from the world, there will be great wars.

• Seal 3 The Black Horse - Releases famine and hyperinflation on the world.

• Seal 4

The Pale Horse - There will be disease, pestilence and plagues released upon the

world.

• Seal 5 The martyrs of Jesus are given white robes.

• Seal 6

Great earthquake, black sun, blood moon, stars fall to earth, sky recedes, every

island & mountain moves.

• Seal 7 Silence in heaven, noises, thunderings, lightnings and an earthquake.

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The Trumpets The 7 trumpets of God’s judgement.

• Trumpet 1 1/3 of all trees and green grass is burnt up.

• Trumpet 2

1/3 of the sea becomes blood, 1/3 of sea creatures die, 1/3 of ships are

destro

ed.

• Trumpet 3 Wormwood falls to earth and poisons 1/3 of all rivers and springs.

• Trumpet 4 1/3 of the sun, moon and stars are darkened.

• Trumpet 5

People can't die for 5 months, smoke blocks the sun, and demons torment those

without God’s seal.

• Trumpet 6 Demons and an army of 200 million cause 1/3 of mankind to be killed.

• Trumpet 7 Noises, thunderings, lightnings, an earthquake and a great hail.

Mid Tribulation

The abomination of desolation where the antichrist sits on the throne in the third

tem

le.

The Bowls The 7 bowls of God’s judgement.

• Bowl 1 Foul and loathsome sores on those who have taken the mark of the beast.

• Bowl 2 The entire sea becomes blood, all sea creatures die.

• Bowl 3 All the rivers and springs become blood.

• Bowl 4 The sun scorches men with a great heat, blasphemy against God.

• Bowl 5

Puts the kingdom of the beast (Babylon) into darkness and gives them intense

ain.

• Bowl 6

The Euphrates dries up. Demons gather the nations together at Armageddon to

battle God.

• Bowl 7

Noises, thunderings and lightnings, a colossal earthquake and massive hail. Every

mountain falls.

Armageddon The armies of the world gather at Armageddon to battle God.

The Second Coming Jesus returns victoriously and destroys those gathered at Armageddon.

Satan Bound Satan is bound for 1,000 years.

Sheep & Goats Judgement The judgement of those who survived the tribulation.

The Millennium The period when Jesus reigns in Jerusalem on the throne of David.

Satan is Released Satan is released for a short while so he can deceive the nations once more.

The Rebellion Gathers Satan’s rebellion gathers around God’s people.

The Rebellion Defeated The rebellion against God is crushed by Jesus.

Satan Defeated Satan is thrown in the lake of fire to burn eternally.

Great White Throne Judgement The judgement of all those who have not yet been judged.

New Heavens and Earth God creates a new heaven and new earth.

Eternity Those who accepted Jesus spend eternity in heaven with Him.

The content below is a loose chronological timeline of the ‘end times’ events described throughout the Bible and

summarised above. You can print the diagrams or the list above on an A3 or A4 sheet to follow along with.

Now that you have a basic understanding of the end-times timeline you can jump down to the ‘Post-

Rapture’ section if you prefer actionable steps to take rather than exploring the history of the rapture.

Return later when you have the time.

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Pre-Rapture

The Pre-Rapture period is the period from the bestowal of the Holy Spirit until His removal at the Rapture. This

time is also labelled as “The Church Age”.

Introduction

First, to comprehensively explain what will happen after the rapture you need to understand what the Bible says

on the rapture and the events leading up to it, even if it’s already happened. You would undoubtedly have many

questions on current events which the Bible passages in this section should shed some light on.

It will also help you to be aware of the ‘lie’ that will undoubtedly be on the news attempting to explain the

disappearance of only true (Born-Again) Christians and young children. This will likely be some sort of ‘alien

abduction’ narrative, as demons will be working hard to deceive all those who weren’t taken after God Himself

sets it into motion with the removal of His followers.

The Term ‘Rapture’

Some say that the word “Rapture” isn’t in the English Bible, and they would be right. The word ‘Jesus’ or ‘Gospel’

isn’t in the original Hebrew and Greek texts as we know it either, but does that mean it’s unbiblical? No. There

have been a few translations of the text since the original scripts were written down by the prophets all those years

ago, which is why some of the words had to be changed to make sense in our modern languages. Even though the

words are different, the meaning has stayed the same throughout all history.

Since the New Testament was written in Greek, this is the language where we will find the origins of the word

‘Rapture’. It was originally ‘ἁρπάζω’ which, when transliterated [to write or print using the closest corresponding

letters of a different alphabet or language] means ‘Harpazo’. Strong’s Greek Concordance translates Harpazo to

mean:

1. to seize, carry off by force,

2. to seize on, claim for one’s self eagerly,

3. to snatch out or away.

Therefore the harpazo is a seizing, ‘kidnapping’ or the forceful snatching away Jesus’ believers to Him. That’s the

meaning of the word but we still have to connect our word ‘Rapture’ with ‘Harpazo’. This is where the Latin word

‘raptus’ comes in. It means ‘a carrying off’ and is a root of the Medieval Latin word ‘raptura’ which also means

seizure or kidnapping. The interpreters translated the Greek ‘ἁρπάζω’ to the Latin ‘raptus’, and over time it

became ‘raptura’ and finally the modern English word ‘Rapture’.

Rapture Verses

These are some of the Bible verses mentioning the rapture. I’ve included the scholarly interpretation under each

one, however you should only ever trust the Holy Spirit for Bible interpretations, so I recommend looking them

up yourself and come to your own understanding. (Acts 17:11)

1 Corinthians 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."

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This verse says the rapture will take place in the twinkling of an eye, which, according to Chuck Missler is a

reference to the time it takes for light to enter and bounce back out of the iris which is approximately 10^-42

seconds. (0.000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,001 of a second) This is the smallest amount of

time possible in our digital universe. Believers won’t be ascending slowly into heaven as some TV shows visualise,

but instead, they will be there one second and gone the next. Think of it like teleportation rather than very fast

movement.

At the time of the rapture those who believe in Him who currently have sinful, corruptible and mortal bodies will

be transformed to an incorruptible state and given a glorified body in under a yocto-second.

Luke 21:29-31

Then He spoke to them a parable: “Look at the fig tree, and all the trees. When they are

already budding, you see and know for yourselves that summer is now near. So you also,

when you see these things happening, know that the kingdom of God is near.

The fig tree stands for the nation of Israel. When you see it begin to bloom (become prosperous) economically

and militarily, and dwelling in their land you know that the kingdom of God is near, in other words - the rapture is

close! Israel today is not only blooming but is a mini world superpower in many regards.

Luke 21:34-35

But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness,

and cares of this life, and that Day come on you unexpectedly. For it will come as a snare on

all those who dwell on the face of the whole earth.

This verse is a reference to the rapture coming at a time when people will be taken up with the cares of their life.

The day it occurs will be an ordinary day like any other in the world and nobody will be expecting it. People will

be working, getting married and living as if there’s a tomorrow.

1 Thessalonians 4:16-17

For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel,

and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive

and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air.

And thus we shall always be with the Lord.

This verse assures the church that those who have died will not miss out on His coming in the clouds. The dead

will rise first and then the living will be raptured to meet Him in the clouds. We don’t know how much of a delay

between the two groups there is, but we know there will be a delay due to the use of the word ‘first’. There could

potentially be seconds or hours between the dead rising and the rapture.

1 Thessalonians 5:1-11

But concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, you have no need that I should write to

you. For you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the

night. For when they say, “Peace and safety!” then sudden destruction comes upon them, as

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labor pains upon a pregnant woman. And they shall not escape. But you, brethren, are not in

darkness, so that this Day should overtake you as a thief. You are all sons of light and sons of

the day. We are not of the night nor of darkness. Therefore let us not sleep, as others do, but

let us watch and be sober. For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk are

drunk at night. But let us who are of the day be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and

love, and as a helmet the hope of salvation. For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain

salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us, that whether we wake or sleep, we

should live together with Him. Therefore comfort each other and edify one another, just as you

also are doing.

The Lord will come as a thief in the night for those who don’t believe in Jesus or the rapture, at a time nobody

expects Him. Be watchful and sober so that when the rapture happens you aren’t found in sin. God did not

appoint us to His wrath (the tribulation), so comfort each other with these words. The multiple references to

‘night’ likely means that the world will be vastly wicked during the time of the rapture, considering that believers

are ‘of the day’. Night also links back to the model of a Jewish wedding where the bridegroom often came at

midnight - in this context Jesus is our bridegroom.

Who is it that says “Peace and Safety”? Some believe that it’s the leaders of the world attempting to solve the

‘burdensome stone’ of Jerusalem which is the epicentre of the conflict in the Middle East. The verse seems to

imply that when these governing parties believe they have secured peace and safety – potentially after some kind

of large conflict such as the Damascus destruction – then the rapture will happen.

Revelation 3:10

Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of

temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.

Because you (the followers of Christ) have kept Jesus’ word, He will keep you from the hour of temptation known

as the tribulation. The tribulation is to test Israel and those who remain on earth who weren’t taken, to separate

the sheep - the followers and believers in Christ, from the goats - those who choose to go their own way and

worship false idols. You get a second (and final) chance to turn to Him if you missed the rapture. However if it

hasn’t happened yet you should commit your life to Him now because you aren’t guaranteed tomorrow and there

will be chaos and destruction worldwide when it happens. What if you’re in a plane or a car driven by a raptured

Christian?

Luke 17:34-35

I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other

shall be left. Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left."

Another verse about how the rapture will take place. Born again believers will be snatched away instantly from

whatever they are doing at the time. The rapture will occur instantly all over the globe, hence the people asleep in

bed, those out grinding at a mill which was a morning task in ancient civilizations, and the men in the field which

was a midday task.

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John 14:3

And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that

where I am, there ye may be also.

Jesus is preparing a place for us in heaven and will soon come again to take us back to the place He prepared. We

aren’t preparing the earth for His return as ‘Postmillennialism’ or ‘Kingdom Now’ theologists espouse. This verse

is the primary proof against their arguments. Jesus has been gone for thousands of years now – what do you

imagine our dwellings/mansions would look like?

1 John 3:2

Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we

know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.

This verse explains what kind of body we will receive at the rapture. When we are transformed will no longer be 3

dimensional beings, but will share whatever dimensionality God possesses since we will “See Him as He is”.

Daniel 12:1-2

And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of

thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation

even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be

found written in the book.

After the rapture, Michael the angel will relinquish his guardianship position over Israel so the wrath of God and

the antichrist can befall every nation on earth. The people of Israel - in particular the sealed 144,000 of Jesus - will

be sealed by God and delivered through this tribulation.

The Pre-Rapture World

Lawlessness

As written in 2 Peter 3:1-9 below, there will be mockers and scoffers in the last days who will perpetually criticize

Christians for their belief in the rapture by saying: “When is He [Jesus] actually coming?” or “He’s not coming, it’s

been thousands of years with no sign of His return.”

They will mock the belief in the rapture, Jesus and Christians in general just for trusting the Word of God. This

mocking will become greater and more consistent in the days leading up to the rapture.

2 Peter 3:3-9

Knowing this first: that scoffers will come in the last days, walking according to their own

lusts, and saying, “Where is the promise of His coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all

things continue as they were from the beginning of creation.” For this they wilfully forget:

that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of water and in

the water, by which the world that then existed perished, being flooded with water. But the

heavens and the earth which are now preserved by the same word, are reserved for fire until

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the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. But, beloved, do not forget this one thing,

that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. The Lord

is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us,

not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.

Unbelievers in the ‘Last Days’ will also seek to remove biblical traditions from all aspect of the world, such as

marriage between a man and woman and cutting out God completely as per Psalm 2:3. “Let us break their bonds

in pieces, and cast away their cords from us.” We can continually see that the nations of the world are increasingly

removing biblical commandments and traditions while replacing them with: abortion, euthanasia, homosexuality,

hedonism, evolution, witchcraft, fornication and more.

It’s no wonder the world is growing darker and more lawless by the day when our kids are brought up in a

schooling system by people who hate God, hate their country and hate those who have a biblical viewpoint.

As we get closer to the end times, there will be ever increasing natural disasters, hunger and famine. If you look

around the world right now, there are millions of people going hungry, despite God blessing us with a fertile and

abundant planet. There will also be major earthquakes which scientists have said are overdue as well as the spread

of new diseases. Recently we have had epidemic diseases breaking out that we haven’t been able to control, such

as Ebola, COVID-19, bird flu’s, monkey pox and other strains of the flu.

Many wonder what the world’s current devastation and insanity is telling us. Combined, they should be fairly

obvious signs of Christ’s soon return which will be about 7 years after the enforcement of the covenant by the

antichrist or 3.5 years after he declares himself as god in the Israeli temple. This gives those who are unsaved a

second and even a third checkpoint, showing there’s not long until His return.

Stage Setting

Meanwhile in the background, the stage is slowly being set for the final act to occur - the tribulation and the reign

of the antichrist. It has taken millennia, but the world is finally at a place where technology has caught up to

what’s described in the Bible. Israel is a physical country once again and most of the Jews are back in their land

due to the holocaust, World War 2 and the current turmoil of the world. COVID-19, credit cards and

cryptocurrencies have paved the way to remove the world’s cash and set into momentum the path to a One World

Currency. The Pope has been trying to unite the religions of the world under one banner, stepping us towards the

One World Religion, and not to mention – they ready to baptise an alien. Israel also has all the materials ready to

build the third temple; they just need the green light to go ahead. The nations are also considering restoring

Babylon to its former glory.

All the chess pieces are inching towards what the Bible prophecises the last days would be like, and the world

hasn’t even realised. The majority are just too consumed with their daily lives or are too indifferent to notice

everything that’s happening behind the scenes. One day soon the stage will be completely set and when that

happens, people from across the world will turn on their TV’s to shocking footage of people vanishing worldwide

and strange and baffling signs in the sky. By then it will be too late.

America’s Collapse

The collapse of America is a prerequisite for the one-world government as long as they continue to be the world’s

strongest capitalist nation. In 2019 America is the closest and strongest ally Israel has ever had under Trump.

However, nobody is found in the Bible to help defend Israel during the Gog/Magog invasion (Ezekiel 38) leading

us to the conclusion that America must lose its superpower status before Israel can stand alone.

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For decades now America, along with the other first-world countries have been abandoning and replacing the one

true God in all aspects of society. So it’s no wonder that we’re starting to see the wrath of God beginning to strike

the nations through civil unrest, lawlessness, murders and gender insanity. 2020 was crazy enough of a year, but

already we see that both 2021 and 2022 made it look like a walk in the park! Currently in April 2022, America has

stood idly by as Russia invaded Ukraine, so what would you expect to happen if Israel was attacked by another

nation, or a group of nations? Below are a few other reasons why America will no longer be a world superpower

anymore:

America’s Demise could be caused by:

 The Rapture

 Abandonment Wrath (By God)

 An Economic Collapse (Global or Local)

 A Communist Takeover

 The Rise of Muslims

 Abandoning Christian Values (God, Binary Gender, Sound Money, Sanctity of Life, Free Market)

 (Another) Pandemic or widespread disease

 Widespread lawlessness & unfiltered immigration

 A Civil War (Race Conflicts, Left vs Right etc.)

 A Global War (Nuclear Weapons, EMPs, Weapons of Mass Destruction)

 A Supervolcano (A Yellowstone VEI-8 Eruption)

 A Mega-Earthquake on the west coast (America is situated on the ring of fire)

...or a combination of them.

The Destruction of Damascus

Isaiah 17 says that Damascus (in Syria) will cease to exist. That is, completely destroyed and never inhabited again.

We can be sure this hasn’t occurred yet – at least in September 2024 – because the city exists and is called home to

about 18 million people. The reason it won’t be inhabited again could be a hint at nuclear weapons use, which due

to radiation can render any location uninhabitable for decades or even centuries.

This event could take place before OR after the rapture, so I’ve included it beforehand just in case. Take the

destruction of the city as a warning of what is to come and evidence that the Bible is true. If you’re still sceptical,

read on for further prophecies of the future, or have a look at the ones which have already been fulfilled.

 This event could be before or after the rapture – but is most likely beforehand

Isaiah 17:1-3

“Behold, Damascus will cease from being a city, And it will be a ruinous heap. The cities of

Aroer are forsaken; They will be for flocks Which lie down, and no one will make them afraid.

The fortress also will cease from Ephraim, The kingdom from Damascus, And the remnant of

Syria; They will be as the glory of the children of Israel,” Says the Lord of hosts.

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There may be much more to this prophecy than just the destruction of Damascus. It’s possible that all the

enemies around Israel will also be wiped out in the same conflict - potentially with Neutron Bombs which only

destroy living tissue while leaving the buildings and vehicles intact. The reasoning behind this line of thought is

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simple enough: In the Ezekiel 38 and 39 conflict (found below), Israel is ‘dwelling securely’ in the land, meaning

that there are no threats against them from surrounding nations.

Currently there are a multitude of countries and people whose sole goal is to wipe Israel from the map. They

shoot rockets, missiles and send explosive drones into Israel every other day while refining uranium and

constructing nuclear weapons in the background. Once they create that first nuclear weapon, we will be on the

verge of the Destruction of Damascus. As of April 2022, Iran has refined 50kgs of weapons grade plutonium.

(Source - Amir Tsarfati) There can’t be long left before they complete that first nuclear weapon.

Once Damascus is destroyed, there will likely be worldwide outrage against Israel unless their strike was retaliatory

after Syria attempts to destroy them with their own nuclear weapons. Some believe that Israel could be conducting

attacks on Hezbollah and may accidentally hit Syria’s nuclear weapons, destroying the city. However this doesn’t

explain how Israel can dwell securely afterwards so it’s not a viable option. The same line of logic eliminates the

possibility of an accidental detonation of Damascus’ own nuclear weapons.

Personally I believe (among other teachers like Chuck Missler and Hal Lindsey) that Damascus will be destroyed

soon before the rapture takes place. This may allow the first phase of the tribulation covenant to be set up with

Israel which will protect their borders and allow them to dwell securely, which also sets up the Ezekiel invasion

prophecy.

Cash Phase-Out

This is a prerequisite for the one-world currency to succeed due to the anonymity of cash. Cash and other forms

of payments will likely overlap the one-world currency for a transition period before it’s shut down. We can see

the devastating effects that COVID-19 had on the flow of cash since people and companies weren’t accepting it

for fear of catching the virus. In 2024 we can see the devastating effect that the COVID money printing has had

on the currency supply – with groceries and other daily items doubling in price over a short term.

Looking forward, cash and even our entire digital banking system will need to be ‘reinvented’ with a new currency

due to the decline in purchasing power. Monetary scholars are predicting that our currency will continue to

experience rapid inflation with the eventual transition to a government CBDC (Central Bank Digital Currency).

This transition will likely come in the form of a ‘deal’, such as receiving 1.5x the value of your current currency

which diminishes over time to get as many people over early as possible.

Once cash is phased out and a form of government controlled CBDC currency is implemented, governments will

have full control over how people spend their money such as tracking how it’s spent and even setting expiry dates

on certain amounts of currency to force people to spend it. This cash phase-out may also include the wiping out

of small business and individual’s wealth worldwide through an orchestrated stock market crash coupled with high

interest rates so they can increase dependency on the governments by implementing universal basic income on

their own CBDC currency. Recently, the world seems to be on the never-ending verge of a major stock market

crash, with signs every now and then that a crash is imminent – such as the bankruptcy of worldwide banks and

construction markets from 2023 to 2024.

Side note: You should know the difference between money and currency. To be functional, money needs to be:

valuable, durable, portable, divisible, uniform, scarce and be easily exchangeable. God’s money – Precious Metals,

ticks all of that criteria – but some a bit more than others. Currency on the other hand, breaches multiple critical

aspects – a) the scarcity (they can create as much as they want), and b) the value (paper money and numbers on a

bank account have no value at all).

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Power Consolidation

Recently, governments across the world have actively been taking steps towards stealing freedoms from the

people, either temporarily or permanently in countries where there’s no pushback. Throughout 2020 to 2022 we

saw governments across the globe implementing emergency powers all in the name of a ‘public health crisis’ in

order to help prevent the spread of a lab-designed disease from which 99% of people would survive.

There will likely be additional future attempts to control the world through ‘life threatening’ climate change, which

could come with its own lockdowns for ‘the good of the planet’. This consolidation of government power will

also be greatly expanded after the revealing of extraterrestrial life to earth and will therefore require a global

committee to represent humanity. Eventually these heads of government will come together to create the One

World Government - led by the antichrist himself. At the moment, a one world government would likely emerge

from either the United Nations or the World Economic Forum.

Religious Consolidation

Over the past few years the Pope has been attempting to bring the religions of the world together under one

banner to coexist together. He claims that “we’re all worshipping the same god anyway” and that “all religions

lead to god”. There are countless passages in the Bible which refute these claims; however since he is more

focused on the idea of religion than the true and living God, the Pope will continue to deceive many and even

deceive himself in his attempts. Over time we will continue to see the unification of different religions under one

banner, and as a result true Christians will become more and more discriminated against as they reject the false

values.

Islamic Power Removed

If the Dome of the Rock is to be destroyed or dismantled for the building of the third temple, there must either

be a war with, or a peace agreement with the Muslims to be able to remove it or build next to it. The most likely

reason that all the Muslims around Israel are simultaneously destroyed could be during the Destruction of

Damascus. However Israel consists of about 18% Muslims which may not take the destruction of other Muslim

nations very well and could spark unrest within the country.

Alternatively the temple could be destroyed during the invasion of Israel (Ezekiel 38), by a natural disaster such as

an earthquake or purposefully dismantled after an arrangement is made with the antichrist. There’s also the

possibility that the third temple could be built nearby without the dome of the rock being touched.

Rapture Timing

To maintain the flow of this document, the section on the rapture timing has been moved to the addendum. To

summarise, the rapture will absolutely occur pre-tribulation because of the multiple passages, biblical ‘types’ and

the similarities to a Jewish wedding which point us to this conclusion.

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The Rapture

The instant disappearance of believers in Christ and young children.

Look For

 The instant disappearance of millions of people from earth - all born again believers in

Christ, likely excluding much of the Catholic and other ‘apostate’ or false churches.

 The disappearance of all young children

 A worldwide deception that is ‘unimaginable’ which seemingly explains the

disappearances

Introduction

This is the point at which the ‘fullness of the gentiles’ is complete and those saved through Jesus and those

younger than the age of accountability are removed from the world instantly. In that moment people who witness

the event first hand may think their eyes have deceived them or that it’s a trick. However the realization that

people have actually vanished will slowly become apparent as they look at the clothes and belongings that have

been left behind.

Suddenly, strange lights and objects fill the sky as everyone just stares up in utter shock and disbelief at what’s

taking place around them. Many will try to call their friends and loved ones but won’t be able to get through due

to the sheer volume of data being exchanged.

Drivers will have lapses in concentration causing collisions on a massive scale, compounded by raptured

motorists. Thieves will start by grabbing the wallets on the ground and will likely to move on to looting

abandoned houses and shops next. In utter urgency many will run out to panic-buy anything they can get their

hands on, some will turn to drinking and partying, others will turn to self-pleasure and some will cry out to God in

desperation. Within an hour of the rapture: communications networks would have gone down; transportation will

be gridlocked; the shops will be sold out; lawlessness such as theft, violence and crime would instantly be global;

and utilities such as water, gas, sewage, electricity and the internet will be under extreme stress or will have failed

completely.

This is the horror I envision after the first hour after the rapture. I cannot convey how absolutely terrifying this

day - and the events to come, will be for all those who are left behind. If you are reading this before the rapture -

TODAY is the day of salvation!

Survival Tips

Up until the rapture it’s assumed that most of this reader base had no interest in the rapture or

the Bible and would likely have been caught totally unprepared for an event of this magnitude. If

you’re reading this pre-rapture you should accept Jesus right now! (If you are unsaved, head to

the

Accepting Jesus section) From this point onwards for those left behind, I recommend

looking at the survival tips ahead of time so you can be as best prepared as possible for the

absolute chaos ahead.

If you’re in a city or the suburbs of a city and you have family or friends in the country (whether

they were taken or not), I recommend you leave the cities as soon as possible and head there to

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escape the chaos that will ensue when the shelves go bare and gangs start to roam the streets.

If you don’t have any contacts in the country, you could take a chance and pack up and leave for

a town with a few thousand people and local farmers/homesteaders. Your chances of survival

will be exponentially higher the further you are from the cities.

People will turn on each other quickly and you want to be sure to get out within 3 days – which

is the average amount of time that people have food stocked. After this – people will be

desperate enough for food that they will do anything to obtain it.

These are the groups of people who will be taken in the rapture:

 Born-Again Christians

All believers in Christ who have accepted Jesus as their Lord and Saviour, believing that He died and rose

again will be taken. This includes Jews who have accepted Christ even though the majority of Israel will

go through the tribulation.

 Young Children

Young children who have not yet reached the ‘age of accountability’ will also be taken in the rapture

leaving parents frantic. There is no set age cut-off for children since everyone matures at different rates,

but as a general rule I would guess that all children between 8-12 will be taken and some of those between

12-18 will be taken.

 Unborn Babies

This isn’t specifically mentioned in the Bible, however can you imagine a scenario where Jesus calls a

believing mother home and not the baby inside her? Fetuses of non-believers are a grey area, but will

almost certainly be taken too as part of the ‘young children’. There’s going to seemingly be a lot of

miscarriages and vanishing fetuses at the time of the rapture.

This is a list of notable people and groups who probably won’t be taken in the rapture, so don’t be deceived by

anything they say if they remain behind:

 The Pope

Contrary to what the world believes, the Pope is more ungodly and blasphemous than most other people

on the planet. He doesn’t talk about the blood of Jesus, he doesn’t tell people they are sinful and need to

be saved and he is trying to align all religions into a One World Religion.

 The Catholic Church

The Catholic Church is unfortunately misled by the pope today who picks and chooses what they believe

in the Bible. Therefore many people who attend Catholic churches have never accepted Jesus into their

life. The Bible explicitly says that the Catholic Church (Thyatira) will go into the tribulation if they don't

repent. Revelation 2:18-29.

 Other ‘Christian’ Churches

Other apostate Christian churches which believe in Jesus but have strayed from the truth likely won’t be

raptured. This could include: Jehovah’s Witnesses, Seventh Day Adventists, Christian Science believers

and more. Overall it comes down to an individual’s personal belief in Jesus and not the church they are

part of.

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 All Other Religions

People in all other religions such as Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Sikhism, etc., definitely won’t

be raptured.

 Most Televangelists

‘Christians’ such as Joel Osteen, Andy Stanley, Benny Hinn, Joyce Meyer and Kenneth Copeland most

likely won’t be taken. You don’t want to follow or believe anything a self-professed ‘Christian’ has to say

who remains after the rapture.

The Alien Deception

At the time of the rapture, God Himself will send a strong delusion to deceive the world, which even the wise will

find irresistible to believe. “That they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in

unrighteousness.” (2 Thessalonians 2:11-12). It seems that the only plausible way to explain the disappearance of

millions from earth (without using the truth) is to blame it on otherworldly beings such as aliens.

It’s interesting to note that God says that “those who took pleasure in unrighteousness” will be the ones who are

deceived. Therefore if you’re reading this - you probably aren’t included in this category of people. Anyone who

pursued a life of sin and actively pushed away God won’t be able to recognise the truth.

2 Thessalonians 2:11-12

And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: That

they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

Why Aliens?

There are quite a number of reasons why the most likely cover-up for the rapture will be an alien abduction:

 The lie (2 Thessalonians 2) will need to be something otherworldly since no human technology can cause

millions of people to vanish.

 Aliens have slowly been integrated with our culture by Satan over hundreds of years. The thought of

other life in the universe is now relatively accepted in society and is backed by the lie of evolution which

is taught in schools today.

 In the past, demons have frequently disguised themselves as aliens. Those who have encountered them

have claimed abduction experiences which share a common theme of demonic possession when studied

carefully.

 The Vatican has openly discussed baptising an alien. Because of this line of thinking, it explains why the

Pope and much of the Catholic Church will be left behind.

 In 2020, an Israeli space security chief has stated: “They [the aliens] have been waiting until today for

humanity to develop and reach a stage where we will understand, in general, what space and spaceships

are.”

 Daniel 2:43 “...They will mingle with the seed of men...” This implies that ‘they’ aren’t human.

 Governments currently claim that “aliens are real and are secretly in contact with America and Israel”.

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Have you noticed the sheer amount of Hollywood movies that involve aliens in recent years? How about the fact

they usually prefer to take children for themselves?

This is no accident. This lie has been slowly planted in the hearts of those directing Hollywood movies by none

other than Satan himself to continue the grand deception God sends the world when the born-again believers are

taken to heaven.

People may be indifferent, or might even be thrilled about the disappearance of Christians from the earth, but

when it comes to their own children they will want answers!

The media currently lies to us and twists the truth to suit them every day as it is, so why believe the story they, the

government, or Satan concocts? There will be a lot of conspiracy theories going around, so you should read the

Bible and pray daily to stay grounded. God’s living word was written over 2,000 years ago with the exact

specifications on how these end times would be fulfilled, and judging by history it’s been 100% accurate so far and

will continue to be.

If you think logically about the rapture and disappearance of Christians from the planet and that this once

“unthinkable” event actually happened, what would you say the chance of the rest of the Bible being true is? It’s

important to come to an understanding yourself that the Bible originates from a loving God outside of space and

time. Without your own personal experience of this you’re likely to drift away from Him. If you’re interested in

evidence on why God has to be real, take a look at my separate Christianity document on the TRSG page and

head to the “Christianity > Evidence for God” section.

Below is an excellent video by Chuck Missler explaining how aliens are alluded to throughout the Bible. You can

also scan the QR code to open the video if you have a printed guide.

Chuck Missler - Return of the Nephilim Session 2

https://youtu.be/91wtHi-F0oM?t=2557 (Start at 42:37 for the part on aliens)

After years of study it’s my personal conviction that when we’re raptured and meet Jesus

in the air, WE will shine brightly as many points of light in the sky (Matthew 13:43) all

across the globe which will seemingly be extraterrestrial life when viewed from the

ground. Each person a different brightness based on the works they did on earth during

their life (Daniel 12:3) with Jesus as the brightest light. This could be “the lie” sent by

God which also explains the disappearances.

Of course it could be something else entirely, that’s just my understanding from studying the scriptures.

Remember that throughout the Bible Jesus warns us not to be deceived by anyone, but test what you’re told to see

Return of the Nephilim

Session 2 (YouTube)

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if it’s of the holy spirit or not. (Acts 17:11) Therefore test my words and study the Bible yourself to either confirm

or deny these things if it’s yet future.

After the rapture, the disappearance of children, COVID-19, global conflict, food shortages, a crashing economy,

civil unrest and the continuation of natural disasters on the planet will bring the world to its knees in desperation

for a leader to end the suffering and to unite the world. Enter the antichrist to provide all the answers people have

been seeking and to solve the problems of the world.

Any new Christians after the rapture are going to face extreme hardship and have their faith tested daily. They will

most likely be beheaded for their faith or their refusal to take the mark of the beast on their hand or forehead, but

their soul will be preserved in Christ and they’ll dwell with Him forever. Every soul lives forever, it’s just a matter

of location, location, location. Whether that’s with Jesus in heaven, or burning with the devil in hell. (By the way,

Satan doesn’t ‘control’ hell; he will be subject to its torment more than anyone else for eternity)

First and foremost, seek earnestly the word of God. Besides, isn’t the rapture the ultimate proof that God exists?

If you don’t believe yet, keep reading to hear about more future events which will prove the Bible. An example is

that the future world leader - the antichrist will have a deadly head/eye wound and a right arm wound which have

both been healed. (Zechariah 11:17)

Verses on Deception

To emphasize how important it is not to be deceived, here is an incomplete list of where the Bible mentions

deception.

Matthew 24:4 & Mark 13:5

And Jesus answered and said to them: “Take heed that no one deceives you.

Matthew 24:5 & Mark 13:6

For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many.

Matthew 24:24 & Mark 13:22

For false christs and false prophets will rise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if

possible, even the elect.

Luke 21:8

And He said: “Take heed that you not be deceived. For many will come in My name, saying,

‘I am He,’ and, ‘The time has drawn near.’ Therefore do not go after them.

2 Thessalonians 2:3-4

Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away

comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition, who opposes and exalts

himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of

God, showing himself that he is God.

2 Timothy 3:13

But evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.

2 John 1:7

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For many deceivers have gone out into the world who do not confess Jesus Christ as coming

in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.

1 Corinthians 3:18-19

Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become a

fool that he may become wise. For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is

written, “He catches the wise in their own craftiness”;

1 Corinthians 6:9

Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be

deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites,

nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the

kingdom of God.

2 Timothy 3:13

But evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.

Colossians 2:4-5

Now this I say lest anyone should deceive you with persuasive words. For though I am absent

in the flesh, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your good order and the steadfastness

of your faith in Christ.

Demons & Aliens

If you’re unfamiliar with demons - they have the capability to produce signs, shapes, lights and anything else we

can see visibly in the sky and Satan will likely use them to deceive those who remain on the earth. As I mentioned

before, it’s likely that it’s the believers in the sky with the Lord who appear as bright lights, which could be this

deception that God Himself sends.

If you wish to study more on demons and how they can interact with our world I recommend the videos below

by Billy Crone which can be watched and downloaded for free. Each link has multiple videos in the series which

are about an hour long each.

Get a Life Ministries - Billy Crone

 UFO’s - The Great Last Days Deception

www.getalifemedia.com/video/apologetics/ufo.shtml

 The Reality of Satan & Demons

www.getalifemedia.com/video/sw/reality.shtml

 The Destruction From Satan & Demons

www.getalifemedia.com/video/sw/reality.shtml

 The Temptation From Satan & Demons

www.getalifemedia.com/video/sw/temptation.shtml

 The Protection From Satan & Demons

www.getalifemedia.com/video/sw/protection.shtml

 The Rapture (Requires Purchase - $49 USD)

https://vimeo.com/ondemand/therapturedontbedeceived

Billy Crone’s Website

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 You can also find Billy’s free videos on a range of other Christianity topics here

www.getalifemedia.com/video/video.shtml

Other Deceptions

Apostate Churches

Apostate churches are the ones that do not teach directly from the Bible but rather their own interpretation of it.

Pastors who have fallen from the truth who are NOT TO BE FOLLOWED include: Joel Osteen, Andy Stanley,

Kenneth Copeland, Joyce Meyer, Benny Hinn and The Pope among many others. Additionally you do NOT want

to follow any “pastors” who are left behind after the rapture as this means that Jesus didn’t even know them,

therefore they weren’t taken.

Instead seek teaching by those who are no longer here and hold true to the word of God such as: Chuck Missler,

J.D. Farag, Jan Markell, Jack Hibbs, Billy Crone, Don Stewart, Hal Lindsey, Amir Tsarfati, Barry Stagner, Terry

James, Eric Barger, Dr Mark Hitchcock and Brandon Holthaus. Each of them has sound biblical theology and

doesn’t allegorize the Bible, but instead takes each passage literally. They fear God and the consequences that He

has in place if anyone alters the words of the Bible (verse below), and so do I, therefore I bring you the truth and

only the truth.

Revelation 22:18-19

For I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: If anyone adds to

these things, God will add to him the plagues that are written in this book; and if anyone takes

away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part from the Book

of Life, from the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.

The Enlightenment Deception

Another likely deception being pushed by Satan and his cohorts in an attempt to explain the rapture is the belief

by spiritualists that the new ‘Age of Aquarius’ will bring an age of increased ‘global consciousness’. This

consciousness or enlightenment will apparently sweep the globe, expanding everyone’s minds with the knowledge

that they themselves are god, and that these aliens will evolve humanity to the next phase of consciousness. They

will push the fact that, “this is the enlightenment of the world - the beginning of the age of Aquarius”, and “those

who are a burden to the earth have been removed - but are safe”.

Personally I think it will be a very hard sell to tell parents that their own children were ‘detrimental to the earth’

and had to be removed too. They would most likely have to say that “in order to keep your children safe, they had

to be removed”. Although I would question their motives, because I would ask: “why remove them as well if it

was the believers who were the problem?” There’s a lot of questions that can only be answered post-rapture.

In the new-agers own words the coming Age of Aquarius will:

 Provide a lot of worldwide changes triggered by crises and pressure.

 Change society, the ruling structures, and the elite of the world, due to Jupiter joining Saturn in Aquarius.

(AKA: The rise of globalism)

 Distribute the resources of the world more equally to everyone. (Basically communism, but the Bible also

says this will happen via a ‘mark’ which is given to everyone in the future) (Remember the tag-line: “You

will own nothing and you will be happy.”)

 Make knowledge, science and astrology the new governing powers of the world. (Rather than religious

traditions and biblical values)

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 Bring a ‘true’ democracy to reign on earth (More like an elected dictatorship, since the antichrist will be

ruling)

 Open the world up to true equality through a horizontal network of individuals rather than a vertical,

tiered one, where the rich are at the top. (Also socialism/communism)

Be sure to read your Bible daily to solidify your faith in the rapture and to avoid the doctrines of demons which

will undoubtedly take hold in those days. Whatever happens right after the rapture will be sent by God to give

those who rejected Him over to their depraved activities:

2 Thessalonians 2:11-12

And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie, that

they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

Another point to note is that the Qanon movement is another group of people who believes that there may be a

time coming where everyone on earth will be ‘enlightened’. However they are just another medium of deception.

Satan is the price of the power of the air and if one thing is evil today – it’s the broadcasts that are making their

way into our homes today which can only be described as the mouthpiece of the devil, so stay vigilant and flee

from these technological mouthpieces which will flood your home with lies.

Satan will also use the rapture to push for the formation of the one world government and the one world religion

due to now needing an ‘assembly of earth delegates’ to speak for the planet. The devil is the father of lies and he

will do everything in his power to cause deception, even to the point of showing sightings of UFO’s in the sky for

all to see, in an attempt to bring everyone together under one banner.

Since all Christians would have been taken to meet Jesus in the air, and then to heaven, there will be nobody on

earth to spread His gospel in a time when people will be most desperately seeking answers. So if you believe the

disappearance must have been the rapture and you believe in Jesus, please share this document everywhere

possible so that others may be saved. Some recommendations include: Email, Facebook, Gab, Parler, MeWe,

Facebook chat, YouTube, Rumble, Twitter, Instagram, Text Messages, Word of Mouth, Mail Drops, printed

copies on the street, Reddit, personal websites, blogs, forums, whatsapp, tumblr, pinterest, LinkedIn, snapchat,

billboards, TV advertisements and anything else you can think of. For my own tracts head to:

www.christianity.fluidicice.com/tracts

The Restrainer Steps Aside

As it is the Holy Spirit that dwells in those believing in Christ, the Restrainer will also ‘step aside’ when the

harpazo happens. As Christians were the salt and the light of the earth they slowed the decay of our planet by

living to God’s standards, and now in a world without Christians the world will plunge so much faster into chaos,

sin and rebellion. The Holy Spirit will still be around to indwell and help believers after the rapture; however

lawlessness and sin in general will no longer be restrained.

2 Thessalonians 2:6-7

And now you know what is restraining, that he may be revealed in his own time. For the

mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only He who now restrains will do so until He is

taken out of the way."

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As Chuck Missler once said – the Holy Spirit could be restraining far more than we realize. What if it wasn’t just

our sinful nature being held back, but the restraint on the evil outside our third dimension? Creatures I would

imagine which could potentially modify the laws of physics which God set into being at creation.

We know there’s a vast spiritual world in a battle all around us, so what if the separation between these realms was

broken? There could be physical transportation and weapons technology that make their way to Earth. Just some

points to consider.

The Restrainer (The Holy Spirit)

 The Restrainer is referred to as both neuter and masculine.

 The Restrainer existed in Paul’s day.

 The Restrainer has been continually and effectively restraining for nearly 2,000 years so far

 The Restrainer is powerful enough to suppress the spiritual powers of darkness seeking to promote the

man of sin.

 The restraint is global.

 When the Restrainer steps aside (in the rapture), the evil in the hearts of man will no longer be restrained

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Post-Rapture

The events between the rapture and the tribulation

Look For

 An individual of prominence, rising through the ranks and solving the world’s

problems. (The Antichrist)

 Continual integration of these ‘aliens’ with human life.

 Discussions of a covenant or a deal with Israel.

In the period between the rapture and the tribulation, lawlessness will increase daily and the world will become

increasingly desperate for answers on what’s happening across the planet. Millions of jobs will still be empty

which will affect the food supply chains, manufacturing, construction and every other facet of society. The speed

of the earth’s downward trajectory will increase dramatically and the nations of the world will desperately seek a

leader to lift the world out of these debilitating times.

The elite of the world will seek to form a global government to help curb the global chaos in addition to liaising

with these ‘aliens’. They will destroy people’s rights, lock them down, throw them in prison and will kill anyone

who resists their agenda. These days will be filled with fear of the alien life, the fear of other lawless people and

the fear of the future. If you find yourself living in these perilous times, accept Jesus, because you may not live

much longer considering the ‘biblical’ judgements to come.

Weeks after the rapture, people will still be in utter shock at what has happened and is still happening around the

planet! First the disappearance of millions of people and then the arrival of extraterrestrial life. By this point the

aliens would have likely made contact with humanity ‘revealing themselves’ as peaceful beings who only wish to

‘enlighten’ the human race with advanced ideas to help solve the world’s problems.

Satan is a master of deception and he’s been plotting this lie for centuries to get the majority of the world to

believe the rapture was of alien origin. Most people will believe it - since there will be some form of proof visible

in the sky worldwide, as well as being broadcast on live TV. These ‘aliens’ will eventually reveal themselves and

will probably speak on live interviews in human languages which they are likely to explain by claiming they’ve

been monitoring humans for centuries. (Which is true since they’re demons and fallen angels)

Daniel 2:43 says “...they will mingle with the seed of men...” This means that ‘they’ can’t be human. So according

to the Bible, the aliens will continue to integrate themselves with humans until such as day they will have sexual

relations with human women (and men), just like the days of Noah. Have a read of Genesis 19, paying particular

attention to verse 5 in particular to come to a realization that the inhabitants of Sodom wanted to have sexual

relations with the angels. Interestingly, the Nephilim described in Noah’s day were born from a fallen angel and a

human woman having sex, and over the course of time came Goliath – one of these superhumanly tall Nephilim.

Keep in mind that in the Bible, angels are never referred to in any gender other than masculine. Therefore all

fallen angels and demons are male and if these ‘aliens’ are all male too it substantially prove that they’re demons

which have left their first habitation (Jude 1:6). By ‘habitation’ (or in the Greek ‘oiketerion’), the Bible means they

disrobed from their spiritual body in higher dimensions to be able to enter our dimension.

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During this time of clean-up and repair, the world will fall further into disarray and the nations will seek a leader

to deliver them from the earth’s continual problems. Then upon the scene, the self-declared ‘saviour’ of the world

will come, making peace among nations. He will make an existing peace treaty with Israel even greater and allow

the third temple to be built. This peace he brings will not be achieved through pen and ink but with the sword, by

destroying those nations who do not align with his goals for ‘the good of the planet’.

The time between the rapture and the tribulation is unknown, but it likely won’t be longer than a few years due to

the dark powers that want to unite this planet under a global government, and the sooner they achieve this, the

sooner they control the planet. During this time, everyone will be trying to recover from the chaos of the rapture

while allowing the antichrist - the mouthpiece of Satan himself to rise to power with all the ‘solutions’.

SO THE RAPTURE’S HAPPENED, AND THE WORLD IS IN ABSOLUTE CHAOS!

WHAT SHOULD I DO???

What Should I Do?

So, what happens now that the rapture has taken place and you want to start living your life for God? Below is a

series of steps for you to kick start your walk with Jesus in these extremely troubling times.

1. BELIEVE

Believe that Jesus Christ is Lord!

Firstly you should be absolutely sure that you believe the disappearances were due to the rapture, the same event

prophesied throughout the Bible. You can read the ‘Pre-Rapture’ section for the evidence and Bible verses about

the rapture’s soon fulfilment from a pre-rapture perspective. There will be a lot of deception afterwards which will

even deceive the wise (2 Thessalonians 2:11-12). So be strong and courageous and read your Bible for the truth!

You should also believe that Jesus is real and alive today. God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit are one person (referred

to as ‘the trinity’ by scholars), and that Jesus came and died for your sins on the cross nearly 2,000 years ago, and

rose on the third day. In my other ‘Christianity’ document which supports TRSG, I have included the gospel of

John among other biblical books in the “Christianity > The Bible” section, so you can read it for yourself. If you

still have questions whether God exists you should read the “Evidence for God” section in the same document

for some remarkable facts about Him and how He left a way for us to authenticate Him through the Bible.

If you haven’t already, accept Jesus Christ as your saviour. Jump to the ‘Accepting Jesus’ section for the detailed

version on how to be saved. But put simply you need to:

a) Admit you’re a sinner in need of a saviour,

b) Believe that Jesus is Lord and that He died and rose again on the third day, and

c) Confess that Jesus Christ is Lord and that you wish to follow His ways putting your old life behind you.

It’s that simple, but these aren’t just ‘magic words’ you say to go to heaven, you honestly and truly have to believe

every word you say because Jesus looks at the heart. It’s never too late to be saved and you can still live with God

for eternity, even though it will be much tougher now. Nothing can separate us from the love of God, so

whatever you’ve done in the past can be forgiven. I’ve included a lot of other information in the ‘Christianity’

document which will also help on your journey discovering God, read through it when you’re finished here.

2. STUDY

Study the Word of God.

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Read and study your Bible daily, I recommend starting with John (Not 1 John, but the John that comes after

Luke) for a great book covering all the important topics from Jesus’ ministry.

When you’re done with John I recommend reading Acts, Romans, Genesis, Revelation, Luke, Psalms and

Proverbs followed by the rest of the New Testament and then the Old Testament. If you’re a visual learner and

would like to go through the Word of God with an incredibly dedicated teacher, I recommend looking up Chuck

Missler’s “Learn the Bible in 24 hours” for an incredible introduction to the Bible and how it all fits together.

After this it would be beneficial to go through Chuck Missler’s study on either ‘The Rapture’ or Revelation as

there’s quite a large overlap in the content discussed.

Learn the Bible in 24 Hours:

https://christianity.fluidicice.com/learnthebible

Before and after reading His word I recommend a time of worship to praise the Lord of the universe for all the

gifts, love and compassion He’s showered us with. Singing the Psalms is a great way to praise Him! If you don’t

understand something particular in the Bible, bring it to Him in prayer that He may open your eyes so you can see

what He means.

I have a collection of worship songs with lyrics on my site here:

https://christianity.fluidicice.com/worship

If you’re unfamiliar with the Bible, the last book - Revelation contains most of the information about the end

times and the antichrist. However there are many other books of the Bible with end-times significance such as

Daniel, and 1 & 2 Thessalonians. Revelation can be difficult to comprehend without sound knowledge of the rest

of the Bible (since it’s in code), therefore I recommend looking up Bible commentary pastors such as Chuck

Missler to assist in the decryption of any books you’re struggling with, since some of the old language can be

perplexing.

Next you should learn all you can about the tumultuous times coming ahead to prepare yourself. Further below,

starting from “The Tribulation” heading is a summary and interpretation of the events in the book of Revelation

which outlines each of God’s judgements on the earth. If anything, each of these can be used to verify the Bible is

true and to help others believe His word. For further study on how the world descended into the darkness and

evil we see today I recommend reading my “Biblical Values and Ethics” document which can be found on my

online archive – or at the bottom of TRSG’s web page. It compares biblical values with modern day values on

topics such as marriage, love, sex, homosexuality, abortion, God, evolution, Satan and more.

Then watch some of the content in the ‘Christian Content’ section in ‘Next Steps’ further below as these are

bible-based truth seeking individuals who don’t compromise on the word of God. There are hours and hours of

free, downloadable content which will teach you everything there is to know about the Bible and God. But don’t

forget to read the Bible for yourself! (Acts 17:11)

3. KNOW

Know what’s coming soon.

This period on earth will be the most destructive the world has ever seen, with man-made wars, 8.5+ magnitude

earthquakes, volcanos, seas turning red, mountain sized meteors falling from space and much more. To top it off

the antichrist will seek to kill all Jews and Christians during the last 3.5 years of his reign - after he sits in the

temple and calls himself god.

He will behead those who don’t take his mark on their forehead or right hand, so unfortunately the odds are

greatly against you surviving until the second coming of Jesus. But I can guarantee you one thing, if you stand

firm in the faith no matter what happens to you, you will live eternally with Jesus - the King of the universe -

forevermore! As you go to your death for Christ, know that you are mere seconds away from seeing Him face to

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face! I pray that you have courage and you stand by your commitment to the Lord in those dark times that He

gives you strength, boldness, wisdom and peace. Remember the verse below through any troubles of hardship you

face. Two other uplifting passages for difficult times are Psalm 23 and Psalm 91.

Matthew 10:28

Do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. But rather fear Him who is able to

destroy both soul and body in hell.

DO NOT TAKE THE MARK OF THE BEAST!

The Bible explicitly says that you won’t enter heaven once you take this mark, as it’s a sign of allegiance with the

devil. This mark will be one that the world leader (the antichrist) mandates everyone on earth must receive on/in

either their forehead or their right hand, allowing them to buy and sell. This mark is probably some form of chip

implant or electronic tattoo to allow seamless and instant digital transactions. It’s interesting that you can lose your

salvation by taking this mark. Scholars have considered the possibility that it changes your DNA structure,

converting you into something that’s non-human and therefore putting you outside the scope of salvation.

Revelation 20:4

Then I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their witness to Jesus and for the

word of God, who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received his mark on

their foreheads or on their hands. And they lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand

years.

For a wonderfully uplifting video about holding fast when facing persecution and potential execution, watch:

Interview with Former Iranian Prisoners Maryam Rostampour and Marziyeh Amirizadeh

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vH_12pxMnM0

If you can, get a copy of Corrie Ten Boom’s book “The Hiding Place”. It’s an incredible story of her faith in God

during the Holocaust. It also teaches you to never give up and to trust God in all situations because His eternal

plans will outshine temporary suffering.

4. GROUP

Find a group of individuals who love the Lord.

There’s certainly strength in numbers and this still applies in the last days. Your journey will be made much easier

with a team of like-minded individuals on the same journey together. Satan is like a roaring lion, seeking who he

may devour, and a believer all alone is an easier target than a group of 3 or more believers.

Unfortunately not everyone will be accepting of the Lord or the gospel in these lawless times, so it may take some

effort to find a group. However once you have, it will be such a rewarding experience being able to study, pray,

worship and spread His love together. You will be able to delegate duties to each member to help the group

survive as a whole. Be sure to stay physically and spiritually close to everyone and quickly solve issues that arise so

the devil can’t divide you.

Even if you are alone on this journey you will always have Jesus who you can pray to at any time. I’m sure that if

you ask Him for another Christian companion to support you (and if it’s within His will), you will find someone.

There will be a multitude of tribulation saints (Revelation 7:9-17), so you certainly aren’t alone.

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5. PREPARE

Prepare for the turmoil ahead.

Due to the desolation and ‘biblical disasters’ to come it would be wise to look ahead and prepare so that you can

be an effective witness to the lost in the last days. Remember that you won’t be stocking up for yourself, but using

it as a means to bless and guide your family, friends and neighbors towards Christ. It will certainly be more

difficult to be self-sufficient after the rapture due to the panic buying that would likely have ensued, not to

mention the desolation that will be inflicted on the earth - but with God’s help you can establish a garden, a water

purification system and provide much needed resources to others.

To start on your preparedness journey (after you read the ‘Post-Rapture Survival’ section below), read through

“The Preparedness Encyclopedia (TPE)” which I compiled as a Christian themed survival guide for times such as

these. I would start with the ‘Introduction’ section for the basics and then head to the different sections you need

from there. Additionally most of the judgements in the sections below have specific survival tips attached which

won’t be included in TPE due to being extremely specific.

Some of the ways you can prepare now are:

 Collect Bibles and download digital Christian media before they are burnt and erased,

 Study the Word of God and memorise as much as you can,

 Learn about preparedness and how to survive with what little you have,

 Put together a Bug-Out Bag for situations you need to leave quickly,

 Find others with the same God-fearing and preparedness mindset to get through these times with,

 Start growing, foraging, hunting, storing and preserving food for the difficult times ahead,

 Find ways of purifying large quantities of water or buy manufactured water filters if they are available,

 Live minimally because you may have to leave at any moment due to disasters or the global police

(antichrist) searching for you.

6. EQUIP

Equip yourself spiritually.

You’re about to head into battle in the most destructive time in all of history, against a spiritual foe who cannot be

harmed by mortal weapons, who only Jesus can conclusively defeat. Satan is the father of lies and there will

certainly be a LOT of them circulating after the rapture.

Put on the armour of God (Ephesians 6:10-18) so you can resist the devil’s attempts to take you down. The

armour is explained with more detail in the ‘Christianity’ document if you would like more information than what

is below. Equip it and teach those around you about the greatness of the Lord Almighty!

 Belt of Truth: Spread truth to counter the deception and lies spewed by the father of lies.

 Breastplate of Righteousness: Protects the vital organs. Jesus has imputed the Righteousness of Christ

to us so that we may be righteous.

 Footwear of Peace: The footwear protects from the snares of the enemy since as advance into Satan’s

territory with the gospel.

 Shield of Faith: Protects against Satan sowing doubt about the faithfulness of God.

 Helmet of Salvation: Blows to the head can be fatal. Know you’re saved through Jesus Christ and that

your eternal future is secure.

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 Sword of the Spirit: Your weapon against the enemies of God. A sword can also be used defensively, so

memorise as much as you can.

 Prayer: The heavy artillery. Pray for yourself and those who are lost.

If you don’t already, you should find some like-minded individuals who are on the same Christian walk as you and

want to live for Him too. Having companions on this journey makes the journey much easier and you can support

each other through times of hardship, and praise God together.

7. PROCLAIM

Proclaim that Jesus Christ is Lord!

It’s time to head out into the world to fulfil His purpose for your life by living for Him and spreading His gospel

to all those who are lost in the world. Pray for all other Christians in these troubled times that they may stand

strong and be resilient against the devil. Pray that those who are questioning the rapture won’t take the mark of

the beast and won’t be led astray by the lies of the elites and the media.

Read your Bible consistently to learn and memorise His word whenever you can - because it’s extremely likely that

Bibles will be banned. Give praise and worship to Jesus daily. Help those around you who need assistance or food

and spread the gospel and this guide to whoever needs it. Live a life worthy of God by emulating His example to

us while He was here. Feed those in need, assist anyone needing help, give with no thought of return and above all

preach the gospel to everyone so that all might be saved! Assist others prayerfully since every scenario will be

different and some of those wanting assistance could have evil intentions once you have your guard down.

Do not be afraid because Jesus has overcome the world, He knows the end from the beginning and has already

defeated Satan at the cross! Everything happens in His timing and all the events across the world are under His

control. He sees everything happening at all points in time, from the ant carrying a breadcrumb in Dubai to the

person in jail desperately crying out to Him in Ireland and even the meteor hurtling towards earth which will hit

the ocean in the second trumpet judgement – which was set into motion at the foundation of the earth.

He works in mysterious ways and can turn around events that may seem evil from our point of view to acts that

glorify Him. An example is COVID and the chaos inflicted on the world, which, over time has brought thousands

of people to a saving knowledge of Him. He chooses the weak in the world to demonstrate His power and to

confound the strong, such as David against Goliath. He is the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. Do

you really know Him?

John 16:33

These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have

tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.

Deuteronomy 31:6

Be strong and of good courage, do not fear nor be afraid of them; for the Lord your God, He is

the One who goes with you. He will not leave you nor forsake you.

Joshua 1:9

Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the Lord your God is

with you wherever you go.

1 Corinthians 16:13

Watch, stand fast in the faith, be brave, be strong.

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Philippians 4:13

I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

Post-Rapture Survival

The information below is given so you can help yourself and others survive in a time of great hardship while also

being the salt and light in the world. You should use the skills in the document below to bless others by providing

food, water, shelter, electricity and other basic needs to anyone in need. We’ve been given this knowledge of the

future to not only verify the Bible but to prepare for what’s to come and share with others the blessing of the

word of God.

Always remember that only God knows when our time on this earth is up and no amount of preparation or

stockpiling of resources will change that. So that you don’t become over prepared and complacent, remember the

parable of the rich fool (Luke 12:13-21) who had stored many years’ worth of food away for himself, but then

God demanded his life that very night.

Again, I have to mention “The Preparedness Encyclopedia (TPE)”, a document I

compiled on everything preparedness related through a Christian perspective. It’s over

2,000 pages of survival, preparedness and self-sufficiency knowledge to help get you

through almost any catastrophe on this earth. It is topic searchable and contains

information on everything from finding water, to building a log shelter, to hunting for

food. It took me thousands of hours to compile but is completely free – all in the hope

it saves eternal lives, and perhaps prolongs your physical life a little longer.

You can either click on the website link below, scan the QR code to the right, or find

links to my off-site backups in the ‘Next Steps’ section. You can also check the backup

area if my main site ever goes down.

Download The Preparedness Encyclopedia (TPE):

https://fluidicice.com/tpe

This section makes a few assumptions:

 The rapture has already occurred and the world is in utter chaos. (Therefore there’s no ‘preparing’ for the

chaos to come)

 You are a born again believer in Christ and are living for Him and His glory. (You’re not just trying to

stay alive for your own ends)

 You are ready and willing to die for Jesus and aren’t concerned about saving your own life over serving

Him.

 You are an ambassador for Christ which means you will put yourself last in this world and give freely to

all those who need it. (You won’t be winning souls if you’re fighting someone over the last can of beans

in a supermarket)

Throughout the rest of this document I will include a Survival Tips window on every major event to help you

prepare for what’s coming. You will have a significant advantage in the tribulation by knowing, and being able to

prepare for these events specifically. Use this knowledge to bless others in need, in order to lead them to the Lord.

Post Rapture Scenario

It’s hard to accurately summarise the chaos that will occur once the rapture takes place, but let’s start with what’s

happening at the moment and extrapolate from there. In April 2022 (the time of writing this section) we’re

currently witnessing manufactured food shortages, rising fuel prices, rapid inflation, electricity crises, business

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closures, life threatening ‘vaccine’ reactions, the potential for global war, increasing crime, corrupt politicians,

worker strikes and the continual effects of COVID plaguing the world.

Assuming that all of these problems will escalate and compound on one another we might be seeing global

starvation, scarcity in all consumer products, increasing family and small business bankruptcies, a completely

devastated economy, inflation approaching hyperinflation and a flattening or a decline in the population on earth

within a relatively short timeframe.

On a more local level, crime will have shot right up as people become desperate for food, water and fuel, and

there will be few (if any) items on the shelves. What remains will be prohibitively expensive - for the luxuries, and

barely affordable for the staples of daily life. It sounds like a horrific dystopian future, but unfortunately this

disaster will have actualized and it will still only be the beginning of the turmoil. At this point the stage will be set

for ‘the man with the answers’ who solves the world’s problems and brings stability and a false peace to Earth.

In early Sept of 2024, we’ve seen the above situations worsening over time with new conflicts emerging, however

there still hasn’t been a ‘collapse’ yet – It seems the dark powers in control want to wait for a specific time before

letting this house of cards come down. However on a national level, we are absolutely seeing the rapid decline of

America and much of Europe with the migrants entering countries freely, attacking and raping locals, taking over

buildings with the elected powers not doing a thing to stop it – or are actively encouraging it in some places.

Muslims are actively attacking anything against their religion and there’s ongoing conflict and warplanes being sent

to Ukraine. Israel is continuing to defend their land and protect their citizens from those who wish to destroy

them, and China is planning and waiting for the right opportunity to invade Taiwan. The entire world is currently

a powder keg ready to obliterate the planet.

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When the believers are taken out and God reveals ‘the lie’, all of the disasters above will kick into overdrive.

Everyone will freak out, either buying or stealing what they can from the shops. Crashed vehicles may litter the

streets. People will stop turning up to work (if they can get there at all) which will cause every supply chain to

instantly break. Internet and phone networks will fail. Electricity, gas and water may stop flowing. Some people

will drink themselves into oblivion, others will cave to the desires and lusts of their hearts, and a few will fall on

their knees and turn to God. If you’re reading this then you’re probably one of the ones who turned to God.

When disaster strikes, many across the world will seek answers to what’s going on through the elites, celebrities

and the media, but particularly through religion. This will truly be the best time to spread the love of Christ to the

lost, depressed and angry people in the world by being kind, generous and selfless to those around you. However,

in a world without the true Church the lie will eventually spread that those who were taken were the ‘unbelievers’

or those who were holding back humanity - particularly by these aliens, the false pastors and the ‘enlightened’ in

the world.

I can’t state enough how dangerous and misguided ANY self-proclaimed ‘religious’ teachers will be after the

rapture. The reason they were left behind is because they never knew Jesus Christ and therefore weren’t raptured.

‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’ Matthew 7:23. They will claim that since

they’re still on earth it couldn’t have been the rapture – or they will just deny that the rapture is biblical. Likely

candidates to say this would be the Pope, Joel Osteen and many other televangelists. Above all else, read your

Bible and trust in Jesus alone. If you need help understanding passages, look to the teachers who have been

raptured or read my list of recommended pastors near the bottom of this guide.

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Unfortunately in such a deceptive age I wouldn’t count on Christian material (particularly on the rapture) to stay

on the internet for very long, especially after the antichrist rises to power. Try to download as much content such

as books, videos and podcasts as possible from trustworthy pastors before its deleted. I have uploaded a tidy

collection of sermons and discussions on a variety of topics including the rapture on my website which is also

backed up in multiple places online. Again, you can download the backups from my ‘Christianity’ document, in

the ‘Next Steps > Christian Content’ section.

Surviving in a Post-Rapture World

Firstly if you haven’t already, you should invite Jesus to become your Lord and Saviour if you believe His claims

to be God and that He died and rose again. Without this, the rest of the document is useless to you because it all

points to living for Him and not for yourself. This is something that almost everyone else on the planet will be

doing during this chaotic time. Additionally, with all the disasters set to be unleashed on the earth, you may not

live to see the end of the tribulation.

The period between the rapture and the second coming will be THE most deceptive time on earth, which is why I

recommend firstly studying the word of God thoroughly right after you become a believer.

This will:

 help water the seed that God placed in your heart;

 assure you of the promises He has for you;

 prove that He is real and can see the future;

 show you that there were many other seemingly hopeless periods in the Bible where He was still in full

control.

I also recommend cutting out worldly distractions from your house, particularly the television. That’s not to say

you shouldn’t keep up to date with what’s going on in the world - just set a limit and stick to it otherwise you will

be glued to it with the sheer number of ‘Breaking News’ headlines as these ‘aliens’ make contact and integrate with

human life.

If you can, try to meet up regularly with like-minded individuals who are on the same walk as you. You will

definitely need a believing friend or even a whole group in these trying times to keep you on track when you

stumble, and to learn from each other. Try to contact your friends and family members who either once believed

the Bible or who now feel that it was probably the rapture and try to start studying the Bible together.

Once you’re established with a small group of spiritually well-equipped believers it’s time to start reaching the lost.

Create and print (or manually write) some tracts to distribute in your area. Look for and fill any needs in your

community such as handing out food, providing protection, helping a neighbour or inviting those without shelter

into your home. Pray at every opportunity for those around you that they may come to know the Lord, that they

will be clothed, fed and sheltered and that they won’t be deceived by the world.

This next advice goes against all survival instincts and certainly won’t be adopted by most people alive during this

period - especially preppers, but if done for the right reasons you will be rewarded by your Father in heaven.

1. Give at every opportunity to those in need

You might have a single can of beans to feed your family for the day, but if there’s another unsaved family out

there with nothing, your gift of a meal will show them that Jesus cares so much for them. Don’t forget to tell

them about Him why you’re being so generous or it may be a wasted gesture. Remember that if you die, you know

where you’re going - others don’t, which is why their survival should come first.

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"One gives freely, yet grows all the richer; another withholds what he should give, and only

suffers want. Whoever brings blessing will be enriched, and one who waters will himself be

watered." Proverbs 11:24-25 ESV

2. Assist the disabled and outcasts

The Nazi’s saw the elderly, infirm, disabled and the Jews as a blight on society and actively tried to eliminate them.

As believers in Christ we are to love, assist and be generous to those who are probably struggling more than

regular people in times of crisis. Go out to those sleeping on the streets and invite them into your home. Cook

meals for those in retirement homes and tell them about your Saviour. Lend a hand to disabled individuals of the

community whenever they need it. Jesus loves them as much as the rich who are currently living in their mansions

protected by armed guards with seemingly infinite money.

3. Get to know your neighbors

Building connections with those around you in a time of utter insanity will be invaluable. You can offer support to

each other, institute a neighbourhood watch, trade what food and other supplies you have, teach them some

survival and preparedness skills, help with repairs and discuss the events of the world. Eventually you may have

the opportunity to share Jesus with them.

4. Bless and protect the Jews

The Jews are God’s chosen people and the whole reason for the tribulation is so they can turn their attention back

to Him and realize they put the true and living God to death 2,000 years ago. They will be hunted mercilessly by

the antichrist after the ‘abomination of desolation’ and will require all the help they can get. If there are any Jews

in your local area you should provide for them, protect them, bless them and love them as Jesus commands. You

may have to run a Corrie Ten Boom style house to keep them safe from the eyes of the enemy. (Read “The

Hiding Place”)

This guide will now continue with the order of events as described in Revelation. Next in the post-rapture order

of events you are likely to see the One World Currency, the One World Government and the One World Religion

beginning to take shape:

One World Currency

A currency exclusively used globally is a prerequisite for the one world government. If no one can buy or sell

without the mark, then there must be a one world currency, which as the Bible describes will be a mark (possibly a

chip) either in the right hand or forehead.

A one world currency could be something like Facebook’s Libra or a CBDC (Central Bank Digital Currency) but

ultimately the world will ditch the plastic credit cards and put the technology straight into the hand or forehead.

Revelation 13:16-17

And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in

their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had

the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

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 The continual removal of cash from the planet.

 Schemes such as ‘Universal Income’ implemented.

 CBDC’s rising to influence.

 The crash or banning of uncontrolled currencies such as Bitcoin & Etherium.

Today, one way that the demonic forces are driving everyone towards the One World Currency is by causing

colossal asset and stock bubbles, the likes of which the world has never seen before. You may have already heard

of this phrase from the World Economic Forum (WEF), “You will own nothing and you will be happy”. To

achieve this goal their aim is to inflate these bubbles to unheard sizes in order to bankrupt as many hard working

citizens as they can when they decide the time is right.

They are also promoting ‘buy now, pay later’ schemes which are currently causing, and will cause many to become

bankrupt after they raise the interest rates in order to combat their own inflation. When the world is plunged into

chaos by the collapsing economy they can swoop in to ‘save the day’ with their CBDC’s and Universal Basic

Income (UBI) which will eventually lead to the One World Currency.

One World Government

As the world grows darker and God’s foundational laws are no longer upheld, nations will join together under a

one world government, supposedly to bring peace to the world and to help prevent both man-made and natural

disasters from occurring. The Bible then prophecises that this antichrist will take control of the One World

Government and uses this to his advantage.

This government may sound like it will solve the problems of the world, but will only cause havoc and the

collapse of many nations. Today, we can see this government forming slowly, with the driving forces behind it

being the World Economic Forum, the United Nations, global disasters such as COVID-19 and the need to solve

‘climate change’. This government will most likely stem from the United Nations which already has its own army

and goals of controlling the nations of the world all in the name of ‘peace’.

This one world government will likely reach its final phase swiftly after a catastrophic, global disaster such as the

rapture, an ‘alien visitation’, an economic collapse or a global war. As described in the Bible this government will

begin with 10 leaders and will slowly be reduced down to 3, not including the antichrist. The antichrist will then

‘subdue’ the remaining three and become the sole power of the government of the world. This is found in Daniel

7:24-25 with the horns referring to ‘kings’ or leaders in our modern language. The ten-nation confederacy is also

seen in Daniel’s image of the statue in Daniel 2:41-42, where he pictures the final world government consisting of

ten entities represented by the ten toes of the statue.

Revelation 13:16-17 describes some sort of satanic mark which will be required in order to buy and sell. This

means anyone who refuses the mark will be unable to buy food, clothing or other necessities of life. No doubt the

majority of people in the world will capitulate to this mark simply to survive, but will ultimately meet their demise

at the return of Jesus. Again, verse 16 makes it clear that this will be a universal system of control where everyone,

the rich and poor, great and the small will bear the mark on their right hand or forehead.

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 The rising of a global government initially consisting of 10 leaders.

 In the tribulation, the antichrist will overpower 7 of the leaders and subdue the last 3

until he is the leader of the planet. (Revelation 17:12)

One World Religion

The One World Religion is described in Revelation 17 as “the great harlot” and will be part of the end-times

scenario. The term harlot is used throughout the Old Testament as a metaphor for false religion. The actual

identity and makeup of the religion has been debated for centuries and has resulted in a number of different views

among Bible commentators and theologians. There are convincing arguments for the one world religion being

Catholicism or some form of religion combining all the major parties (Christianity, Hindiusm, Islam etc).

The most likely world religion is one that reigns in a number of different religions, sects, and isms that are around

today which may also include parts of environmentalism, cosmology, evolution and ‘wokeness’. If churches today

have invited these doctrines into the Church, why couldn’t the One World Religion? One thing is for sure though,

this ‘religion’ will be absolutely blasphemous to the one true God and any adherents should be taught the truth

with the true Word of God.

Revelation 17:1-2

“Come, I will show you the judgment of the great harlot who sits on many waters, 2 with

whom the kings of the earth committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth were

made drunk with the wine of her fornication.”

Look For

 Further pushes to unite the religions of the world, specifically by the Pope.

 Increasing attacks against Bible believing Christians who won’t take part in this reunion

of the faiths.

 A strong alliance between the rising world leader and the leader of the One World

Religion.

Revelation 17 gives us several characteristics of the one world religion. It will dominate all the “peoples and

multitudes and nations and tongues” of the earth, meaning that it will have universal authority, no doubt given by

the antichrist, who rules the world at that time. Verses 2-3 describe the harlot as committing adultery with the

“kings of the earth,” referring to the false religion’s influence among the world’s rulers and influential people.

The reference to being drunk with the wine of her adulteries may refer to those who are drunk with the power

they receive from worshiping the false god of the false religion. Satan frequently ensnares those whose lust for

power drives them away from the worship of the true and living God. The alliances forged by the false religion

will unite church and state like never before.

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"I saw the woman, drunk with the blood of the saints and with the blood of the martyrs of

Jesus. And when I saw her, I marveled with great amazement."

Verse 6 describes the harlot as being “drunk with the blood of the saints” and the blood of those who testify of

Jesus. Believers who are on the earth during the tribulation will experience the wrath of the harlot and her power

source, the antichrist. Those who oppose the worldwide religion will be killed, and those who refuse to worship

the Antichrist by accepting his mark will be unable to buy and sell, thereby making survival very difficult

(Revelation 13:16-17).

Be sure not to fall into the trap of becoming a member of the “One World Religion” no matter how alluring it is,

or how bad the consequences of not joining are. We are to adhere only to the God-ordained scriptures and not

twist it to fit our own perspective as all the other religions have done. “Take heed that no one deceives you.”

Matthew 24:4, Matthew 24:24, Luke 21:8, Mark 13:5, 2 Timothy 3:13-14.

The Catholic church controlled by the Pope is currently trying to reign in all the other denominations of

Christianity as well as the other religions of the world, while claiming that we are all worshiping the same God.

However there is only ONE way to God and that is by accepting Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour, any other

way is a deception and will only lead you to hell. You need to be a born-again Christian with a life dedicated to

God and a solid belief that Jesus came as the messiah to die for your sins on the cross, then was raised to life on

the third day. You don’t need a priest to be able to talk to Him, as you have an open connection 24/7.

Acts 4:12

Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men

by which we can be saved.

The Attempted Invasion of Israel

Ezekiel 38 and 39 say that Russia (Magog), Iran, Turkey, Sudan, Libya and Syria will launch a combined surprise

attack against Israel to claim their spoils, which is likely to be their vast reserves of natural resources such as

minerals, gas, oil, technology, gold and even water. However, God will destroy these armies in the mountains of

Israel and will rain fire on Russia and those who ‘dwell securely in the isles’. This event will likely occur after the

destruction of Damascus and even the rapture.

This invasion will likely speed up the need for a world saviour (the coming ‘antichrist’) to solve the world’s

turmoil and wars, unless it’s the antichrist that launches this attack himself at the mid-point of the tribulation.

Look For

 Further pushes to unite the religions of the world, specifically by the Pope.

 Increasing attacks against Bible believing Christians who won’t take part in this reunion

of the faiths.

 A strong alliance between the rising world leader and the leader of the One World

Religion.

● This event could be before or after the rapture, but is most likely after.

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Now the word of the Lord came to me, saying, “Son of man, set your face against Gog, of the

land of Magog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal, and prophesy against him, and say,

‘Thus says the Lord God: “Behold, I am against you, O Gog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech, and

Tubal. I will turn you around, put hooks into your jaws, and lead you out, with all your

army, horses, and horsemen, all splendidly clothed, a great company with bucklers and

shields, all of them handling swords. Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya are with them, all of them

with shield and helmet; Gomer and all its troops; the house of Togarmah from the far north

and all its troops—many people are with you.

See Ezekiel 38 for More.

Ezekiel 39:1-8

Gog’s Armies Destroyed

“And you, son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “Behold, I

am against you, O Gog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal; and I will turn you around

and lead you on, bringing you up from the far north, and bring you against the mountains of

Israel. Then I will knock the bow out of your left hand, and cause the arrows to fall out of your

right hand. You shall fall upon the mountains of Israel, you and all your troops and the

peoples who are with you; I will give you to birds of prey of every sort and to the beasts of the

field to be devoured. You shall fall on the open field; for I have spoken,” says the Lord God.

“And I will send fire on Magog and on those who live in security in the coastlands. Then they

shall know that I am the Lord. So I will make My holy name known in the midst of My people

Israel, and I will not let them profane My holy name anymore. Then the nations shall know

that I am the Lord, the Holy One in Israel. Surely it is coming, and it shall be done,” says the

Lord God. “This is the day of which I have spoken.

See Ezekiel 39 for More.

Ezekiel 38 and 39 foretells a massive future invasion of Israel by the armed forces of six nations. Five of those

nations are identified in 38:5-6 with the names they had in Ezekiel’s time. The first nation, Persia, is now the

modern state of Iran. The second nation, Ethiopia, isn’t the same as modern Ethiopia but is currently known as

Sudan. The third nation, Libya, the western neighbour of Egypt, is also an Islamic nation today.

The people of the fourth nation, Gomer, were also known as the Cimmerians. They lived north of the Caucasus

Mountains in Eastern Europe. The people of the fifth nation, Togarmah, settled in Cappadocia, now eastern

Turkey.

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Image by Koinonia House, published on the article entitled “The Magog Invasion”.

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All of these nations except for Russia and Turkey are currently ruled by Islamic fundamentalist governments who

have openly declared their commitment to the annihilation of Israel. However the present government of Turkey

is being threatened by Islamic fundamentalists.

As a result, some leaders fear that Turkey could become another Iran. If that happens, all the nations named in

Ezekiel 38:5-6 will be characterized by a militant Islamic hatred of Israel.

The five nations of Ezekiel 38:5-6 will be led by a sixth. God gave three identifying marks for that leader. The

leader is identified as “the chief prince” or ruler “of Meshech and Tubal” (Ezekiel. 38:2; 39:1). This group settled

in the area of Armenia, “where the borders of Russia, Iran and Turkey converge.”

The people of Tubal were located in the central part of Turkey immediately west of Togarmah. Gog’s location is

“the north parts” (38:15; 39:2). The Hebrew word translated ‘parts’ means the extreme or uttermost parts. Since

Ezekiel was a Hebrew prophet, he would refer to geographical locations from the vantage point of his homeland.

Thus, his statement in 38:15 indicates that when Gog leads the six-nation attack against Israel, he will come from

his location in the extreme or uttermost parts directly north of Israel.

From what has been described, it appears that Russia will lead the invasion against Israel as foretold in Ezekiel 38-

39. Their driving force is initiated by God Himself through the lure of incredible wealth, resources and for the

Islamists, the chance to finally obliterate Israel. This is described in verse 4 where God proclaims that “I will turn

you around and put hooks into your jaws”.

When will it occur?

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In Ezekiel 38:8, 16, God declared that this future invasion of Israel would take place ‘in the latter years’ and ‘latter

days’. That would be after Israel has been regathered from the nations to its homeland and feels so safe and secure

that it will have no defences of its own (vv. 8, 11-12, 14). There has been an amazing regathering of Israel to its

homeland since its re-establishment as a nation state in 1948, but Israel certainly doesn’t feel so safe and secure

today that it has no defences of its own. Today it perpetually has to stay on high alert to shoot down the rockets,

missiles and terrorist attacks which threatens their existence on a daily basis.

Since the Scriptures indicate that there will be no warfare during the future reign of the Messiah (Psalm 72:7;

Isaiah 9:6-7; Micah 4:3-4), this invasion cannot take place during the Millennium. Is there any time between now

and the Millennium when Israel will feel so safe and secure that it will not maintain its defences? It appears so.

According to Daniel 9:27, at the very beginning of the future seven-year Tribulation period, the Antichrist will

enforce a strong covenant with Israel. It will so strongly bind Israel to the Antichrist that he will regard that nation

as an extension of himself and his empire in the Middle East. As a result, through that covenant, the Antichrist

will guarantee Israel’s national security. Israel will feel so safe and secure that it will discontinue the costly burden

of maintaining its defences.

This feeling of security will not last long, however. In the middle of the Tribulation, the Antichrist will begin to

desolate Israel (Dan. 9:27; Mt. 24:15-21); thus, the nation will feel safe and secure only during the first half of the

seven-year Tribulation. It appears then, that the invasion of Israel by Russia and its Islamic allies will take place

during the first half of the Tribulation, perhaps shortly before its midpoint. The invaders will believe that since

Israel has let down its military guard, it will be their opportune time to strike and plunder its resources (Ezekiel

38:10-13). As a result, they will launch such a large invasion force that it will seem like a massive cloud covering

the land (38:9, 15-16).

God’s initial action will be to pull these invaders into Israel for His own sovereign purpose (38:4, 16; 39:2). When

they attack, His attitude toward them will be characterized by fury, jealousy, and fiery wrath (38:18-19). He will

then actively intervene to destroy the invading force through a fierce earthquake, landslides, pestilence, excessive

rain, great hailstones, fire, and brimstone (38:19-22).

The destruction of the invading army will be so extensive that the mountains and open fields of Israel and a valley

near the Dead Sea will be congested with corpses. God will bring fowl and beasts to eat many of them. It will take

Israel seven months to bury the remainder of the dead and seven years to consume their weapons (39:3-5, 9-20).

If this invasion takes place shortly before the middle of the Tribulation, this destruction of weapons will continue

into the early part of the Millennium.

God’s purpose for all of this will be to glorify Himself before Israel and all the nations - to so impress them with

His existence and power that He will have life changing influence on them (38:16, 23; 39:7, 13, 21-22). No doubt

the fulfilment of the Ezekiel 38-39 prophecy will be one of the means through which God will bring people of

that time to Himself.

Taking a closer look at verse 6 in Ezekiel 39:

“And I will send fire on Magog and on those who live in security in the coastlands. Then they

shall know that I am the Lord.” Ezekiel 39:6

So who exactly are those who dwell ‘securely’, or ‘in false confidence’ in the isles? There are a couple of

contenders, but we can’t really know until the invasion is about to fulfil itself. The closer we are to fulfilment, the

more pieces are in place and the more clearly we can see how it will play out.

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Chuck Missler believes God will rain down meteors on America as part of an overdue judgement. Other scholars

believe its representative of an exchange of ICBMs or other long range weapons between countries. Personally I

believe it will be meteorites raining down on the region of Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Australia and New

Zealand due to being so excluded from the main world stage that they live ‘carelessly’, oblivious and inattentive to

conflict in the other parts of the world. We can only wait and see what happens.

The Rise of the Antichrist

Now that the rapture has occurred there’s no reason why the antichrist can’t show his face on the global stage and

start his final rise to power as he may already be in a position of minor power. (Revelation 13:1-8)

Look For

 A man of great influence rising on the global stage.

 Someone with vast intelligence and charisma, who solves the world’s problems easily

 See below for the physical description of this individual.

The antichrist will begin by rising up among the ten leaders of the new world order (the global government).

Seven of them will drop out and he will subdue the last three. (Revelation 17:12) The world will ‘marvel’ and be

amazed by the antichrist, at the ideas he puts forward and the actions he takes, as this will certainly be a very

charismatic, intelligent and yet deceitful man.

Revelation 13:1-8

Then I stood on the sand of the sea. And I saw a beast rising up out of the sea, having seven

heads and ten horns, and on his horns ten crowns, and on his heads a blasphemous name.

Now the beast which I saw was like a leopard, his feet were like the feet of a bear, and his

mouth like the mouth of a lion. The dragon gave him his power, his throne, and great

authority. And I saw one of his heads as if it had been mortally wounded, and his deadly

wound was healed. And all the world marveled and followed the beast. So they worshiped the

dragon who gave authority to the beast; and they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like

the beast? Who is able to make war with him?” And he was given a mouth speaking great

things and blasphemies, and he was given authority to continue for forty-two months. Then

he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme His name, His tabernacle, and

those who dwell in heaven. It was granted to him to make war with the saints and to

overcome them. And authority was given him over every tribe, tongue, and nation. All who

dwell on the earth will worship him, whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of

the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

The Bible even includes a physical description of the antichrist:

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“Woe to the worthless shepherd, who leaves the flock! A sword shall be against his arm and

against his right eye; His arm shall completely wither, and his right eye shall be totally

blinded.”

Revelation 13:3

"And I saw one of his heads as if it had been mortally wounded, and his deadly wound was

healed. And all the world marvelled and followed the beast."

Revelation 17:12-13

“The ten horns which you saw are ten kings who have received no kingdom as yet, but they

receive authority for one hour as kings with the beast. These are of one mind, and they will

give their power and authority to the beast.

These verses describe that there will be a one world government comprised of 10 leaders which does not (yet)

include the antichrist.

Daniel 7:24

The ten horns are ten kings Who shall arise from this kingdom. And another shall rise after

them; He shall be different from the first ones, And shall subdue three kings.

Here the Bible describes that the antichrist will rise to power amongst the other 10 world leaders and will

eventually subdue the remaining 3 so that he becomes the sole leader of the planet. It’s also interesting to note

that the phrase “He shall be different from the first ones” could imply that he is not of this world...

The Rise of the False Prophet

The false prophet is a religious leader and the ‘beast which rises from the earth’ who performs great miracles and

causes people to worship and follow the antichrist - the beast that rises from the water in the second half of the

tribulation. (Revelation 13:11-18) The False Prophet will be able to rain fire down from the sky on command;

however this power is from the devil and not God.

He uses these demonic abilities to deceive many and will cause people to believe that the first ‘beast’ (the

antichrist) is in fact the messiah of the Jews, and a god to the gentiles. The false prophet may already be in a fairly

powerful position when the rapture occurs, and will ally themself with the antichrist to gain even more power.

Revelation 13:11-14

Then I saw another beast coming up out of the earth, and he had two horns like a lamb and

spoke like a dragon. And he exercises all the authority of the first beast in his presence, and

causes the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was

healed. He performs great signs, so that he even makes fire come down from heaven on the

earth in the sight of men. And he deceives those who dwell on the earth by those signs which

he was granted to do in the sight of the beast, telling those who dwell on the earth to make an

image to the beast who was wounded by the sword and lived."

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Do not be deceived by the false prophet who performs incredible and supernatural signs, as he will lead you down

the path of death and away from Jesus Christ. However there will also be two witnesses sent by God to preach

His word during the first half of the tribulation and will be able to cast plagues on the earth as often as they like.

Although the antichrist will have them killed at the midpoint of the tribulation, they will be resurrected by God.

But there is more on them further below.

John 14:6

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except

through Me.

There will be many who claim to be the Messiah and many will claim to have the answers for a troubled world. In

Matthew 24, Jesus gave a warning specifically for our generation. In this passage Jesus, warns us that false

prophets will rise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect. These false prophets

(not the two sent by God) in the tribulation aren’t working with sleight of hand illusions but have actual demonic

powers.

You must be on guard and ask yourself who these sinister prophets and messiahs are, and where they are trying to

lead you. The Bible warns us that these are no ordinary men. In the end times, people will be crying desperately

for leaders to deliver them from the turmoil, and they will seek mystics and religious leaders who claim to have

deeper knowledge about the events that have transpired.

The Bema Seat Judgement

Meanwhile, in heaven after the rapture, Christians will come before the Judgment Seat of Christ otherwise known

as the ‘Bema Seat’. The purpose of this seat is to examine a Christian’s life. The Bible tells us, “For we must all

appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may be recompensed for his deeds in the body,

according to what he has done, whether good or bad” (2 Corinthians 5:10). The term used here refers to a

summing up and estimation of the total pattern of a believer’s life. The overall focus of this should keep us from

worrying over every small things we’ve ever done, or thoughtless sin we have committed. It’s a time of reward,

not punishment.

“Our present lives affect what will happen at the Judgment Seat of

Christ.”

Though we won’t be condemned for our sins, our present lives do affect what will happen at the Judgment Seat of

Christ. It’s important that we pay attention to the Bible’s prophetic passages and study God’s plan for the future.

Though we don’t know the date, the time or hour of the Rapture, we can be cognizant of all that is going on

around us so that we are living the life God intended for us in Christ. When we study and understand the Rapture,

we will be better prepared for what is to come. Christians should be on guard, watching and praying until the day

of the Lord.

Luke 21:34-36

“But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness,

and cares of this life, and that Day come on you unexpectedly. For it will come as a snare on

all those who dwell on the face of the whole earth. Watch therefore, and pray always that you

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may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will come to pass, and to stand before

the Son of Man.”

Reconstruction of Babylon

At some point before, or in the tribulation, the city of Babylon will be built and serve as the residence of the

antichrist. It will likely take many years to construct and therefore means it could be started well before the

tribulation begins. Babylon will likely be constructed around Al-Hillah in Iraq where the previous Babylon Empire

was located. To find it, you can also paste the coordinates to the right into a map.

Look For

 The construction and restoration of a major city around ‘Al-Hillah’ in central Iraq.

 Babylon’s Coordinates: 32.478642, 44.451235 or (32° 28' 43.1" N, 44° 27' 4.4" E)

Survival Tips

Avoid the whole area of Babylon even for visits, no matter how alluring and beautiful it might

seem. It will be a cesspool of evil and will ultimately be completely destroyed at the judgement

of the 7th bowl.

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The Tribulation Overview

The tribulation is a 7 year period of time initiated by a covenant (a peace treaty) between Israel and the current

world leader - known as the antichrist. During this period he allows the Jews to rebuild their temple, on or around

the spot where the Dome of the Rock currently stands. The tribulation can only begin after the rapture takes place

since God’s judgement isn’t destined for His church.

The first half of the tribulation is a time of false peace among men where the world will seem to be improving. All

the while the planet is being subject to the wrath of God in the form of seals and trumpets. The second half of the

tribulation is a time when the antichrist claims to be God and attempts to kill anyone who opposes him while the

earth is also being subject to the ‘bowls’ of God’s wrath.

Look For

 A great leader creating a covenant, or making an existing covenant with Israel greater

than before. The covenant is set to last 7 years. It may not be covered by global news

outlets.

Rebuilding the 3rd Temple

Right after the covenant with Israel is established, the third temple in Jerusalem will start to be constructed by the

Jews. They already have everything ready to go, including the red heifer, the Ark of the Covenant and the

menorah of pure gold - they just need the green light. Since before 2018 there have been ads on Israeli TV which

actively promote, and push for the third temple to be rebuilt. The religious leaders in Israel certainly want to see

the temple built in their lifetime. There is a video on YouTube from ‘The Temple Institute’ which shows a 3D

walkthrough of the third temple that has been designed.

3D Third Temple Walkthrough: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2IkxmwkayM

Look For

 Official word that the construction on the third temple has begun.

The Two Witnesses

The two witnesses sent by God from heaven will begin to preach for 3.5 years (42 months) in the first half of the

tribulation after the covenant is established. (Revelation 11:1-6) They will be wearing ‘sackcloth’ and have power

from God to prevent rain from falling, the ability to turn water to blood and power to strike the earth with

plagues whenever they want. Anyone who tries to harm them will be killed by fire coming from their mouths.

Look For

 Two people spreading the word of God from the start of the covenant with Israel, up

to the abomination of desolation. (3.5 years total)

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Revelation Summary

Below is a summary of God’s judgements on earth, in the form of the seals, trumpets and bowls found

throughout Revelation. These judgements can only take place in the tribulation, and the tribulation can only begin

once the church is removed from the earth - hence the pre-tribulation rapture. The seals and trumpets most likely

occur in the first half of the tribulation and the bowls probably take place in the second half.

This section doesn’t include non-seal events such as the sealing of the 144,000. For those, view the diagram at the

start or continue reading further below for the detailed list of events.

I recommend familiarising yourself with the plagues of Egypt as there’s a very strong link between the plagues and

these judgements. They can be found as a list in the ‘Christianity’ document, or in the Bible starting at Exodus

7:14.

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The Seals

Seal

The White Horse - The revealing of the antichrist who goes forth to

conquer the nations.

Seal

The Red Horse - The taking of peace from the world, there will be great

wars.

Seal

The Black Horse - Releases famine and hyperinflation on the world.

Seal

The Pale (Green) Horse - There will be disease, pestilence and plagues

released upon the world.

Seal

The martyrs of Jesus are given white robes.

Seal

A powerful earthquake, black sun, blood red moon, stars fall to earth,

the sky recedes, every island and mountain moves.

Seal

Silence in heaven, noises, thunderings, lightnings, an earthquake.

The seals and trumpets occur in the first half of the tribulation.

The Trumpets

Trumpet

Hail and fire mingled with blood falls to earth burning 1/3 of all trees

and all the

reen

rass.

Trumpet

A fiery mountain falls into the sea, 1/3 of the sea becomes blood, 1/3

of sea creatures die, 1/3 of all shi

s are destro

ed.

Trumpet

A burning meteor falls from space contaminating 1/3 of the rivers and

rin

s. Man

le die from

oisoned water.

Trumpet

1/3 of the sun is dark, 1/3 of the moon is dark, 1/3 of the stars are

dark. 1/3 of the da

and ni

ht don’t occur.

Trumpet

People can’t die, the air is filled with smoke, the sun is blocked by

smoke, demons torment those without God's seal.

Trumpet

An army of 200 million and demons cause 1/3 of mankind to be killed.

Trumpet

The temple of God is opened in heaven, noises, thunderings, lightning,

an earth

uake, a

reat hail.

The bowls occur in the second half of the tribulation, likely closer to the end.

The Bowls

Bowl

Sores and pain for those who have the mark of the beast or worship his

image.

Bowl

The entire sea turns to blood, all sea creatures die, all fishing stopped.

Bowl

All rivers and springs become blood.

Bowl

The sun scorches men with great heat, blasphemy against God.

Bowl

Puts the kingdom of the beast into darkness and gives them intense

pain.

Bowl

The Euphrates dries up allowing armies access to Armageddon. The

nations gather together at Armageddon to battle God.

Bowl

Noises, thunderings and lightnings, a catastrophic earthquake. Every

mountain falls, islands move out of place, huge hail.

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The Seals

The 7 seals of God’s judgement.

A depiction of the four horsemen of the apocalypse which represent the first four seals. An 1887 painting by Viktor Vasnetsov.

The seal judgements begin when the covenant with Israel is formalised by the antichrist. It ends after about 1.75

to 2 years into the tribulation. Many of the seals (unlike some of the trumpets and bowls) will likely continue

through the entirety of the tribulation, so for seal 2 - wars will continually be fought through the tribulation, and

in seal 3 - famine and hyperinflation will be ongoing as per the layout in the ‘Revelation Timeline’ diagram.

Contrary to what those opposed to God may think - a world without Christians (and the restrainer) will be the

most catastrophic time in the history of the planet.

Summarised Seal Survival Tips

Throughout the seal judgements there’s a common thread of man-made disasters such as the

conquering antichrist in the 1st seal, the continual wars in the 2nd seal, the hyperinflation and

scarcity of food in the 3rd seal and the diseases and plagues in the 4th seal. Overall these

primarily affect the day to day working of society, so expect the supply chains to quickly fail due

to a lack of workers who have been drafted to war, killed or fallen ill.

Aim to grow your own food, both for your own household and enough to share with others.

Additionally try to preserve it as much as possible for the increasingly difficult times ahead. Seek

ways to purify your own water and reinforce your residence to help protect against marauders,

stray bullets and bombs.

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1st Seal

The First Seal - (The Conqueror) The White Horse

The first seal sets loose a rider on a white horse that comes to conquer nations. The rider is not Jesus because He

is the one opening the seal therefore He cannot be part of the seal as well. The rider is the antichrist who is set

loose on earth to deceive the nations and proclaim that he is Christ.

The riding of a white horse is evidence that the antichrists aim is deception to fool people into believing that he is

God. Some readers are confused by this but it only takes a little further reading about the type of person this is to

come to the conclusion that it isn’t Jesus. Jesus comes on a white horse in Revelation 19:11 to claim His throne.

(See the verse below)

This seal will begin as soon as the covenant with Israel is signed by the antichrist. By paying close attention to the

timing of his conquest we get a hint of who he is likely attacking. Since he just finished signing a covenant with

Israel, he could very well be destroying Israel’s enemies as alluded to in Revelation 6:1-2.

Look For

 A false ‘saviour’ who conquers nations.

 Someone with a withered arm and a blinded right eye.

 Someone who creates ‘peace’ and solves the world’s problems with seeming ease.

 A very suave and charismatic individual.

 He will confirm a covenant with Israel to allow the 3rd temple to be built.

 He mandates that everyone receives a mark on their forehead or right hand.

Revelation 6:1-2

Now I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals; and I heard one of the four living creatures

saying with a voice like thunder, “Come and see. And I looked, and behold, a white horse. He

who sat on it had a bow; and a crown was given to him, and he went out conquering and to

conquer."

Compare that to the below, when Jesus actually returns:

Revelation 19:11-13, 16

Now I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse. And He who sat on him was called

Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and makes war. His eyes were like a flame

of fire, and on His head were many crowns. He had a name written that no one knew except

Himself. He was clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of

God. And He has on His robe and on His thigh a name written: KING OF KINGS AND

LORD OF LORDS."

The antichrist will create a false peace by destroying those peoples and nations who don’t align with his ideals.

One of these ideals is his apparent alliance with Israel; since he will protect them from their enemies for now. His

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reign and control over the world will be one achieved by fear and coercion – but he will also be hailed as the

harbinger of peace, a feat which many have unsuccessfully attempted in the Middle East over the years.

He will remain on earth for the entire duration of the tribulation, after which he is thrown into the lake of fire at

the second coming of Jesus. This individual will be extremely suave, intelligent and charismatic albeit having some

kind of battle injury on his arm and right eye. The ‘deadly wound’ he sustained is one that someone would

normally die from, however he survived and all that remains is extreme scarring or some kind of disfigurement.

How did he receive this deadly injury? The only option that the Bible has left open is that it’s some kind of battle

wound since it’s attributed to ‘a sword’ (Zec 11:17). But what battle? Is this an earthly battle or a heavenly battle?

That question might be more easily answered once the individual has been revealed – post rapture.

I cannot emphasize enough that you should never take the mark of the beast on your right hand or forehead. If

you do, you’ve allied yourself with the devil himself and you will certainly be going to hell when Jesus returns, or

when you die, which may be soon considering the judgements that are coming.

Not to mention that the first bowl says that all those with this mark will get painful and putrid sores all over their

bodies. You may not be able to buy anything but if you commit yourself to Jesus and live for Him, you will be

with Him in heaven for eternity. To clarify, the mark of the beast is most likely enforced 3.5 years into the

covenant with Israel, when the antichrist declares himself as god.

Again, here’s the physical characteristics of the antichrist if you missed it above:

Zechariah 11:17

“Woe to the worthless shepherd, who leaves the flock! A sword shall be against his arm and

against his right eye; His arm shall completely wither, and his right eye shall be totally

blinded.”

Revelation 13:3

And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed:

and all the world wondered after the beast.

Revelation 13:16-18

He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their

right hand or on their foreheads, and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark

or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. Here is wisdom. Let him who has

understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man: His number is

666.

So this is a man who has seen battle or conflict and has wounds on his arm and his right eye.

Survival Tips

Do not be deceived by this individual or believe anything he says. His only goal is to rule the

world and be worshipped by man. COVID-19 seemed like it was the testing ground for global

fifth-generational warfare, designed to alter people’s mindset to prepare them for this coming

‘New World Order’ and the satanic and Godless society they are fabricating. Throughout the

tribulation the separation of fact and fiction is going to get increasingly blurry as these tools of

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mass disillusionment and control become even more mainstream. Not to mention that it’s

already extremely difficult to tell an AI generated image apart from a real one. So what can you

trust in a world full of deception besides the Bible? Question everything you’re told by others

and the media and stay alert to your surroundings.

For a great teaching on the 1st Seal by Chuck Missler, see the hour long videos below:

● Behold a White Horse - Part 1: www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7witCMZ-O0

● Behold a White Horse - Part 2: www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-V9wB92XuA

Related Verses

The Antichrist

 Revelation 13 “...And I saw a beast rising up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten

horns...”

 Zechariah 11:17 “...A sword shall be against his arm and against his right eye; his arm

shall completely wither, and his right eye shall be totally blinded.”

 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4 “...and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition, who

opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he

sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God...”

 Daniel 7:7-8 “and there was another horn, a little one, coming up among them, before

whom three of the first horns were plucked out by the roots.”

 Daniel 9:27 “Then he shall confirm a covenant with many for one week; But in the

middle of the week he shall bring an end to sacrifice and offering.”

 Daniel 11:37 “He shall regard neither the God of his fathers nor the desire of women,

nor regard any god; for he shall exalt himself above them all.”

 Daniel 7:24-25 “He shall speak pompous words against the Most High, shall persecute

the saints of the Most High, and shall intend to change times and law.”

 Revelation 13:3-5 “And I saw one of his heads as if it had been mortally wounded, and

his deadly wound was healed. And all the world marveled and followed the beast.”

 Revelation 17:1-18 “...one is, and the other has not yet come. And when he comes, he

must continue a short time. 11 The beast that was, and is not, is himself also the eighth,

and is of the seven, and is going to perdition.”

 Revelation 19:20 “Then the beast was captured, and with him the false prophet who

worked signs in his presence, by which he deceived those who received the mark of the

beast and those who worshiped his image.”

 1 John 2:18 “...it is the last hour; and as you have heard that the Antichrist is coming...”

2nd Seal

The Second Seal - (Wars) The Red Horse

The second seal speaks of wars that will occur throughout the earth. Peace will be taken from the nations of earth

and humanity will kill each other in great number. This stacks with the first seal in which the antichrist goes out to

conquer nations in the name of ‘peace’.

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This seal should start a few months into the tribulation.

Look For

 Global Wars

 Ceaseless Fighting

 World War 3 or 4

Revelation 6:3-4

When He opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, “Come and see."

Another horse, fiery red, went out. And it was granted to the one who sat on it to take peace

from the earth, and that people should kill one another; and there was given to him a great

sword.

These wars will continually escalate throughout the tribulation, pulling nation upon nation into the conflict until

the world is consumed by war. This war is likely to be deemed ‘World War 3’ (or 4) by those around the globe.

This war will be nothing like previous wars... World War 2 was fought with relatively low-tech equipment

compared with what we have at our disposal today. Imagine if all 13,410 nuclear weapons we have stockpiled in

2020 were used in a war today. This war will also be one of deception and manipulation of all people, so be

vigilant in seeking truth. Remember the Nazi’s believed what they was doing was ‘right’ based on the propaganda

and lies being spread by their government.

Our Modern Weaponry

 Nuclear Weapons (Both high and low yield will be used across the globe)

 Hypersonic weapons

 EMPs used disable power grids

 AI and combat oriented robots

 Unmanned aircraft and drones will be used to remotely eliminate targets

 Weaponized viruses may be unleashed

 Nerve, blister and blood agents may be utilized

 Drones and micro-drones which can be breathed in to kill from the inside

 False flag attacks and disinformation will be commonplace

 Cyber warfare will disable strategic utilities remotely

 Space weapons may be utilized

Survival Tips

Avoid all major cities and suburbs during the tribulation period as these may be military targets

and will certainly be lethal to live in densely populated areas. In addition you should avoid

military bases, hospitals, airfields, docks, farmland and utilities such as electric plants, pipelines,

water plants and dams. However, if you’re well equipped (and are called to do so) you could

hang around and use this as an opportunity to hand out food while sharing the gospel.

During this war, nations may target satellites and space stations to destroy communications

networks, therefore don’t rely on technologies such as GPS, satellite phones or satellite internet

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services such as starlink. CB radios will be perfect for most of your needs.

For a great teaching on the 2nd Seal by Chuck Missler, see the hour long videos below:

● Behold a Red Horse - Part 1: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZND9AXQ07s

● Behold a Red Horse - Part 2: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDaM5iAK8C8

Related Verses

Wars

 Matthew 24:6 “And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not

troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.”

 Mark 13:7 “But when you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be troubled; for

such things must happen, but the end is not yet.”

 Luke 21:9 “But when you hear of wars and commotions, do not be terrified; for these

things must come to pass first, but the end will not come immediately.”

 Revelation 16:16 “And they gathered them together to the place called in Hebrew,

Armageddon.”

3rd Seal

The Third Seal - (Famine) The Black Horse

The third seal releases famine upon the earth so that food is scarce. In today’s society it speaks of hyperinflation

where the value of money goes down exponentially, having less and less purchasing power each day. This seal

again, stacks with the first two because if there’s endless wars, countries will be spending huge budgets on fighting

and will have to create more and more money to finance it.

The third seal should begin about 6 months into the tribulation.

Look For

 Famine & empty shelves

 Destroyed crops

 Hyperinflation

 Shrinkflation

 Supply chain disruptions

Revelation 6:5-6

When He opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come and see.” So I

looked, and behold, a black horse, and he who sat on it had a pair of scales in his hand. And I

heard a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, “A quart of wheat for a

denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius; and do not harm the oil and the wine.”

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Typically a quart of wheat is the minimum amount that someone requires to survive each day, and the price shows

us that it costs 8 to 10 times more than normal. So a $4 USD loaf of bread today (in 2019) would cost around $32

USD. This verse may not reflect actual prices, but it could just mean that someone will work all day and come

home with only enough to feed themself for a single day. If you’re reading this ahead of time, you should stock up

on some canned, freeze-dried and other long life foods. Also remember that God knows exactly what you require

to stay alive as per Matthew 6:25-34, Proverbs 10:3 and many other verses, so don’t go overboard.

There could also be global natural disasters which destroy huge areas of crops and livestock across the globe, with

the possibility of secondary consequences such as locust swarms which rise from flooded areas. Additionally,

communistic governments may pay farmers to till over their crops or sabotage food facilities like they did in the

Great Depression and are currently doing around America in April 2022.

Survival Tips

It would be wise to start growing your own food long before this seal is triggered so you can live

off your crops while blessing others with fresh food. Learn how to preserve food via different

methods to help get you through the cold months. Find ways to stretch your food as much as

possible and learn to go without every second day if possible. Share what you have with those in

need and tell them about Jesus. Try to forage wild edibles in your local area and learn what

‘weeds’ you can eat. Be sure to positively identify any unknown edibles before you consume

them, if you’re unsure you can initiate the survival edibility test.

For a great teaching on the 3rd Seal by Chuck Missler, see the hour long videos below:

● Behold a Black Horse - Part 1:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfAXHCIHA2k

● Behold a Black Horse - Part 2: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WICSXjuDpqk

Related Verses

Famine & Pestilence

 Ezekiel 5:12 “One-third of you shall die of the pestilence, and be consumed with famine

in your midst;”

 Matthew 24:7/Mark 13:8/Luke 21:11 “And there will be famines, pestilences, and

earthquakes in various places.”

 Genesis 12:10 “Now there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to

dwell there, for the famine was severe in the land.”

 Exodus 9:3 “behold, the hand of the Lord will be on your cattle in the field, on the

horses, on the donkeys, on the camels, on the oxen, and on the sheep—a very severe

pestilence.”

 Genesis 41:31 “So the plenty will not be known in the land because of the famine

following, for it will be very severe.”

 Job 5:20 “In famine He shall redeem you from death, And in war from the power of the

sword.”

 Revelation 18:8 “Therefore her plagues will come in one day—death and mourning and

famine.”

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The Fourth Seal - (Death) The Pale (Green) Horse

The fourth seal releases death and hell to kill a quarter of the earth with hunger, disease and beasts of the earth.

People globally will go hungry and perish due to a lack of crops, food and from the beasts of the earth. This seal is

the logical next step after the ‘famine’ seal since food prices will be unaffordable, the result would be deaths by the

millions due to starvation.

This seal may begin about 8-9 months into the tribulation.

Look For

 Disease

 Pestilence

 Plagues

Revelation 6:7-8

When He opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, "Come

and see.” So I looked, and behold, a pale horse. And the name of him who sat on it was Death,

and Hades followed with him. And power was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill

with sword, with hunger, with death, and by the beasts of the earth.

Keep in mind that these ‘beasts of the earth’ may not necessarily be large animals such as bulls and snakes, but

could also be microscopic creatures such as bacteria and viruses. When the famine and inflation comes in this seal,

people likely won’t be able to afford common hygiene items and will therefore make the effects of this seal worse.

COVID-19 is a trivial pandemic that shouldn’t even be compared to real disasters such as the 1918 Spanish flu

which infected a third of the world’s population (500mil of 1.5 billion people) with a death rate of 14% for

whoever contracted the virus. COVID-19’s death rate is around 0.01%-0.1%, but this is being concealed under

the guise of population control and power. The point is that this seal will utterly devastate the planet and

considering that people will be so over lockdowns and isolation by then, this could spread much quicker than

anticipated. Assuming the population of the world will be around 8 billion when this happens, that means

approximately 2 billion people will die.

Survival Tips

These plagues are likely to be much deadlier than anything experienced on earth before, so don’t

treat them lightly. Keep fit, eat healthily if possible and get lots of sun. Give what food you have

to the lost so you can be a light in these dark days and lead people to the Lord. Remember that

you’re already saved and you know where you’re going when you die - everyone else doesn’t.

For a great teaching on the 4th Seal by Chuck Missler, see the hour long videos below:

● Behold a Livid Horse - Part 1: www.youtube.com/watch?v=75lbjYm0dME

● Behold a Livid Horse - Part 2: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGBgaTYWlIs

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Related Verses

Disease

 Exodus 9:8 “and it will cause boils that break out in sores on man and beast throughout

all the land of Egypt.”

Pestilence

 Exodus 9:3 “behold, the hand of the Lord will be on your cattle in the field, on the

horses, on the donkeys, on the camels, on the oxen, and on the sheep—a very severe

pestilence.”

 Ezekiel 5:12 “One-third of you shall die of the pestilence, and be consumed with famine

in your midst;”

 Matthew 24:7/Mark 13:8/Luke 21:11 “And there will be famines, pestilences, and

earthquakes in various places.”

Plagues

 Of Egypt (Exodus 7-12) Blood Waters, Frogs, Lice, Flies, Disease, Boils, Hail, Locusts,

Darkness, Firstborn Death

5th Seal

The Fifth Seal - (Martyrs)

In the fifth seal Jesus gives those who were slain for the testimony of God a white robe and are told to wait a little

longer. Be wary of the difference between the sealing of those who are killed for Jesus in the tribulation (this seal)

versus the sealing of the 144,000 who are Jews.

The fifth seal should occur in the second year of the tribulation.

Look For

 Nothing - This seal probably doesn’t have any effects visible on earth.

Revelation 6:9-11

When He opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for

the word of God and for the testimony which they held. And they cried with a loud voice,

saying, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You judge and avenge our blood on those

who dwell on the earth?” Then a white robe was given to each of them; and it was said to

them that they should rest a little while longer, until both the number of their fellow servants

and their brethren, who would be killed as they were, was completed."

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It’s quite shocking that this early into the tribulation there are already many who have been killed for their faith. It

really shows the reality that Christians likely won’t live long in the tribulation, especially the second half of it. On

the other side of the coin - the longer you wait to accept Jesus, the more likely you are to die from the judgements

and go to hell for eternity! Accept Him Now!

Related Verses

White Robes

 Mark 16:5 “And entering the tomb, they saw a young man clothed in a long white robe

sitting on the right side; and they were alarmed.”

 Luke 9:29 “As He prayed, the appearance of His face was altered, and His robe became

white and glistening.”

 Revelation 4:4 “Around the throne were twenty-four thrones, and on the thrones I saw

twenty-four elders sitting, clothed in white robes;”

 Revelation 7:9-14 “Who are these arrayed in white robes, and where did they come

from?”

6th Seal

The Sixth Seal - (Powerful Earthquake)

The sixth seal starts with a great earthquake, the sun will go black, the moon will turn to blood, the stars of heaven

fall to earth which could be meteors or representative of demons. The sky will recede as a scroll then every

mountain and island will move out of its place.

This is likely to be the most devastating sequence of natural disasters in human history so far and will be an

absolute sign that the Bible is true and you must repent. Spread the word of God to everyone and everyone

because the worst is yet to come. This seal should start about 2.5 years into the tribulation.

Look For

 A great earthquake, likely with a lot of aftershocks

 Black sun

 Blood red moon

 Stars fall to earth

 The sky recedes

 Every island and mountain moves from their place

Revelation 6:12-14

I looked when He opened the sixth seal, and behold, there was a great earthquake; and the sun

became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became like blood." And the stars of heaven

fell to the earth, as a fig tree drops its late figs when it is shaken by a mighty wind. Then the

sky receded as a scroll when it is rolled up, and every mountain and island was moved out of

its place."

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A Great Earthquake

There’s a lot to deconstruct in this seal. Firstly a great earthquake is fairly straightforward; it’s a quake that has a

higher magnitude than what the world is typically used to, which could be anything from magnitude 8 to 11.

Earthquakes always have an epicentre which could hit almost anywhere on earth, but will most likely occur on a

plate boundary. For any large earthquake there are bound to be aftershocks of diminishing size at the epicentre

and along the plate boundaries which may continue to travel around the globe as its energy is expended.

A Black Sun

Secondly ‘the sun becomes as black as sackcloth of hair’ could mean the sun turns black in the same way you turn

down the brightness of an item in image editing programs, rendering it black. True black implies that there’s no

light being reflected off it, but being the sun, it gives off light which brings us to our first contradiction, so this

option couldn’t be possible.

It could also mean that only the rays from the sun that are directed toward the earth can’t be seen, rendering the

sun black. This could be achieved by a massive object such as a rogue planet passing between the sun and the

earth. From earth this would make the sun look black as you would be able to see the sun’s corona with a large

black circle in the middle.

A planet-wide black sun has never occurred that we know of and would certainly be a shock to all those on the

planet, particularly if it comes as a surprise. Generally it’s the moon which passes between the sun and the earth

giving us a total eclipse for a tiny slice of earth. This seems like the most plausible option and will probably cause

the most fear as you will be able to see how black the sun is.

The duration of this blackened sun isn’t permanent either, because the sun is darkened in the 4th trumpet which

means it has to reset at some point.

The Blood Moon

When the earth is somewhere between the sun and the moon, the moon can glow red due to scattering the light

of all other colours by earth’s atmosphere. That’s the simple part; however we have to remember that the sun will

be ‘black’ at the same time. This is where the ‘rogue planet’ comes in again.

If a rogue planet is lined up perfectly between the sun and the earth and the earth is ‘mostly’ casting a shadow on

the moon, the sun can be black and the moon would appear twice as red as a normal blood moon (albeit half as

bright) due to the extra filtering of colours from the rogue planet in addition to the earth. Don’t rule out the

ability for God to simply turn the moon red by His own power - He turned the Nile to blood, and He can do it

again!

The Stars Fall to Earth

The stars falling to earth is a little harder to explain. Throughout the Bible stars are referred to as angels such as

when Satan draws a third of the stars of heaven (Revelation 12:4). This passage might be referring to demons

falling from heaven to earth. We know it couldn’t mean literal stars falling to earth because they’re massive balls of

flaming gas which would eliminate all life on earth if even one came too close to us. It also can’t mean stars falling

literally because in the 4th trumpet the stars become darkened, hence they are still around and in their place. They

are also flaming balls of gas as well. So the most likely interpretation is that it’s meteors falling into earth’s

atmosphere, showing up as bright glowing streaks.

The Sky Recedes

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This is probably the hardest to explain. Firstly for the sky to be rolled up like a scroll you need a higher dimension,

a fourth dimension. We have proven there are quite a few higher dimensions out there and that’s all we need for

this to work. God Himself could roll up our universe, making it smaller. What this looks like in person, I have

absolutely no idea, except perhaps the most distant galaxies and stars disappearing as if they ‘fall to earth’.

Every Island and Mountain Moves

Every island and mountain will move from their place. This is another tricky one because the Bible doesn’t say

explicitly that it’s caused by the earthquake which also happens in this seal. Something has to shake the entire

earth which could either be the earthquake or the sky receding.

If it’s the earthquake, the magnitude would have to be in the range of 11-12 to be felt ‘strongly’ all over the planet.

Keep in mind that 1 extra unit on the Richter scale equals 10x the amount of shaking and 33x the amount of

energy released. The area at the epicentre of the earthquake would be absolutely decimated for thousands of

kilometres to be able to shake the other side of the planet. This leads me to believe that the receding sky is the

cause of the shaking due to the fact that it’s part of the same verse. Unfortunately I have no idea how the sky can

shake... perhaps in the same way that the earth shakes on land, so too can space ‘shake’ or quiver.

Survival Tips

Since you know a great global earthquake is coming sometime after effects of the 4th seal, try

not to spend long periods of time in built up cities or unstable buildings since they may collapse.

Remember that earthquakes always have aftershocks, some being almost as powerful as the

original which could further destabilize structures. Stay away from the shorelines due to the

potential for tsunami’s to destroy a good few miles inland around the epicenter. Try to avoid

earthquake ‘hotspots’ like plate boundaries. Additionally watch out for volcanic activity which

can often precede and follow large quakes. A darkened sun is likely to cause a drop in the

temperature on earth which in turn will make it more difficult to grow food, therefore grow

what you can beforehand and preserve it.

Related Verses

Combined

 Joel 2:31/Acts 2:20 “The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood,

before the coming of the great and awesome day of the Lord.”

 Matthew 24:29/Mark 13:24 “Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will

be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the

powers of the heavens will be shaken.”

Earthquake

 7th Seal (Revelation 8:5) “And there were noises, thunderings, lightnings, and an

earthquake.”

 7th Trumpet (Revelation 11:19) “And there were lightnings, noises, thunderings, an

earthquake, and great hail.”

 7th Bowl (Revelation 16:18) “and there was a great earthquake, such a mighty and great

earthquake as had not occurred since men were on the earth.”

 Zechariah 14:4 “And the Mount of Olives shall be split in two, from east to west,

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Making a very large valley; Half of the mountain shall move toward the north and half

of it toward the south.”

Black Sun

 Amos 8:9 “That I will make the sun go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in

broad daylight;”

 Luke 23:45 “Then the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was torn in two.”

 Revelation 9:2 “So the sun and the air were darkened because of the smoke of the pit.”

Blood Moon

 Joel 2:31 “And the moon into blood, before the coming of the great and awesome day

of the Lord.”

 Acts 2:20 “And the moon into blood, before the coming of the great and awesome day

of the Lord.”

Stars Fall

 Revelation 8:10 “And a great star fell from heaven, burning like a torch”

 Revelation 9:1 “And I saw a star fallen from heaven to the earth. To him was given the

key to the bottomless pit.”

 Revelation 12:4 “His [Satan’s] tail drew a third of the stars of heaven and threw them to

the earth.”

Sky/Heavens

 2 Peter 3:10 “in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements

will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned

up.”

 2 Peter 3:12 “...because of which the heavens will be dissolved, being on fire, and the

elements will melt with fervent heat?”

Islands and Mountains

 Revelation 16:20 “Then every island fled away, and the mountains were not found.”

If you understand the way the Bible is set out with its heptadic structure there could be a potential time gap here

between the 6th and the 7th seals.

Sealing of the 144,000

144,000 Jews receive the seal of God on their foreheads so that they will not be harmed during the tribulation.

These Jews are specifically chosen so there are 12,000 from each of the 12 tribes who will survive the tribulation.

Look For

 This event doesn’t seem to have any visible signs on earth so it can’t be used as a

marker.

 144,000 Jews on earth during the tribulation, since there can never be less than this

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number.

Revelation 7:3-8

saying, “Do not harm the earth, the sea, or the trees till we have sealed the servants of our

God on their foreheads.” And I heard the number of those who were sealed. One hundred and

forty-four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel were sealed:

of the tribe of Judah twelve thousand were sealed;

of the tribe of Reuben twelve thousand were sealed;

of the tribe of Gad twelve thousand were sealed;

of the tribe of Asher twelve thousand were sealed;

of the tribe of Naphtali twelve thousand were sealed;

of the tribe of Manasseh twelve thousand were sealed;

of the tribe of Simeon twelve thousand were sealed;

of the tribe of Levi twelve thousand were sealed;

of the tribe of Issachar twelve thousand were sealed;

of the tribe of Zebulun twelve thousand were sealed;

of the tribe of Joseph twelve thousand were sealed;

of the tribe of Benjamin twelve thousand were sealed.

7th Seal

The Seventh Seal - (Silence)

Look For

 Noises

 Thunderings

 Lightnings

 An Earthquake

Revelation 8:1-6

When He opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour. And I

saw the seven angels who stand before God, and to them were given seven trumpets. Then

another angel, having a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much

incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all the saints upon the golden altar which

was before the throne. And the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, ascended

before God from the angel’s hand. Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the

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altar, and threw it to the earth. And there were noises, thunderings, lightnings, and an

earthquake. So the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.

What I’m interested in is these ‘noises’. What sort of noise are they? Will they be heard worldwide? There is

obviously more than one noise as it’s a plural, so perhaps it’s the prayers of the saints echoed around the world as

described in the verse?

Related Verses

Noises, thunderings, lightnings, an earthquake

 7th Trumpet (Revelation 8:1) “And there were noises, thunderings, lightnings, and an

earthquake.”

 7th Bowl (Revelation 16:18) “And there were noises and thunderings and lightnings;

and there was a great earthquake, such a mighty and great earthquake as had not

occurred since men were on the earth.”

Prelude to the Trumpets

There should be more than enough evidence that the word of God is true by now if you’ve made it this far into

the tribulation, if not, you don’t have long left to repent. You’re only one third of the way through the wrath of

God – and what’s passed was the ‘easy’ stuff. Accept Jesus as your saviour now.

Below is the series of seven trumpets. This follows after the seven seals but precedes the seven bowls. The

trumpets occur as part of the 7th seal and aren’t a new set of events. Likewise the bowls are contained as part of

the 7th trumpet and are therefore part of the 7th seal as well. This is known as a heptadic structure where a set of

items are contained within another. Below is a visual example of the heptadic structure in the Bible:

 1st Seal

 ...

 7th Seal

o 1st Trumpet

o ...

o 7th Trumpet

 1st Bowl

 ...

 7th Bowl

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The Trumpets

The 7 trumpets of God’s judgement

The trumpet judgements begin approximately 1.75 years into the tribulation and end around the 3.5 year mark just

before the abomination of desolation. They are often called the ‘judgements of the thirds’ since most of them

affect one third of the earth, whereas the bowls affect the entire earth. Trumpets are often used as a warning

throughout scripture and the same seems to apply here since the bowl judgements are much more devastating

than the trumpets.

Summarised Trumpet Survival Tips

Throughout the trumpet judgements there’s a common theme where the sun is blocked or

darkened likely leading to failing crops and colder temperatures across the planet. This occurs in

the 1st Trumpet due to widespread smoke, the 4th trumpet due to the sun being darkened

supernaturally and the 5th trumpet due to either demons or a massive volcano. Since these

events follow each other you should be ready to deal with a continual lack of sunlight and colder

temperatures than normal.

There are also multiple judgements which affect the oceans, rivers and springs from this point

on, so obtaining potable water will be much more difficult. As always, try to buy, hunt, forage

and grow as much food as possible and preserve it for the difficult times ahead - and to share

with the lost. When the trumpets are over the mark of the beast will probably be unleashed,

preventing you from purchase anything (legally) - not that there would be much on the shelves

anyway, you will also be hunted relentlessly for your faith, so be ready to flee from place to place

at a moments notice.

1st Trumpet

The First Trumpet - (1/3 Vegetation Struck)

The first trumpet rains hail and fire down mixed with blood, burning a third of the trees up and all the green grass.

The first trumpet should begin at the end of the second year of the tribulation.

Look For

 Hail and fire falling

 Global forest fires

 All grass and low-lying foliage burnt up

 Widespread smoke across the planet

Revelation 8:7

The first angel sounded: And hail and fire followed, mingled with blood, and they were

thrown to the earth. And a third of the trees were burned up, and all green grass was burned

up.

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The first trumpet seems to describe meteorites entering earth’s atmosphere. These meteors will have to be large

enough to make contact with the ground to start fires, while also being able to hit every nation on earth since all

the grass is burnt up. It’s hard to explain how the grass will be burnt up, while also only burning a third of the

trees.

Then there’s the detail that it also hails. Hail is composed of water which would eventually have to melt. Wouldn’t

this have the reverse effect and extinguish the burning grass? I’m not sure how blood could be mingled with all of

it and what effects that would have on the earth. But if there’s anything you should be grateful for in the

tribulation it’s that you get to see God’s word fulfil itself, seeing exactly what He means by each of the prophecies.

Even though the Bible explicitly says that all grass will be burnt up, this also can be expanded to mean all

vegetation. Fire isn’t very picky about what it consumes and therefore most crops, plants and fields will be

destroyed too. Because of how widespread these fires will be, there will be a constant blanket of smoke in the

atmosphere which will reduce the penetration of the sun to the surface. This will make it harder to grow food and

will also likely lower temperatures across the planet.

Since all the green grass will be burnt up Australians will have nothing to fear since our grass is always brown.

(Haha, sorry I had to add that one)

Survival Tips

Try to avoid grassy plains, areas with excessive leaf litter and forests during this period. If you

live remotely, store up water to be able to extinguish any fires which may threaten your house.

Have an escape plan in the event of an oncoming grass or forest fire such as moving to a lake

until it passes. Clean up anything that can be burnt from your property and establish a burn-

proof ring of about 30m+ (100ft) wide around your house and anything you don’t want

destroyed. If you live in a cold climate, stock up on firewood and store it appropriately

(fireproofed), because it will be very hard to get after this trumpet. Watch out for the falling

meteorites.

Food will also become scarce and even more expensive than it already is due to the burnt crops,

the smoke cutting down the sunlight and the animals which die in the fires. If you have

electricity, buy some LED grow-lights to replace the sun and to bolster your plants growth in

these tough times. There are more judgements coming which affect the sun so craft some kind

of metal fireproof shield to hold above yourself to protect from the cinders and hail if you need

to move around outdoors. Don’t forget to pray for protection.

Related Verses

Hail & Fire Falling

 7th Plague (Exodus 9:24) “So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail...”

Hail

 Joshua 10:11 “...the Lord cast down large hailstones from heaven on them as far as

Azekah”

 7th Trumpet (Revelation 11:19) “And there were lightnings, noises, thunderings, an

earthquake, and great hail.”

 7th Bowl (Revelation 16:17) “And great hail from heaven fell upon men, each hailstone

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about the weight of a talent. Men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail,

since that plague was exceedingly great.”

2nd Trumpet

The Second Trumpet - (Sea Meteor)

The second trumpet calls something like a large mountain or meteor on the ocean and turns a third of it to blood.

A third of all living creatures in the sea die and a third of all ships are destroyed.

This trumpet may begin around the start of the third year of the tribulation.

Look For

 Something like a mountain falling into the sea and turning the water to blood

 1/3 of sea creatures dead

 1/3 ships destroyed

Revelation 8:8-9

Then the second angel sounded: And something like a great mountain burning with fire was

thrown into the sea, and a third of the sea became blood. And a third of the living creatures in

the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.

Sea Meteor Impact

This judgement being a meteor is important to note because it says a third of all ships will be destroyed. The

destruction of so many ships can only occur from a huge tsunami overturning and sinking them. For

approximately one third of all ships on earth to be destroyed by a tsunami in 2022 (about 18,000 vessels), requires

it to either strike the North Pacific Ocean or the North Atlantic Ocean. Depending on the size of the meteor

some boats further from the impact zone may be shaken violently but not destroyed.

To further complicate matters, generally objects hurtling towards earth are monitored by space agencies prior to

impact and will (hopefully) warn the public so people can evacuate. This means that either the meteor somehow

surprises everyone on Earth, or they wilfully hide the fact it’s coming.

To view the marine traffic around the world, have a look at:

www.marinetraffic.com. I recommend turning on the

density map to see the most common routes and then clicking ‘playback’ to remove the current ship markers.

Your guess to where it will strike is as good as mine, but remember it will have to sink a third of the ships.

If it strikes the North Pacific Ocean, the tsunami will cover more sea than anywhere else. Countries such as:

America, Canada, Mexico, Russia, Japan, China, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Australia and New Zealand are

likely to experience the catastrophic effects of the wave striking the mainland.

If it strikes the North Atlantic Ocean, the tsunami will cover less ground than the Pacific but the Atlantic contains

more sea traffic. Countries such as: America, Canada, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Brazil, Mauritania, Senegal,

Western Sahara, Morocco, Portugal, Spain, France, Ireland, England, Iceland and Greenland are likely to

experience the catastrophic effects of the wave striking the mainland.

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The countries in both these lists are America and Canada, so be prepared if you live on the shore in either of

them. Also remember that God works in mysterious ways and it may still strike the unlikeliest of seas like the

Indian Ocean or the Mediterranean Sea, so search the scriptures yourself. (Acts 17:11)

The different types of ships sailing the ocean today include: Military Vessels, Cargo Vessels, Tankers, Passenger

Vessels, High Speed Craft, Tugs, Fishing Ships and Pleasure Craft (Cruisers). If one of the oil tankers or cargo

ships sinks, oil and debris will pollute the ocean harming all types of ocean dwelling animals. This could be part of

the reason why 1/3 of ocean dwelling creatures perish, alongside whatever blood-like compounds were in the

meteor which leach into the water - further killing sea life.

Blood

The more literally we interpret the Bible; it seems the more it makes sense, therefore the blood is therefore likely

to be real blood (along with every other blood-related judgement in Revelation). An important factor to note is

that in Exodus when the waters were turned to blood, it included small ponds and lakes which were separated

from the main body. The waters stunk and those in Egypt disdainfully drank the water.

Survival Tips

Stay off boats for a while. Watch out for a massive tsunami if you live on the coast of the Pacific

or Atlantic ocean. Get to higher ground and at least 30 km’s (18.6 mi) inland if you confirm the

impact site has a direct oceanic line of sight to your location. Ideally you want to get as far away

from low lying land as possible and in the best case scenario up a mountain which is at least

300m (984 ft.) above sea level, or 500m (1,640 ft.) above sea level if you’re on the coast. The

further inland you go the less altitude you need to be to be safe.

If you’re reading this before it happens, create an evacuation plan early just in case it affects you.

Tsunamis travel about 700 km/h (500 mph) so calculate your distance to find out how much

time you have to evacuate, keeping in mind that you may have received the warning notification

late. If you live on a tiny island in either the Pacific or Atlantic such as Hawaii - I would leave for

the mainland if possible unless you have a mountain over 1.5km (4,921 ft.) tall which you can

flee to. Seafood will also become rare after this trumpet since 1/3 of all sea life will now be dead,

so you may have to adapt your lifestyle if you’re fishing for food.

Related Verses

Mountain & Fire

 Exodus 24:17 “The sight of the glory of the Lord was like a consuming fire on the top

of the mountain…”

 Deuteronomy 4:11 “Then you came near and stood at the foot of the mountain, and the

mountain burned with fire to the midst of heaven, with darkness, cloud, and thick

darkness.”

 Deuteronomy 32:22 “...And set on fire the foundations of the mountains.”

 Hebrews 12:18 “For you have not come to the mountain that may be touched and that

burned with fire...”

 Psalm 83:14 “As the fire burns the woods, and as the flame sets the mountains on fire,”

Blood

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 6th Seal (Revelation 6:12) “...and the moon became like blood.”

 2nd Bowl (Revelation 16:3) “...and it became blood as of a dead man; and every living

creature in the sea died.”

 3rd Bowl (Revelation 16:4) “...poured out his bowl on the rivers and springs of water,

and they became blood.”

 1st Plague (Exodus 7:14-25) “...and they [the waters] shall be turned to blood.”

3rd Trumpet

The Third Trumpet - (Wormwood Meteor)

The third trumpet releases “Wormwood” - which seems to be a large meteor that falls on the rivers and springs of

the earth making them poisonous.

This trumpet should occur in the third year of the tribulation.

Look For

 A burning meteor (or demon) falling from space, landing on the rivers and springs

 Many people dying from drinking poisoned water

Revelation 8:10-11

Then the third angel sounded: And a great star fell from heaven, burning like a torch, and it

fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water. The name of the star is Wormwood. A

third of the waters became wormwood, and many men died from the water, because it was

made bitter."

Wormwood

Like the second trumpet this seems to be another meteor falling from space. It’s hard to understand how this

‘meteor’ can only land on rivers and especially springs - because springs come from underground and the meteor

would have to break up into smaller pieces long before impact to contaminate 1/3 of the world’s rivers. However

demons are often called ‘stars’ throughout the Bible and this demon’s name could be ‘Wormwood’. Meteors

generally don’t have names (which aren’t scientific concatenations of letters and numbers) and this one is also

capitalised thus making it more likely to be a person rather than a named space object. Other uses of the word

‘wormwood’ in scripture often refers to bitterness or poisoning, and thus isn’t capitalised, so it’s likely to be

Wormwood the demon who poisons the rivers and streams.

Unlike the previous trumpet there doesn’t seem to be any visual changes to the water which explains why so many

people die. We don’t know exactly how many die from the water but it could potentially be millions. I can’t

ascertain what the poison is and whether or not it can be filtered out by modern purification methods, so it’s best

to avoid drinking from rivers and springs, or store A LOT of water in sealed containers beforehand.

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Survival Tips

It seems there’s no visual way to verify whether a water source is poisoned or not, and it’s not

known whether the toxin can be filtered out of the water supply commercially or with hand

purifiers. Therefore it would be best to store as much water as possible prior to this judgement

and watch the news until they identify the toxin. You could potentially need 3.5 years’ worth of

drinking water to make it to the end of the tribulation.

If you didn’t store any water and aren’t sure whether a source is safe or not - pray about it and

use the survival edibility testing method to ascertain whether it’s safe or not by slowly increasing

the amount you drink over many hours and watching for any adverse reactions. Generally,

distilling water is a safe way to remove all pathogens - including from seawater, although it’s

quite slow to achieve any decent quantities.

Related Verses

Fell/Fall From Heaven

 Job 1:16 “The fire of God fell from heaven and burned up the sheep and the servants,

and consumed them;”

 Daniel 4:31 “While the word was still in the king’s mouth, a voice fell from heaven:”

 Matthew 24:29 “the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be

shaken.”

Stars/Demons

 Revelation 9:1 “And I saw a star fallen from heaven to the earth. To him was given the

key to the bottomless pit.”

 Revelation 12:4 “His [Satan’s] tail drew a third of the stars of heaven and threw them to

the earth.”

Wormwood

 Deuteronomy 29:18 “and that there may not be among you a root bearing bitterness or

wormwood;”

 Proverbs 5:4 “But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a two-edged sword.”

 Jeremiah 9:15 “Behold, I will feed them, this people, with wormwood, and give them

water of gall to drink.”

 Amos 5:7 “You who turn justice to wormwood, and lay righteousness to rest in the

earth!”

4th Trumpet

The Fourth Trumpet - (1/3 Heavens Struck)

The fourth trumpet strikes 1/3 of the sun, 1/3 of the moon and 1/3 of the stars so that a third of them was

darkened. Days are 1/3 shorter.

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The fourth trumpet should occur about 3.5 years into the tribulation.

Look For

 Days are 1/3 shorter

 1/3 of the sun is dark

 1/3 of the moon is dark

 1/3 stars are dark

Revelation 8:12

Then the fourth angel sounded: And a third of the sun was struck, a third of the moon, and a

third of the stars, so that a third of them were darkened. A third of the day did not shine, and

likewise the night.

Darkened Sun, Moon and Stars

This trumpet is also difficult to try and comprehend. Keep in mind that in the 6

seal, the sky receded. It’s very

likely that the sky still remains ‘rolled up’ even partially. This trumpet could be a further progression of the

‘receding’ universe. However for this scripture to be noteworthy the events can’t already be happening, therefore

the blackened sun, the blood moon and the stars should have returned to their regular states since the 6

seal. An

example is that in seal 6 the stars fell to earth, but now in this trumpet the stars seem to be back in their places.

This rules out anything actually happening to the stars back in seal 6 and probably means there’s more happening

than meets the eye.

A third of the sun ‘was struck’ or ‘smitten’ (ἐπλήγη) and will be ‘darkened’ (σκοτισθῇ). Could this refer to the total

time the sun is shining? Such as going from shining 24 hours a day to 16 hours a day by turning on and off like a

light? If this were true it could only apply to one side of the planet (such as Israel). Also this method couldn’t

easily be accomplished when looking into the physics of it and doesn’t align with scripture very well.

So perhaps 1/3 of the sun is blocked for the duration of the trumpet in the same way eclipses occur. This could

be achieved by a slow rogue planet passing between the earth and the sun, blocking up to a third of it for an

extended time. This doesn’t seem likely at all since the planet would have to be absolutely massive to block a

whole third of the sun based on its proximity to earth.

The last option is that the entire suns intensity is diminished by a third or 33.3%. This is the most likely option as

the Bible seems to imply that the whole sun will be darkened equally on its surface by a third. Joel 2:10 (right)

sheds a bit more ‘light’ on this trumpet which seems to be referring to this event. Overall we can see that

scriptures point to a reduction in the brightness of the sun, moon and stars by about 33.3%, 24 hours a day for

the duration of this trumpet.

Joel 2:10

“The earth quakes before them, The heavens tremble; The sun

and moon grow dark, And the stars diminish their brightness.”

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Days are 1/3 Shorter

To find some answers for the passage “A third of the day did not shine, and likewise the night” we have to look

deeper into the reason for the tribulation, which is to bring Israel to salvation. This could be the key to explaining

why a third of the day did not shine and likewise [became] a third of the night, because it could only apply to

Israel. This is just my interpretation but Israel could have 1/3 less sun on an average day (becoming 8 hours) and

somewhere else on the exact opposite side of the world (the pacific ocean) will have 1/3 more sun (becoming 16

hours), hence potentially explaining the verse.

Another possibility to consider is that the previous trumpet meteors (the 2nd trumpet in particular) could have

impacted earth so hard that its rotation speed increased up by 1/3, making days a third shorter, and when

combined with the 1/3 dimmed sun could explain both passages together.

The last option I will present is that days are 1/3 ‘shorter’ simply because there’s less sunlight making it to earth,

thus the sky will get darker quicker after it disappears below the horizon.

To sum up, it looks like the sun, moon and stars will be 33.3% (1/3) dimmer and due to the darkened sun the

daylight will be gone 1/3 sooner than it would normally.

During the period of the darkened sun, it doesn’t mean that the sun’s heat will also be reduced by the same third,

but there’s always the chance that it will be. If this happens then we’re looking at a new mini ice age where crops

will die and weather phenomena will become extreme.

Survival Tips

Since the sun is darkened again expect colder weather and poor performance for crops. By now

the agriculture industry will be nearly non-existent considering that in the first trumpet all

vegetation was burnt up worldwide. If you’re reading this in advance, stock up on long life food

for you and those around you. Celestial navigation will be much more difficult during this

period. Have some firewood and warm weather clothes stocked up in case the weather takes a

turn.

Related Verses

Combined

 Joel 2:10 “The sun and moon grow dark, and the stars diminish their brightness.”

 Matthew 24:29 “the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars

will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.”

Dark Sun

 Luke 23:45 “Then the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was torn in two.”

 Revelation 9:2 “So the sun and the air were darkened because of the smoke of the pit.”

Dark Moon

 Isaiah 13:10 “For the stars of heaven and their constellations will not give their light; the

sun will be darkened in its going forth, and the moon will not cause its light to shine.”

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Dark Stars

 Isaiah 13:10 “For the stars of heaven and their constellations will not give their light; the

sun will be darkened in its going forth, and the moon will not cause its light to shine.”

 Ezekiel 32:7 “When I put out your light, I will cover the heavens, and make its stars

dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.”

The First Woe

The three woes in the passage above refer to the coming 5th, 6th and 7th trumpets. The intent is to warn the

inhabitants of the earth of the devastation that is coming. The use of 3 woes is used in the same content that

angels say “Holy, Holy, Holy” to refer to God as three in one. A point to note is that the word ‘angel’ (the 8

word) is mistranslated here - it should actually say ‘eagle’.

Revelation 8:13

And I looked, and I heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud

voice, “Woe, woe, woe to the inhabitants of the earth, because of the remaining blasts of the

trumpet of the three angels who are about to sound!”

5th Trumpet

The Fifth – Trumpet (Locusts & Torment)

The fifth trumpet fills the air with smoke from a pit which blocks out the sun. Locusts (demons) come from the

pit and torment those without the seal of God for 5 months. Nobody can die.

This trumpet occurs near the end of the third year and will last exactly 5 months, ending sometime early in the

fourth year.

Look For

 Nobody dying

 A huge volcano erupting

 Air filled with smoke

 Sun blocked by smoke

 Extreme pain inflicted on those without God’s seal

Revelation 9:1-11

Then the fifth angel sounded: And I saw a star fallen from heaven to the earth. To him was

given the key to the bottomless pit. And he opened the bottomless pit, and smoke arose out of

the pit like the smoke of a great furnace. So the sun and the air were darkened because of the

smoke of the pit." Then out of the smoke locusts came upon the earth. And to them was given

power, as the scorpions of the earth have power. They were commanded not to harm the grass

of the earth, or any green thing, or any tree, but only those men who do not have the seal of

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God on their foreheads. And they were not given authority to kill them, but to torment them

for five months. Their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it strikes a man. In

those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will desire to die, and death will flee

from them.

The shape of the locusts was like horses prepared for battle. On their heads were crowns of

something like gold, and their faces were like the faces of men. They had hair like women’s

hair, and their teeth were like lions’ teeth. And they had breastplates like breastplates of iron,

and the sound of their wings was like the sound of chariots with many horses running into

battle. They had tails like scorpions, and there were stings in their tails. Their power was to

hurt men five months. And they had as king over them the angel of the bottomless pit, whose

name in Hebrew is Abaddon, but in Greek he has the name Apollyon.

“For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against

principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of

this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly

places.” Ephesians 6:12

Smoke Fills the Air

The smoke can’t be a metaphor for demons because demons are called locusts in this passage. The smoke is a

separate entity. The phrasing of verse 2 seems to imply that the smoke can visibly be seen and it actually blocks

the sun and fills the air densely. Due to this I (and many others) believe it’s referring to a volcanic eruption - or

multiple eruptions, particularly a VEI-8 or VEI-9 supervolcano which can cover HUGE areas with tephra, smoke

and ash. A VEI-7 volcano projects at least 100km³ of tephra which can fall at around 1,300 kilometres away

(2,600 km Ø (diameter)). Keeping this proportion, a VEI-8 would project at least 1,000km³ of tephra which can

probably fall between 5,000-7,000 km (10k-14k km Ø) away, covering about half of the planet in various depths

of ash.

Whatever causes it, the effects of the smoke blocking the sun would be devastating to all crops, livestock and

humans. There’s no doubt that it would have a dramatic cooling effect planet-wide, and again, like the 4th trumpet

above will cause destructive blizzards and other natural disasters.

The Locusts’ Command

The locusts represent demons released from the bottomless pit which will have the power to torment people who

do not have the seal of God on their foreheads. We know that 144,000 people from the tribes of Israel are sealed,

but I’m not sure if they can harm new Christians or not.

As the locusts were commanded not to harm the grass, the trees, or any green thing implies they have the capacity

to do so, but not the authority. Only real locusts have a built-in mechanism requiring them to consume flora,

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trees, weeds and grass. However they can’t be anything like the locusts we know today since they can torment

people as per the verse “They were given power” and they come from the bottomless pit. These are therefore

demons coming from the pit.

The Locusts’ Appearance

The appearance of the locusts even further confuses things:

 Shape – “Like horses prepared for battle”

 Head – “Crowns of something like gold”

 Face – “Like the faces of men”

 Hair – “Hair like women’s hair”

 Teeth – “Like lions’ teeth”

 Wearing – “Like breastplates of iron”

 Wing Sound – “Like the sound of chariots with many horses running into battle”

 Tail – “Like scorpions, with stings in their tails”

There’s too much to deconstruct about the appearance of the locusts so I’ll just summarise. Each fact about the

locusts has the word ‘like’ which means the writer was describing them the best they could in their ancient

language, but it is also not the item they compared it to. Many of the facts don’t make sense when you think of a

conventional locust. How can a locust have a golden crown, women’s hair, teeth like a lion and also wear armour?

The most plausible explanation is that these ‘locusts’ are otherworldly creatures which look nothing like any

creature we know today, especially since they have a king over them.

Additionally they come from the ‘bottomless pit’ which (for obvious reasons) isn’t located on earth. What we can

ascertain is that these creatures are likely to be about the size of a locust as we know them today and we also know

they can fly. We don’t know if they are visible or whether or not they can move through walls. They seem to be

able to affect every person without God’s seal for the whole 5 month duration regardless of their location on

earth or whether there are six sealed walls around them or not. Abaddon/Apollyon is likely one of Satan’s

underlings, a destroying demon and one of the ‘rulers’, ‘authorities’, and ‘powers’ mentioned in Ephesians 6:12.

People Can’t Die

This can’t be explained with science. You would think being shot in the chest by a tank would kill you. Think

again. This won’t be a time of celebration however, the Bible says that people will seek death because of the pain

but won’t be able to die. They will be tormented day and night for five months.

When this trumpet takes effect, people will be so shocked at the pain that many are likely to lose concentration on

what they’re doing and crash cars, fall over and drop items causing a lot of destruction. People are likely to scream

out at the unending pain and their cries will last five months. Considering the amount of pain that those without

God’s seal will be in, they won’t want to leave their house, they will find it hard to sleep and factories and

workplaces may be absent. There may also be mass suicides once this trumpet ends.

Survival Tips

Again, the air will be filled with smoke which reduces the amount of light reaching crops likely

causing them to wither, if they’re still alive at all. Volcanic ash is hazardous to the lungs so wear

eye, nose and mouth protection if you’re outside in the ash fall radius. Leave your home if you’re

near the eruption epicentre since ash can easily collapses a roof, especially if it rains as well. It

can also destroy electronics, jam moving parts, kill foliage, destroy aircraft engines and prove

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lethal to grazing animals.

Ash can block water filters quickly so use pre-filters to get rid of as much of it beforehand. Take

care not to ingest ash as it contains a lot of chemicals such as fluoride which you can overdose

on. Additionally you should disconnect any pipes connecting your roof to your water tanks to

prevent ash making its way inside. Supply chains are likely to collapse entirely if they haven’t

already due to everybody being in pain, so buy what you need before this point.

Related Verses

Smoke

 Genesis 19:28 “Then he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land

of the plain; and he saw, and behold, the smoke of the land which went up like the

smoke of a furnace.”

Locusts

 Proverbs 30:27 “The locusts have no king, Yet they all advance in ranks;” (These

locusts have a leader - Abaddon)

 8th Plague (Exodus 10) “Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts,

that they may come upon the land of Egypt”

Seal Torment

 1st Bowl (Revelation 16:2) “and a foul and loathsome sore came upon the men who had

the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image.”

 5th Bowl (Revelation 16:10) “and his kingdom became full of darkness; and they

gnawed their tongues because of the pain.”

 6th Plague (Exodus 9:9) “…and it will cause boils that break out in sores on man and

beast...”

6th Trumpet

The Sixth Trumpet - (1/3 of Mankind Killed)

The sixth trumpet releases four angels to kill a third of mankind using an army of 200 million. The army will

utilize modern machines of war such as tanks and helicopters which, from an ancient perspective shoot fire and

smoke from their ‘mouth’.

This trumpet happens around the start of the fourth year of the tribulation.

Look For

 An army of 200 million who have armour coloured red, blue and yellow

 1/3 of Mankind Killed

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Revelation 9:13-21

Then the sixth angel sounded: And I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar

which is before God, saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release the four angels

who are bound at the great river Euphrates. So the four angels, who had been prepared for the

hour and day and month and year, were released to kill a third of mankind. Now the number

of the army of the horsemen was two hundred million; I heard the number of them. And thus I

saw the horses in the vision: those who sat on them had breastplates of fiery red, hyacinth

blue, and sulfur yellow; and the heads of the horses were like the heads of lions; and out of

their mouths came fire, smoke, and brimstone. By these three plagues a third of mankind was

killed—by the fire and the smoke and the brimstone which came out of their mouths. For their

power is in their mouth and in their tails; for their tails are like serpents, having heads; and

with them they do harm. But the rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did

not repent of the works of their hands, that they should not worship demons, and idols of gold,

silver, brass, stone, and wood, which can neither see nor hear nor walk. And they did not

repent of their murders or their sorceries or their sexual immorality or their thefts.

The Four Angels

These ‘angels’ seem to only have one purpose, to kill a third of mankind when they are loosed. Angels who obey

God have no need for restraints which is why many believe these are demons. Demons also seem to be territorial

and like to attach themselves to objects, which could explain why they are fixed at the Euphrates River.

The Army

Currently the only countries of the world that have 200 million or more population in 2020ⁿ are: China (1.43 Bil),

India (1.38 Bil), U.S.A (331 Mil), Indonesia (273 Mil), Pakistan (220 Mil), Brazil (212 Mil) and Nigeria (206 Mil).

Therefore the only countries which could have an army of 200 million or more are China and India.

However this army is more likely to be the combined force of multiple countries such as the United Nations

peacekeeping force which could eventually become the army of the new global government. Interestingly the

UN’s armour is a hyacinth blue, so in time they may merge with another army such as the Chinese army. In 2014ⁿ

the total size of the UN’s army was 104,062 people, far off the required 200 million, therefore something drastic

will have to happen if it’s the army mentioned in the scriptures. It may also be allegorical and refer to an unseen

army of demons.

The Riders

The riders have breastplates consisting of fiery red, hyacinth blue, and sulfur yellow. It’s interesting to note that

China has a flag containing red and yellow which is who this army could represent. The hyacinth blue may come

from another source such as the United Nations army mentioned above.

The Horses

Their heads were like the heads of lions; and out of their mouths came fire, smoke, and brimstone. The only

unique features of a lion that the writer could be referring to would either be the shape of the head or the mane of

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a lion. There’s not currently any technology that looks like a lion’s head or has anything resembling a mane,

therefore we have to wait and see what it actually refers to. These ‘horses’ will have riders so they can’t be any

kind of unmanned craft which in turn could mean they require human control due to complexity. They also have

to be big enough to allow a human on top of them or inside them.

Fire, Smoke and Brimstone

These are the three plagues the proceed from the ‘mouths’ and tails of the horses. Each one is distinct and yet it

appears they all come from the same vehicle. Fire and brimstone is often mentioned throughout the Bible in terms

of judgement, but there’s never mention of smoke until now. Sulfur is synonymous with brimstone and can often

be linked with demons. Another point to note is that sulfur was commonly used in incendiary projectiles

thousands of years ago which could be attempting to describe modern incendiary weapons today.

Power in their Mouth and Tails

It seems that whatever modern technology this is, their weapons systems are in the nose and tail. Put simply, it’s

probably describing missile systems since they generate smoke and fire when fired.

1/3 of People Killed

Killing one third of the population of the world is no easy task and would take a lot of time and weapons to do so.

There are currently 7.9 billion people on the planet in 2022ⁿ, if it were to happen today that would mean killing

2.63 billion people (2,630,000,000).

I’m not sure if this stacks on top of the 4th seal which killed 1/4 of the population. If it does, that would reduce

the world’s population to about 4 billion from an estimated 8 billion at the time! At best that would only give

everyone a 50% chance of surviving the tribulation up to this point.

Survival Tips

The best way to survive this conflict would be to get out of major cities and as far away from the

epicentre of the conflict as possible. However, doing this you may not be able to reach the lost

as we’re called to, unless it’s done virtually, so instead I recommend preparing for a great conflict

- have medical aid, food, water, shelter and the Bible ready for all those in need.

Related Verses

Fire

 Exodus 9:24 “So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail”

 Mark 9:44 “where ‘their worm does not die and the fire is not quenched.’”

Smoke

 Exodus 19:18 “Now Mount Sinai was completely in smoke, because the Lord

descended upon it in fire.”

 2 Samuel 22:9 “Smoke went up from His nostrils, and devouring fire from His mouth;

Coals were kindled by it.”

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 Genesis 19:24 “Then the Lord rained brimstone and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah,

from the Lord out of the heavens.”

 Psalm 11:6 “Upon the wicked He will rain coals; Fire and brimstone and a burning wind

shall be the portion of their cup.”

 Revelation 14:10 “He [worshippers of the beast and his image] shall be tormented with

fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb.”

If you understand the way the Bible is set out with its heptadic structure there could be a potential time gap here

between the 6th and the 7th trumpets.

The Seven Thunders

The seven thunders utter their voices; however John was commanded not to write what he heard.

Revelation 10:1-4

I saw still another mighty angel coming down from heaven, clothed with a cloud. And a

rainbow was on his head, his face was like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire. He had a

little book open in his hand. And he set his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land,

and cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roars. When he cried out, seven thunders uttered

their voices. Now when the seven thunders uttered their voices, I was about to write; but I

heard a voice from heaven saying to me, “Seal up the things which the seven thunders

uttered, and do not write them.”

Facts

 What John heard the seven thunders say is not written in the Bible.

 So these thunders cannot say something that is written in the Bible, yet they must agree with everything

that is written in the Bible.

A mystery in the Bible is the time of the rapture and another is the new name that Jesus has in Revelation 19.

Matthew 24:36

But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only.

Revelation 19:12

His eyes were like a flame of fire, and on His head were many crowns. He had a name written

that no one knew except Himself.

Thunder generally describes how God talks throughout the Bible, so these could be His own words which must

be said in heaven at that certain time. However since this is said in the future it could change the entire future of

earth if the message of the thunders was written down.

The Little Book

John participates in the great drama unfolding before us and is required to do a very strange thing. He eats the

little book at the instruction of the angel, and the results are bittersweet. Eating the little book means to receive

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the Word of God with faith. The part of the Word of God taken by John was judgment. It was sweet because the

future is sweet. In Genesis 18:17 we read, “And the Lord said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I

do…?”

It is sweet to know what God is going to do, but when you find out that judgment is coming, it is bitter. John

eagerly received the Word of God, but when he saw that more judgment was to follow, it brought travail of soul

and sorrow of heart. It was sweet in his mouth and bitter in his digestive system.

It is sweet to know the Book of Revelation and what God intends to do, but when we find out that judgment is

coming to the Christ-rejecting world around us, we cannot rejoice in that. The prophecy becomes bitter.

Revelation 10:8-11

Then the voice which I heard from heaven spoke to me again and said, “Go, take the little book

which is open in the hand of the angel who stands on the sea and on the earth.” So I went to

the angel and said to him, “Give me the little book.” And he said to me, “Take and eat it; and

it will make your stomach bitter, but it will be as sweet as honey in your mouth.” Then I took

the little book out of the angel’s hand and ate it, and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth.

But when I had eaten it, my stomach became bitter. And he said to me, “You must prophesy

again about many peoples, nations, tongues, and kings.”

The Witnesses Killed

(See the ‘Tribulation Overview’ section above for the arrival of the witnesses)

The antichrist rises against the witnesses once they have completed their testimony, he will make war against

them, overcome them, and kill them. Their bodies will lie in the streets of Jerusalem for three days and will not be

buried. Those on the earth will rejoice over their death, partying and sending gifts to one another because of the

torment these witnesses inflicted on the earth in God’s name. If you didn’t catch it above, the witnesses are likely

to be Elijah and Moses for various reasons.

Look For

 A televised event of the slain witnesses

 A worldwide party celebrating their death

 They will not bury their bodies

Revelation 11:7-10

When they finish their testimony, the beast that ascends out of the bottomless pit will make

war against them, overcome them, and kill them. And their dead bodies will lie in the street of

the great city which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.

Then those from the peoples, tribes, tongues, and nations will see their dead bodies three-and-

a-half days, and not allow their dead bodies to be put into graves. And those who dwell on the

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earth will rejoice over them, make merry, and send gifts to one another, because these two

prophets tormented those who dwell on the earth."

The Witnesses Resurrected

After three and a half days of lying in the street, God will breathe life into them and they will be resurrected. The

witnesses then hear a loud voice from heaven and ascend in a cloud.

Their enemies see this (on television) and in the same hour a great earthquake strikes the city where a tenth of it

falls. About seven thousand people are killed in the earthquake and the rest were afraid and gave glory to the God

of heaven.

Look For

 The saints resurrected after 3 days and ascend into heaven

 A huge earthquake in Jerusalem where about 7,000 people are killed

 A mass repentance in Jerusalem

Revelation 11:11-13

Now after the three-and-a-half days the breath of life from God entered them, and they stood

on their feet, and great fear fell on those who saw them. And they heard a loud voice from

heaven saying to them, “Come up here.” And they ascended to heaven in a cloud, and their

enemies saw them. In the same hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell.

In the earthquake seven thousand people were killed, and the rest were afraid and gave glory

to the God of heaven.

Survival Tips

Avoid Israel but particularly Jerusalem during the period the witnesses bodies lie in the street,

since the earthquake will kill 7,000 people.

The Mystery of God is Finished

Revelation 10:5-7

The angel whom I saw standing on the sea and on the land raised up his hand to heaven and

swore by Him who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and the things that are in it, the

earth and the things that are in it, and the sea and the things that are in it, that there should

be delay no longer, but in the days of the sounding of the seventh angel, when he is about to

sound, the mystery of God would be finished, as He declared to His servants the prophets."

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This verse is incredible to come to grips with, because it basically says that everyone on earth, without a doubt will

KNOW that there is a God and that these judgements are sent by Him. This is further verified in the 4th, 5th and

7th bowls where the earth dwellers blaspheme against God and will even come together to BATTLE against Him

at Armageddon after the 7th Bowl. How deceived and delusional will these people be to actually believe that they

will be able to defeat God Himself!?

7th Trumpet

The Seventh Trumpet - (Kingdom Proclaimed)

The seventh trumpet proclaims God’s kingdom and the temple of God was opened in heaven resulting in

lightnings, noises, thunderings and an earthquake and a great hail.

This trumpet should occur just before the abomination of desolation, 3.5 years into the tribulation.

Look For

 Noises

 Thunder

 Lightning

 An Earthquake

 A Great Hail

Revelation 11:15, 19

Then the seventh angel sounded: And there were loud voices in heaven, saying, “The

kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our Lord and of His Christ, and He shall

reign forever and ever! Then the temple of God was opened in heaven, and the ark of His

covenant was seen in His temple. And there were lightnings, noises, thunderings, an

earthquake, and great hail.

The hail must be quite damaging to be called ‘great’ even by God. To meet this definition I would estimate the

hail to be about the largest size recorded to date, but much more widespread. Currently the heaviest hail ever

recorded was 1.02kg (2.25lbs).

“The heaviest hailstones on record weighed up to 1 kg (2 lb.) and

are reported to have killed 92 people in the Gopalganj area of

Bangladesh on 14 April 1986.”

Survival Tips

Earthquakes and hail are localized disasters so they probably won’t affect the whole world.

However you should secure your house just in case they do reach you. Make sure your

foundations are stable and your belongings are secure with nothing likely to fall and break. Since

this is a ‘great’ hail it’s likely that it will be hail that the world has never seen before. You may

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want to cover your windows with wooden planks, bring your vehicle undercover and avoid

dwelling near windows for the duration.

With lightning being mentioned it’s probably fairly dangerous, keep in mind that the power may

drop out and avoid sheltering under trees and near metal structures. This is your last chance to

purchase items you need before the antichrist mandates the ‘mark’ to be able to buy and sell.

Related Verses

Noises, thunderings, lightnings, an earthquake

 7th Seal (Revelation 8:5) “And there were noises, thunderings, lightnings, and an

earthquake.”

 7th Bowl (Revelation 16:18) “And there were noises and thunderings and lightnings;

and there was a great earthquake, such a mighty and great earthquake as had not

occurred since men were on the earth.”

You’re now two-thirds of the way through the tribulation which should be definitely more than enough evidence

to prove the accuracy of the Bible by now, repent and accept Jesus as your saviour today because you may not live

much longer. The hailstones in the 7th bowl alone each weigh about 34.2kg (75.3 lbs.) each and (at minimum)

could be the size of a rounded briefcase to a small car.

Third Temple Complete

The third temple in Jerusalem should be completed by now with worship to God and sacrifices re-established.

There will be a small amount of time between the completion of the temple and the abomination of desolation as

some sacrifices and worship will occur.

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Mid Tribulation

The mid tribulation is a marker which can be used to identify the middle of the tribulation period. The

abomination of desolation (discussed below) signifies the turning point in the tribulation and separates the first 3.5

years from the last 3.5 years of the 70th week of Daniel. This point on until the end of the tribulation is known as

“The Great Tribulation”.

Up until this point the antichrist was a man who followed Satan’s instruction, however from the abomination of

desolation onwards Satan himself will indwell him directly. He will also gain satanic supernatural powers to

deceive the world and to reign in the nations with brutal force while attempting to behead all Jews and Christians

and those who don’t follow him.

Look For

 The antichrist desecrating the Jewish temple with unclean sacrifices

 An all-out assault against the Jews and Christians of the world

 The mandating of a ‘mark’ everyone on earth must take

 Beheadings for those who refuse the mark

DO NOT TAKE THE MARK OF THE BEAST!

Revelation 13:16-18

He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their

right hand or on their foreheads, and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark

or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. Here is wisdom. Let him who has

understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man: His number is

666.

This is likely the point when the antichrist will likely mandate the taking of the mark of the beast on either your

right hand or forehead. If you take it, you have allied yourself with the devil himself and you are guaranteed be

going to hell for eternity, either when Jesus returns or you die. This may be soon considering the insane “world-

ending” judgements that are coming. Not to mention that the first bowl says that all those with the mark will get

painful sores all over their body. You may not be able to buy anything, but if you commit yourself to Jesus and

live for Him, but you will be living with Him for eternity in heaven. God is the provider of all your needs.

Revelation 13:17 makes it sound like those taking the mark have a choice between receiving it on their right hand

or forehead as well as deciding whether they want this mark as a digital code, the name of the beast or just the

number of the beast’s name. You cannot be tricked into getting this mark since it will be equivalent to signing

your soul to the devil and you will be pledging allegiance to the antichrist over everything else, including God. So

if anyone takes the mark, they will be doing it willingly and those who refuse will be beheaded. I’m going to

assume that anyone who takes the mark will either have, or grow to have a vicious hatred of Jews, Christians and

those who fear God. Once they possess the mark, there’s nothing you can do for them, they are eternally lost, so

it’s best to avoid them to prolong your life and reach those who haven’t taken it.

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This will play out very similarly to the COVID-19 ‘vaccine’ experiment, except declining this time will result in

their beheading - likely because some new manufactured plague was unleashed on humanity with this ‘mark’ being

the only way to protect others. Something else to point out is that this mark will be the number of the antichrist

and not a personal identification number such as a bank account number. This number will be related to him and

will have the ciphered number 666 hidden within it.

The mark will allow you to purchase items for free as part of the antichrist’s socialist/Marxist agenda. The mark

may also give those who take it demonic powers such as curing sickness, disease, boosting your IQ, ‘enlightening

you’, strengthening your muscles or more. However none of these are worth the price you pay for it - AN

ETERNITY IN HELL. This temptation will be just like Adam and Eve in the garden when Satan deceived them

by saying:

Genesis 3:4-5

“You will not surely die. For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened,

and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

So essentially Satan says: “You won’t die (spiritually) if you take this mark, but instead your eyes will be opened

and you will be enlightened and empowered.”

Pretty incredible huh? He’s still up to his same old tricks.

The reason why taking the mark of the beast is irreversible could be that it alters your DNA permanently thus

removing you from the scope of being human. Jesus died on the cross ONLY for the sins of humanity and since

their DNA will be changed permanently, His death won’t cover anyone who takes this mark - even if they try to

remove the mark and repent. However I don’t see anyone trying to remove the mark as they will probably be

blinded to the truth as soon as they take it.

The reason why the COVID-19 ‘vaccine’ still allows you to be saved by Jesus - even if it alters your DNA via

mRNA, could be because the upcoming mark of the beast is developed using the alien’s own demonic DNA. This

mark could potentially enhance any human who takes it but also turns them into a demonic hybrid of a fallen race

- just like the Nephilim in Noah’s day. (Genesis 6:4) This ‘mark’ will likely take the form of a Luciferase Quantum

Dot RNA vaccination with ‘palisade’ type spikes on the bottom so it’s small and painless to administer. This

‘vaccine’ will be readable with scanning technology and trackable on the 5G Internet Of Things (IOT) network.

For more information on how this technology could work, have a look at this website:

Wisdom Of God Survival Guide:

https://www.wogsg.com/tmob/

Abomination of Desolation

In the Bible, the abomination of desolation is the act of the antichrist sitting on the throne in the recently rebuilt

temple and declaring himself as god. When this act is witnessed worldwide on television, Jews and any other

Christians in the area will flee from Israel immediately - not even going into their homes to grab items. This starts

the second half of the tribulation where those without the mark of the beast are hunted and beheaded and Jews

are persecuted, causing 2/3 of them to eventually perish. Assuming there’s about 15.7 million Jews around the

world (which should eventually return to Israel), this means about 10.4 million of them will be murdered by the

end of the tribulation. In comparison, about 6 million died during World War II during the holocaust.

This is the point in which the antichrist (Satan-incarnate) is given satanic powers such as raining fire from heaven.

(See Revelation 13)

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Survival Tips

NEVER take the mark of the beast, as this would be equivalent to signing your eternal death

certificate and that’s the exact opposite of what this guide is for. With the antichrist now

attempting to murder all Jews and Christians on the planet you need to take your ministry

underground. Hopefully you have found yourself a small group of believers who will continue to

survive to reach the remaining lost. This is a critical time to tell people not to take the mark of

the beast or they will lose their ability to be saved!

During this time you may have to choose between losing your life for Jesus but saving a soul, or

fleeing to try and continue to save souls. The Lord will put on your heart what is right to do in

the moment. There are a few examples in scripture where believers had to flee to ensure the

continuation of the line of David. Remember that those who survive the tribulation will

populate the millennium, so according to God’s word, there will be some who live through these

events - so never give up.

Since you will be hunted by the antichrist from this point forwards, you should dispose of any

technology which can be tracked. This includes mobile phones, tablets, laptops, and ANY

devices with Bluetooth, WiFi or GPS capabilities. Each of these technologies can be tracked in

one way or another using various methods. Only keep something if it’s absolutely essential to

your survival or you’ve properly ‘de-bugged’ it by using privacy friendly operating systems or

have destroyed the transmitting or recording capabilities.

Every function your mobile phone has can be replaced by other technologies or non-digital

techniques. You should utilize these wherever possible as the internet will be thoroughly

controlled and vetted by the one world government. Have a physical Bible over a digital one!

The Jews Second Exodus

The Jews flee from Israel and will be hunted and killed by the antichrist for the remainder of the tribulation. They

will flee into the desert - to Petra, for 3.5 years where they will be protected and sustained by God. Bibles were

concealed somewhere in Petra hundreds of years ago in preparation for their arrival so that they may come to

know Jesus Christ - the God they rejected.

Hosea 5:15

“I will return again to My place Till they acknowledge their offense. Then they will seek My

face; In their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.”

Notice that He says ‘return to my place’. This implies that He left heaven, and He did, when He came to die on

the cross for our sins 2,000 years ago.

Matthew 24:15-18

“Therefore when you see the ‘abomination of desolation,’ spoken of by Daniel the prophet,

standing in the holy place” (whoever reads, let him understand), “then let those who are in

Judea flee to the mountains." Let him who is on the housetop not go down to take anything

out of his house. And let him who is in the field not go back to get his clothes.

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Mark 13:14-21

"So when you see the ‘abomination of desolation,’ spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing

where it ought not” (let the reader understand), “then let those who are in Judea flee to the

mountains. Let him who is on the housetop not go down into the house, nor enter to take

anything out of his house. And let him who is in the field not go back to get his clothes." But

woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days! And pray

that your flight may not be in winter. For in those days there will be tribulation, such as has

not been since the beginning of the creation which God created until this time, nor ever shall

be. And unless the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect’s

sake, whom He chose, He shortened the days. “Then if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the

Christ!’ or, ‘Look, He is there!’ do not believe it.

Luke 21:23

But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days! For

there will be great distress in the land and wrath upon this people. And they will fall by the

edge of the sword, and be led away captive into all nations. And Jerusalem will be trampled by

Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

Matthew 24:15 and Mark 13:14 comment “Let the reader understand”. If you read this you should look into the

meaning of the “Abomination of Desolation” in the first temple, but for simplicity I’ve added a quick description

below:

History of the Abomination of Desolation

In 167 B.C. a Greek ruler Antiochus Epiphanies set up an altar to Zeus over the altar of burnt offerings in the

Jewish temple in Jerusalem. He also sacrificed a pig on the altar in the holiest Temple in Jerusalem. This event is

known as the abomination of desolation. The same thing will occur again, this time committed by the antichrist,

but likely even worse.

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The Bowls

The 7 bowls of God’s judgement

The bowl judgements begin approximately 5-6 years into the tribulation and end around the 7 year mark. By this

point most people would likely have chosen to either take or reject the mark of the beast. Since those who have

taken the mark are going to hell there’s no point preaching to them or sharing your resources with them. They will

be able to buy and sell, but you won’t, so your efforts are best used trying to find those without the mark who still

aren’t saved, and trying to stay alive yourself. Your best opportunity to find these people is during the first bowl

when the loathsome sores cover only those with the mark.

Summarised Bowl Survival Tips

The bowl judgements seem to be the most devastating to earth and the most difficult to prepare

for considering everything that has already transpired. Every river and body of water will be

turned to blood which makes it nearly impossible to find clean sources of water to drink. All sea

creatures die which now eliminates the most abundant source of food, since the fires in the first

trumpet probably killed most of the animals.

The final mega-quake and massive hail will literally decimate cities across the planet, but ideally

you would be living far from major cities by now. Additionally you will be hunted by the

antichrist for not taking the mark; therefore you won’t be able to show your face in public

without being in danger.

1st Bowl

The First Bowl - (Loathsome Sores)

The first bowl pours out foul and loathsome sores on everyone with the mark of the beast or who worshiped the

antichrists image. The sores are unique to those with the mark of the beast - which could be due to a biological

oversight when designing this ‘mark’.

Be warned that as a Christian during this period you will easily stand out due to your lack of sores. The antichrist

probably won’t take his own mark and therefore might not be subjected to these sores.

The first bowl may begin around the sixth year of the tribulation.

Look For

 Sores and pain for those who have the mark of the beast and worship his image

Revelation 16:2

So the first went and poured out his bowl upon the earth, and a foul and loathsome sore came

upon the men who had the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image.

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It sounds like these sores cover the whole body of those with the mark and not just the area around the mark.

They will also be foul, meaning that they will both look putrid and smell revolting. Mark-bearers won’t want to

come near each other because of the stench and many contact based jobs will have to be suspended.

Sex will likely be avoided until the sores are gone. On this note – if having children is still possible post-rapture,

then there could be children as old as about 3 by now. Loathsome could also imply that people will utterly hate

these sores on their bodies and will seek to remove them by any means possible. It is unknown how long this

bowl judgement will last and if the sores will remedy themselves or last through to the end of the tribulation.

Survival Tips

During this period you will easily stand out as someone who hasn’t taken the mark, so it may be

wise to stay concealed for the duration since those who have these sores are already destined for

hell. However, on the other hand this will also be a great way to find people who haven’t taken

the mark and are potentially open to accepting Jesus as their savior.

Related Verses

Sores & Pain

 5th Trumpet (Revelation 9:5) “And they were not given authority to kill them, but to

torment them for five months. Their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when

it strikes a man.”

 5th Bowl (Revelation 16:10) “and his kingdom became full of darkness; and they

gnawed their tongues because of the pain.”

 6th Plague (Exodus 9:9) “…and it will cause boils that break out in sores on man and

beast...”

2nd Bowl

The Second Bowl - (Sea Turns to Blood)

The second bowl turns the entire sea to blood and every living creature in it dies. This bowl occurs around 6.5

years into the 7 year tribulation.

Look For

 The entire sea is blood

 All sea creatures die

 All fishing stopped

 Seafood becomes non-existent

Revelation 16:3

Then the second angel poured out his bowl on the sea, and it became blood as of a dead man;

and every living creature in the sea died.

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A while after death, blood separates into a clear watery top layer with a thick red under layer. This could be what

the Bible refers to by ‘blood as of a dead man’. This judgement will kill everything that was still alive in the sea

after the second trumpet when 1/3 of all sea creatures were killed. After people realize that everything in the

ocean is dead, fishing will likely stop for the remainder of the tribulation. Seafood will become non-existent with

the only fish remaining being bred in tanks.

By reading the text carefully it sounds like the sea creatures died due to the sea becoming blood which eliminates

the possibility that the dead sea creatures caused the sea to turn to blood. It’s unknown whether the entire sea will

become blood at the exact same time or it will originate from a point and spread. It’s also possible that the waters

will stink, just like in Exodus.

For further reading I recommend looking at Exodus 7:14-25 where Moses turns the waters to blood.

Survival Tips

Avoid living near the ocean from this point on as it will smell putrid and there will be carcasses

of dead sea life floating on the surface. Avoid scavengers and other meat eating birds near the

ocean as they will spread disease rapidly. If you’re reading this ahead of time you shouldn’t

depend on fishing as a food source anymore because the next bowl also likely eliminates fresh

water life too. Instead try to hunt wild animals and preserve home grown foods. Ideally you

should have preserved food years ago to last through this period.

Related Verses

Blood

 6th Seal (Revelation 6:12) “...and the moon became like blood.”

 2nd Trumpet (Revelation 8:8) “...and a third of the sea became blood.”

 3rd Bowl (Revelation 16:4) “...poured out his bowl on the rivers and springs of water,

and they became blood.”

 1st Plague (Exodus 7:14-25) “...and they [the waters] shall be turned to blood.”

3rd Bowl

The Third Bowl - (Waters Turn to Blood)

The third bowl turns all the rivers and springs to blood because the evil have spilt the blood of saints and

prophets. This bowl most likely starts late into the 6th year of the tribulation.

Look For

 All rivers, springs and lakes are blood

Revelation 16:4-7

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Then the third angel poured out his bowl on the rivers and springs of water, and they became

blood. And I heard the angel of the waters saying: You are righteous, O Lord, The One who is

and who was and who is to be, Because You have judged these things. For they have shed the

blood of saints and prophets, And You have given them blood to drink. For it is their just due.

And I heard another from the altar saying, “Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous

are Your judgments.”

In the same way that the previous bowl turned the seas to blood, this one will turn the rivers, springs and

subsequently the lakes to blood as well. Since it’s difficult to explain how this happens because rivers generally

come from rain and springs from underground, let’s just say it’s done by God’s divine power. The scripture

doesn’t mention that the life in the rivers and springs dies, but one would assume they do since the last bowl killed

all life in the ocean. With that said, eventually the dams that supply cities will turn to blood as well and it’s

unknown whether the blood can be filtered out of the water with modern methods.

For further reading I recommend Exodus 7:14-25 where Moses turns the waters to blood.

Survival Tips

Again, try to avoid spending time near rivers and springs as there may be an increase in disease if

everything in the rivers and lakes also dies. Clean water will become the biggest issue and

conventional water purifiers may not remove the blood completely. You should store clean

water in as many containers as you can prior to this judgement, even if it’s not filtered - since

you can do that later or use it for bathing.

Distillation or Reverse Osmosis are probably your two best options to filter blood from water.

It’s not known how long this polluted water will last, but you should have enough water to give

out generously to those who need it.

Related Verses

Blood

 6th Seal (Revelation 6:12) “...and the moon became like blood.”

 2nd Trumpet (Revelation 8:8) “...and a third of the sea became blood.”

 2nd Bowl (Revelation 16:3) “...and it [the sea] became blood as of a dead man.”

 1st Plague (Exodus 7:14-25) “...and they [the waters] shall be turned to blood.”

4th Bowl

The Fourth Bowl - (Men Are Scorched)

The fourth bowl causes the sun to scorch men with great heat. Those alive won’t be able to cool themselves easily

due to all of the natural waters being blood as per the second and third bowls. The fourth bowl probably occurs

early into the seventh year.

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Look For

 Brutal sunlight

 Extremely hot days

 Blasphemy against God

 Possible global wildfires

Revelation 16:8-9

Then the fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and power was given to him to scorch

men with fire. And men were scorched with great heat, and they blasphemed the name of God

who has power over these plagues; and they did not repent and give Him glory.

For the sun to be able to scorch people with a great heat, the effects of the 4th trumpet where 1/3 of the sun was

struck must have been undone. Since the previous sun-altering judgements, the world will have cooled down

greatly, particularly in the 5th trumpet when the sun was blocked by thick smoke. This bowl would likely counter

those lasting effects and semi-stabilize the planets temperature, that is until it overheats.

It’s hard to tell just how powerful this scorching will be from scripture, but I would imagine that if sunlight made

contact with your skin even for a few minutes it would cause a first degree burn.

During this bowl the residents of earth blaspheme God directly; this implies that they KNOW there’s a God and

that this is His judgement on the world. The actual point at which God is revealed to the planet is right before the

7th Trumpet. The Bible says in Revelation 10:7 that “in the days of the sounding of the seventh angel, when he is

about to sound, the mystery of God would be finished, as He declared to His servants the prophets”.

Survival Tips

Stay out of direct sunlight for the duration of this bowl or risk being severely burnt. It may be

wise to construct some form of handheld shield to hold above you in areas where there’s no

shelter. (Umbrellas may just be burnt straight through). In addition, have some Vitamin D

tablets handy to stay healthy and avoid a deficiency. The only reprieve you’ll get from this bowl

is at night, so you should work through the night and sleep during the day. Since your body

temperature is lower when you sleep, it will help keep you cool.

Construct a shelter over any food bearing plants or bring them inside to help preserve them.

Avoid your body temperature getting over 37°C (98.6° F) by drinking plenty of fluids, spraying

yourself with water occasionally, fanning yourself and using a wet cloth on shallow veins. Avoid

exerting yourself, but if you need to - know the signs of hyperthermia and heat stroke. Small

bodies of water may evaporate making it difficult to source any, so again it’s recommended to

stock up and keep it shaded.

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Related Verses

Sun

 6th Seal (Revelation 6:12) “...and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair…”

 4th Trumpet (Revelation 8:12) “...And a third of the sun was struck…”, “A third of the

day did not shine...”

Scorched

 Deuteronomy 28:22 – “Burning Up”

5th Bowl

The Fifth Bowl - (Darkness and Pain)

The fifth bowl plunges the kingdom of the beast into darkness and gives everyone in Babylon painful sores. This

will be darkness that you can physically feel just like the darkness plague in Egypt back in Exodus. The fifth bowl

likely occurs about 6.5 years into the tribulation.

Look For

 Literal darkness in Babylon

 A darkness you can feel

 Pain to those in Babylon

 Blasphemy against God

Revelation 16:10-11

Then the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and his kingdom became

full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues because of the pain. They blasphemed the God

of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and did not repent of their deeds.

Not only would they be able to feel this darkness, they won’t be able to see each other for the duration of this

judgement just like Egypt back in Exodus. This is another judgement which can’t be explained with science, but

seems to be spiritual. Even after so many plagues, disasters and judgements they still won’t repent and instead

blaspheme against God almighty.

Survival Tips

You shouldn’t be anywhere near Babylon, but if you are, get out before this bowl begins.

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Related Verses

Darkness

 9th Plague (Exodus 10:21-29) “Then the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand

toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, darkness which may

even be felt.””

6th Bowl

The Sixth Bowl - (Euphrates Dried Up)

The sixth bowl dries up the Euphrates River to make way for the kings of the east. Demons go out to the nations

of the earth to gather them to battle God. It takes a very depraved mind or a strong deception to trick nations into

believing that they can defeat the God of the universe in a battle with mortal weapons. This bowl occurs late in

the 7th year.

Look For

 The Euphrates river dries up

 The armies of the east travelling to Armageddon

 Demons gather kings together in Israel at Armageddon

Revelation 16:12-16

Then the sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was

dried up, so that the way of the kings from the east might be prepared. And I saw three

unclean spirits like frogs coming out of the mouth of the dragon, out of the mouth of the beast,

and out of the mouth of the false prophet. For they are spirits of demons, performing signs,

which go out to the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of

that great day of God Almighty. Behold, I am coming as a thief. Blessed is he who watches,

and keeps his garments, lest he walk naked and they see his shame.” And they gathered them

together to the place called in Hebrew, Armageddon."

The Euphrates

The Euphrates is the longest and one of the most historically important rivers of Western Asia. Together with the

Tigris, it is one of the two defining rivers of Mesopotamia. It is approximately 2,800 km (1,700 mi) long. The

Euphrates receives most of its water in the form of rainfall and melting snow, resulting in peak volumes during

the months April through May.

Since rain and snow is the primary source of the volume of water it’s likely that the extreme heat in the 4th bowl

prevents rain and snow and therefore could be the reason it dries up. That isn’t to say there can’t be other reasons

why it dries up, such as a dam construction or supernatural intervention. Currently the Euphrates restricts

movement from the east to the west due to its large width which ranges from about 45m (147ft) at its narrowest

point to about 2.7km (1.67mi) at its widest point.

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Gathering Against God

To finish off this bowl, demons will go out to the ends of the earth from the satanic trinity and gather together

the nations in Armageddon to battle God. They absolutely cannot win against an eternal God who made them,

the earth and the universe. Since there’s 3 frogs coming from each of the satanic trio, it sounds like there will be at

least, or exactly 9 nations gathering to fight God at Armageddon.

A possible reason why these rebels believe they have a shot at defeating God is all the movies that come out of

Hollywood depicting humans defeating ‘gods’ and aliens who attempt to invade Earth – such as Independence

Day and the Avengers movies. Additionally these demon aliens could reveal their own weapons systems to us

allowing us to develop even more devastating weapons which they claim can destroy anything. They may also lie

to the world claiming that Jesus can be defeated in the same way He was crucified on His first coming. Soon,

Jesus Himself will obliterate them with His Word.

Coming as a Thief

Verses 15 and 16 in Revelation 16 are a parentheses between the 6th and the 7th bowl, just like between the 6th

and 7th seals and the 6th and 7th trumpets. It does NOT mean that this is the point when the rapture occurs -

although if you’re following along in the tribulation you would already know this.

Survival Tips

There’s no reason why any believer should be anywhere near Armageddon at this point. If you

are, get out - unless of course you’re called by God. If you’re residing anywhere along the

Euphrates you will need to find a new source of water. Additionally you may want to consider

leaving the area in case the armies from the east find you.

Related Verses

Dried Up

 Nahum 1:4 “He rebukes the sea and makes it dry, and dries up all the rivers.”

 Genesis 8:7 “Then he sent out a raven, which kept going to and fro until the waters had

dried up from the earth.”

 Joshua 2:10 “For we have heard how the Lord dried up the water of the Red Sea for

you when you came out of Egypt”

 Joshua 4:23 “for the Lord your God dried up the waters of the Jordan before you until

you had crossed over, as the Lord your God did to the Red Sea, which He dried up

before us until we had crossed over,”

If you understand the way the Bible is set out with its heptadic structure there could be a potential time gap here

between the 6th and the 7th bowls.

7th Bowl

The Seventh Bowl - (Armageddon)

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The seventh bowl releases noises, thunderings and lightnings and the biggest earthquake in history dividing

Babylon into 3 parts. Every mountain falls, islands move out of place and exceedingly great hail falls from heaven.

This judgement will completely change the face of the planet. The final bowl concludes the tribulation period.

Look For

 Noises, Thunder, Lightning

 The biggest earthquake in all history splitting Babylon into 3 parts

 Hailstones each about 34.2kg (75.3 lbs.) fall from heaven

 Blasphemy against God

Revelation 16:17-21

Then the seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air, and a loud voice came out of the

temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, “It is done!” And there were noises and

thunderings and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such a mighty and great

earthquake as had not occurred since men were on the earth. Now the great city was divided

into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell. And great Babylon was remembered before

God, to give her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of His wrath. Then every island fled

away, and the mountains were not found. And great hail from heaven fell upon men, each

hailstone about the weight of a talent. Men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail,

since that plague was exceedingly great.

Hail

A hailstone weighing 1 talent would equal 34kg or 75lbs today and would be about the size of 33 litres (8.7gal) of

water frozen into a solid block. This block of ice would therefore (at minimum) be 33 x 33 x 33cm (13x13x13 in).

However since only 5% of hail is frozen water it would likely be much larger than that. It only takes hail the size

of a golf ball to kill someone and this hail could be the size of a briefcase or small car (but round).

Additionally if this hail is produced by a storm (and doesn’t come from space), it would have to be massive in size,

with extremely strong updrafts!

Earthquake

For an earthquake to be so large that it has never occurred before in human history, it would have to be at least a

magnitude 10, assuming that some of the previous judgement earthquakes were magnitude 9.5-10’s. It would also

likely have to be less than magnitude 15 as an earthquake of this scale could potentially wipe out all life on earth.

We also know that this earthquake splits Babylon into 3 parts; therefore the epicentre will be nearby.

I would place the magnitude of this earthquake at around 12-14 to be able to collapse every island and mountain

on the planet. Keep in mind that the scriptures don’t explicitly say that the earthquake caused the islands and

mountains to disappear, so keep other options open.

Babylon will likely be constructed around Al-Hillah in Iraq where the previous Babylon Empire was located. The

coordinates are 32.478642, 44.451235 (32° 28' 43.1" N, 44° 27' 4.4" E) if you’re interested. If you want the safest

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place from the earthquake I recommend the antipode (the opposite side) which would be Australia or New

Zealand. However, since there will be catastrophic aftershocks circling the globe it’s likely that many tsunamis will

follow, making nowhere safe. This is one of your last chances to repent and turn from your ways.

Blasphemy

For people to be able to blaspheme against God they must know that there is a God causing these disasters in the

first place, but if you believe that there’s a God who created the universe, why would you attempt to go up against

Him with mortal weapons?

Survival Tips

This bowl would absolutely cause the most destruction worldwide by a long shot, so take into

account that you aren’t likely to survive this this no matter where you are on the planet. This

earthquake will be absolutely devastating to the entire planet. The Bible says that EVERY city

falls so by default you should stay far from any major cities, buildings and objects which may

collapse on you. Stay away from mountains, oceans, boats and valleys as well. The epicentre of

the earthquake will probably be Babylon since it’s split into three parts; therefore the antipode

(New Zealand or Australia) is potentially the safest place to be.

Due to the sheer size of this earthquake it could also cause a colossal tsunami, so stay away from

shorelines. Don’t stay on an islands or mountains either as they will ‘flee away’, or in other

words - flatten. If you can, find a large flat piece of land without many landscape features or

trees. The insanely large hail will almost definitely pelt Babylon and may also fall on other

rebellious cities of man worldwide. Since you’re already likely dwelling in crude shelters they

probably won’t stand up to 34kg (75lbs) hail. Pray that God will spare you from these

judgements.

Related Verses

Earthquakes

 6th Seal (Revelation 6:12) “there was a great earthquake”

 7th Seal (Revelation 8:5) “And there were noises, thunderings, lightnings, and an

earthquake.”

 7th Trumpet (Revelation 11:19) “And there were lightnings, noises, thunderings, an

earthquake, and great hail.”

 Zechariah 14:4 “And the Mount of Olives shall be split in two, from east to west,

Making a very large valley; Half of the mountain shall move toward the north and half

of it toward the south.”

Noises, thunderings, lightnings, an earthquake

 7th Seal (Revelation 8:5) “And there were noises, thunderings, lightnings, and an

earthquake.”

 7th Trumpet (Revelation 11:19) “And there were lightnings, noises, thunderings, an

earthquake, and great hail.”

Hail

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 7th Plague (Exodus 9:24) “So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail...”

 Joshua 10:11 “...the Lord cast down large hailstones from heaven on them as far as

Azekah”

 1st Trumpet (Revelation 8:7) “And hail and fire followed, mingled with blood, and they

were thrown to the earth.”

 7th Trumpet (Revelation 11:19) “And there were lightnings, noises, thunderings, an

earthquake, and great hail.”

Blasphemy

 Leviticus 24:16 “And whoever blasphemes the name of the Lord shall surely be put to

death.”

 The Beast (Revelation 13:6) “Then he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to

blaspheme His name....”

 4th Bowl (Revelation 16:9) “...and they blasphemed the name of God who has power

over these plagues...”

 5th Bowl (Revelation 16:11) “They blasphemed the God of heaven because of their

pains and their sores...”

“It is done!” Revelation 16:17

The Fall of Babylon

At the conclusion of the seventh bowl Babylon is proclaimed to be destroyed. The Bible says that every island,

mountain and city of the nations will fall in the greatest cataclysm of history. The earthquake in the seventh seal is

likely to cause many tsunami’s which wrap around the globe causing further damage.

Look For

 The city of Babylon splits into three parts by a tremendous earthquake.

Survival Tips

Don’t go anywhere near Babylon no matter how alluring it may be. This city is destined for utter

annihilation and up until then will be a cesspool of the vilest evil imaginable.

Revelation 16:19

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Now the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell. And great

Babylon was remembered before God, to give her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of His

wrath.

Revelation 18:2

"And he cried mightily with a loud voice, saying, “Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and

has become a dwelling place of demons, a prison for every foul spirit, and a cage for every

unclean and hated bird!"

For more see Revelation 18.

This is everyone’s absolute last chance to repent and change their ways before the second coming of Christ (if

they haven’t taken the mark), even then it’s cutting it fine. See further below for information on salvation and how

you can be saved.

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Post-Tribulation

The events after the tribulation period

Tribulation End

This just marks the end of the tribulation or the “Time of Jacob’s Trouble” which ends when God’s wrath is

fulfilled (The 7th Bowl). As soon as it ends, Matthew 24:29 and Mark 13:24 say that the sun will be darkened, the

moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

These events occur as soon as the tribulation ends and lead into the glorious return of Jesus Christ. The world will

exist about 45 days after the end of the tribulation while the armies of the world continue to gather at

Armageddon.

Look For

 A darkened sun

 The moon won’t shine

 Stars will, or have previously fallen from Heaven

 The powers of heaven will be shaken

 The sign of the Son of man

 The nations mourning

Matthew 24:29-31

“Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will

not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will

mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and

great glory. And He will send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will

gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

Mark 13:24-27

“But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not

give its light; the stars of heaven will fall, and the powers in the heavens will be shaken. Then

they will see the Son of Man coming in the clouds with great power and glory. And then He

will send His angels, and gather together His elect from the four winds, from the farthest part

of earth to the farthest part of heaven.

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Survival Tips

There’s not long left until the glorious appearing of Jesus Christ, just hold out a few more weeks.

You probably won’t be able to grow food due to the darkened sun and will have to forage or

hunt to survive. It’s hard to ascertain what effects the ‘shaking the powers of heaven’ will do on

earth, but be ready for anything. Stay far away from Israel during this time.

Armageddon Gathering

The armies of the antichrist gather at Armageddon (Tel-Megiddo) to ‘battle’ God. An interesting point to note is

that these armies of the earth seem to know that God will bring His own army as well, as per verse 19. Keep in

mind that Jesus and His armies aren’t here yet - they are still expecting Him.

Look For

 The armies of the world gathering at Armageddon

 Coordinates of Armageddon (32°36'57"N 35°12'46"E)

Revelation 16:16

And they gathered them together to the place called in Hebrew, Armageddon.

Revelation 19:19

And I saw the beast, the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war

against Him who sat on the horse and against His army

During the time since the tribulation ended, the sun will be darkened, the moon won’t give any light and the stars

will fall from heaven. The powers of heaven will also be shaken, however not much is known about what this will

actually look like in person.

This army won’t be a bunch of catapults and people with spears, but the finest military earth has to offer, led by

what is likely to be the most intelligent man who’s ever lived, who is incarnated with the most intelligent fallen

being of all - Satan.

The arsenal of weapons utilized in this battle almost definitely includes nuclear weapons, hypersonic missiles, jets,

drones and every other type of modern warfare known to man. There’s even the chance that these ‘aliens’ give us

access to extremely powerful technology and weapons - ships that can seemingly defy gravity and move at

obscene speeds while making right-angle turns, and new weapons which make our nuclear arsenal look like toys.

Survival Tips

Stay far away from Armageddon and Israel.

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The Second Coming

This is the second coming of Jesus, where He purges the world of sin and rules from Jerusalem for 1,000 years.

Unlike the first coming as a human, this time Jesus returns in all His might, power and wrath, destroying His

enemies on arrival. Behind Jesus will be the armies of heaven and the raptured saints riding white horses and

clothed in white apparel. The chance of the army gathered at Armageddon actually winning against God is 0%, nil,

zero, nada, with absolutely no doubt about it.

When this event occurs there’s no use for the remainder of this document. If you’ve survived to the end of the

tribulation as a firm, born-again Christian then you should be excited for the second coming of Jesus. You will be

the people who populate the earth in the millennial reign.

“Then they will see the Son of Man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.”

Matthew 24:30

Jesus’ Return

This is the greatly anticipated second return of Jesus Christ. During the rapture He never touches the earth;

therefore it’s not counted as a return. Unlike the rapture, this time Jesus is visible to all those on the earth -

regardless of where they are on the planet. We know Jesus’ second coming will be a literal event which will be just

like the first time He ascended to heaven, as mentioned in scripture below.

Acts 1:9-11

“Now when He had spoken these things, while they watched, He was taken up, and a cloud

received Him out of their sight. And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as He went

up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel, who also said, ‘Men of Galilee, why do

you stand gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven,

will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into heaven.’”

Look For

 Jesus with an army from Heaven

 His feet will touch the Mount of Olives

 The Mount of Olives splits in two

Revelation 19:11-16

Now I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse. And He who sat on him was called

Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and makes war. His eyes were like a flame

of fire, and on His head were many crowns. He had a name written that no one knew except

Himself. He was clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of

God. And the armies in heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and clean, followed Him on white

horses. Now out of His mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it He should strike the nations.

And He Himself will rule them with a rod of iron. He Himself treads the winepress of the

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fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. And He has on His robe and on His thigh a name

written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS."

Zechariah 14:3-9

Then the Lord will go forth and fight against those nations, as He fights in the day of battle.

And in that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, which faces Jerusalem on the east.

And the Mount of Olives shall be split in two, from east to west, making a very large valley;

half of the mountain shall move toward the north and half of it toward the south. Then you

shall flee through My mountain valley, for the mountain valley shall reach to Azal. Yes, you

shall flee as you fled from the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Thus the Lord

my God will come, and all the saints with You. It shall come to pass in that day that there will

be no light; the lights will diminish. It shall be one day which is known to the Lord— Neither

day nor night. But at evening time it shall happen that it will be light. And in that day it

shall be that living waters shall flow from Jerusalem, half of them toward the eastern sea and

half of them toward the western sea; In both summer and winter it shall occur. And the Lord

shall be King over all the earth. In that day it shall be— “The Lord is one,” And His name

one.

The Army Defeated

The antichrist and his armies are defeated by Jesus and afterwards the birds feast on their bodies.

Revelation 19:15

"Now out of His mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it He should strike the nations."

Look For

 Birds flying towards Armageddon

 Jesus annihilating all those who are opposed to Him

 The antichrist and his armies defeated

 The birds feasting on the armies bodies

Revelation 19:17-21

Then I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the

birds that fly in the midst of heaven, “Come and gather together for the supper of the great

God, that you may eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of captains, the flesh of mighty men, the

flesh of horses and of those who sit on them, and the flesh of all people, free and slave, both

small and great.” And I saw the beast, the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered

together to make war against Him who sat on the horse and against His army. Then the beast

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was captured, and with him the false prophet who worked signs in his presence, by which he

deceived those who received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image. These

two were cast alive into the lake of fire burning with brimstone. And the rest were killed with

the sword which proceeded from the mouth of Him who sat on the horse. And all the birds

were filled with their flesh.

Notice how the scripture goes straight from ‘the armies were gathered together’ to ‘the capturing of the beast and

the false prophet’. How were they captured so easily without a fight? Jesus did it all. Even though He brought the

armies of heaven with Him, He defeats the army single-handedly as described in verse 21. All Jesus needs to

obliterate them is the Word of God, also known as the sword that proceeds from His mouth.

The beast and false prophet were cast alive into hell? Does that mean they will die there, and then their spirit

continues to burn? Or is this an unconsuming fire which will constantly burn their physical bodies? It’s interesting

to note that there’s no judgement or trial for these two like everyone else created by God. They go straight to the

lake of fire, whereas everyone else unsaved who has died awaits judgement in Hades.

Satan Bound

Satan is bound for 1,000 years in the bottomless pit so that he may no longer deceive the nations until the

thousand years are up. After the thousand years he must be released for a little while to deceive the nations once

more.

Revelation 20:1-3

Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, having the key to the bottomless pit and a

great chain in his hand. He laid hold of the dragon, that serpent of old, who is the Devil and

Satan, and bound him for a thousand years; and he cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut

him up, and set a seal on him, so that he should deceive the nations no more till the thousand

years were finished. But after these things he must be released for a little while.

The Sheep and Goats Judgement

The sheep and goats judgement occurs after the tribulation when Jesus returns to claim His throne. Everyone who

remains on the earth will be grouped into either the sheep (His followers) or the goats (those who lived for

themselves or worshiped the antichrist). Remember that only those who gathered to battle God were destroyed.

There are still those with the ‘mark’, those who are unsaved, and the surviving believers around the world. After

the sheep and goats are sorted, those who are on His left will be sent to hell forever and those on His right will

inherit the kingdom with Him and will live during the coming millennium.

Matthew 25:31-46

“When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then He will sit

on the throne of His glory. All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate

them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats. And He will set the

sheep on His right hand, but the goats on the left. Then the King will say to those on His right

hand, ‘Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the

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foundation of the world: for I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave

Me drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in; I was naked and you clothed Me; I was sick

and you visited Me; I was in prison and you came to Me.’ “Then the righteous will answer

Him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You

drink? When did we see You a stranger and take You in, or naked and clothe You? Or when

did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?’ And the King will answer and say to

them, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren,

you did it to Me.’

“Then He will also say to those on the left hand, ‘Depart from Me, you cursed, into the

everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels: for I was hungry and you gave Me no

food; I was thirsty and you gave Me no drink; I was a stranger and you did not take Me in,

naked and you did not clothe Me, sick and in prison and you did not visit Me.’ “Then they

also will answer Him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or

naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You?’ Then He will answer them, saying,

‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not

do it to Me.’ And these will go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into

eternal life.”

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The Millennium

The 1,000 years of Jesus’ reign from Jerusalem

The millennium is the period of 1,000 years when Jesus reigns over the entire earth with a rod of iron. (Revelation

19:15) Nations must travel to Jerusalem once a year to maintain blessings from Him or He will withhold rain on

that nation. During the millennium there will be births and deaths as we know them now since this is still a sinful

world, however the average age of a person is much longer, greatly exceeding 100 years old. Animals will no

longer harm people and a child can play with a cobra without fear. However those who don’t worship or follow

God will be cursed and have shorter lives.

The Believers Live with Christ

Those who were loyal to Christ during their life and walked closely with Him will reign with Jesus for the

millennium in their glorified bodies. Those who were saved but didn’t walk the path set for them will just live in

the millennium without reigning. Glorified bodies are physical bodies which aren’t sinful and come with multi-

dimensional abilities such as those which Jesus utilized after His resurrection - like appearing in a sealed room. It’s

strange to consider how these two different groups will interact with each other throughout the millennium.

Those with glorified bodies will be able to move into secure buildings, teleport across the planet instantly and will

never get sick or die.

Revelation 20:4-6

And I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was committed to them. Then I saw

the souls of those who had been beheaded for their witness to Jesus and for the word of God,

who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received his mark on their

foreheads or on their hands. And they lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. But

the rest of the dead did not live again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first

resurrection. Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over such the

second death has no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with

Him a thousand years.

The verse above describes those who died in the tribulation for their testimony of Jesus and who did not take the

mark will live and reign with Jesus for the 1,000 years. Those who did not believe aren’t resurrected until the

Great White Throne Judgement which occurs after the millennium is complete.

Isaiah 65:20-25

“No more shall an infant from there live but a few days, Nor an old man who has not fulfilled

his days; For the child shall die one hundred years old, But the sinner being one hundred

years old shall be accursed. They shall build houses and inhabit them; They shall plant

vineyards and eat their fruit. They shall not build and another inhabit; They shall not plant

and another eat; For as the days of a tree, so shall be the days of My people, And My elect

shall long enjoy the work of their hands. They shall not labor in vain, Nor bring forth children

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for trouble; For they shall be the descendants of the blessed of the Lord, And their offspring

with them. “It shall come to pass that before they call, I will answer; And while they are still

speaking, I will hear. The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, The lion shall eat straw like

the ox, And dust shall be the serpent’s food. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy

mountain,” Says the Lord.

The verse above describes the greatly increased maximum age in the millennium. Someone who is 100 years old

will be considered a child with most of their life ahead of them. The sinners however will be cursed with a shorter

life. This implies that there will still be sin in the world even without the deceiver - Satan.

The world will also be much more fruitful such as crops being easier to take care of and produce much more

food. Children will be raised righteously with a love, and a righteous fear of God, yet they will have free will and

will be able to choose between right and wrong as evidenced by some nations not coming to Jerusalem for the

feast of tabernacles each year. (Zechariah 14:17-19)

Zechariah 14:16-21

And it shall come to pass that everyone who is left of all the nations which came against

Jerusalem shall go up from year to year to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, and to keep the

Feast of Tabernacles. And it shall be that whichever of the families of the earth do not come up

to Jerusalem to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, on them there will be no rain. If the

family of Egypt will not come up and enter in, they shall have no rain; they shall receive the

plague with which the Lord strikes the nations who do not come up to keep the Feast of

Tabernacles. This shall be the punishment of Egypt and the punishment of all the nations that

do not come up to keep the Feast of Tabernacles. In that day “HOLINESS TO THE LORD”

shall be engraved on the bells of the horses. The pots in the Lord’s house shall be like the bowls

before the altar. Yes, every pot in Jerusalem and Judah shall be holiness to the Lord of hosts.

Everyone who sacrifices shall come and take them and cook in them. In that day there shall no

longer be a Canaanite in the house of the Lord of hosts.

This passage says that the nations of the world will come to Jerusalem each year to worship the Lord and to take

part in the feast of tabernacles. However for those nations that don’t, the Lord will withhold rain on their lands.

Isaiah 11:6-9

“The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, The leopard shall lie down with the young goat, The

calf and the young lion and the fatling together; And a little child shall lead them. The cow

and the bear shall graze; Their young ones shall lie down together; And the lion shall eat

straw like the ox. The nursing child shall play by the cobra’s hole, And the weaned child shall

put his hand in the viper’s den. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain, For

the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.

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Isaiah 11 is an interesting passage describing what living in the millennium will be like. Animals will settle down

and won’t harm each other or humans during the millennium. Children and their parents won’t have any fear of

snakes - or any other animal.

The Rebellion

After the thousand years of Jesus’ peaceful reign, Satan is released to deceive the nations once again. He lures

them with a lie and then brings them against God and against His people by surrounding the city of Jerusalem.

The army he musters will number as many as the sand of the sea which just shows how many people will be alive

at the end of the millennium since nobody dies as young or as easily anymore. God then, once again destroys this

army by fire from the sky.

This rebellion and the build up to the surrounding of Jerusalem could take many years and may not occur straight

after the thousand years are up. Satan needs time to spread his lies to the nations and to deceive those who live on

the earth with lust, selfish pleasures, pride and a hatred of all things righteous.

“But after these things he [Satan] must be released for a little

while.” Revelation 20:3

Revelation 20:7-9

“Now when the thousand years have expired, Satan will be released from his prison and will

go out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to

gather them together to battle, whose number is as the sand of the sea. They went up on the

breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city. And fire came

down from God out of heaven and devoured them.”

Satan’s Demise

Finally, the devil is thrown into hell to be tormented for ever and ever after God destroys the rebellion. He will be

joining the antichrist and the false prophet who have been there burning for the past thousand years already. Take

heed of the Bible’s precision when it says they will burn forever and ever. This isn’t an allegory for ‘spiritual

burning’ and it’s not saying that they will eventually be consumed by this fire - they will literally be burning by an

unconsuming flame for eternity.

Revelation 20:10

“The devil, who deceived them, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone where the beast

and the false prophet are. And they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.”

The Great White Throne Judgement

At the Great White Throne Judgement the dead who had not believed in God or followed his word are

resurrected to be judged. Heaven and earth will flee away from the face of Him who sits on the throne, which is

hard to imagine since we always picture something physical when we think of heaven.

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Those not found in the book of life are thrown into the lake of fire to pay the price for the sins they’ve committed

against a Holy God. Unfortunately they will never be able to pay off their debt, which is why we need to point

them to Jesus while they’re still alive. After this, Death and Hades are then thrown into the lake of fire, meaning

nobody will be able to die from this point forward. This is the last and final judgement. Again, it’s hard to grasp

how Death and Hades can be ‘destroyed’ or ‘tormented’ since we conceptualise them as descriptors and not

beings.

Revelation 20:11-15

Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the

heaven fled away. And there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small and

great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is

the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were

written in the books. The sea gave up the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades delivered

up the dead who were in them. And they were judged, each one according to his works. Then

Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And anyone not

found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire.

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Eternity

An eternity spent with God.

The New Jerusalem

God creates a new heaven and earth, where those who love the Lord will dwell with Him forever. There will be

no sin, death, pain or sorrow and everything will be perfect. Part of this creation will be a New Jerusalem which

has no need for the sun or moon because the glory of God illuminates it. This is described quite thoroughly by

John in Revelation 21.

Something to note is that the New Jerusalem described below may not be in three dimensions but four, hence the

highlighted words in the verse below. Breadth is the unit of length/direction which isn’t used in our third

dimension world. This phrasing is only found in the KJV and the bolding below is my own.

Ephesians 3:17-19 (KJV)

That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,

May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and

height; And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with

all the fulness of God.

2 Peter 3:10-13

But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away

with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works

that are in it will be burned up. Therefore, since all these things will be dissolved, what

manner of persons ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness, looking for and hastening

the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be dissolved, being on fire,

and the elements will melt with fervent heat? Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look

for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.

Corinthians 2:9

But as it is written: “Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, Nor have entered into the heart of man

The things which God has prepared for those who love Him.”

This new heaven and earth will truly be spectacular beyond all imagination or comprehension as described in the

verse below. No matter what incredible things you imagine heaven will be like, it will surely be better. Throughout

eternity we won’t just be worshipping God all the time, but we’ll have important roles to play and achievements to

work towards.

The verses below describe the new heaven and the new earth.

Revelation 21:1-27

Now I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed

away. Also there was no more sea. Then I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming

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down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a

loud voice from heaven saying, “Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell

with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God. And

God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor

crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away.”

Then He who sat on the throne said, “Behold, I make all things new.” And He said to me,

“Write, for these words are true and faithful.” And He said to me, “It is done! I am the Alpha

and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give of the fountain of the water of life

freely to him who thirsts. He who overcomes shall inherit all things, and I will be his God and

he shall be My son. But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral,

sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and

brimstone, which is the second death.”" Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls

filled with the seven last plagues came to me and talked with me, saying, “Come, I will show

you the bride, the Lamb’s wife.” And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high

mountain, and showed me the great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from

God, having the glory of God. Her light was like a most precious stone, like a jasper stone,

clear as crystal. Also she had a great and high wall with twelve gates, and twelve angels at the

gates, and names written on them, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of

Israel: three gates on the east, three gates on the north, three gates on the south, and three

gates on the west.

Now the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them were the names of the twelve

apostles of the Lamb. And he who talked with me had a gold reed to measure the city, its

gates, and its wall. The city is laid out as a square; its length is as great as its breadth. And he

measured the city with the reed: twelve thousand furlongs. Its length, breadth, and height are

equal. Then he measured its wall: one hundred and forty-four cubits, according to the

measure of a man, that is, of an angel. The construction of its wall was of jasper; and the city

was pure gold, like clear glass. The foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with all

kinds of precious stones: the first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third

chalcedony, the fourth emerald, the fifth sardonyx, the sixth sardius, the seventh chrysolite,

the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth

amethyst.

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The twelve gates were twelve pearls: each individual gate was of one pearl. And the street of

the city was pure gold, like transparent glass. But I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God

Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. The city had no need of the sun or of the moon to shine

in it, for the glory of God illuminated it. The Lamb is its light. And the nations of those who

are saved shall walk in its light, and the kings of the earth bring their glory and honor into it.

Its gates shall not be shut at all by day (there shall be no night there). And they shall bring

the glory and the honor of the nations into it. But there shall by no means enter it anything

that defiles, or causes an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s

Book of Life.

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Accepting Jesus

What is Salvation?

Salvation is the deliverance from sin. To save means to deliver or protect. Jesus equated being saved with entering

the kingdom of God (Matthew 19:24-25).

What are we saved from? We are saved from God’s wrath, that is, His judgment of our sin

when we meet Him face to face (Romans 5:9; 1 Thessalonians 5:9). Our sin has separated

us from God, and the consequence of this violation of God’s law is death (Romans 6:23).

Biblical salvation refers to our deliverance from the consequences of sin and therefore

involves the removal of sin which has already paid for by Jesus on the cross.

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Who does the saving?

Only God can remove sin and deliver us from sin’s penalty (2 Timothy 1:9; Titus 3:5).

How does God save?

God has rescued us through Jesus’s death on the cross and subsequent resurrection which achieved our salvation

(Romans 5:10; Ephesians 1:7). Scripture is clear that salvation is the gracious, undeserved gift of God (Ephesians

2:5, 8) which is ours for the taking through faith in Jesus Christ (Acts 4:12).

How do we receive salvation?

We are saved by faith. First, we must hear the gospel—the good news of Jesus’ death and resurrection (Ephesians

1:13). Then, we must believe by fully trusting the Lord Jesus (Romans 1:16). This involves repentance, a changing

of mind about sin and Christ (Acts 3:19), and calling on the name of the Lord (Romans 10:9-10, 13). A definition

of salvation would be “The deliverance, by the grace of God, from eternal punishment for sin which is granted to

those who accept by faith God’s conditions of repentance and faith in the Lord Jesus.” Salvation is available in

Jesus alone (John 14:6; Acts 4:12) and is dependent on God alone for provision, assurance, and security.

This is absolutely the most important section in the entire guide, outlining the path to eternal salvation as

described in the Bible. Your acceptance or denial of Jesus will affect where you spend eternity, and every soul lives

forever, it’s just a matter of location. A prerequisite for becoming saved is knowing that God exists, that He

created you, loves you and died for you.

God wrote the Bible through man to further prove His existence to us alongside the wondrous and spectacular

world around us. There are countless incredible facts about the Bible that prove it had to be designed outside of

space and time. For a few of these amazing insights read the ‘Evidence for God’ section in my ‘Christianity’

document.

ABC’s of Salvation

A - Admit that you are a sinner.

Any gap between God’s perfect law and our imperfect obedience is called sin, which everyone has committed.

“For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;” (Romans 3:23)

“There is none righteous, no, not one;” (Romans 3:10)

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“If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.” (1 John

1:10)

“For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

(Romans 6:23)

B - Believe in your heart that Jesus Christ died for your sins, was buried, and that God raised Him from

the dead on the third day, taking the punishment you deserved.

Jesus said: “I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man comes unto the Father but by me.” (John 14:6) Your own

good works cannot save you, no matter how good a person you are, and wouldn't the creator of heaven set the

bar for entry?

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in

him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” (John 3:16)

“But God commends his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners. Christ died for

us.” (Romans 5:8)

C - Call upon the name of the Lord and confess that Jesus Christ is Lord.

Through prayer, invite Jesus into your heart to become your personal Lord and Saviour. There is an example

prayer below.

“If you shall confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and shall believe in your heart that God

raised him from the dead, you will be saved.” (Romans 10:9)

The Sinner’s Prayer

“Lord Jesus, I am a sinner and am in need of your forgiveness. I believe you are the Son of God who died on

the cross for my sins and rose from the dead on the third day. Thank you for bearing my sins and giving me

the gift of eternal life. I am ready and willing to trust you as my Lord and Saviour and to turn from my sin. I

now invite you into my heart as my personal Saviour. Amen.”

“Whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.”

Joel 2:32 / Acts 2:21 / Romans 10:13

Once you’ve prayed this prayer, believing it with all your heart, you’re saved by the power of the blood of Jesus!

He paid that ultimate price for our sin, sacrificing Himself so that we may live. However it’s easy to say something

with your mouth, what takes real effort is living out a life in pursuit of Jesus, walking according to His will for you

and leaving your old sinful ways behind.

Below are some more verses related to salvation and justification, as well as some next steps you should take as a

new Christian to help cement your faith. If there’s one thing that Satan despises, it’s new Christians. So be

prepared to battle against the spiritual forces of wickedness by praying and reading your Bible daily as well as

putting on your spiritual armour.

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Ephesians 2:8-9

“For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of

God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.”

2 Corinthians 5:17

“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold,

all things have become new.”

Luke 13:5

“I tell you, no; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish.”

Galatians 2:16

“Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but by faith in Jesus Christ, even

we have believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ and not by the

works of the law; for by the works of the law no flesh shall be justified.”

1 Corinthians 15:3-4

“How that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and

that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures”

Steps to Living a Godly Life

Pray

Talk to God in prayer every day. Ask for forgiveness for your sins when you slip up, bring to Him your needs and

ambitions as well as praises and worship to glorify His Holy name. For more on praying, see the ‘Armor of God’

section in my ‘Christianity’ document.

Matthew 21:22

“And whatever things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.”

Philippians 4:6

“Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let

your requests be made known to God;”

Romans 10:16-17

“But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our

report?” So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.”

Fellowship

Be baptized, worship, fellowship, and serve with other Christians where Christ is preached and the Bible is the

final authority on everything. This could be set in a church or a small household group. A group of fellow

believers will help keep you honest, help keep you on the straight and narrow path and provide support if you’re

struggling with sin or issues on the Bible.

Matthew 28:19

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“Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father

and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,”

Hebrews 10:25

“Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting

one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.”

2 Timothy 3:16

“All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for

correction, for instruction in righteousness”

Tell others about Christ

We all have a calling in this world. This can be anything from pastoring a Church, helping the poor, mission trips,

providing finances, developing Christian content, or more. The one thing we all have in common is the need to

spread the gospel across the planet to reach all those who are lost, hurting or in need. Find the purpose God has

for you and pursue it, you will find it’s something you enjoy doing too! If you aren’t sure what you’re meant to be

doing firstly pray about it and then seek ways you can use your talents to reach the lost. If you can knit perhaps

you can create clothing or blankets for the homeless. If you’re skilled at electrical work you could fix the lights and

wiring of your local neighbors while spreading His gospel.

Mark 16:15

“And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.”

1 Corinthians 9:16

“For if I preach the gospel, I have nothing to boast of, for necessity is laid upon me; yes, woe is

me if I do not preach the gospel!”

Romans 1:16

“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for

everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek.”

Walking with Jesus

If you have received Jesus Christ as your Saviour you should dive into your Bible daily to get to know Christ and

His plan for redemption better. I recommend the KJV, NKJV or ESV versions as they are the most accurate to

the original text. If you have questions, resolve them by firstly asking the Holy Spirit to reveal the answers to you

and also by asking another believer to help provide an answer.

2 Timothy 2:15

“Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed,

rightly dividing the word of truth.”

Psalms 119:105

“Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.”

Seek Earnestly

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As always if you wish to find answers out for yourself you should search God’s word. If you’re told something by

a friend, pastor or Bible scholar, search the scriptures to ensure what they say is correct. (Acts 17:11) Take caution

not to be fooled by what others claim the Bible says but do your own research. There will be great apostasy and a

falling away from Christianity in the end times. The word of God is living and He can speak to you through His

word.

Matthew 7:7-8

“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be

opened.”

Acts 17:11

“These were more fair-minded than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with

all readiness, and searched the Scriptures daily to find out whether these things were so.”

Godly Armour

You need to equip your spiritual armour. For more information see the ‘Christianity’ document.

Next Steps

You should research what the Bible has to say on prophecy and the end times. I recommend watching some of

the content in the ‘Next Steps’ section further below.

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Addendum

This section is for extra information that would be interesting to know, but not vital to understanding the rapture

timeline.

Rapture Prerequisites

There were a few biblical prerequisites for the rapture to occur, however they have all come to pass leaving it open

to happen at any time now.

Israel must be a Nation

How can the tribulation be the time of Jacob’s troubles if Jacob (Israel) isn’t in it? This was fulfilled on 14 May

1948. David Ben-Gurion, the head of the Jewish Agency, proclaimed the establishment of the State of Israel. U.S.

President Harry S. Truman recognized the new nation on the same day.

The Destruction of the Temple

Jesus predicted the destruction of the temple which came to pass in 70 A.D., for this to pass the rapture couldn’t

have happened before then. (Luke 21:6) (Luke 19:44) (Matthew 24:2) (Mark 13:2)

The Falling Away

“Jesus said that there would be a great ‘falling away’ (either the rapture or apostasy), before the antichrist is

revealed. (2 Thessalonians 2:1-4) We also know from this verse that the antichrist cannot be revealed until the

church has been removed from the earth which makes sense if it refers to the rapture of the Church. If it refers to

apostasy then that requirement has already been ticked off.

Taking a look at the world today, we can see the utter confusion with regard to religion and the multiple splits that

have occurred to form different denominations. Church has become more of a social event rather than a place of

worship with fewer and fewer attending. Mega church pastors and televangelists are spreading doctrines of

demons daily.

Dispersion of Jews (The Diaspora)

Fulfilled. The Jewish Diaspora is the term for the dispersion of the Jews from their ancestral homeland which

occurred during the siege of Jerusalem in 69-70 CE when the Romans invaded, destroying the temple.

The Jews will Return Home

Fulfilled. Many thousands of Jews have been returning to Israel since the end of World War II and the influx

continues today.

The Promised Land would be Desolate

Fulfilled. Mark Twain back in 1867 said: The Sea of Galilee was, “a solemn, sailless, tintless lake, as unpoetical as

any bath-tub on earth.” and “It is a hopeless, dreary, heart-broken land.” Throughout ‘Innocents Abroad’, Twain

explicitly states that the area was desolate and devoid of inhabitants, even trees.

Israel will Flourish

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Fulfilled. The country of Israel is vastly rich in money, oil, gas and technology to name a few. Israel’s GDP is

growing by 3.3% per year as of 2020. Whereas Russia is only growing by 1.5%, The UK by 1.8% and even the

U.S. is only growing by 2.3% p/y. (See Luke 21:29-33)

Jews won’t believe that Jesus is Lord

Currently True. Jesus is still just a ‘Good Man’ according to the Jews and they will mistake the coming antichrist as

God.

The world will be in turmoil before the rapture

Fulfilled and currently being fulfilled. The world will grow more and more restless by the day with increasing wars,

famines, pestilences, and earthquakes. (Matthew 24:4-8) (Mark 13:5-8) COVID-19 and the decline of America are

huge fulfilments of this scripture. As the devil gains more ground, the world will continue to fall into chaos until

nations beg for a world leader who can solve the world’s problems.

Rapture Hermeneutics

Hermeneutics simply means your ‘theory of interpretation’. In other words some people and groups take the Bible

literally word for word, and some like to allegorise its passages in favour of a less literal meaning.

Due to this, among Christians there can often be some heated debates about the tribulational positioning of the

rapture, whether it’s pre-tribulation (potentially long before the tribulation begins), mid-tribulation, post-

tribulation, that it’s already happened (Postmillennialism) or that it’s all allegorical (Amillennialism). Remember we

are to be one in Christ – which means sometimes we have to put aside any differences we may have on biblical

interpretation and get the job done.

This document uses the Pre-Tribulational viewpoint because it’s the most theologically sound position, but to sum

it up simply - we are to expect Him at any time.

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Pre-Tribulational Rapture

(Biblically Accurate)

The pre-tribulation position advocates that the rapture will occur before the beginning of the seven-year

tribulation period, while the second coming will occur at the end of it. Pre-tribulationists often describe the

rapture as Jesus coming for the church and the second coming as Jesus coming with the church. We’re not

looking for the antichrist; we’re looking for Jesus Christ.

This is the view used throughout this document as explained below.

Why the view is biblically accurate:

1. We are to pray for escape. (Luke 21:36) “Watch therefore, and pray always that you may be counted

worthy to escape all these things that will come to pass.” Remember that some churches are promised to

go through the tribulation if they don’t get back on track.

2. The church is mentioned repeatedly in the first 3 chapters but never again from the fourth chapter on -

because it’s now in heaven before the start of the tribulation.

3. We’re not appointed to God’s wrath, but to obtain salvation through Lord Jesus Christ. (1 Thessalonians

5:9-11)

4. It mirrors a Jewish Wedding:

a. The Betrothal (Payment, Set Apart / Sanctification)

b. Bridegroom Departs to Father’s House (He prepares a room addition, The bride prepares for his

imminent return)

c. Surprise Gathering (Wedding, often at midnight)

d. Seven Day Marriage Supper. See: The Jewish Wedding - Chuck Missler, on YouTube for more

information.

5. Enoch’s rapture is a ‘type’ of the church before the great flood of Noah. (A type is a doctrine or theory

concerning the relationship of events in the Old Testament to the New Testament)

6. The conditional tribulation. Jesus rebuked the Thyatira church saying that unless they repent, they will go

through the tribulation. (Revelation 2:22)

7. The day/hour is unknown. Therefore the rapture cannot occur in the tribulation which is the most

documented period of the whole Bible. If the rapture is after the start of the tribulation, Christians will

adopt an “I’ll get right with God later” mindset. There’s no urgency to save people.

8. “Comfort another with these words” (1 Thessalonians 4:18) How can you comfort others knowing you

will go through even part of the tribulation?

9. The Blessed Hope - (Titus 2:13) “Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great

God and our Saviour Jesus Christ”

10. Revelation has 3 sections. The things that ‘have been’ (Ch. 1), the things that ‘are’ (Ch. 2&3) and the

‘things to come’ (Ch. 4-22). John is taken up in ch.4 as a ‘type’ of the rapture.

11. John was taken to heaven in the spirit in Revelation chapter 4 which mirrors a type of the rapture in the

correct position relative to Revelation. As a whole, the Bible is laid out in chronological order, and

follows the nation of Israel.

12. The Doctrine of Imminency - We are to expect Him at any time, there are no longer any preconditions to

His return.

13. As discussed above, why would God ‘beat up’ His bride (the believers) in the tribulation before taking her

to dinner - the marriage supper of the lamb? The tribulation is God’s judgement on the world.

14. The seven lamps of fire in heaven represent the 7 churches and relate back to the parable of the 10

virgins.

15. Parable of the 10 virgins. Matthew 25:1-13. This is an example of a Pre-Tribulational rapture as they do

not know the day or the hour.

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16. The 24 elders in heaven symbolise the raptured church. It’s interesting that there are also 24 references to

raptures throughout the Bible.

17. The tribulation period is the last week in Daniel’s 70 weeks where God focuses exclusively on Israel to

bring them to Him.

18. Revelation 3:10 “Because you have persevered, I also will keep you from the hour of trial which shall

come upon the whole world”. The hour of trial is the tribulation, and those who persevere are His

believers.

19. If the rapture occurs pre-tribulation – wouldn’t Satan do his best to try and convince people otherwise so

they feel they have more time?

20. Daniel’s absence during the events of the golden idol worship in Daniel 3 is a ‘type’ of the rapture.

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego symbolise Israel.

21. Joseph in Egypt during the 7 years of famine is a typology of the tribulation. Joseph’s brothers are

representative of Israel.

22. Lot and his family were delivered from the judgement of God on Sodom. He didn’t protect them in the

midst of the judgement, but took them out entirely.

23. If the church has to go through the tribulation to ‘refine’ or ‘prove’ themselves as some espouse, then

salvation is based on works done in the tribulation rather than a gift.

24. The tribulation is a time of God’s wrath on the “earth-dwellers” not on His believers. (Revelation 6:15-

17)

25. Satan knows the rapture is coming which gives him time to set up a believable lie to explain it away. How

else can you explain the rise of UFOs and alien movies AND the countless, legitimate unexplainable

sightings today?

26. 2 Thessalonians 2:3 “Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling

away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition”. The falling away or ‘snatching

away’ is most likely the rapture of believers, and the man of sin is the antichrist. Therefore the church

cannot be here alongside the antichrist.

27. Future History. If you’re looking back from the tribulation, you will know that the rapture has already

happened. This point is a validation of the authenticity of the Bible rather than a point towards the pre-

tribulation rapture.

...and many other reasons and biblical ‘types’ too numerous to list.

Mid-Tribulational Rapture

(Biblically Inaccurate)

The mid-tribulation position espouses that the rapture will occur near the middle of the tribulation period, or

‘Daniel’s 70th Week’. The tribulation is divided into two periods of 3.5 years each. Mid-tribulationists hold that

the saints will go through the first period (Beginning of Travail), but will be raptured into Heaven before the

severe outpouring of God’s wrath in the second half of what is called the great tribulation.

Why the view is biblically inaccurate:

1. The entire tribulation is God’s wrath on the unbelievers and we are to be spared the wrath of God. (1

Thessalonians 5:9)

2. How can we expect Him at any time when the tribulation has obvious fixed events described in the Bible?

The disciples even expected Him in their life.

3. The church is not mentioned in any of the events from chapter 4 onwards.

4. It is “The Time of Jacob’s Trouble”, Jacob’s name was changed to Israel, and therefore the tribulation is

for the salvation of Israel and not the church.

5. The antichrist can only be revealed after the church is raptured. (2 Thessalonians 2:3-4)

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Pre-Wrath Premillennialism Rapture (End-Trib)

(Biblically Inaccurate)

The pre-wrath rapture view also places the rapture at some point after the Abomination of Desolation and before

the judgement of the bowls. This view holds that the tribulation of the church begins toward the latter part of a

seven-year period, when the Antichrist is revealed in the temple.

Why the view is biblically inaccurate:

1. The entire tribulation is God’s wrath on the unbelievers and we are to be spared the wrath of God. (1

Thessalonians 5:9)

2. How can we expect Him at any time when the tribulation has obvious fixed events described in the Bible?

The disciples even expected Him in their life.

3. The church is not mentioned in any of the events from Revelation 4 onwards.

4. It is “The Time of Jacob’s Trouble”, Jacob’s name was changed to Israel, and therefore the tribulation is

for the salvation of Israel and not the church.

5. The antichrist can only be revealed after the church is raptured. (2 Thessalonians 2:3-4)

Post-Tribulational

(Biblically Inaccurate)

The post-tribulation position places the rapture at the end of the tribulation period. In this case, the rapture would

be after the last bowl but before the second coming of Jesus and the destruction of the world's armies.

Why the view is biblically inaccurate:

1. The entire tribulation is God’s wrath on the unbelievers and we are to be spared the wrath of God. (1

Thessalonians 5:9)

2. How can we expect Him at any time when the tribulation has obvious fixed events described in the Bible?

The disciples even expected Him in their life.

3. The church is not mentioned in any of the events from Revelation 4 onwards.

4. It is “The Time of Jacob’s Trouble”, Jacob’s name was changed to Israel, and therefore the tribulation is

for the salvation of Israel and not the church.

5. The antichrist can only be revealed after the church is raptured. (2 Thessalonians 2:3-4)

6. There won’t be time for the “Marriage Supper of the Lamb” if we go to heaven and then instantly come

back with Jesus.

7. There will be nobody to go into the millennium since those who are saved will come right back with Jesus

instantly.

Postmillennialism (Kingdom Now)

(Very Biblically Inaccurate)

Postmillennials believe that the Church has replaced Israel and God has no purpose left for the Jews. Accordingly,

many of the proponents are aggressively anti-Semitic, even to the point of arguing that the Jewish people are the

Antichrist.

They say that the Church is destined to take over the world by itself and reign over all the nations for at least one

thousand years. Additionally Jesus cannot return for the Church until they’ve completed their reign and are ready

to present the kingdom to Him. They also claim that the second coming of Christ occurred in the first century.

In the postmillennialist view the millennium is seen as an indefinitely long time thus precluding literal

interpretation of a thousand-year period. According to Loraine Boettner “the world will be Christianised, and the

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return of Christ will occur at the close of a long period of righteousness and peace, commonly called the

millennium.”

Postmillennialists commonly view the rapture of the Church as one and the same event as the second coming of

Christ. According to them, the great tribulation was already fulfilled in the Jewish-Roman War of 66-73 AD that

involved the destruction of Jerusalem.

Why the view is biblically inaccurate:

1. The world is obviously getting worse and not better, therefore Jesus will never be able to come according

to this view. They will never be able to “Christianise” the world to prepare it for His return due to the

fact that the vast majority of people will reject the Bible. (Matthew 7:14)

2. Acts 3:21 “whom heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things, which God has spoken

by the mouth of all His holy prophets since the world began.” Does NOT mean that Jesus will wait in

heaven until the earth is perfect; but that He will only come back when it’s time to set things straight.

3. Matthew 24:14 “And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the

nations, and then the end will come.” Does NOT mean that the world will have to be Christianised

before His return, but says the gospel must be preached to the world.

4. God has and never will abandon Israel as per Romans 9-11 and the tribulation is “The time of Israel’s

Trouble”, to bring them back to Jesus.

5. The tribulation can’t have occurred in the past because the church is still on earth, the third temple hasn’t

been built, we would have heard of huge plagues wiping out most of the earth, we would know who the

antichrist was and Jesus would be back by now.

6. If the rapture and the second coming are at the same time, how is there time for the “Marriage Supper of

the Lamb”?

7. The reason for the church is to preach the gospel to any and all who will hear it and NOT to try and

convert the world in preparation for Jesus.

8. Imminency – Jesus’ return will not be imminent if the church will have to reign 1,000 years first.

9. “If we’re in the millennium, Satan’s chain is too long”

10. Unfulfilled prophecies such as the destruction of Damascus (Isaiah 17), and the attempted invasion of

Israel (Ezekiel 38).

11. John 14:3: “And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself;” We

go to Him.

...and many more reasons too numerous to list.

Amillennialism (Preterism)

(Very Biblically Inaccurate)

Amillennialism is the spiritualizing or an allegorical interpretation of the end times Bible passages. Amillennialists

view the millennial rule of Christ as the current, but indefinite period that began with the foundation of the

church and will end with the Second Coming—a period where Christ already reigns with His saints through the

Eucharist and his church. They believe that Jesus will reign in our hearts rather than physically reigning from

Jerusalem.

They believe that most Bible prophecy was fulfilled in AD 70 at the destruction of the Temple and they view the

life of the church as Christ’s kingdom already established, but not to be made complete until His second coming.

Bishop Earl Paulk taught that we are “little gods” and that Jesus Christ cannot return until we rise to the full

stature of our godhood, take over this world, and establish His kingdom for Him - this is dominionism.

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with the second coming—primarily as a mystical gathering with Christ. This view dances with blasphemy and has

been far removed from the truths of the Bible.

To amillennialists the final days already began on the day of the Pentecost, but that the great tribulation will occur

during the final phase or conclusion of the millennium, with Christ then returning as the alpha and omega at the

end of time.

Why the view is biblically inaccurate:

1. We can’t be living in the time of Jesus’ reign because of so much evil in the world, and it’s continually

getting worse.

2. The term rapture is used throughout the Bible and can’t simply be ignored by this theory.

3. Jesus said his feet will touch the Mount of Olives on His second coming thus being a physical return.

4. When did Jesus begin to reign over the world from Jerusalem?

5. Satan is bound throughout the millennium, but he is obviously is out today deceiving people.

6. The millennium couldn’t have taken place in A.D. 70 because of all the unfulfilled prophecies in the

Bible.

7. When was Jerusalem surrounded by the armies of all nations?

8. Was Israel established in AD 70 in her land, never to be removed again? No, they were since spread

across the globe.

9. Put a hungry wolf next to a lamb and see what happens. If we’re in the millennium then it won’t eat the

lamb. (Isaiah 65:25 & 11:6-8)

...and many more reasons too numerous to list.

Rapture Timing

This section deals with the question of ‘when’ in relation to the rapture.

Date Setters

These are individuals or religious groups that have attempted to predict the day of the rapture, a practise referred

to as “date setting”. Every time they have been thoroughly embarrassed and discredited, as the predicted date of

fulfilment has invariably come and gone without event.

Often these individuals and groups have offered “corrected” target dates claiming to be a fresh, new

reinterpretation of scripture to fit their current predicament. Some also explain that although the prediction

appeared not to have come true, in reality it had been completely accurate and fulfilled, albeit in a different way

than many had expected.

“But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels

which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.” Mark 13:32

Christians should never try and set a date or time for the Rapture. Despite many attempts throughout the years to

ascertain the date, the truth is we cannot calculate the day Jesus will return because God specifically chose not to

reveal this to us. Only God the father (and now Jesus - after the events of Revelation) knows the day, the time and

the hour, and He knows exactly when that last gentile will be saved. When Jesus was asked about the apocalyptic

time by the apostles, He replied:

Acts 1:7

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“It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority.”

Below are some of the predictions of the rapture:

 x - There were many failed predictions before the 1800’s.

 1843, 1844 - William Miller predicted that Christ would return between March 21, 1843 and March 21,

1844, then revised his prediction, claiming to have miscalculated the Bible, to October 22, 1844. The

realization that the predictions were incorrect resulted in the Great Disappointment.

 1914, 1918, 1925 - Various dates predicted for the Second Coming of Jesus by the Jehovah’s Witnesses.

 1978-1981 - Chuck Smith predicted that Jesus would probably return by 1981.

 1988 - Edgar C. Whisenant published a book called “88 Reasons Why the Rapture Will Be in 1988”.

 1994 - Radio evangelist Harold Camping predicted September 6, 1994.

 2011 - Harold Camping’s revised prediction put May 21, 2011 as the date of the rapture. After this date

passed without apparent incident, Camping made a radio broadcast stating that a non-visible “spiritual

judgement” had indeed taken place, and that the physical rapture would occur on October 21, 2011. On

that date, according to Camping, the “whole world will be destroyed.”

 2012 - Some Christians believed that the end of the Mayan calendar would coincide with the rapture and

the end of the world.

 2017 - Christian numerologist David Meade motivated this date with astrological theories.

So in summary, we are to not try and predict the timing of the rapture as God has not revealed this to us and His

timing is perfect. Although we can see the times and the seasons falling into place such as the progression towards

a ‘mark of the beast’ and the push for a one world government. Future prophecies cast a shadow into the past

which we can see beginning to unfold.

The Rapture Season

Having said we can’t know the exact date of the rapture above, I will now say that we have been given signs to

watch out for and hints depicting the ‘season’ in which the rapture will occur. Each example below contains a

verse, an explanation and its application today.

1 Thessalonians 5:1-4

"But concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, you have no need that I should write to

you. For you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the

night. For when they say, “Peace and safety!” then sudden destruction comes upon them, as

labor pains upon a pregnant woman. And they shall not escape. But you, brethren, are not in

darkness, so that this Day should overtake you as a thief."

This is the primary verse for the reasoning that we can know the season of the rapture. ‘The day of the Lord’

refers to the rapture since it will be like a thief in the night. The second coming on the other hand won’t be a

surprise to anyone and will be preceded by multiple events - namely the Seals, Trumpets and Bowls in Revelation.

Paul goes on to say that this day should not overtake you (the believer) as a thief because we will see the signs of

the times and know the season of His return. COVID-19, the Ukraine war and the increasing ‘birth-pangs’ around

the globe are substantial signs that the rapture is imminent.

Luke 21:29-31

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"Then He spoke to them a parable: “Look at the fig tree, and all the trees. When they are

already budding, you see and know for yourselves that summer is now near. So you also,

when you see these things happening, know that the kingdom of God is near."

This is the primary verse for the reasoning that we can know the season of the rapture. ‘The day of the Lord’

refers to the rapture since it will be like a thief in the night. The second coming on the other hand won’t be a

surprise to anyone and will be preceded by multiple events - namely the Seals, Trumpets and Bowls in Revelation.

Paul goes on to say that this day should not overtake you (the believer) as a thief because we will see the signs of

the times and know the season of His return. COVID-19, the Ukraine war and the increasing ‘birth-pangs’ around

the globe are substantial signs that the rapture is imminent.

Luke 21:29-31

"Then He spoke to them a parable: “Look at the fig tree, and all the trees. When they are

already budding, you see and know for yourselves that summer is now near. So you also,

when you see these things happening, know that the kingdom of God is near."

The fig tree is Israel, so when you see Israel budding and blooming, we know that the kingdom of God is near.

Today, Israel is secure and flourishing in the land but is still under the constant threat of attack from its neighbors

- at least up until the destruction of Damascus... For this reason many scholars believe that Damascus will be

destroyed before the rapture occurs. With Iran refining plutonium for a nuclear weapon, it surely can’t be far off

before we see it destroyed.

Luke 17:26-27

"And as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be also in the days of the Son of Man: And as it

was in the days of Noah, so it will be also in the days of the Son of Man: They ate, they drank,

they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and

the flood came and destroyed them all."

This verse explains that the rapture will occur when the people of the world are going about their daily activities,

marrying and following the desires of their heart. To them it’s just business as usual until the unthinkable happens.

In this verse, the ‘flood’ is the tribulation period which will bring the world to its knees. Noah represents the

unsaved Jews who will be left behind after the rapture and Enoch who was ‘taken’ prior to the flood represents

those who will also be raptured prior to the tribulation.

Matthew 24:37

“But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.”

Another verse referring to Noah and how the last days will be just like those in Noah’s time right before the

rapture. Those days were filled with self-obsessed, ungodly, blasphemous and unholy people. They followed the

desires of their hearts and were unrepentant of their sins committed against God. Their genetic pools were also

contaminated with the ‘Sons of God’ which means many of them were either fully or part Nephilim. This is why

God chose to preserve Noah and his family through the flood because he was God fearing and his family line

wasn’t contaminated.

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Luke 21:34-35

“But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness,

and cares of this life, and that Day come on you unexpectedly. For it will come as a snare on

all those who dwell on the face of the whole earth.”

This verse is similar to Luke 17:26-27 above saying that you should not be taken up with the cares of this world or

the rapture will come upon you unexpectantly. Tucked into this verse is a hint eluding to us being able to know

the ‘timeframe’ of the rapture, by saying that this day will come on those unexpectedly who aren’t expecting it. For

context, “Those who dwell on the earth” refers to everyone who is living their best life now. Christians are

pilgrims in this world and therefore are heaven bound rather than earth dwellers.

Additionally, as stated in the ‘rapture prerequisites’ section the rapture could not have happened prior to certain

events unfolding such as the destruction of the temple prophecised by Jesus, which was fulfilled in 70 A.D. and

Israel becoming a nation which was fulfilled on 14th of May 1948.

Biblical Raptures

Below are 7 ‘typologies’ of raptures in the Bible. Most of these are used as examples of how the final rapture will

occur in the end times. For example Enoch was raptured prior to the flood as an example of the church being

raptured before the tribulation.

A ‘type’ or ‘typology’ in Christian theology and Biblical exegesis is a doctrine or theory concerning the relationship

of the Old Testament to the New Testament. An example is when Moses set up the brass serpent on a stake. He

didn’t know it at the time but this represents the cross in the New Testament.

 Enoch

o Hebrews 11:5 "By faith Enoch was taken away so that he did not see death, “and was not

found, because God had taken him”; for before he was taken he had this testimony, that he

pleased God."

 Elijah

o 2 Kings 2:11 "Then it happened, as they continued on and talked, that suddenly a chariot of

fire appeared with horses of fire, and separated the two of them; and Elijah went up by a

whirlwind into heaven."

 Jesus

o Mark 16:19 "So then, after the Lord had spoken to them, He was received up into heaven,

and sat down at the right hand of God."

o Acts 1:9-11 "9 Now when He had spoken these things, while they watched, He was taken up,

and a cloud received Him out of their sight. 10 And while they looked steadfastly toward

heaven as He went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel, 11 who also said,

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“Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, who was taken

up from you into heaven, will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into heaven.”"

o Revelation 12:5 "She bore a male Child who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron. And

her Child was caught up to God and His throne."

 Philip

o Acts 8:39 "Now when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught Philip

away, so that the eunuch saw him no more; and he went on his way rejoicing."

 Paul

o 2 Corinthians 12:2-4 "I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago—whether in the body

I do not know, or whether out of the body I do not know, God knows—such a one was caught

up to the third heaven. And I know such a man—whether in the body or out of the body I do

not know, God knows— how he was caught up into Paradise and heard inexpressible words,

which it is not lawful for a man to utter."

 Body of Christ

o 1 Thessalonians 4:17 "Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with

them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord."

 John

o Revelation 4:1 "After these things I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven.

And the first voice which I heard was like a trumpet speaking with me, saying, “Come up

here, and I will show you things which must take place after this.”"

Rapture vs Second Coming

Throughout the Bible are different passages relating to both the rapture and second coming of Jesus, which are

very similar but may be confused without seeing them side by side. The table below should help with any

confusion between them.

The Rapture The Second Coming Description

A translation of believers No translation involved

At the rapture, those who are snatched

away will be given new, glorified bodies.

This transition is known as a bodily

‘translation’.

Translated saints go to heaven

Translated saints return to

earth

The believers are raptured first, and then

return with Jesus in the second coming.

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Earth is not judged Earth is judged

Earth is not judged by Jesus during the

rapture, but only when He returns.

Imminent, it can happen

at any moment

Follows definite predicted

signs

The rapture can happen at any moment,

but the second coming has a multitude

of signs and prophecies related to it.

Not in the Old Testament

Predicted in the Old

Testament

There are only ‘types’ of raptures in the

Old Testament, but there are actual

predictions of the rapture in the new.

Believers only Affects everyone on earth

The rapture affects believers only,

whereas everyone will see Him return in

the second coming.

The rapture occurs before

the day of wrath

The second coming concludes

the day of wrath

The rapture occurs before the

tribulation, and the second coming ends

the tribulation.

No reference to Satan Satan is bound

Satan isn’t mentioned in relation to the

rapture - likely to catch him off guard.

At the second coming Satan will be

bound.

He comes for His own He comes with His own

Jesus comes for His own, vs. coming

with His own at the second coming.

He comes in the air He comes to the earth

Jesus only enters the sky during the

rapture whereas His foot touches the

earth in the second coming.

He claims His bride He comes with His bride

Jesus comes and claims His bride first,

then returns with His bride later.

Only His own will see Him Every eye shall see Him

Only those born again will see Jesus at

the rapture, but every eye will see Him

at the second coming.

Great tribulation begins The Millennium begins

The great tribulation begins soon after

the rapture vs. the millennium beginning

soon after Jesus’ return to set up His

kin

dom.

Church believers only

Old Testament saints raised

later

Only the church believers are raised at

the rapture, and the old testament saints

are raised at the great white throne

ement.

Prominent Revelation Figures

These are the individuals mentioned in the book of Revelation. Some are allegorical and are therefore difficult to

understand when reading it for the first time. This section hopes to make them clearer.

The Antichrist (Early Tribulation)

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AKA: The Dragon, The Beast from the Sea, The Little Horn, Idol Shepherd, Son of Perdition

 A “friend” to Israel (up until the first half of the tribulation)

 A military/political leader of a powerful nation

 Makes a 7 year peace agreement with Israel, among others (Daniel 9:27)

 Deadly head/eye and right arm wounds which have been healed (Zechariah 11:17) (Revelation 13:3)

 Blasphemes against God (Revelation 13:1) (Daniel 7:24-25)

 He will persecute saints (Revelation 12:17) (Daniel 7:24-25)

 His identity is concealed until after the rapture (2 Thessalonians 2:3)

 Incarnated by Satan at the midpoint (The Abomination of Desolation, continued below) (Daniel 9:27)

 He does not regard any god and exalts himself above them all (Daniel 11:37)

 He does not desire women - therefore he is possibly a homosexual (Daniel 11:37)

 He is definitely a male

The Satan Incarnate Antichrist (Mid-End Tribulation)

 He enters the Jewish Temple and proclaims himself as God (2 Thessalonians 2:4) (Daniel 9:27)

 He sets an image of himself in the Temple

 He persecutes “the woman” (Israel) (Revelation 12:13-17)

 He unites the nations of the world

 He imposes a One World Religion

 Causes people to receive the mark on their forehead or hand (Revelation 13:16)

 No buying or selling without his mark (Revelation 13:15-17)

 The concealed/ciphered number 666 will be linked to him and the mark (Revelation 13:16-18)

 (Allegorical) Fiery red dragon having seven heads and ten horns, and 7 diadems on his heads (Revelation

12)

 He is defeated by Jesus at His return! (Revelation 19:20)

The False Prophet (AKA: The Beast from the Earth)

 Performs signs and wonders to deceive (Revelation 13:11-15)

 Causes the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the beast (Revelation 13:12)

 Can rain fire down on the earth (Revelation 13:13)

 Tells people to make an image to the beast (Revelation 13:14)

 Power to give life unto the image of the beast (Revelation 13:15)

 Causes everyone to receive a mark in/on their right hand, or in/on their foreheads (Revelation 13:16)

The Two Witnesses

 They will preach for 3.5 years (42 months) in the first half of the tribulation (Revelation 11:3)

 They will be clothed in ‘sackcloth’ or an equivalent in today’s age (Revelation 11:3)

 Anyone who tries to harm them will be killed by fire coming from their mouths (Revelation 11:5)

 They will have power from God to prevent rain from falling, the ability to turn waters to blood and

power to strike the earth with plagues as often as they like (Revelation 11:6)

 They will be killed by the antichrist after preaching for 3.5 years (Revelation 11:7-9)

 Their bodies will be left in the street for 3 days (Revelation 11:8-9)

 After 3 days God will resurrect them and they will ascend into heaven (Revelation 11:11-12)

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 The two witnesses are likely to be Elijah and Moses

The Woman (AKA: Israel) (From Revelation 12)

 Clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a garland of twelve stars

 She is in labor up until she delivers the Child (below) (Revelation 12:4)

 She bears a male Child who is to rule all nations with a rod of iron (Revelation 12:5)

 She flees into the wilderness where she has a place prepared by God for 1260 days (Revelation 12:6)

The Child (AKA: Jesus) (From Revelation 12)

 The Child is Jesus Christ

 He is caught up (raptured) to God and His throne after birth (Revelation 12:5)

The Scarlet Woman (AKA: The Harlot) (From Revelation 17)

 The scarlet woman represents Babylon the city (Revelation 17:18)

 She rides the scarlet beast (Babylon will be the hub of the One World Government)

 Clothed in purple and scarlet and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls (Revelation 17:4)

 Has her hand in a golden cup full of abominations and the filthiness of her fornication (Revelation 17:4)

 She is drunk on the blood of the saints and the blood of the martyrs of Jesus (Revelation 17:6)

 She sits on (controls) many ‘waters’. The waters represent every people, nation and tongue of the world.

 Written on her forehead is: “MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS

AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.” (Revelation 17:5)

The Scarlet Beast (From Revelation 17)

 It has seven heads representing seven kingdoms of the earth. (Revelation 17:3 & 9)

 It has ten horns. This represents ten kings of the future one world government. (Revelation 17:3) These

horns give power and authority to the beast (over the nations of the world) (Revelation 17:7)

 The scarlet woman rides this beast

 The beast is full of names of blasphemy towards God (Revelation 17:3)

 The horns will make war with the Lamb and the Lamb will overcome them. (Revelation 17:14)

 The ten horns (the ten kings) will hate the harlot, but will give their kingdom to the beast

 Those on the earth not written in the Book of Life will marvel at the beast (Revelation 17:8)

The 24 Elders (In Heaven)

 They represent the believing Church in heaven, those who were raptured and raised from the dead

(Revelation 4:4)

 The church is mentioned in Revelation up to chapter 4, after which the church is represented as the 24

elders

 There are 24 references to the rapture throughout the Bible

 They are called ‘kings and priests’ throughout the Bible (Revelation 1:6) (Revelation 5:10)

 They are clothes in white robes and gold crowns (Revelation 4:4)

 They cast their crowns before the throne (Revelation 4:10)

The 7 Lampstands (In Heaven)

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 Represents the seven Spirits of God (Revelation 4:5)

 Represents the seven churches and those saved in Jesus (Revelation 1:20)

 The lamps are on earth in Revelation 1-3 and in heaven from then on. (Revelation 1:12) (Revelation 4:4)

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Next Steps

This is the end of the Rapture Survival Guide (TRSG); if you still have questions you should read the Bible for

yourself and ask God for guidance. Additionally you can look at the Christian content below and find some videos

on the topics you’re interested in. Alternatively you could go to the ‘Christianity’ document and continue reading.

I urge you to scroll back up to the ‘Accepting Jesus’ section and read it through if you haven't already accepted

Jesus into your life.

Christian Content

Many will realize that the Christians they ignored their whole life were right and will attempt to seek the truth of

what happened in scripture and prophecy updates. Unfortunately this will be extremely difficult with possible

electricity and internet outages, lies being proliferated by news outlets and the remaining ungodly ‘spiritual leaders’

denying that it was the rapture. Christian content may be pulled from the entire internet by those in power further

increasing the difficulty of finding truth. So for an online list of my content backups (the same links as below),

head to:

https://www.fluidicice.com/backups

If you’re looking for reliable Christian content on Bible teachings take a look at the links and QR codes below

which link to my website backups.

I recommend downloading the free content as quickly as possible after the rapture because:

 The servers of Christian believers won’t be renewed and will eventually go down

 Raptured believers won’t be able to post physical content anymore

 The antichrist and tech companies may try and remove as much Christian material as possible

If all else fails, read the Bible and the Christianity section in this document. If you need a digital Bible, I have an

English King James Version (KJV) one uploaded at:

www.fluidicice.com/downloads/bible/English_Bible.pdf

I also have Bibles in most other languages on my website at www.christianity.fluidicice.com/bibles. If that’s not

enough I have off-site backups of most of my content, check them out below, or use the QR codes. (You may

need to cover the adjacent codes to prevent them being read while you scan one)

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For off-site backups of my main content (in case my website goes down) see:

 Google: www.drive.google.com/drive/folders/1KVzoaRSuHUQl8Zj-mXPYIJ0iEi14PZc3

 Box: http://app.box.com/s/jplaw5euljmybbzqk02m0o3g4y2hcm84

 Dropbox: www.dropbox.com/sh/ljd2itt9tztzm1z/AADNRiWtvTr1zZ1nBVQbkkI3a

 OneDrive (1): http://1drv.ms/u/s!AuxDPqkBHS-3zQMa-66lGrqgklFj?e=RPQdt5

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 MediaFire: www.mediafire.com/folder/bp0tscrrc6fyj/Creative_Content

Some backups are updated more frequently than others.

Below is a list of biblically sound pastors who upload hours upon hours of amazing

Christian content, most of which you can watch for free. Take a look and learn about the

end times, our saviour Jesus Christ or the Bible. For my complete list of recommended

content and pastors see:

www.christianity.fluidicice.com/content

Reliable Christian Content Channels

Fluidic Ice (by Fluidic Ice)

My website containing audio and video backups of all of the content in this document and more. I strive for

Biblical accuracy and reaching the lost wherever possible.

 www.christianity.fluidicice.com (Website)

 www.fluidicice.com/TRSG (The Rapture Survival Guide (TRSG))

 www.fluidicice.com/TPE (The Preparedness Encyclopedia (TPE))

Koinonia House (by Chuck Missler - among others)

Koinonia House writes captivating biblical-scientific posts and analyses. They also produce biblical study videos

and have comprehensive Bible commentaries. Chuck Missler is my go-to Bible study teacher.

 www.khouse.org/ (Website)

 www.youtube.com/user/koinoniahouse (YouTube)

Aloha Bible Prophecy (by J.D. Farag)

J.D. has a spectacular grasp on Bible prophecy and regularly puts out prophecy updates and Bible teachings, while

strictly adhering to the scriptures. J.D. is my go-to guy for prophecy updates.

 www.jdfarag.org (Website)

 www.youtube.com/user/alohabibleprophecy (YouTube)

 www.facebook.com/JDFarag/ (Facebook)

Get a Life Ministries (by Billy Crone)

Billy creates videos on a huge array of topics such as: The Seals, The Rapture, Satan and Demons, UFOs - The

great last day’s deception, Intelligent Design, World Religions, Studies on God, etc. Best of all - almost all his

content is free to watch on his website!

 www.getalifemedia.com (Website)

 www.youtube.com/user/NFBCmedia (YouTube)

 www.vimeo.com/getalifemedia/videos (Vimeo)

Extra Christian Content

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Olive Tree Ministries (by Jan Markell)

Jan has a weekly radio broadcast throughout America discussing current events from a biblical perspective, usually

with special guests. She tackles issues such as: Bible Prophecy, the Rapture, Communism and Current Events.

 www.olivetreeviews.org (Website)

 www.youtube.com/user/OliveTreeMinistries (YouTube)

Jack Hibbs (by Jack Hibbs)

Jack uploads regular Bible commentary, world updates and great content on every Christian topic. He pastors a

church and therefore regularly puts out sermons.

 www.jackhibbs.com (Website)

 www.youtube.com/user/RealLifeJackHibbs (YouTube)

Fellowship Bible Chapel (by John Haller)

John puts out weekly prophecy updates and Bible commentary with a very lawyer-based real-world emphasis.

 www.fbchapel.com/ (Website)

 https://www.youtube.com/user/KoinoniaABF (YouTube)

Hal Lindsey

Hal Lindsay wrote the book “The Late Great Planet Earth” and was a close friend of the late Chuck Missler.

Today Hal still broadcasts 30 minute Bible prophecy updates every week focusing on informing others on the

latest noteworthy events from across the world.

 www.hallindsey.com/ (Website)

Agenda Weekly (by Curtis Bowers)

An incredible weekly subscription in which Curtis dives into the driving forces behind the plot to dethrone God

orchestrated by the communists. His tag-line is: Uncover the agenda behind the news. Unmask America’s

enemies, discover their strategy, and combat their influence with truth.

 https://agendaweekly.com/ (Website)

 https://rumble.com/user/CurtisBowersAGENDA (Rumble - Watch for free)

C.S. Lewis

Even though it’s been many decades since his death, his memory and his ministry lives on through his incredible

works of Christianity such as Mere Christianity, The Screwtape Letters and The Chronicles of Narnia. These are

absolutely well worth the read if you’re trying to learn about God or want a bit of entertainment while learning

biblical principles in the case of Narnia. I highly recommend the ‘CS Lewis Doodle’ videos below if you’re the

type of person who learns more visually.

 www.cslewis.com/us/

 (Book) Mere Christianity

 (Book) The Screwtape Letters

 (Book) The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Narnia)

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 www.youtube.com/c/CSLewisDoodle (A YouTube channel which draws his words)

Educating Our World (by Don Stewart)

Don Stewart frequently joins Jack Hibbs on his channel discussing the current times and has written a lot of

books which you can download for free on his website.

 www.educatingourworld.com/ (Website)

Behold Israel (by Amir Tsarfati)

Amir frequently uploads detailed Middle-East updates and Bible study videos at least once a week. His experience

in the Israeli military helps to provide a rare perspective into the conflict of the Middle East.

 www.beholdisrael.org/ (Website)

 www.youtube.com/user/beholdisrael (YouTube)

Rapture & Tribulation Related Content

The Rapture Survival Guide (TRSG) - This Guide (by Fluidic Ice)

www.fluidicice.com/TRSG

The Rapture - The Blessed Hope (by Chuck Missler)

Chuck outlines and discusses the Rapture - our Blessed Hope for 2 hours.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExEf7ujEwyI

4 Horses of Revelation (1 Hour Each Video) (by Chuck Missler)

These horses represent the first four seals in Revelation which Chuck discusses in great depth.

Behold a White Horse - Part 1: www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7witCMZ-O0

Behold a White Horse - Part 2: www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-V9wB92XuA

Behold a Red Horse - Part 1: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZND9AXQ07s

Behold a Red Horse - Part 2: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDaM5iAK8C8

Behold a Black Horse - Part 1: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfAXHCIHA2k

Behold a Black Horse - Part 2: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WICSXjuDpqk

Behold a Livid Horse - Part 1: www.youtube.com/watch?v=75lbjYm0dME

Behold a Livid Horse - Part 2: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGBgaTYWlIs

The Mystery of the Rapture (by Amir Tsarfati)

Amir discusses the soon coming rapture of the Church foretold in the Bible. 1 hour long video.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPxGs_wyGZA

What the End Times Will Look Like (by Jack Hibbs)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8fk17qnnX4 (1 Hour 40 Minutes)

Who Told You About The End Times? (by Jack Hibbs)

In this series, we will learn how to discern the voices of our day based on what scripture reveals.

Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzE9tPwMKLg (1 Hour)

Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYCJdbrNwfo (1 Hour)

Part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bnwa14-2sIg (1 Hour)

Next Steps Christian Content

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Learn the Bible in 24 Hours (mp3 Audio Only) (by Chuck Missler)

This series outlines the entire Bible in 24, 1 hour sessions. It’s a great place to start learning about the Bible as a

whole.

www.khouse.org/6640/

https://christianity.fluidicice.com/learnthebible (My upload of the same content)

Why Should I Trust the Bible? (Impact Video Ministries)

A well-made video debating the reliability of the Bible, a good one to watch for those questioning Christianity.

T15 minutes long.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtNcbu5oHQU (15 Minutes Long)

The content on most of the websites above can be directly downloaded; however the content on YouTube

requires software to download such as a ‘YouTube to MP3 Converter’ or a ‘YouTube Video Downloader’.

I’ve also created a 2,000+ page preparedness document if you’re living in the end times and are trying to survive.

Of course you should trust God first and foremost to provide what you need, but we need to apply some effort

on our end as well. You can download it here: The Preparedness Encyclopedia (TPE): www.fluidicice.com/TPE

If you’re after entertainment and want a Christian novel based on the events after the rapture, look up the “Left

Behind” series written by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins. It’s a series of 16 novels set after the rapture takes

place and ends with the second coming of Jesus. It follows the lives of Rayford Steele and his daughter Chloe and

their struggle through the tribulation, while closely following a likely narrative of what could happen in the end

times as depicted by the Bible.

My Links

 For my site on everything Christianity related, head to: www.christianity.fluidicice.com

 If you’re looking to spread the gospel in your area, you can download my printable tracts here:

www.christianity.fluidicice.com/tracts

 Looking for the evidence for God? Search for it in this document under ‘Christianity’, or head to:

www.christianity.fluidicice.com/evidence

 If you’re interested in Bible prophecy and what’s coming, have a look at:

www.christianity.fluidicice.com/prophecy

 For information on salvation and being saved, see: www.christianity.fluidicice.com/salvation

 To download Bibles in almost any language, check out: www.christianity.fluidicice.com/bibles.

Now that you’re finished with this guide I recommend moving on to the

‘Christianity’ document which has been referred to a few times here. It discusses

the different denominations of Christianity, looks into who God really is and how

we can verify He exists, it lists the commandments, parables and beatitudes that we

should aspire to follow, there’s also a frequently asked question section which

answers the most common questions about Christianity and there’s even whole

books of the Bible included.

Download it free from: www.christianity.fluidicice.com

If this document has helped you in any way please share it to others who may benefit from it. May the Lord Bless

you and keep you throughout your life as you strive to live for His glory. Whatever you’re going through in this

world, He will be by your side.

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What Is Christianity?

BIBLICAL

CHRISTIANITY

Version: 12.02

By Fluidic Ice

Released: 24 June 2022

For the latest version see:

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Biblical Christianity is a document which explains the fundamentals

of Christianity such as understanding who God is and how we can

verify His existence; as well as answering the universal questions of

life, such as what happens after death and what’s the meaning of life.

What Is Christianity?

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What Is Christianity?

Christianity is the following of Jesus Christ's teachings and having a relationship with our father in heaven because

we are all sinners and have strayed from the path set to us by going our own sinful ways. He sent his only Son to

die on the cross for every one of these sins and he longs to have a relationship with each of us and wants to see us

prosper and live for Him and with Him. Jesus alone is the way, the truth and the life.

"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son,

that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have

everlasting life." John 3:16

Below is the geographic positioning of countries with the greatest proportion of Christians as of 2010ⁿ.

Largest Christian Populationsⁿ:

 United States: 229,157,250

 Brazil: 169,213,130

 Russia: 114,198,444

 Mexico: 106,204,560

 Nigeria: 80,510,000

 Philippines: 78,790,000

 China: 67,070,000

 Democratic Congo: 63,150,000

 France: 55,948,600

 Italy: 55,832,000

 Ethiopia: 51,477,950

Contents

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Contents

WhatIsChristianity?............................................2

Contents...................... .......... ..............................3

Introduction....................................................... .5

Denominations....................................................7

Catholicism....... ...............................................7

Protestantism................................... ...............8

EasternChristianity..........................................8

OtherMinorBranches............... ......................9

DenominationComparison..............................9

WhoisGod?.................. ............... .....................13

HisName........................... ..... .......................13

HisNameByOthers....................... .......... ..... .13

HisTitles............. ...........................................14

OtherTitles....... .............................................16

MyKing... ......................................................17

TheCommandments.............................. ...........19

First...............................................................19

Second............ ..... ..........................................19

Third...... .............................. ..........................19

Fourth........ ....................................................19

Fifth................ ......................... ......................20

Sixth..............................................................20

Seventh.............................. ..... ......................20

Eighth............................................................20

Ninth............................... ......................... .....21

Tenth.............................................................21

TheBeatitudes....................... ........................21

TheParables....... ...............................................23

EvidenceforGod...............................................40

DoesGodExist?.............................................40

TheUniverse..................................................42

TheBible.......................................................44

HowWeGotOurBible..................................45

EvidenceofDesign........... .............................48

BiblicalGenealogyCodes...............................49

EstherCodes...................... ......................... ..52

BiblicalGenealogyCode................................53

MessageontheCross...................................53

Complexity....... ..... ........................................54

ThePlaguesofEgypt.. ...................................55

DanielvsRevelation......................................57

DNACode....................... .......... ..... ...............57

GodPursuesUs. ............................................58

JesusChrist........................... ........................58

IsraelRestoredtotheLand...........................59

FulfilledProphecies............................ ...........62

FutureProphecies............ ..... ........................73

ProphecyOdds..............................................74

AYoungEarth...............................................78

TechnologyStatements...................... .......... .79

AcceptingJesus.................................................84

WhatisSalvation?.........................................84

ABC’sofSalvation................. ........................84

StepstoLivingaGodlyLife............................86

SpiritualArmour............. ..... ......................... ....89

AfterDeath........................... ............... .............93

Statistics.......................................................93

Terms....................... .......... ...........................94

TheRichManandtheBeggar...... ..................97

PostDeathTable...........................................98

TheBible............ .................... .........................100

TheBooks.......................... .......... ...............100

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OtherLanguages ..........................................104

Luke.............................................................106

John................................. ............................108

Romans.......................................................110

Revelation...................................................111

Psalms.........................................................112

PopularBibleVerses...................................115

CommonQuestions........................... .............120

BiblicalTimeline..............................................140

NextSteps......................................................145

ChristianContent.......................... ..............145

Introduction

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Introduction

Many people place the beginning of Christianity some two thousand years ago with the life of Jesus. In actuality,

Christianity began as a reform movement within Judaism, which had been established nearly two thousand years

earlier. To understand Christianity, we must go back to the roots of Judaism. We find aspects of the history of the

Israelites recorded in the Bible, which is ultimately a collection of writings conveying the story of God’s

relationship with humanity. “In the beginning,” the Scriptures state, “God created the heavens and the earth.”

However, sometime after creating humanity, things began to go awry. People chose to defy God’s command, and

sin entered the world. As a direct result of this disobedience, humans have since been struggling with broken

relationships with God, themselves, others, and creation. Even worse, through that act, death was introduced to

the world. In order to restore everlasting relationship with his creation, God chose one righteous person -

Abraham, and initiated a plan of redemption.

"Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite

importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important."

- C.S. Lewis

Through Abraham’s family, a people became a nation that was destined to be a light, a blessing, and a model to

the entire world: Israel. Though there were moments when they forgot who they were and neglected God’s

commands, in time the Israelites succeeded in being God’s faithful people—despite threats and attacks levelled

against them from surrounding nations. In the Christian understanding, the Israelites’ presence in the world and

their message of the one true God prepared the peoples of the earth for the next phase of God’s plan. Through

his prophets, God foretold a final resolution to the broken relationship between God and humans: God himself

would enter the world in the form of a human being.

He would experience what we experience. He would suffer the pain that we suffer, endure the temptations we

endure, feel the emotions we feel. But more than that, he would be beaten, broken, and crushed. In his death he

would take on all the sins of man, until “by his wounds we (would be) healed” and set free from the bondage of

sin. And in the end, he would restore his scattered and dispirited people, ushering in an era of unending peace.

Then came Jesus. A Jewish carpenter who lived two thousand years ago, Jesus is called the Son of God. Christians

believe Jesus to be fully man and fully God, equally human and divine. Early in his life, Jesus distinguished himself

as an unusually precocious child, demonstrating tremendous spiritual wisdom and maturity. When Jesus knew the

moment was right, he left behind his home and embarked on a new path. He began to preach, teach, perform

miracles, and gather around him a band of disciples. Eventually, they recognized him as the messiah.

What his followers did not realize was that God’s plan was going to take an unusual turn. He was going to restore

the nation of Israel, as they hoped, but he would do it in a most unexpected way—not through shows of power

and the oppression of enemies but through selfless love and compassion.

"Christ did not come to make bad men good, but to give dead

men life!" - Chuck Missler

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Jesus, the Son of God, was crucified, died, and rose from the dead. He conquered sin and death in order to

restore humanity’s broken relationship with God, the Father. Jesus did what we cannot: he lived a perfect, sinless

life and paid the price for our transgressions. Christians believe that Jesus’ sacrifice for humanity saved us from

the permanent consequence of our sins—eternal separation and isolation from God. Through Jesus, we can attain

eternal life in relationship with God. Indeed, Jesus said, “I am the way and the truth and the life, and that whoever

believes in Him will have everlasting life.”

One day, Jesus promised, he will return to reign over his faithful followers in a peaceful kingdom where “there

will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain.” In the interim, he has sent the Holy Spirit to live and dwell

with his followers, leading them in the way of truth. Today, Christianity is practiced in three primary forms:

Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and Protestant. Within each of these three branches, there are numerous

subsets and denominations. However, each group concurs on the general story and purposes described above;

they divide mainly in the details of how principles should be applied practically.

Over the years, Christianity has seen its fair share of glorious, proud moments and all too many humiliating,

shameful ones. But this is less an indictment on God, Jesus, or Christianity than it is on his followers. Mahatma

Gandhi allegedly once said, “I like your Christ; I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your

Christ.” He voiced the inconsistency found between the Son of God and those who claim to follow in his

footsteps. And yet, should that surprise anyone? The Bible tells story after story of those who failed to live as God

called them to live. This is not true just for Christians but for all people. This is why we need a messiah, a

redeemer, a saviour. And yet, should that surprise anyone? The Bible tells story after story of those who failed to

live as God called them to live.

This is not true just for Christians but for all people. This is why we need a messiah, a redeemer, a saviour. Chuck

Colson once said, “Christianity is an explanation of all of reality.” Simply put, we all know the world is broken.

The whole world, including me and you, needs fixing. And no matter how many different fix-it methods we try—

whether self-help or sex, missionary work or money—none of them can fill the void that all of us feel.

Christianity, from creation up through God’s restoring work in Jesus, is both the explanation of and solution to

that emptiness. Ultimately, Christianity is the story of God’s powerful, redemptive love for his people.

Denominations Catholicism

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Denominations

These are the different denominations of Christianity in the world today. In a world of rampant deception, only

the Christian denominations which hold fast to the whole and unaltered word of God (the Bible) can be trusted to

lead us to Him. Unfortunately many, if not most have strayed from the truth even partially.

Great Schism (1054 A.D.)

The East-West Schism is the break of communion since the 11th century between the Catholic Church and

Eastern Orthodox Churches. The schism was the culmination of theological and political differences which had

developed during the preceding centuries between Eastern and Western Christianity.

Protestant Reformation

The Reformation was a major movement within Western Christianity in 16th-century Europe that posed a

religious and political challenge to the Catholic Church and in particular to papal authority, arising from what was

perceived to be errors, abuses, and discrepancies by the Catholic Church. The Reformation was the start of

Protestantism and the split of Protestantism from the Roman Catholic Church.

Catholicism

Catholic theology is based on the Nicene Creed. The Catholic Church teaches that it is the One, Holy, Catholic

and Apostolic church founded by Jesus Christ, that its bishops are the successors of Christ's apostles, and that the

Pope is the successor to Saint Peter to whom primacy was conferred by Jesus Christ. Unfortunately today it's rife

with Biblical inaccuracies and doctrines of demons. You don't need a priest or interpreter for the Bible, read it for

yourself!

Latin Church

It employs the Latin liturgical rites. It is headed by the Bishop of Rome - the pope - and has its headquarters in

the Vatican City. The Latin Church traces its history to the earliest days of Christianity.

Independent Catholicism

Various denominations self-identifying as Catholic, despite not being affiliated with the Catholic Church.

Denominations Protestantism

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Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association: Substitute for the true Roman Catholic church with goals to eliminate

religion in order to achieve a pure materialistic and autocratic society. It's entirely controlled by the Chinese

Government to promote their ideas and agendas.

Old Catholic Church: The term Old Catholic Church was used from the 1850s by groups which had separated

from the Roman Catholic Church over certain doctrines, primarily concerned with papal authority; some of these

groups, especially in the Netherlands, had already existed long before the term.

Protestantism

Originated with the 16th century Reformation, a movement against what its followers perceived to be errors in

the Roman Catholic Church.

Ever since, Protestants reject the Roman Catholic doctrine of papal supremacy and sacraments, but disagree

among themselves regarding the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist. They emphasize the priesthood of all

believers, justification by faith alone rather than by good works, and the highest authority of the Bible alone in

faith and morals.

Historical Protestantism

 Baptist Churches

 Lutheranism

 Methodism

 Calvinism

 Presbyterianism

 Congregationalism

 Anabaptism

Modern Protestantism

 Pentecostalism

 Non-denominational Christianity

 Seventh-day Adventists (SDA)

 New Apostolic Church

 Restoration Movement

 Plymouth Brethren

Anglicanism

Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that evolved out of the practices, liturgy and identity of the Church of

England following the Protestant Reformation.

Eastern Christianity

Eastern Orthodox Church

The most common estimate of the number of Eastern Orthodox Christians worldwide is 225-300 million,

forming a single communion, making it the second largest, single Christian denomination behind the Catholic

Church.

Oriental Orthodoxy

Oriental Orthodox churches are the churches descended from those that rejected the Council of Chalcedon in

451. Despite the similar name, they are therefore a different branch of Christianity from the Eastern Orthodox.

Denominations Other Minor Branches

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Restorationism / Nontrinitarianism

Restorationism, also described as Christian primitivism, is the belief that Christianity has been or should be

restored along the lines of what is known about the apostolic early church, which restorationists see as the search

for a more pure and more ancient form of the religion.

Latter Day Saint Movement (Mormonism)

 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

 Community of Christ

Jehovah's Witnesses (JW's)

They believe that the destruction of the present world system at Armageddon is imminent, and that the

establishment of God's kingdom over the earth is the only solution for all problems faced by humanity.

Other Minor Branches

Other minor branches of Christianity that have a large number of adherents.

Church of the East (Nestorianism)

It originated as an eastern branch of Syriac Christianity, and used the East Syriac Rite in liturgy. It developed

distinctive theological and ecclesiological traditions, and played a major role in the history of Christianity in Asia.

Its Schism of 1552 led to a series of internal divisions during the early modern period.

Messianic Judaism

Messianic Judaism is a modern syncretic religious movement that combines Christianity—most importantly, the

belief that Jesus is the Messiah—with elements of Judaism and Jewish tradition.

Denomination Comparison

Christianity is based on the word of God (The Bible) and in extension - the teachings of Jesus, the Son of God.

Therefore any Christian denomination which strays from the truth of the Bible (both old and new testament) has

been developed by the human mind and therefore not by God. Those denominations are apostate (strayed from

the truth) and are highly cautioned against.

Below are a few of the main Christian denominations. Those with red backgrounds differ from the inspired word

of God. Many churches today have fallen from the truth and given way to apostasy, do not be deceived by the

ways of the world but seek first the kingdom of heaven. For the safest bet, go with a Baptist Church, although you

should always verify what any Bible teacher says for yourself. (Acts 17:11)

Catholic

Presb

terian

tist

gli

can

Lutheran

Founder

Dat

Gregory the

Great*

590-604 A.D.

(*Gradual

Develo

ment

)

John Calvin

1536 A.D.

Jesus Christ

30-33 A.D.

Henry VIII

1534 A.D.

Martin Luther

1520 A.D.

Adherent

1.285 billion 40-50m 75-105m 85m 70-90m

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Creeds

Many, yet focus on

the Apostles'

Creed and Nicene

Creed

Apostles' Creed,

Nicene Creed,

Westminster

Confession

Avoids creeds or

confessions that

might compromise

commitment to

Scripture as sole

rule of faith

Apostles' Creed

and the Nicene

Creed

Apostles' Creed,

Nicene Creed,

Athanasian Creed,

Augsburg

Confession,

Formula of

Concord

Sacraments

Baptism, Eucharist

(Lord’s Supper),

Penance,

Confirmation,

Marriage, Holy

Orders, Anointing

of the Sick

Baptism, Lord’s

Supper

Baptism, Lord’s

Supper

Baptism, Lord’s

Supper (Regard

the other five that

Catholics observe

as “minor

sacraments”)

Baptism, Lord’s

Supper

Salvation

Received at

baptism; may be

lost by mortal sin;

regained by

enance

God’s grace by

faith alone

God’s grace by

faith alone

God’s grace by

faith alone

God’s grace by

faith alone

Baptism

Sprinkling

(As a baby)

Sprinkling Immersion Only

Sprinkling /

Immersion

Allowed

Sprinkling

(Style isn't

important)

Scripture Inerrancy

God is the author

of sacred

Scripture. "The

divinely revealed

realities, which are

contained and

presented in the

text of Sacred

Scripture, have

been written down

under the

inspiration of the

Holy Spirit

For some the Bible

is inerrant; for

others it is not

necessarily factual,

but it breathes

with the life of

God

Inspired and

inerrant

Anglican/Episcop

al: Inspired,

according to the.

Book of Common

Prayers, the

Catechism

The Lutheran

Church Missouri

Syndod (LCMS)

considers scripture

to be inspired and

inerrant.

The Evangelical

Lutheran Church

of America

(ELCA) does not

believe scripture is

inspired and

inerrant.

Doctrine

The Bible, church

fathers, popes,

bishops

The Bible and the

Confession of

Faith

The Bible only

The Scriptures and

the Gospels,

church fathers

The Bible only

Worship

Traditional style

through liturgy;

contemporary

liturgy is possible

Traditional style

through liturgy

Non-liturgical

(free) worship;

sometimes

contemporary

Traditional style

through liturgy;

contemporary

liturgy is possible

Traditional style

through liturgy;

contemporary

worship is possible

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The Trinity

The Father is God,

the Son is God,

and the Holy Spirit

is God, and yet

there are not three

Gods but one

God.' In this

Trinity of Persons

the Son is begotten

of the Father by an

eternal generation,

and the Holy The

Persons are co-

eternal and co-

equal: all alike are

uncreated and

omnipotent.

God is one in

essence or nature.

The same

immense, one and

indivisible God is

in person

inseparably

distinguished as

Father, Son and

Holy Spirit.

The Lord our God

is the one and only

living and true

God; Whose

subsistence is in

and of Himself...In

this divine and

infinite Being there

are three

subsistences, the

Father, the Word

or Son, and the

Holy Spirit. All are

one in substance,

power, and

eternity; each

having the whole

divine essence, yet

this essence being

undivided.

There is only one

living and true

God, everlasting,

without body,

parts, or suffering;

of infinite power,

wisdom, and

goodness; the

Maker, and

Preserver of all

things both visible

and invisible. And

in unity of this

Godhead there are

three Persons, of

one substance,

power, and

eternity; the

Father, the Son,

and the Holy

irit.

We worship one

God in Trinity,

and Trinity in

Unity; Neither

confounding the

Persons, nor

dividing the

Substance. For

there is one Person

of the Father,

another of the

Son, and another

of the Holy Ghost.

But the Godhead

of the Father, of

the Son, and of the

Holy Ghost is all

one: the glory

equal, the majesty

coeternal.

Governance

Papal/Episcopal

(Clergy in local

churches presided

over by bishop;

the pope (the

Bishop of Rome)

is the ultimate

Church leader

Presbyterian (A

graded

organizational

system by

presbyters or

elders.)

Congregational

(Local churches

are self-governing.)

Episcopal (Clergy

in local churches

presided over by

bishop.)

Mixed

(Congregational,

Presbyterian, and

Episcopal

structures exist.)

Mary

From conception,

Mary was without

original sin, she is

the Immaculate

Conception. Mary

is the "Mother of

God." Mary was a

virgin when she

conceived Jesus

and when she gave

birth. She

remained a virgin

throughout her

life. She delivers

souls from death

and continues to

bring us the gifts

of eternal

salvation.

Jesus was

conceived and

born of the Virgin

Mary by the power

of the Holy Spirit.

Mary is honoured

as "God-bearer"

and a model for

Christians.

Mary was a virgin

both when she

conceived Jesus

and when she gave

birth. (Luke 1:34-

38). Though

"highly favoured"

by God (Luke

1:28), Mary was

still human and

therefore sinned.

Jesus was

conceived and

born of the Virgin

Mary by the power

of the Holy Spirit.

Mary was a virgin

both when she

conceived Jesus

and when she gave

birth. "They...have

difficulties with

Catholic belief in

her immaculate

conception, that

Mary was free

from the stain of

original sin from

the moment of her

own conce

tion.

Jesus was

conceived and

born of the Virgin

Mary by the power

of the Holy Spirit.

Mary was a virgin

both when she

conceived Jesus

and when she gave

birth.

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Purgatory

All who die

imperfectly in

God's grace

undergo

purification, so as

to achieve the

holiness necessary

to enter heaven.

Rejected Rejected

The Romish

Doctrine of

Purgatory... is a

fond thing vainly

invented, and

grounded upon no

warranty of

Scripture, but

rather repugnant

to the Word of

God.

Rejected

Catholic

Presb

terian

tist

gli

can

Lutheran

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Who is God?

Below is a list of the names, titles and characteristics of Jesus, God and the Holy Spirit. It's interesting to note how

God is represented through the scriptures. This list is also useful when praising and worshipping Him. In most

cases only the first three letters of the book are listed next to the quote.

His Name

esus Mat 1:21 The Christ of God Luk 9:20 The Son 1

o 4:14

Lord Jesus Act 7:59

Jesus Christ of

Nazareth

Act 4:10 The Son of God Jhn 1:34

Christ Jesus 1Ti 1:15

The same yesterday,

tod

and forever

Hbr 13:8

The Son of the

livin

God

Mat 16:16

A Saviour, Jesus Act 13:23 Jesus the Christ Mat 16:20

His only begotten

Son

Jhn 3:16

The Saviour of the

World

1Jo 4:14 Christ Mat 23:8

The Son of the

Father

1Jo 1:3

A Saviour, which is

Christ the Lord

Luk 2:11

Messiah, which is

called Christ

Jhn 4:25 His own Son Rom 8:32

Jesus Christ Rev 1:5 Anointed Act 4:27

The Son of the

Blessed

Mark

14:61

The Lord Jesus

Christ

Col 1:2 Christ the Lord Luk 2:11 My Son Psa 2:7

Our Lord Jesus

Christ Himself

2Th 2:16 The Lord Christ Col 3:24 A Son given Isa 9:6

Jesus Christ our

Lord

Rom 5:21

The Christ, the

Saviour of the World

Jhn 4:42

The Son of the

hest

Luk 1:32

Jesus Christ the

Righteous

1Jo 2:1

The Christ, the Son

of the Blessed

Mark

14:61

His Name By Others

The Father, "My

Beloved Son."

Mat 17:5

Disciples, "Thou art

the Son of God."

Mat 14:33

John, Apostle,

"The Christ, the

Son of God."

Jhn 20:31

Jesus Himself,

"I am the Son of

God."

Jhn 10:36

Nathaniel, "Rabbi,

thou art the Son of

God."

Jhn 1:49

Paul, Apostle,

"He is the Son of

God."

Act 9:20

The Spirit, "The

Son of God."

Mark 1:1

Martha, "The Christ,

the Son of God."

Jhn 11:27

Unclean spirits,

"Thou art the

Son of God."

Mar 3:11

Gabriel, "The

Son of God."

Luk 1:35;

Eunuch, "Jesus

Christ is the Son of

God."

Act 8:37

The Legion,

"Thou Son of the

Most High

God."

Mark 5:7

John Baptist,

"This is the Son

of God."

Jhn 1:34

Centurion, "Truly

this was the Son of

God."

Mar 15:39

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His Titles

God Jhn 1:1;

The God of the

whole earth

Isa 54:5 The Light of men Jhn 1:4

The Holy Child Jesus Act 4:27

God manifest in

the flesh

1Ti 3:16

A Light to lighten the

Gentiles

Luk

2:32

The Mighty God Isa 9:6

Our God and

Savior

2Pe 1:1

The Captain of the

Host of the Lord

Jos 5:14

The Everlasting God

Isa

40:28

The great God and

our Saviour, Jesus

Christ

Tts 2:13

The Captain of

Salvation

Hbr

2:10

The True God 1Jo 5:20

Emanuel, God

with us

Mat 1:23 A Leader Isa 55:4

My Lord and my God

Jhn

20:28

The God of

Abraham, Isaac

and

acob

Exd 3:2,

A Commander Isa 55:4

God my Saviour

Luk

1:47

The Highest Luk 1:76 A Ruler Mic 5:2

My Beloved, in whom

my soul is well

leased

Mat

12:18

The Most Blessed

for ever

Psa 21:6 The Builder

Mat

16:18

Jehovah Isa 40:3 Lord of Peace 2Th 3:16 The Foundation 1Cr 3:11

The Lord Jehovah

Isa

40:10

The Lord

Rom

10:13;

A Sure Foundation

Isa

28:16

Jehovah my God

Zec

14:5

The Lord of Glory 1Cr 2:8 The Rock

Mat

16:18

A Lamb as it had

been slain

Rev 5:6 The Same Hbr 1:12;

The Faithful and

True Witness

Rev

3:14

Jehovah, God of

Hosts

Hsa

12:4, 5;

I am Exd 3:14; A Ransom (his life)

Mar

10:45

The King, Jehovah of

Hosts

Isa 6:5

I am (before

Abraham was)

Jhn 8:58

The Beginning of the

Creation of God

Rev

3:14

The Strong and

Mighty Jehovah

Psa 24:8

I am (whom they

sought to kill)

Jhn 18:5,

My Rock and my

Fortress

Psa 31:3

Jehovah, mighty in

battle

Psa 24:8

I am (the

Resurrection and

the Life)

Jhn 11:25

The Rock of my

Strength

Psa 62:7

The Redeemer

Isa

59:20

The Chosen of

God

Luk

23:35

The Temple

Rev

21:22

The Lord 1Cr 12:3

Lord both of the

dead and living

Rom

14:9

A Sanctuary Isa 8:14

One Lord Eph 4:5

Lord of the

Sabbath

Luk 6:5 The Lamb Rev 7:9

King of Kings

Rev

17:14

Lord of all Act 10:36

A Strength to the

Poor

Isa 25:4

Lord of Lords

Rev

17:14

Lord over all

Rom

10:12

The Just One Act 7:52

The Messiah the

Prince

Dan

9:25

The Prince of

Princes

Dan 8:25

A Refuge from the

Storm

Isa 25:4

The Prince of Life Act 3:15

The Prince of the

Kings of the earth

Rev 1:5 The Judge

Act

17:31

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A Prince and a

Saviour

Act 5:31

The Salvation of

God

Luk 2:30 The Righteous Judge 2Ti 4:8

The Prince of Peace Isa 9:6

The Glory of thy

people Israel

Luk 2:32 The King

Zec

14:16

The Word Jhn 1:1 The Gift of God Jhn 4:10; King of Kings

Rev

19:16

The Word was with

God

Jhn 1:1 Wisdom

Pro 8:12,

Lord of Lords

Rev

19:16

The Word was God Jhn 1:1

The Wisdom of

God

1Cr 1:24

The Head of all

Principality and

Power

Col 2:10

The Word of God

Rev

19:13

The Power of God 1Cr 1:24

The Head of the

Body, the Church

Col 1:18

The Word of Life 1Jo 1:1

The Image of the

Invisible God

Col 1:15 The King of Peace Hbr 7:2

The Word was made

flesh

Jhn 1:14 The Image of God 2Cr 4:4 The King of Israel Jhn 1:49

The Almighty, which

is, and was, and is to

come

Rev 1:8

The Alpha and the

Omega

Rev 1:8 The Truth Jhn 14:6

The Creator of all

things

Col 1:16

The First and the

Last

Rev 1:17

The Sun of

Righteousness

Mal 4:2

The Upholder of all

things

Hbr 1:3 The Life 1Jo 1:2 The Deliverer

Rom

11:26

The Everlasting

Father (or Father of

Eternit

)

Isa 9:6 Eternal Life 1Jo 5:20

The Lion of the Tribe

of Judah

Rev 5:5

The Beginning Col 1:18

That Eternal Life

which was with the

Father

1Jo 1:2

The Author and

Finisher of Faith

Hbr

12:2

The Beginning and

the Ending

Rev 1:8 He that liveth Rev 1:18 A Precious Stone 1Pe 2:6

The Lamb of God Jhn 1:29 The Bridegroom Rev 21:9 A Governor Mat 2:6

A Lamb without

blemish and without

1Pe 1:19 The Blessed Psa 77:17 A Chief Corner-stone 1Pe 2:6

The Lamb that was

slain

Rev

5:12

Mine Elect, in

whom my soul

lig

hteth

Isa 42:1 A Stone

Isa

28:16

The Man Jhn 19:5 The Son of David Mat 1:1 A Living Stone 1Pe 2:4

The Man Christ Jesus 1Ti 2:5 The Son of Mary Mark 6:3 The Resurrection

Jhn

11:25

The Seed of the

Woman

Gen

3:15

The Son of Joseph

(reputed)

Jhn 1:45

The Rock of my

Heart

Psa

73:26

The Son of Man

Mar

10:33

The Seed of

Abraham

Gal 3:16,

The Rock of my

Salvation

2Sa

22:47

The Son of Abraham Mat 1:1

Of the Seed of

David

Rom 1:3

My Rock and my

Redeemer

Psa

19:14

The Root of Jesse

Isa

11:10

The Shepherd of

Israel

Rev 2:7

The King of

Righteousness

Hbr 7:2

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The Root of David Rev 5:5 The Bread of God Jhn 6:33 The Faithful Witness Rev 1:5

The Root and

Offspring of David

Rev

22:16

The True Bread

from Heaven

Jhn 6:32 The Offerer

Hbr

7:27

The Branch

Zec

6:12

The Bread of Life Jhn 6:35 The Offering Eph 5:2

The Branch of

Righteousness

Jer

33:15

The Living Bread Jhn 6:51 The Sacrifice Eph 5:2

King over all the

Earth

Zec

14:4, 5,

The Servant of the

Father

Mat

12:18

A Witness to the

People

Isa 55:4

The Child Isa 7:16

My Servant, O

Israel

Isa 49:3

The Holy One of

Israel

Isa 49:7

The Young Child

Mat

2:20

My Servant, the

Branch

Zec 3:8 The Holy One of God

Mark

1:24

A Child Born Isa 9:6

My Righteous

Servant

Isa 53:11 Holy, Holy, Holy

Jhn

12:41

The Child Jesus

Luk

2:43

A Servant of Rulers Isa 49:7 My First-Born

Psa

89:27

Her First-Born Son Luk 2:7

A Nazarene, or

Nazarite

Mat 2:23

The First-Born from

the dead

Col 1:18

The Sent of the

Father

Jhn

10:36

The Carpenter Mark 6:3

The King of the Jews

(born)

Mat 2:2;

15:2

The Apostle Hbr 3:1

The Carpenter's

Son (reputed)

Mat

13:55

The King of the Jews

(crucified)

Jhn

19:19

A Prophet

Act

3:22, 23

He Humbled

Himself unto death

Phl 2:8 The Last Adam

1Cr

15:45

A Great Prophet

Luk

7:16

A Stranger and an

Alien

Psa 69:8

Crowned with many

Crowns

Rev

19:12

The Prophet of

Nazareth

Mat

21:11

A Man of Sorrows Isa 53:3

Crowned with a

Crown of Thorns

Jhn 19:2

A Prophet mighty in

deed and word

Luk

24:19

The Shield Psa 84:9

Crowned with Glory

and Honor

Hbr 2:9

A Servant Phl 2:7

The Faithful and

True

Rev

19:11

The Just 1Pe 3:18

One Shepherd

Jhn

10:16

The Shepherd of

Israel

Eze

34:23

The Light of the

world

Jhn 8:12

Jehovah's Shepherd

Zec

13:7

The Shepherd and

Bishop of Souls

1Pe 2:25 The Morning Star

Rev

2:28

The Shepherd of the

Sheep

Hbr

13:20

The Good

Shepherd (that laid

down his life

)

Jhn 10:11 The Day Star 2Pe 1:19

The Way Jhn 14:6

The Bright and

Morning Star

Rev

22:16

The True Light Jhn 1:9

The Light

Jhn

12:35

A Light of the

Gentiles

Isa 42:6 A Star

Num

24:17

Other Titles

He was:

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Prophecised, Anticipated, Willing, Able, Born, Obedient, Human, Meek, Lowly, Guileless, Tempted, Oppressed,

Despised, Rejected, Taunted, Spit Upon, Betrayed, Condemned, Reviled, Smitten, Scourged, Mocked, Wounded,

Bruised, Ridiculed, Stricken, Beaten, Forsaken, Crucified, Slain, Dead and Buried.

He is:

Alive, Merciful, Faithful, Love, Just, Righteous, Harmless, Light, Everlasting, Indescribable, Jehovah, Wisdom,

Holy, Almighty, Generous, Undefiled, Separate, Humble, Perfect, Gracious, Mighty, Justified, Exalted, Invincible,

Good, Risen, Unparalleled, Immortal, Truth, Glorified, Beloved, Exalted, Unique, Incomprehensible, Humble,

Eternal, Altogether Lovely, The Rock, The Way, The Truth and The Life.

He is my:

Saviour, Hope, Brother, Rock, Sacrifice, Maker, King, Shield, Husband, Judge, Deliverer, Portion, Prince, Helper,

Physician, Healer, Refiner, Purifier, Lord, Commander, Creator, Foundation, Master, Servant, Example, Teacher,

Ruler, Shepherd, Keeper, Refuge, Feeder, Leader, Bridegroom, Restorer, King, High Priest, Resting-place,

Wisdom, Conqueror, Passover, Champion, Peace, Wisdom, Righteousness, Sanctification, Redemption, Kinsman-

Redeemer, Offering, Counselor, Beloved and God.

My King

My King - A poem by Chuck Missler, January 1, 1993

He is the King of the Jews

He is the King of Israel

But He’s also

King of all the Ages;

King of Heaven;

King of Glory;

King of Kings;

…and Lord of Lords.

He is: a prophet before Moses;

a priest after Melchizedek;

a champion like Joshua;

an offering in place of Isaac;

a king from the line of David;

a counselor above Solomon;

beloved, rejected, and exalted

like Joseph; and yet far more…

The Heavens declare His

glory…

and the firmament shows

His handiwork.

He who is, who was, and who

always will be;

The first and the last

He is the Alpha and Omega

the Aleph and the Tau

the A and the Z;

He is the ego eimi,

the   

the “I AM that I AM”

The voice of the burning bush

the Captain of the Lord’s Host

the conqueror of Jericho

He is our Kinsman-Redeemer

and He is our Avenger of

Blood;

and He is our City of Refuge;

He was crucified on a cross of

wood;

Yet He made the hill

on which it stood.

By Him were all things made

that were made;

without Him was not anything

made

that was made;

By Him are all things held

together!

In Him dwells

the fullness of the Godhead

bodily;

The very God of very God.

He became

the first fruits of them that

slept.

He is our Performing High

Priest;

Our Personal Prophet;

Our Reigning King.

He is enduringly strong;

entirely sincere;

eternally steadfast;

He is imperially powerful;

immortally graceful;

impartially merciful;

He stands alone in Himself:

He’s unique, pre-eminent,

supreme, unparalleled:

He’s the Loftiest idea in

Literature;

He’s the highest Personality

in Philosophy;

He’s the Fundamental Doctrine

of Theology;

He’s the Supreme Problem

in “higher criticism”!

He’s the Son of God!

There is no means of measuring

his limitless love:

It was written in blood,

on that wooden cross

erected in Judea

2,000 years ago.

He was born of a woman

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so that we could be born of

God;

He humbled Himself

so that we could be lifted up;

He became a servant

so that we could be made joint-

heirs;

He suffered rejection

so that we could become His

friends;

He denied Himself

so that we could freely receive

all things;

He gave Himself

so that He could bless us in

every way.

He is available to the tempted

and the tried;

He blesses the young;

He cleanses the lepers;

He defends the feeble;

He delivers the captives;

He discharges the debtors;

He forgives the sinners;

Franchises the meek;

Guards the besieged;

Heals the sick;

Provides strength to the weak;

Regards the aged;

Rewards the diligent;

Serves the unfortunate;

Sympathizes and He saves!

His Offices are many;

His Reign is righteous;

His Promises are certain;

His Goodness is limitless;

His Light is matchless;

His Love never changes;

His Grace is sufficient;

His Mercy is everlasting;

His Word is enough;

His Yoke is easy and

His Burden is light!

He’s indescribable;

He’s incomprehensible;

He’s irresistible;

He’s invincible!

The Heaven of heavens cannot

contain Him;

Man cannot explain Him

The Pharisees couldn’t stand

Him

but soon learned

that they couldn’t stop Him;

They railroaded Him

through 6 illegal trials,

and yet

The witnesses couldn’t agree

against Him

and the personal representative

of the ruler of the world,

couldn’t find any fault with

Him;

Herod couldn’t kill Him

death couldn’t handle Him

the grave couldn’t hold Him!

He has always been and always

will be;

He had no predecessor and

will have no successor;

You can’t impeach Him and

He isn’t going to resign!

His name is above every name;

That at the name of Yeshua

Every knee shall bow

Every tongue shall confess

That Jesus Christ is Lord!

His is the kingdom,

and the power,

and the glory…

for ever, and ever.

Hallelujah! …and Amen!

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The Commandments

First

You shall have no other Gods before me

The Creator of the universe declares He is our God and our deliverer, and asks us to demonstrate our love for

Him by having no other Gods. The First Commandment is the first of a series of four that define our relationship

with our Heavenly Father. Establishing, developing and maintaining that personal relationship with the true and

living God is the most important commitment we can ever make.

That is the primary focus of the first of the Ten Commandments. We should love, honour and respect Him so

much that He alone is the supreme authority and model in our lives. He alone is God. We should allow nothing to

prevent us from serving and obeying Him. He should be #1 on a list of 1.

Second

You shall not make idols

The Second Commandment deals with several crucial questions. How do we perceive God? How do we explain

Him to ourselves and to others? Above all, what is the proper way to worship the only true God? This

commandment is a constant reminder that only we, of all created things, are made in the image of God.

Only we can be transformed into the spiritual image of Christ, who of course came in the flesh as the perfect

spiritual image of our heavenly Father. This commandment protects our special relationship with our Creator,

who made us in His likeness and is still moulding us into His spiritual image.

Third

You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain

The Third Commandment focuses on showing respect to God and His law as we are His ambassadors in the

world. It addresses the way we communicate Him to those around us. Ambassadors are diplomats which are

meant to uphold the ideals and values of the one they advocate accurately and sincerely.

Therefore if we act or behave in ways which disrespect them, the reputation of the one they are emulating will be

damaged. All Christians are ambassadors to Him, therefore we should always uphold His values and show others

the way He calls us to live. It also depends on the way we express respect for Him in the presence of others. We

are expected always to honour and love Him.

Fourth

Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it Holy

God starts off the fourth Commandment with the word “Remember”. This is because He knew we would forget

it. God asks that we keep it set apart for Holy purposes so we can draw nearer to Him. The Fourth

Commandment to remember the Sabbath concludes the section of the Ten Commandments that specifically helps

define a proper relationship with God, how we are to love, worship and relate to Him.

It explains why and when we need to take special time to draw closer to our Creator. It is also a special sign

between us and God forever, that it is Him that sanctifies us Him alone we belong to and worship. The Sabbath,

the seventh day of the week was set apart by God as a time of rest and spiritual rejuvenation.

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Fifth

Honour your father and your mother

The fifth through to the tenth commandment serve as the standards of conduct in areas of human behaviour that

generate the most far reaching consequences on individuals, families, groups and society. Families are the building

blocks of society that build strong nations. When families are fractured and flawed, the sad results are tragic and

reflected in headlines daily.

The Fifth Commandment shows us from whom and how the fundamentals of respect and honour are most

effectively learned. It guides us to know how to yield to others, how to properly submit to authority and how to

accept the influence of mentors.

Sixth

You shall not murder

God asks us to demonstrate love towards others by not murdering. We must learn to control our tempers. Taking

another person's life is not our right to decide. That judgment is reserved for God alone. This includes unborn

babies and those that wish to die. That is the thrust of this Commandment. God does not allow us to choose to

wilfully or deliberately take another person's life.

The Sixth Commandment reminds us that God is the giver of life and He alone has the authority to take it or to

grant permission to take it. God wants us to go far beyond avoiding murder. He requires that we not maliciously

harm another human being in word or deed. God desires that we treat even those who choose to hate us

respectfully and do all within our power to live in peace and harmony with them.

Seventh

You shall not commit adultery

God asks us to express and demonstrate our love for our partner by not committing adultery. Adultery is the

violation of the marriage covenant by wilful participation in sexual activity with someone other than one's spouse.

Since God's law sanctions sexual relationships only within a legitimate marriage, the command not to commit

adultery covers in principle, all varieties of sexual immorality.

No sexual relationship of any sort should occur outside of marriage. That is the basis of this Commandment.

Most of us need the support and companionship of a loving spouse. We need someone special who can share our

ups and downs, triumphs and failures. No one can fill this role like a partner who shares with us a deep love and

commitment.

Eighth

You shall not steal

God instructs us to show our love and respect for others by not stealing what belongs to them. The Eighth

Commandment safeguards everyone's right to legitimately acquire and own property. God wants that right

honoured and protected. His approach to material wealth is balanced. He wants us to prosper and enjoy physical

blessings.

He also expects us to show wisdom in how we use what He provides us and He does not want possessions to be

our primary pursuit in life. To Him it is important that generosity rather than greed motivates the choices we

make. Because they are qualities of His own character, He asks that we, from the heart, put giving and serving

ahead of lavishing possessions on ourselves.

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Ninth

You shall not bear false witness against your neighbour

God says if we love others we should not deceive or lie to them. How important is truth? To fully appreciate the

Ninth Commandment with its prohibition of lying, we must realize how important truth is to God. Jesus Christ

said of God the Father, “Your word is truth” (John 17:17). As the source of truth, God requires that His servants

always speak truthfully. Under God's inspiration, King David wrote,

“…LORD, who may dwell in your sanctuary? Who may live on your holy hill? He whose walk is blameless and

who does what is righteous, who speaks the truth from his heart and has no slander on his tongue, who does his

neighbour no wrong and casts no slur on his fellow-man, who despises a vile man but honours those who fear the

LORD, who keeps his oath even when it hurts” Psalm 15:1-3, NIV.

Tenth

You shall not covet

God instructs us not to covet since He knows it can entrap us into even greater sin. To covet means to crave or

desire, especially in excessive or improper ways. The Tenth Commandment does not tell us that all of our desires

are immoral. It tells us that some desires are wrong. Coveting is an immoral longing for something that is not

rightfully ours. That is usually because the object of our desire already belongs to someone else.

But coveting can also include our wanting far more than we would legitimately deserve or that would be our

rightful share. Our desire should be to contribute to the wellbeing of others, to make our presence in their lives a

blessing to them. In prohibiting coveting, it defines not so much what we must do but how we should think. It

asks us to look deep within ourselves to see what we are on the inside.

The Beatitudes

The beatitudes come from the opening verses of the famous Sermon on the Mount delivered by Jesus and

recorded in Matthew 5:3-12. Here Jesus stated several blessings, each beginning with the phrase, "Blessed are ..."

(Similar declarations appear in Jesus' Sermon on the Plain in Luke 6:20-23.) Each saying speaks of a blessing or

"divine favour" that will be bestowed on the person who possesses a certain character quality.

“If you squeeze a lemon, you should get lemon juice. If you

squeeze an orange, you should get orange juice. If you squeeze a

Christian, you should get Christ.” - Chuck Missler

Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

The phrase "poor in spirit" speaks of a spiritual condition of poverty. It describes the person who recognizes his

or her need for God. "The kingdom of heaven" refers to people who acknowledge God as King.

Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.

“Those who mourn” speaks of those who express deep sorrow over sin and repent from their sins. The freedom

found in forgiveness of sin and the joy of eternal salvation is the "comfort" of those who repent.

Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

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Similar to "the poor," "the meek" are those who submit to God's authority and make him Lord. Revelation 21:7

says God's children will "inherit all things."

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled.

"Hunger" and "thirst" speak of deep need and driving passion. This "righteousness" refers to Jesus Christ. To "be

filled" is the satisfaction of our soul's desire.

Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.

We reap what we sow. Those who demonstrate mercy will receive mercy. Likewise, those who have received great

mercy will show great mercy. Mercy is shown through forgiveness, kindness, and compassion toward others.

Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.

The "pure in heart" are those who have been cleansed from within. This is not outward righteousness that can be

seen by men, but inward holiness that only God can see. The Bible says in Hebrews 12:14 that without holiness,

no one will see God.

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.

The Bible says we have peace with God through Jesus Christ. Reconciliation through Christ brings restored

fellowship (peace) with God. 2 Corinthians 5:19-20 says God entrusts us with this same message of reconciliation

to take to others.

Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Just as Jesus faced persecution, so will his followers. Those who endure by faith rather than hide their faith to

avoid persecution are genuine followers of Christ.

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The Parables

These are the parables Jesus spoke throughout the Bible including their meanings. Keep in mind that He spoke in

parables so that those who were not believers did not understand the meaning, as mentioned in the last parable

below called "The Purpose of Parables".

TheLamp

Matthew 5:14-16

14 You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden.

15 Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light

to all who are in the house.

16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your

Father in heaven.

Explanation

Christians shouldn't be a follower of Christ in secret, but they are called to tell the world and let their light shine

brightly in the darkness. This especially occurs today when the end of all things is near.

TheSpeckandthePlank

Matthew 7:1-5

1 Judge not, that you be not judged.

2 For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it

will be measured back to you.

3 And why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but do not consider the plank in

your own eye?

4 Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me remove the speck from your eye’; and look, a

plank is in your own eye?

5 Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to

remove the speck from your brother’s eye.

Explanation

You cannot condemn a person for sinning when you have great sin in your own life. To correct another, you first

must have your own sins forgiven, turning from them completely before being able to correct someone else's

lifestyle.

NewClothonOldGarment

Matthew 9:16-17

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16 No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for the patch pulls away from

the garment, and the tear is made worse.

17 Nor do they put new wine into old wineskins, or else the wineskins break, the wine is

spilled, and the wineskins are ruined. But they put new wine into new wineskins, and both

are preserved.”

Explanation

TheDividedKingdom 

Matthew 12:24-30

24 Now when the Pharisees heard it they said, “This fellow does not cast out demons except

by Beelzebub, the ruler of the demons.”

25 But Jesus knew their thoughts, and said to them: “Every kingdom divided against itself is

brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand.

26 If Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand?

27 And if I cast out demons by Beelzebub, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore

they shall be your judges.

28 But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, surely the kingdom of God has come upon

you.

29 Or how can one enter a strong man’s house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds

the strong man? And then he will plunder his house.

30 He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters

abroad.

Explanation

This parable is self-explaining through Jesus' words.

TheSower

Matthew 13:1-9

3 Then He spoke many things to them in parables, saying: “Behold, a sower went out to sow.

4 And as he sowed, some seed fell by the wayside; and the birds came and devoured them.

5 Some fell on stony places, where they did not have much earth; and they immediately

sprang up because they had no depth of earth.

6 But when the sun was up they were scorched, and because they had no root they withered

away.

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7 And some fell among thorns, and the thorns sprang up and choked them.

8 But others fell on good ground and yielded a crop: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some

thirty.

9 He who has ears to hear, let him hear!”

Explanation

Matthew 13:18-23

18 “Therefore hear the parable of the sower:

19 When anyone hears the word of the kingdom, and does not understand it, then the wicked

one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is he who received seed by the

wayside.

20 But he who received the seed on stony places, this is he who hears the word and

immediately receives it with joy;

21 yet he has no root in himself, but endures only for a while. For when tribulation or

persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles.

22 Now he who received seed among the thorns is he who hears the word, and the cares of this

world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.

23 But he who received seed on the good ground is he who hears the word and understands it,

who indeed bears fruit and produces: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.”

TheTaresAmongtheWheat 

Matthew 13:24-30

24 Another parable He put forth to them, saying: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who

sowed good seed in his field;

25 but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat and went his way.

26 But when the grain had sprouted and produced a crop, then the tares also appeared.

27 So the servants of the owner came and said to him, ‘Sir, did you not sow good seed in your

field? How then does it have tares?’

28 He said to them, ‘An enemy has done this.’ The servants said to him, ‘Do you want us

then to go and gather them up?’

29 But he said, ‘No, lest while you gather up the tares you also uproot the wheat with them.

30 Let both grow together until the harvest, and at the time of harvest I will say to the

reapers, “First gather together the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them, but gather

the wheat into my barn.”’”

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Explanation

Tares look just like wheat in their early growing stages but right at the end, instead of wheat they produce a

worthless black bud. This parable explains why the good and the ungodly are living together with each other. If

the ungodly people are uprooted the godly will suffer.

TheMustardSeed

Matthew 13:31-32

Another parable He put forth to them, saying: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed,

which a man took and sowed in his field, which indeed is the least of all the seeds; but when it

is grown it is greater than the herbs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and

nest in its branches.”

Explanation

Mustard seeds should only grow to be about the size of a small bush and not a tree. This is an unnatural plant

which is grown from the mustard seed and can't have been the same seed that was planted. Another point to

mention is that throughout the Bible birds are represented negatively, and having birds nesting in the branches

could be interpreted as outside forces affecting the truth and purpose of the seed. An example would be the

Catholic church today who adheres to the doctrine of man rather than the original seed - the word of God.

The catholic church, as well as some mega-churches today has grown to be huge and have slowly let more 'birds'

nest in their branches. The aim is to stay a bush, staying true to the word of God and if your congregation grows

too big, it should split into two smaller churches or bushes instead of growing more branches.

TheLeaven

Matthew 13:33

Another parable He spoke to them: “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman

took and hid in three measures of meal till it was all leavened.”

Explanation (By Chuck Missler)

It has been popular to view this as a prediction that the Church will eventually "convert" the entire world.

Unfortunately, this would seem to contradict other prophecies. (Luke 18:8; Isaiah 63:3,5; 2 Peter 2; Jude, etc.)

Furthermore, we must never lose sight of the fact that Jesus was a Jewish rabbi, speaking to Jewish disciples.

Leaven is always used as a symbol of sin. The Feast of Passover emphasizes the use of unleavened bread. Even to

this day, the Jews make a game out of cleansing the house of leaven: they hide a little for the children to find to

earn a reward. Jesus refers to the "leaven of Pharisees and Sadducees." (Matthew 16:6; Luke 13:21.) Paul also

makes these same type of references. (1 Corinthians 5:6-8; Galatians 5:7-9.)

It is interesting that the Feast of Israel that prophesizes the Church is the Feast of Pentecost, the only feast that

features leavened (Gentile?) bread. (See our Briefing Package, The Feasts of Israel, a prophetic study of all of the

Feasts.) Why is leaven used as a symbol of sin? It corrupts by puffing up. The origin of sin was in Lucifer's pride.

(Isaiah 14:12-17.) That's why God hates pride. (Try that in your concordance sometime!) Furthermore, the "three

measures of meal" have their origin in Genesis 18, where Abraham receives the famous three visitors.

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This first was the Lord Himself, and the other two were angels who had an assignment the following day at

Sodom and Gomorrah. From that day to this, in both the Jewish and Arab cultures, the "three measures of meal"

are emblematic of a fellowship offering. So to a Jewish ears, when Jesus described a woman putting leaven into

the three measures of meal, they probably gasped in horror!

PearlofGreatPrice

Matthew 13:44-46

“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and hid;

and for joy over it he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. “Again, the kingdom of

heaven is like a merchant seeking beautiful pearls, who, when he had found one pearl of great

price, went and sold all that he had and bought it.

Explanation (By Chuck Missler)

Jesus is the man who buys the field and the pearl. The believing Jews are the treasure in the field. The gentile

Church is the pearl of great price. Jesus gave up everything he had to redeem both of them.

The man buys the whole field which fits perfectly with what Jesus came to do on the cross - the price he paid with

his death was sufficient to purchase and redeem the whole world (the field) but only a few will believe and be

saved (the treasure). This interpretation explains why Jesus bothered to say both of the parables - they each carry a

different meaning. The parable of the ‘Hidden Treasure’ tells us that Jesus came to redeem the Jews. The ‘Pearl of

Great Price’, on the other hand, tells us that Jesus also came to redeem the Gentiles.

In verses 45-46, Jesus again uses a strange Gentile allusion: the pearl. It all sounds good, until you realize that

oysters are not kosher! (Deuteronomy 14:10) Here again, we see an allusion to the Church. The pearl is the only

"jewel" that is the result of a living organism. It grows as a response to irritation. And it is removed from its place

of growth to become an item of adornment! The more we study these parables, the more questions they raise.

TheNet

Matthew 13:47-50

47 “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a dragnet that was cast into the sea and gathered

some of every kind,

48 which, when it was full, they drew to shore; and they sat down and gathered the good into

vessels, but threw the bad away.

49 So it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come forth, separate the wicked from

among the just,

50 and cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth.”

Explanation

This parable is just like the wheat and the tares parable which also describes a 'sorting' between good and bad at

the end of the age.

TheHeartofMan

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Matthew 15:10-14

10 When He had called the multitude to Himself, He said to them, “Hear and understand:

11 Not what goes into the mouth defiles a man; but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles

a man.”

12 Then His disciples came and said to Him, “Do You know that the Pharisees were offended

when they heard this saying?”

13 But He answered and said, “Every plant which My heavenly Father has not planted will

be uprooted.

14 Let them alone. They are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind leads the blind, both

will fall into a ditch.”

Explanation

Matthew 15:15-20

15 Then Peter answered and said to Him, “Explain this parable to us.”

16 So Jesus said, “Are you also still without understanding?

17 Do you not yet understand that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and is

eliminated?

18 But those things which proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and they defile a

man.

19 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false

witness, blasphemies.

20 These are the things which defile a man, but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile a

man.”

TheLostSheep

Matthew 18:12-13

12 “What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, does he

not leave the ninety-nine and go to the mountains to seek the one that is straying?

13 And if he should find it, assuredly, I say to you, he rejoices more over that sheep than over

the ninety-nine that did not go astray.

Explanation

The Lord cares dearly for each and every individual on this earth and He will actively seek to lead those who are

lost back to Him.

TheUnforgivingServant

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Matthew 18:23-35

23 Therefore the kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who wanted to settle accounts with

his servants.

24 And when he had begun to settle accounts, one was brought to him who owed him ten

thousand talents.

25 But as he was not able to pay, his master commanded that he be sold, with his wife and

children and all that he had, and that payment be made.

26 The servant therefore fell down before him, saying, ‘Master, have patience with me, and I

will pay you all.’

27 Then the master of that servant was moved with compassion, released him, and forgave

him the debt.

28 “But that servant went out and found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred

denarii; and he laid hands on him and took him by the throat, saying, ‘Pay me what you owe!’

29 So his fellow servant fell down at his feet and begged him, saying, ‘Have patience with me,

and I will pay you all.’

30 And he would not, but went and threw him into prison till he should pay the debt.

31 So when his fellow servants saw what had been done, they were very grieved, and came

and told their master all that had been done.

32 Then his master, after he had called him, said to him, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave you

all that debt because you begged me.

33 Should you not also have had compassion on your fellow servant, just as I had pity on

you?’

34 And his master was angry, and delivered him to the torturers until he should pay all that

was due to him.

35 “So My heavenly Father also will do to you if each of you, from his heart, does not forgive

his brother his trespasses.”

Explanation

This parable explains itself in the last line.

LaborersintheVineyard

Matthew 20:1-16

1 “For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire

laborers for his vineyard.

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2 Now when he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his

vineyard.

3 And he went out about the third hour and saw others standing idle in the marketplace,

4 and said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you.’ So

they went.

5 Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did likewise.

6 And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing idle, and said to them,

‘Why have you been standing here idle all day?’

7 They said to him, ‘Because no one hired us.’ He said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard,

and whatever is right you will receive.’

8 “So when evening had come, the owner of the vineyard said to his steward, ‘Call the

laborers and give them their wages, beginning with the last to the first.’

9 And when those came who were hired about the eleventh hour, they each received a

denarius.

10 But when the first came, they supposed that they would receive more; and they likewise

received each a denarius.

11 And when they had received it, they complained against the landowner,

12 saying, ‘These last men have worked only one hour, and you made them equal to us who

have borne the burden and the heat of the day.’

13 But he answered one of them and said, ‘Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Did you not

agree with me for a denarius?

14 Take what is yours and go your way. I wish to give to this last man the same as to you.

15 Is it not lawful for me to do what I wish with my own things? Or is your eye evil because I

am good?’

16 So the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few chosen.”

Explanation

TheTwoSons

Matthew 21:28-32

28 “But what do you think? A man had two sons, and he came to the first and said, ‘Son, go,

work today in my vineyard.’

29 He answered and said, ‘I will not,’ but afterward he regretted it and went.

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30 Then he came to the second and said likewise. And he answered and said, ‘I go, sir,’ but he

did not go.

Explanation

31 Which of the two did the will of his father?” They said to Him, “The first.”

Jesus said to them, “Assuredly, I say to you that tax collectors and harlots enter the kingdom of God before you.

32 For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him; but tax collectors and harlots

believed him; and when you saw it, you did not afterward relent and believe him.

TheTenantFarmers

Matthew 21:33-39

33 “Hear another parable: There was a certain landowner who planted a vineyard and set a

hedge around it, dug a winepress in it and built a tower. And he leased it to vinedressers and

went into a far country.

34 Now when vintage-time drew near, he sent his servants to the vinedressers, that they

might receive its fruit.

35 And the vinedressers took his servants, beat one, killed one, and stoned another.

36 Again he sent other servants, more than the first, and they did likewise to them.

37 Then last of all he sent his son to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’

38 But when the vinedressers saw the son, they said among themselves, ‘This is the heir.

Come, let us kill him and seize his inheritance.’

39 So they took him and cast him out of the vineyard and killed him.

Explanation

Matthew 21:40-44

40 “Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those vinedressers?”

41 They said to Him, “He will destroy those wicked men miserably, and lease his vineyard to

other vinedressers who will render to him the fruits in their seasons.”

42 Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures:

‘The stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief cornerstone. This was the Lord’s

doing, And it is marvelous in our eyes’?

43 “Therefore I say to you, the kingdom of God will be taken from you and given to a nation

bearing the fruits of it.

44 And whoever falls on this stone will be broken; but on whomever it falls, it will grind him

to powder.”

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MarriageFeast or GreatBanquet

Matthew 22:2-14

2 “The kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who arranged a marriage for his son,

3 and sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding; and they were not

willing to come.

4 Again, he sent out other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who are invited, “See, I have prepared

my dinner; my oxen and fatted cattle are killed, and all things are ready. Come to the

wedding.” ’

5 But they made light of it and went their ways, one to his own farm, another to his business.

6 And the rest seized his servants, treated them spitefully, and killed them.

7 But when the king heard about it, he was furious. And he sent out his armies, destroyed

those murderers, and burned up their city.

8 Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding is ready, but those who were invited were not

worthy.

9 Therefore go into the highways, and as many as you find, invite to the wedding.’

10 So those servants went out into the highways and gathered together all whom they found,

both bad and good. And the wedding hall was filled with guests.

11 “But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw a man there who did not have on a

wedding garment.

12 So he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you come in here without a wedding garment?’ And he

was speechless.

13 Then the king said to the servants, ‘Bind him hand and foot, take him away, and cast him

into outer darkness; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

14 “For many are called, but few are chosen.”

Explanation

The 'certain king' mentioned in verse 2 is God the Father and His Son is Jesus. God called His people the Jews to

the marriage of His Son - however, the Jews didn't accept His invitation by not accepting Jesus as King as He

entered on the donkey. The temple in Jerusalem was then burnt and destroyed by God leading to the diaspora of

the Jews. God the Father then begins inviting gentiles to the wedding to be Jesus' bridegroom by accepting Him

and the sacrifice He paid on the cross. The man who was cast from the wedding signifies those who haven't

accepted Jesus' sacrifice and entered improperly.

TheBuddingFigTree

Matthew 24:32-35

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32 “Now learn this parable from the fig tree: When its branch has already become tender and

puts forth leaves, you know that summer is near.

33 So you also, when you see all these things, know that it is near—at the doors!

34 Assuredly, I say to you, this generation will by no means pass away till all these things

take place.

35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away.

Explanation (By Chuck Missler)

The Parable of the Fig Tree seems to indicate that the generation which sees the beginning of these things will see

them all. But the triggering event may well be the Harpazo, the only prophetic event that is distinctively both

unspecified and imminent.

Since there is a definite seven-year period immediately preceding the Second Coming, it would seem that there

could be up to as many as 33 years (40 - 7) between the Harpazo and the beginning of the seven-year period for

the Man of Sin to appear, rise to power, and position himself to enforce the covenant that Isaiah calls the

"Covenant with Hell."

These intervening years could also include the rebuilding of the Temple, the rebuilding of Babylon, and other

anticipated positioning's for the final climax. To the extent that there are geopolitical and other signs on the

horizon which suggest that the circumstances anticipated for the seven-year period are moving into position, these

certainly support the view that the Harpazo is getting closer and may be on our very immediate horizon. This

should, indeed, intensify our priorities to immerse in the Word, re-examine our commitments to our Coming

King, and seriously address each day which remains with a high degree of urgency.

"Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh." Matthew 24:44

TheFaithfulvs.TheWickedServant

Matthew 24:45-51

45 “Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his master made ruler over his household,

to give them food in due season?

46 Blessed is that servant whom his master, when he comes, will find so doing.

47 Assuredly, I say to you that he will make him ruler over all his goods.

48 But if that evil servant says in his heart, ‘My master is delaying his coming,’

49 and begins to beat his fellow servants, and to eat and drink with the drunkards,

50 the master of that servant will come on a day when he is not looking for him and at an

hour that he is not aware of,

51 and will cut him in two and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites. There shall be

weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Explanation (By Nancy Missler)

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The faithful and wise servant in this story is equivalent to a true disciple of Christ. He places the desires of his lord

above his own and, thus, is an obedient steward who provides for his “family.” He does what he is required to do

at the time, but he also steadfastly awaits his lord’s return. Verse 47 says because of this, the lord (when he

returns) will “make him ruler over all his goods.”

In the same way, God entrusts us—His own servants—to not only feed His spiritual family and do His will, but

also to await His return. Our reward for doing so will be the privilege of greater service in His future kingdom.

The special pleasures, honors, and splendors, which are to accompany the return of the Lord from heaven and the

setting up of His kingdom, are to be a reward for fidelity and faithful service in His absence.

The unfaithful and disobedient servant, however, is the equivalent of a carnal and nominal Christian. The word

evil in verse 48 is the Greek word kakos (Strong’s #2556), which simply means “someone who has been

disqualified.” It means “a worthless or injurious person.” It means he lacks the qualities that he should possess.

Simply put, he is “not worthy.” This servant thought his lord would delay his coming. And this, of course,

affected how he lived his life. He was lazy, untrustworthy, and cruel. He abused his position by being ill tempered

and self-indulgent to those who worked with him. He thought he would never be called into account for these

things because he secretly believed his lord would be slow to return.

TheTenVirgins

Matthew 25:1-13

1 “Then the kingdom of heaven shall be likened to ten virgins who took their lamps and went

out to meet the bridegroom.

2 Now five of them were wise, and five were foolish.

3 Those who were foolish took their lamps and took no oil with them,

4 but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.

5 But while the bridegroom was delayed, they all slumbered and slept.

6 “And at midnight a cry was heard: ‘Behold, the bridegroom is coming; go out to meet him!’

7 Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps.

8 And the foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’

9 But the wise answered, saying, ‘No, lest there should not be enough for us and you; but go

rather to those who sell, and buy for yourselves.’

10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with

him to the wedding; and the door was shut.

11 “Afterward the other virgins came also, saying, ‘Lord, Lord, open to us!’

12 But he answered and said, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, I do not know you.’

13 “Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is

coming.

Explanation (By Chuck Missler)

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Our justification can be compared to the Jewish betrothal. Our Sanctification can be compared to a Jewish

woman preparing herself for her future wedding. And our Glorification (the Rapture) can be compared to a

Jewish groom coming by surprise to carry his bride away.

As you can see from the Biblical model of marriage (summarized above), it was necessary that the bride prepare

her own bridal garment for the big day. During the time of preparation, she remained in her father’s home,

making herself ready. This preparation meant making her own wedding gown, getting ready for her new role as a

wife, transferring her allegiance from her father to her new husband, and so forth. Cohabitation was forbidden at

this time, since the bride must remain a virgin. The goal of this in-between time was that she would be presented

to her future groom as a chaste and pure virgin.

This was not only true for Jewish brides; it is also true in the Christian life. At the end of our “preparation time”

(our betrothal), we are to be presented to Christ as a pure virgin. Ephesians 5:27 describes the way that this will

occur: “That He [the Lord] might present [the church] to Him-self a glorious church not having spot or wrinkle or

any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.

Paul added to this by saying, “That I may present you to Christ as a chaste virgin” (2 Corinthians 11:2). Chaste

(#53, hagnos) is the root from which hagiosmos (#38) comes from. Hagiosmos means “sanctified.”

Notice, however, the words might and may in the two above verses. They indicate that it’s God’s will to present

us “as a chaste and holy virgin, without spot or wrinkle,” but it’s not a given. In other words, it’s not automatic.

Something is required of us! We must participate in the action. We must prepare ourselves, just as a Jewish bride

does.

So according to the Biblical model, the presentation of the bride to the Lord is conditional. She must not only be

presented as a “chaste virgin, not having spot or wrinkle” (Ephesians 1:4), she must also be sanctified, holy, and

without blemish (Hebrews 12:14).

What this is saying is that there is a possibility that while we are here on earth waiting for Christ to return, we can

deﬁle our garments and prevent this from happening.

We will expand in later issues upon the two different kinds of garments a believer can wear. The first one is the

Garment of Salvation that Christ imputes to us at our new birth (Isaiah 61:10). This is our external garment

without spot or wrinkle. The second garment and the one that Christ requires for the Marriage festivities is the

white linen garment made up of the believer’s own “righteous works”; i.e., the “fruit” from his life. (Revelation

19:7-8) Revelation 3:5 tells us that overcomers will be clothed in white garments. This speaks of the internal

sanctification and the moral ﬁtness that Christ requires of His Bride. (2 Corinthians 7:1; 11:2)

This second garment, then, is the one that can get defiled, stained, and blackened through the believer’s own

negligence. Remember, God said to the Church at Sardis: “There are a few who have not defiled their garments.”

(Revelation 3:4)

Defile here means “a stain or a blackening of some-thing.” It refers to an internal condition, a moral or spiritual

transgression. It simply means “unfaithfulness.” As Strong’s puts it: “It means dirtying our clothes.” As Christians

we dirty our clothes by not being faithful and by quenching His Spirit.

Let me be clear: I am not saying that a believer must be sinless. All believers sin at various times and it’s only

when we confess and repent of our sin that we can once again be clean. 1 John 1:9 has to become a part of our

lives:

"If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to for-give us our sins, and to cleanse us from all

unrighteousness…"1 John 1:9

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'The “holy ones without blemish” in Ephesians 5:27 are those believers who have chosen to do just that in order

to keep themselves clean, prepared, and ready. They are the sanctified ones. They have continued to “put off”

their sin and self and “put on” Christ. They are now arrayed in ﬁne linen, clear and white. This garment does not

refer to the “righteousness of Christ,” which has been imputed to them (Isaiah 61:10), but rather to their own

righteous deeds.

"Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to Him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and His wife hath

made herself ready." Revelation 19:7, 8

In other words, these believers have chosen to make themselves ﬁt, prepared, and ready. They are sanctified, holy

and chaste virgins.

James 1:27 exhorts us to keep ourselves “unspotted” (see also Revelation 3:4-5; 2 Corinthians 7:1; 11:2-3).

“Blessed is he that watcheth and keepeth his garments” (Revelation 16:15). These are the ones who will be

deemed worthy to enter the bridal chamber because they have on the appropriate wedding garments.

God desires to present us to Himself a glorious church, having no surface defects, holy and without blemish. But

He does not coerce His subjects; He respects our will. We can of our own choosing fall short of the glory of God,

by not daily confessing our shortcomings (Hebrews 12:15).

The million-dollar question is: What happens to those believers who are not ready, not prepared, not ﬁt, not holy,

and not chaste? What happens to them? Are they allowed into the Marriage festivities? Some theologians believe

they are; some others believe they are not. Study Ephesians 5:27 for yourself and see what the Spirit shows you.

Speaking of the importance of being prepared, ﬁt, and ready for Christ’s soon return, the parable of the ten virgins

in Matthew 25 is very appropriate.

There are many interpretations of this parable, so again, be as the Bereans and study the Scripture for yourself.

Remember, a parable is simply a truth told in story form to help explain a previous truth. The previous truth in

Matthew 24 is to watch, be ready, and endure to the end, for you know not what hour the Lord comes.

Note that ten virgins took their lamps (torches ﬁlled with oil) and went out to meet the bridegroom. Five of those

virgins were wise because they took extra oil. The other ﬁve virgins, however, didn’t bring extra oil and thus, were

foolish.

Vines Complete Expository Dictionary says that the number 10 (Strong’s #1176, deka) is a very significant

number. It’s used 248 times in the Bible and means “the measure of human responsibility” and also the number

of “completion.” Virgin (Strong’s #3933) means “an unmarried woman.” The word wise (Strong’s 5429,

phromiros) means “single-minded” (i.e., one life is being lived—God’s) and thus, these believers were full of light

(Luke 11:34). The word foolish (Strong’s # 3474, moros) means “double-minded” (i.e., two lives are being lived—

God’s and our own), and thus, these believers are full of darkness (Luke 11:34).

While waiting for the bridegroom, all ten virgins slept. But at midnight a cry was made that the bride-groom was

coming and they were to go out and meet him. All the virgins arose and trimmed their lamps (adjusted them), but

the foolish found that their lamps had gone out and they had no oil to reﬁll them. They asked the wise if they

could have some of their oil, whereupon the wise said, “We cannot let you have our oil because there will not be

enough for us. Why don’t you go and purchase some for yourselves?”

While the ﬁve foolish virgins were gone trying to ﬁnd extra oil, the bridegroom came and those wise virgins who

were ready, worthy, and prepared (who had their lamps lit) went in with him to the wedding festivities and the

door was shut. Later when the ﬁve foolish virgins came, they said, “Lord, Lord, open the door.” But he answered

them saying, “I know you not” (Matthew 25:12).

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The Greek word used here for know is oida (Strong’s #1492), which means to see, to perceive or to “know

intimately.” The Lord was saying to the ﬁve foolish virgins: “I don’t know you intimately; we don’t have a close

relationship. If we did, you would have obeyed Me and brought more oil.” In other words, there was no

fellowship between them. The Lord only knew them by observation.

The ﬁve foolish virgins in this parable obviously are in heaven. But because they didn’t know (oida) the Lord

intimately, He didn’t let them in to the wedding ceremony. They were not qualified to enter.

The accuracy of the Scriptures continues to amaze us. When you peel back all the details, the Bible is an absolute

treasure hunt! For example, earlier in Matthew (in Matthew 7:23), where Jesus is talking to those who professed to

be Christians, who professed to have prophesied in His Name, who cast out devils in His Name, and who said

they had done many wonderful works in His Name, He didn’t say, “I know you not,” like He does here in

Matthew 25. He says, “I never knew you.” And the Greek word He uses for I never “knew” you is ginosko, which

means “to have knowledge of.”

In other words, in Matthew 7, He is saying: “I never knew you to begin with. I don’t recognize you at all.”

Whereas in Matthew 25 (where we are reading about the 10 virgins), He is saying, we don’t have an intimate

relationship. Thus in Matthew 25, I believe the person is saved; whereas in Matthew 7, I believe the person is not

saved.

The key to both is the “knowing.”

A friend of ours sent us the following quote and it seems so applicable here: “Far above all the doing . . . it seems

the knowing is where we need to focus . . . and let the doing spring forth from the real knowing.”

This is so true. If we are sanctified and partaking of Christ’s Life, we’ll have intimate knowledge (oida) with Christ

and “fruit” will result. If we are not faithful and we aren’t partaking of His Life, then we won’t have that close

relationship that the Lord desires and “fruit” will not be produced.

TenTalentsorGoldCoins 

Matthew 25:14-30

14 “For the kingdom of heaven is like a man traveling to a far country, who called his own

servants and delivered his goods to them.

15 And to one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one, to each according to

his own ability; and immediately he went on a journey.

16 Then he who had received the five talents went and traded with them, and made another

five talents.

17 And likewise he who had received two gained two more also.

18 But he who had received one went and dug in the ground, and hid his lord’s money.

19 After a long time the lord of those servants came and settled accounts with them.

20 “So he who had received five talents came and brought five other talents, saying, ‘Lord,

you delivered to me five talents; look, I have gained five more talents besides them.’

21 His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant; you were faithful over a few

things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’

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22 He also who had received two talents came and said, ‘Lord, you delivered to me two

talents; look, I have gained two more talents besides them.’

23 His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a

few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’

24 “Then he who had received the one talent came and said, ‘Lord, I knew you to be a hard

man, reaping where you have not sown, and gathering where you have not scattered seed.

25 And I was afraid, and went and hid your talent in the ground. Look, there you have what

is yours.’

26 “But his lord answered and said to him, ‘You wicked and lazy servant, you knew that I

reap where I have not sown, and gather where I have not scattered seed.

27 So you ought to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I would

have received back my own with interest.

28 So take the talent from him, and give it to him who has ten talents.

29 ‘For to everyone who has, more will be given, and he will have abundance; but from him

who does not have, even what he has will be taken away.

30 And cast the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness. There will be weeping and

gnashing of teeth.’

Explanation

What is the 'outer darkness'? Charles Stanley talks about the above parable and its mention of “outer darkness” in

his book Eternal Security where he says, “The final verse of this parable is so severe that many commentators

assume it is a description of hell. It is not! Keep in mind that this is a parable. A parable makes one central point.

The point of this parable is that in God’s future kingdom, those who were faithful in this life will be rewarded,

and those who were not, will lose any potential reward. Some will be given more privileges and responsibility

while others will have none...The outer darkness refers to ‘being thrown outside a building into the dark’ and in

that place there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Dr. Spiros Zodhiates says: “These terms may be applied to believers who have failed the Lord in their service...In

this instance, the “outer darkness” may be a reference to a place or a position of far less rewards for the servants

who proved themselves less diligent than those who used and exercised their talents to the fullest. The expression

would then refer to the degrees of the enjoyment of heaven rather than referring to hell...

ThePurposeofParables 

Matthew 13:10-17

10 And the disciples came and said to Him, “Why do You speak to them in parables?”

11 He answered and said to them, “Because it has been given to you to know the mysteries of

the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.

12 For whoever has, to him more will be given, and he will have abundance; but whoever does

not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.

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13 Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do

not hear, nor do they understand.

14 And in them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says: ‘Hearing you will hear and

shall not understand, And seeing you will see and not perceive;

15 For the hearts of this people have grown dull.

Their ears are hard of hearing, And their eyes they have closed,

Lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears,

Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn, So that I should heal them.’

16 But blessed are your eyes for they see, and your ears for they hear;

17 for assuredly, I say to you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see what you

see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.

So in conclusion, Jesus spoke in parables to hide the meaning behind His words because He knew that the

Pharisees wouldn't believe Him either way. By hiding the meaning their future judgement is lessened.

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Evidence for God

This section is the evidence for God in the world around us and the Bible. This is perhaps the most important

section if you're an unbeliever. Science doesn't oppose Christianity as many believe, but instead validates the

Bible's integrity. You will be astonished by how many events the Bible has prophecised with 100% accuracy, over

a thousand years in advance for most of them!

There are still an array of prophecies which are yet to be fulfilled such as the rapture, the destruction of Damascus

and the attempted invasion of Israel. You may even see some of these fulfil themselves within your lifetime -

especially if you miss the rapture. But let's start gently:

"The only barrier to truth is the presumption that you already

have it." - Chuck Missler

Does God Exist?

The Bible describes God as eternal (Psalm 90:2; 1 Timothy 1:17), all-powerful (Jeremiah 32:17; Colossians 1:17),

infinite in understanding (Psalm 147:5; Isaiah 40:28), perfectly Holy like no other (Exodus 15:11; 1 Samuel 2:2),

the only God (Psalm 86:8–10), incapable of lying (Titus 1:2), Creator of the whole universe (Genesis 1:1; John

1:3), and Savior (Titus 2:13)—just to name a few attributes. So how do we know that such a God exists?

God has given us confirmation of His existence through His word - the Bible - so that we don't believe blindly,

but come to a knowledge of Him through rational and steadfast faith. Nobody should believe anything just

because a book, a newscaster or a celebrity says so. Discovering truth requires research, hard work and persistence

to be able to accurately confirm the claims. When we start to explore the claims of the Bible with an open heart,

we begin to see mounting evidence which is both astonishing and precise, and which confirms what God has said

to be true... and if anything, God is extremely precise!

So what if there's a possibility that the Bible is correct? Would you be willing to risk your eternal future on the

chance that it's wrong, or are you willing to put in the research and effort to verify what it has to say?

To verify the Bible, we should firstly look at the tangible evidence of its authenticity. To start, lets consider some

of the writer's own accounts of what the Bible is:

Luke 1:1-4

"Inasmuch as many have taken in hand to set in order a narrative of those things which have

been fulfilled among us, just as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and

ministers of the word delivered them to us, it seemed good to me also, having had perfect

understanding of all things from the very first, to write to you an orderly account that you

may know the certainty of those things in which you were instructed."

2 Peter 1:16

"For we did not follow cunningly devised fables when we made known to you the power and

coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of His majesty."

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2 Timothy 3:16

"All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for

correction, for instruction in righteousness"

2 Peter 1:21

"for prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved

by the Holy Spirit."

To summarise the passages above: the writes of the gospels were eyewitnesses and saw Jesus' majesty first-hand,

they believe that His word is truth and certainty, they eliminated the possibility that Jesus was a con-artist or a man

of deception and they realized that all scripture is from God and written by man through the Holy Spirit.

Most of the authors of the Bible went to their deaths believing it was absolute truth. An important question to ask

is 'Why would they die for Christ if it was all a lie - and they knew it was a lie?' At any moment they could have

renounced their belief and their lives would be spared. This demonstrates that the authors were more concerned

about relaying truth than living their own lives.

This still leaves open the possibility that they were all deceived by Jesus' miracles, as if He was simply a brilliant

magician with others helping Him to achieve the impossible, using props and sleight of hand tricks. However this

scenario is refuted quickly by looking at the sheer volume and difficulty of the miracles He accomplished such as

healings, resurrections and even His own resurrection. How would someone fake a healing of a lame man who has

been sitting by the gates of the city for 38 years? (John 5:1-9) Why would they sit there for so long if it was only

for a magic trick? How do you organise something like this when the man was sitting there before Jesus was even

born?

The next question to ask is how do we know the Bible hasn't been modified or altered over the centuries, and

how accurate are the manuscripts? A 'Time Gap' is a term used to measure the distance between an original

document and a copy - the smaller the gap, the less room for error. Below are the Time Gaps for some famous

historical figures:

 Pliny the Younger: 750 Years

 Caesar: 1,000 Years

 Plato's Tetralogy: 1,300 Years

 Alexander the Great: 400 Years

 Homers Iliad: 400 Years

 Tacitus: 750 years

 The New Testament: 50 Years

To further determine the accuracy of the manuscripts we can also look at the volume of copies which have been

found which range from a single page to over 5,000 pages of the Bible.

 Homer’s Iliad: 1,820 Manuscripts

 Tacitus Annals: 31 Manuscripts

 Caesar Gallic Wars: 250+ Manuscripts

 Herodotus Histories: 109 Manuscripts

 Plato Tetralogies: 210 Manuscripts

 The New Testament: 66,000 Manuscripts (5,700 in Greek alone)

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Additionally, in A.D. 303, the Roman emperor Diocletian ordered that Christians be killed and the biblical

manuscripts destroyed. Hundreds if not thousands of them were destroyed across the Roman Empire during this

persecution, which lasted until A.D. 311.

Homer’s Iliad is the number 2 manuscript authority. More manuscripts are found for this than any other classical

work. Right now we have about 1,820 copies of it. But for the Bible we have 66,000 manuscripts and scrolls of the

Bible. According to these statistics, if anyone is sceptical of the New Testament documents, they should be far

more so of all other ancient works including Caesar, Plato and Homer. If you were to stack all of the documents

in the Greek language of ancient antiquity other than the New Testament, it would reach 4 feet high, the Greek

New Testament manuscripts would reach 1 mile high!

For more information on Biblical manuscripts, visit:

https://1c15.co.uk/how-many-copies-exist-and-how-large-is-the-time-gap/

With all the fact and logic out of the way, the only real way that you can tell if God exists is to earnestly seek Him

for yourself. Read the Bible and try to discover who He really is, what He's done in the past, what His future plans

are, and you will soon discover the love He demonstrates to us daily. You may find that He's already knocking on

the door to your heart, waiting for you to open it and invite Him in.

A friend of mine once read through the Bible, solely to disprove God's existence. Long story short, he's now a

believer. Either way, if you want an answer - you have to put in the time and commit to it. Additionally you

should pray for Him to reveal Himself - even if you don't currently believe He exists.

The Universe

The Universe (By Marilyn Adamson)

Scientists are convinced to a fault that our universe began with one enormous explosion of energy and light,

which we call the Big Bang. Apparently, this was the singular start to everything that exists: the beginning of the

universe, the start of space, and even the initial start of time itself. Astrophysicist Robert Jastrow, a self-described

agnostic, stated:

"The seed of everything that has happened in the Universe was planted in that first instant; every star, every planet

and every living creature in the universe came into being as a result of events that were set in motion in the

moment of the cosmic explosion...The Universe flashed into being, and we cannot find out what caused that to

happen."

The universe has not always existed. It had a start, but what caused it? Scientists have no explanation for the

sudden explosion of light and matter.

In a book entitled "Science Speaks" by Peter Stoner, he presents scientific evidence in behalf of the creation.

Firstly he explains that science had previously taught creation was impossible since matter could not be destroyed

or created. He also points out that atomic physics had now proved that energy can be turned into matter and

matter into energy. Additionally he considers the order of creation as presented in Genesis 1:1-13 and presents

argument after argument from a scientific viewpoint why it only could have been created in that order.

Stoner asks, “What chance did Moses have when writing the first chapter (of Genesis) of getting thirteen items all

accurate and in satisfactory order?” His calculations conclude it would be 1 chance in

31,135,104,000,000,000,000,000 (thirty-one sextillion). He concludes, “Perhaps God wrote such an account in

Genesis so that in these latter days, when science has greatly developed, we would be able to verify His account

and know for a certainty that God created this planet and the life on it.”

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The Universe (By Chuck Missler)

The Nature of Light

Not only have recent scientific articles highlighted the discoveries that the speed of light has changed over the

centuries (something that Barry Setterfield has been declaring for decades) the very nature of light has ripped open

the entire world of quantum physics that has shattered our concepts of reality itself.

The changes in the velocity of light not only impacts our understanding of the astronomical distances and

properties, it affects the atomic behaviour involved in the red shift of spectra, the reliability of radiological dating,

etc. It is the peculiar properties of photons themselves that continue to astonish the quantum physicists wrestling

with the very nature of our physical existence. It is now recognized that subatomic particles lack a property known

as "locality." All subatomic particles are now understood to be immediately connected. There is a simultaneity - a

"non-locality" - among all photons that has been confirmed in the laboratory. It now appears that our entire

universe may actually be a gigantic hologram of some kind.

The Fabric of Space

Most of us assume that space is simply an empty vacuum with nothing "in it." However, it is increasingly evident

that even empty space has astonishing properties that have yet to be fully understood. We now know that this

"firmament," (raqia ) which the Scripture presents, possesses electromagnetic properties including dielectric

permittivity, magnetic permeability, an intrinsic impedance, and has an astonishing "zero-point" energy sufficient

to keep all the electrons in the entire universe in their orbits. The term "stretching the heavens" appears at least 17

times in the Scriptures.

According to the Scriptures, the heavens can be "torn," "worn out" like a garment, "shaken," "burnt up," "split

apart" like a scroll, rolled up" like a mantle or a scroll. The concept of being "rolled up" carries some additional

insights. There must be some dimension in which space is "thin." If space can be "bent," there must be a direction

it can be bent toward. Thus, this tells us that there must be additional dimensions beyond those of space itself.

It is now understood that we live in even more than four dimensions: ten dimensions is the current estimate

(which is precisely what Nachmonides concluded in his commentary on Genesis back in the 13th century!) The

more we understand from the current perspectives of modern physics, the more comfortable we are with the

chronicle in Genesis One.

The Architecture of the Solar System

The more we study our solar system, the more questions get raised. Here, too, the prevailing assumptions that are

broadly taught are totally specious. The "Nebular Hypothesis," that the planets were somehow thrown off by the

sun, is mathematically untenable. There is no plausible explanation that would support a solar origin of the

planets.

The sun contains 99.86% of all the mass of the solar system, and yet contains only 1.9% of the angular

momentum. The nine planets contain 98.1%. Furthermore, the outer planets are far larger than the inner ones.

(Jupiter is 5,750 times as massive as mercury, 2,958 times as massive as Mars, etc.)

There are many other provocative enigmas concerning our planetary history:

 There are three pairs of rapid-spin rates among our planets: Mars and Earth, Jupiter and Saturn, and

Neptune and Uranus, are each within 3% of each other. Why?

 Earth and Mars have virtually identical spin axis tilts (about 23.5). Why? (From angular momentum and

orbital calculations, it would seem that the three pairs of these planets may have been brought here from

elsewhere.)

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 Why does Mars have 93% of its craters in one hemisphere and only 7% in the other? It would appear that

over 80% occurred within a single half-hour!

It's almost as if God designed it to challenge any naturalistic hypotheses!

The Bible

The Bible (By Marilyn Adamson)

God's word to us which has lasted 2,000 years so far. He was but a man with 12 disciples which has profoundly

grown to be the largest religion of our day. The Bible can speak to us through the ages and transcends through

time, it was the same when it was created, it is the same now, and it will be the same word of God forever more.

There has been divine intervention involved in the creation on the Bible where every letter, and symbol has been

placed there by the father in heaven. It's so complex that we're still finding new facts about it today such as hidden

codes that point to a creation outside our dimension and the fact that the creator had to be outside our space time

to prophecise the future so accurately.

This section is split into many subsections because the Bible IS the primary way that God proves Himself to us.

To prove the content in the Bible is from God first we have to authenticate that the Bible is the same today as

when it was written as discussed below by Chuck Missler.

If you want to watch a 15 minute video instead of reading the sections below, I recommend "Why Should I Trust

the Bible?" by Impact Video Ministries on YouTube. You can find it here:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtNcbu5oHQU and here: www.fluidicice.com/salvation as a backup if YouTube

has taken it down.

"And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free" John 8:32

The Christian Scriptures are historically outstanding, deserving serious consideration. One could even say that the

history of the Bible is so compelling that to doubt the Bible is to doubt history itself since the Bible is the most

historically verifiable book of all antiquity. The only book more historically verifiable than the Old Testament (the

Hebrew Bible) is the New Testament. Consider the following:

 More manuscripts exist for the New Testament than for any other of antiquity—it has 5,000 ancient

Greek manuscripts, 24,000 in all including other languages. The multiplicity of manuscripts allows for a

tremendous research base by which we can test the texts against each other and identify what the originals

said.

 The manuscripts of the New Testament are closer in age to the originals than are any other document of

antiquity. All of the originals were written within the time of the contemporaries (eyewitnesses), in the

first century A.D., and we currently have parts of manuscript dating back to A.D. 125. Whole book

copies surface by A.D. 200, and the complete New Testament can be found dating back to A.D. 250.

Having all the books of the New Testament initially written within the times of eyewitnesses means that

the books did not have time to devolve into myth and folklore. Plus, their truth claims were held

accountable by members of the Church who, as personal witnesses to the events, could check the facts.

 The New Testament documents are more accurate than any other of antiquity. John R. Robinson in

Honest to God reports that the New Testament documents are 99.9 percent accurate (most accurate of

any complete antique book). Bruce Metzger, an expert in the Greek New Testament, suggests a more

modest 99.5 percent.

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How We Got Our Bible

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The Bible is the single most important book of all time, selling an estimated 5 billion copies. It has been translated

into 349 languages, and 2,123 languages have at least one book of the Bible. At the same time, the Bible is

scrutinized and attacked more than any other book in the world. It has been outlawed, confiscated and burned at

different times and places in history. It has been smuggled into jail cells and across borders.

John Huss was burned at the stake for teaching from the Bible as the final authority for the Church over any

earthly church rulers. William Tyndale was strangled and burned for translating the Bible into English. Every

week, millions of Christians gather to discuss its words, even as “higher” critics attempt to explain it through the

lens of metaphysical naturalism. What we believe about the Bible can be the most important, central issue in our

lives, threading its way into the very fabric of who we are and how we live each day.

Where did the Bible come from? Why do we believe its origin is supernatural? Who defined the canon of

Scripture? Most importantly, is the Bible the Word of God? You and I are gambling our eternity on the answer to

that last question. Why do we believe God is the author of the Bible, and can each one of us defend that belief?

Dark times are on the horizon, and it is increasingly important that we learn to live by faith. Where we place our

faith fully depends on how we view the Scriptures.

TheNatureofReality

Within recent years, many members of Protestant denominational churches and the Roman Catholic Church have

turned away from the Bible as the fully inspired Word of God. We hear arguments that the Bible contradicts itself

or that it contradicts the “truths” of modern culture and science. Many people say the Bible contains the Word of

God, but cannot be relied on to be the Word of God in all its entirety. This is a key issue. Is the Bible really true?

TwoWorldViews

Ultimately, there are two basic world views we can hold. One view regards everything we experience as the result

of some cosmic accident. “In the Beginning there was nothing, and then it exploded.” The other view is that

everything we experience is the deliberate result of a Creator. Of course, there are numerous variations on each of

these views, but each of us must decide where we will place our trust. Each of these world views holds possible

solutions to the biggest puzzles of life:

Who am I?, Where did I come from?, Where am I going?, To whom am I accountable?, It is ultimately important

that we find the true answers to these questions.

You and I live in a time of rebellion and self-worship. Parental and marital authority are challenged in the homes

and courts. Political, academic and ecclesiastical authority are challenged across the land. Here, near the very

beginning, we are introduced to Satan, the serpent, our adversary, and the first thing we see him do is question

God’s Word. “Yea, hath God said?”

His next step is to slander God’s character with straight denial. “Ye shall not surely die,” (Gen 3:4). Thus, Satan

encouraged the rejection of God’s authority at the very beginning, while humanity was yet in its infancy. Eve

failed to trust God, Adam followed her in directly disobeying what God had told him, and humankind lost

everything as a result.

"Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to

the woman, “Has God indeed said, ‘You shall not eat of every tree of the garden’?”" Genesis 3:1

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We find the same pattern today. A number of social indicators deteriorate rapidly after 1963 in the United States.

There were fewer than 10 births per 1000 unmarried teen women (ages 15-19) prior to 1947, and between 1955

and 1964, the number remained steadily between 15 and 16. After 1964, however, the numbers of teenagers giving

birth out of wedlock climbed steadily during the next 30 years to more than 46 births per 1000 teen women in

1994.

Divorce rates escalated, families broke up, crime rates rose, and the acceptance of homosexuality became

commonplace. As of 2015, more than 58 million unborn children have been murdered in the United States

because they were considered inconvenient. Fifty-eight million. That is nearly ten times the number of Jewish

victims in the Holocaust.

It’s noteworthy that in 1963, as a result of the combined court cases Abington School District v. Schempp and

Murray v. Curlett, the U.S. Supreme Court banned school-led reading of the Bible and recital of the Lord’s Prayer.

These court cases alleged to uphold the principles of freedom and human dignity, yet the end result of turning our

backs on God has been destruction and misery. As we choose our own way over God’s way, we’re losing

everything.

There is little dignity in divorce or high crime rates. It is ironic that the elements we most desire in life are rarely

attained through our own weak wisdom and fleshly desires. After trying our own methods, over and over again we

have had to learn that we experience human dignity and true freedom only through moral obedience and

accountability to the Creator who fashioned human beings for a high spiritual destiny.

FacingtheSceptics 

Sceptics have brutally attacked the Bible throughout history, and during the past century it has become popular

among intellectuals to regard the Bible as merely a conglomeration of Jewish writings. It’s considered respectable

to dispute the authorship of the books of the Bible and to disregard fulfilled prophecy as events reported after-

the-fact.

In 1898, Hermann Schultz, professor of Theology at the University of Gottingen, declared:

"Of the legendary character of the pre-Mosaic narrators, the time of which they treat

is a sufficient proof. It was a time prior to all knowledge of writing, a time separated

by an interval of more than four hundred years, of which there is absolutely no

history."

Yet, the patriarchal accounts in the Bible have been corroborated by archaeological evidence. The information we

have of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob matches the culture we know of that time in history. Job, the contemporary of

Abraham, had the ability to write. Sumerian cuneiform writing certainly predates Moses by much more than 400

years; Ira Spar at the Metropolitan Museum of Art notes that, “By the middle of the third millennium B.C.,

cuneiform primarily written on clay tablets was used for a vast array of economic, religious, political, literary, and

scholarly documents.” The old criticism that no written language existed in Moses’ day has been proven to be

false.

The theories that the Gospels and the Epistles were written in the second century, over a hundred years after the

fact, have been shredded and refuted by archaeological discoveries, documentary discoveries and competent

analysis. The common sceptical assertions thrown about in “academic” circles can be shown to be short-sighted.

As we read the Bible, we find there are a number of highly significant verses found at the address “3:16.”

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John 3:16

"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in

Him should not perish but have everlasting life."

1 John 3:16

"By this we know love, because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down

our lives for the brethren."

1 Corinthians 3:16

"Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?"

2 Timothy 3:16

"All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for

correction, for instruction in righteousness"

2 Timothy 3:16 is one of these significant “3:16” verses — a little fact that makes it easy to remember its address.

This particular verse gives us a foundational message, and we should read it carefully and take it to heart:

“All scripture is given by inspiration of God…” Note this verse says, “All Scripture” — not just certain passages

that we might select because we like them best. If we accept only those parts of the Bible that suit us and reject

the others, then we are believing in ourselves and our own (unreliable) judgment rather than in the Scripture.

The word “inspiration” in the Greek, θεόπνευστος — theopneustos — means “God-breathed.” That is, the

Scriptures were not just influenced by good ideas about God; they were actually infused into human beings by the

Spirit of God, who breathed into the hearts and minds of the Bible’s authors.

All Scripture “is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction.” Doctrine is about teaching correct

understanding while reproof is involved in addressing wrong conduct and correction deals with wrong

understanding. As we study the epistles of Paul, for example, we discover that while Romans is a doctrinal

statement of Soteriology (the study of salvation), 1 Corinthians was sent to reprove wrong conduct and Galatians

to correct wrong doctrine.

Again, Ephesians presents the doctrine of Ecclesiology (the study of this mystical thing we call the “Church”),

while Philippians then presents the reproof and Colossians presents the correction for the Church. 1 and 2

Thessalonians present the doctrine of Eschatology (the study of the last things), and 1 and 2 Peter and Revelation

continue that theme.

The more we study the Bible, the more we discover that it’s very well organized specifically for its purposes.

This article was from Dr. Chuck Missler’s book How We Got Our Bible, available in print, eBook and in Kindle

format from Amazon. May God bless each one of us as we absorb this material and press onward to live it out

every day.

The original Bible was written on manuscripts, these manuscripts were later compiled into the Bible as we know it

today and the more manuscripts that validate the authenticity it - the better. Caesar's life was recorded on a total

of 10 manuscripts.

What we know about Plato came from 7 manuscripts and everything about Tacitus was recorded on 20

manuscripts. The number of new testament manuscripts is a whopping 24,633 manuscripts and counting. The

next highest number of manuscripts is The Iliad coming in at about 643 manuscripts.

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Evidence of Design

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The recurrence of the number seven — or an exact multiple of seven — is found throughout the Bible and is

widely recognized. The Sabbath on the seventh day; the seven years of plenty and the seven years of famine in

Egypt; the seven priests and seven trumpets marching around Jericho; the Sabbath Year of the land are well-

known examples. Also, Solomon’s building the Temple for seven years, Naaman’s washing in the river seven

times, and the seven churches, seven lamp stands, seven seals, seven trumpets, seven bowls, seven stars, and so on

in the Book of Revelation, all show the consistent use of the number seven.

But there turns out to be much more below the surface. Ivan Panin noted the amazing numerical properties of the

Biblical texts — both the Greek of the New Testament and the Hebrew of the Old Testament. These are not only

intriguing to discover, they also demonstrate an intricacy of design which testifies to a supernatural origin!

“Don’t confuse disbelief and doubt. Doubt is healthy inquiry.

Disbelief is a willful choice.” - Chuck Missler

One of the simplest — and most provocative — aspects of the Biblical text is the vocabulary used. The number

of vocabulary words in a passage is normally different from the total number of words in a passage. Some words

are repeated. It is easy, for example, to use a vocabulary of 500 words to write an essay of 4,000 words.

The first 17 verses of the Gospel of Matthew are a logical unit, or section, which deals with a single principal

subject: the genealogy of Christ. It contains 72 Greek vocabulary words in these initial 17 verses. (The verse

divisions are man’s allocations for convenience, added in the 13th century.) The number of words which are

nouns is exactly 56, or 7 x 8.

The Greek word “the” occurs most frequently in the passage: exactly 56 times, or 7 x 8. Also, the number of

different forms in which the article “the” occurs is exactly 7.

There are two main sections in the passage: verse 1-11, and 12-17. In the first main section, the number of Greek

vocabulary words used is 49, or 7 x 7. Why not 48, or 50? Of these 49 words, the number of those beginning with

a vowel is 28, or 7 x 4. The number of words beginning with a consonant is 21, or 7 x 3. The total numbers of

letters in these 49 words is 266, or 7 x 38 - exactly! The number of vowels among these 266 letters is 140, or 7 x

20. The number of consonants is 126, or 7 x 18 - exactly.

Of the 49 words, the number of words which occur more than once is 35, or 7 x 5. The number of words

occurring only once is 14, or 7 x 2. The number of words which occur in only one form is exactly 42, or 7 x 6.

The number of words appearing in more than one form is also 7.

The number of the 49 Greek vocabulary words which are nouns is 42, or 7 x 6. The number of words which are

not nouns is 7. Of the nouns, 35 are proper names, or exactly 7 x 5. These 35 names are used 63 times, or 7 x 9.

The number of male names is exactly 28, or 7 x 4. These male names occur 56 times or 7 x 8. The number which

are not male names is 7.

Three women are mentioned — Tamar, Rahab, and Ruth. The number of Greek letters in these three names is 14,

7 x 2. The number of compound nouns is 7. The number of Greek letters in these 7 nouns is 49, or 7 x 7. Only

one city is named in this passage, Babylon, which in Greek contains exactly 7 letters.

And on it goes. To get an indication of just how unique these properties are, try the example in the inset.

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There are even more features in the numerical structure of the words themselves. As you may know, both Hebrew

and Greek uses the letters of the alphabet for numerical values. Therefore, any specific word — in either Hebrew

or Greek — has a numerical value of its own by adding up the values of the letters in that particular word. The

study of the numerical values of words is called gemetria.

The 72 vocabulary words add up to a gametrical value of 42,364, or 7 x 6,052. Exactly. If one Greek letter was

changed, this would not happen.

The 72 words appear in 90 forms — some appear in more than one form. The numeric value of the 90 forms is

54,075, or 7 x 7,725. Exactly.

We will defer other examples of gametrical properties of the Biblical text for subsequent articles, but it becomes

immediately obvious that hidden below the surface are aspects of design that cannot be accidental or just

coincidence. Remember, the rabbis say that “coincidence” is not a kosher word!

There are words in the passage just described that occur nowhere else in the New Testament. They occur 42 times

(7 x 6) and have 126 letters (7 x 18). How was this organized?

Even if Matthew contrived this characteristic into his Gospel, how could he have known that these specific words

— whose sole characteristic is that they are found nowhere else in the New Testament — were not going to be

used by the other writers? Unless we assume the absurd hypothesis that he had an agreement with them, he must

have had the rest of the New Testament before him when he wrote his book. The Gospel of Matthew, then, must

have been written last.

It so happens, however, that the Gospel of Mark exhibits the same phenomenon. It can be demonstrated that it

would have had to be written “last.” The same phenomenon is found in Luke, and in John, James, Peter, Jude and

Paul. Each would have had to write after the other in order to contrive the vocabulary frequencies! You can

demonstrate that each of the New Testament books had to have been “written last.”

There is no human explanation for this incredible and precise structure. It has all been supernaturally designed.

We simply gasp, sit back, and behold the skilful handiwork of the God who keeps His promises. And we are

indebted to the painstaking examinations and lifetime commitment of Dr. Ivan Panin for uncovering these

amazing insights.

Biblical Genealogy Codes

By Chuck Missler

The great discovery is that the Bible is a message system: it’s not simply 66 books penned by 40 authors over

thousands of years, the Bible is an integrated whole which bears evidence of supernatural engineering in every

detail. The Jewish rabbis have a quaint way of expressing this very idea: they say that they will not understand the

Scriptures until the Messiah comes.

But when He comes, He will not only interpret each of the passages for us, He will interpret the very words; He

will even interpret the very letters themselves; in fact, He will even interpret the spaces between the letters! When

I first heard this, I simply dismissed this as a colorful exaggeration. Until I reread Matthew 5:17-18:

“Think not that I have come to destroy the Torah and the prophets; I have not come to destroy but to fulfil. For

verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be

fulfilled.” Matthew 5:17-18

(A jot and tittle are the Hebrew equivalent of our dotting an i and the crossing of a t.)

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A remarkable example of this can be glimpsed in Genesis Chapter 5, where we have the genealogy of Adam

through Noah. This is one of those chapters which we often tend to skim over quickly as we pass through

Genesis, it’s simply a genealogy from Adam to Noah. But God always rewards the diligent student. Let’s examine

this chapter more closely. In our Bible, we read the Hebrew names. What do these names mean in English?

The meaning of proper names can be a difficult pursuit since a direct translation is often not readily available.

Even a conventional Hebrew lexicon can prove disappointing. A study of the original roots, however, can yield

some fascinating insights. (A caveat: many study aids, such as a conventional lexicon, can prove rather superficial

when dealing with proper nouns. Furthermore, views concerning the meanings of original roots are not free of

controversy and variant readings.)

Methuselah comes from muth, a root that means “death”; and from shalach, which means “to bring”, or “to send

forth”. The name Methuselah means, “his death shall bring”. Methuselah’s father was given a prophecy of the

coming Great Flood, and was apparently told that as long as his son was alive, the judgment of the flood would be

withheld; but as soon as he died, the flood would be brought or sent forth.

And, indeed, the year that Methuselah died, the flood came. It is interesting that Methuselah’s life, in effect, was a

symbol of God’s mercy in forestalling the coming judgment of the flood. Therefore, it is fitting that his lifetime is

the oldest in the Bible, speaking of the extensiveness of God’s mercy. If there is such significance in Methuselah’s

name, let’s examine the other names to see what may lie behind them.

Adam

Adam’s name means “man”. As the first man, that seems straight forward enough.

Seth

Adam’s son was named Seth, which means “appointed”. Eve said, “For God hath appointed me another seed

instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.”

Enosh

Seth’s son was called Enosh, which means “mortal, frail, or miserable”. It is from the root anash, “to be

incurable”, used of a wound, grief, woe, sickness, or wickedness. It was in the days of Enosh that men began to

defile the name of the Living God.

Kenan

Enosh’s son was named Kenan, which can mean “sorrow, dirge, or elegy”. (The precise denotation is somewhat

elusive; some study aids unfortunately presume that Kenan is synonymous with Cainan.) Balaam, looking down

from the heights of Moab, uses a pun upon the name of the Kenites when he prophesies their destruction. We

have no real idea as to why these names were chosen for their children. Often they may have referred to

circumstances at birth, and so on.

Mahalalel

Kenan’s son was Mahalalel, from mahalal which means blessed or praise; and El, the name for God. Thus,

Mahalalel means the “Blessed God”. Often Hebrew names include El, the name of God, as Dan-i-el, “God is my

Judge”, etc.

Jared

Mahalalel’s son was named Jared, from the verb yaradh, meaning “shall come down”.

Enoch

Jared’s son was named Enoch, which means “teaching, or commencement”. He was the first of four generations

of preachers. In fact, the earliest recorded prophecy was by Enoch, which amazingly enough deals with the

Second Coming of Christ (although it is quoted in the Book of Jude in the New Testament)

Methuselah

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Enoch was the father of Methuselah, who we have already mentioned. Enoch walked with God after he begat

Methuselah. Apparently, Enoch received the prophecy of the Great Flood, and was told that as long as his son

was alive, the judgment of the flood would be withheld. The year that Methuselah died, the flood came. Enoch, of

course, never died: he was translated (raptured). That’s how Methuselah can be the oldest man in the Bible, yet he

died before his father!

Lamech

Methuselah’s son was named Lamech, a root still evident today in our own English word, “lament or

lamentation”. Lamech suggests despairing. (This name is also linked to the Lamech in Cain’s line who

inadvertently killed his son Tubal-Cain in a hunting incident.)

Noah

Lamech, of course, is the father of Noah, which is derived from nacham, “to bring relief or comfort”, as Lamech

himself explains in Genesis 5:29.

With all the meanings combined something remarkable happens:

[Adam] Man (is) [Seth] appointed [Enosh] mortal sorrow; (but) [Mahalalel] the Blessed God [Jared] shall come

down [Enoch] teaching (that) [Methuselah] His death shall bring (the) [Lamech] despairing [Noah] rest.

“Man is appointed mortal sorrow; but the Blessed God shall come down teaching,

that His death shall bring the despairing rest.”

Here’s the Gospel hidden within a genealogy in Genesis! There's no way that a group of Jewish rabbis conspired

to hide the Christian Gospel right here in a genealogy within their venerated Torah! The implications of this

discovery are more wide spread than is evident at first glance. It demonstrates that in the earliest chapters of the

Book of Genesis, God had already laid out His plan of redemption for the predicament of mankind.

It is a love story, written in blood on a wooden cross which was erected in Judea almost 2,000 years ago. The

Bible is an integrated message system, the product of supernatural engineering. Every number, every place name,

every detail, every jot and tittle is there for our learning, our discovery, and our amazement. Truly, our God is an

awesome God.

It is astonishing to discover how many Biblical controversies seem to evaporate if one simply recognizes the unity

and the integrity of these 66 books, penned by 40 authors over thousands of years. It is remarkable how many

subtle discoveries lie behind the little details of the text. Some of these become immediately obvious with a little

study; some are more technical and require special helps.

To continue the lineage:

[Shem] The fame of [Arphaxad] the stronghold of Babylon and its boundary [Cainan] and sorrow [Shelah] extend

like a plant [Eber] beyond the region [Peleg] of division [Reu] A friend [Serug] branches out, [Nahor] snorting

[Terah] with fury!

“The fame of Babylon's fortress and sorrow extend like a plant beyond the place of division (the tower of

Babel) A friend (also) branches out, enraged with fury!”

[Abraham] The glorious father [Isaac] laughs [Jacob] as He outwits

A glorious father, the father of a multitude, laughs as he outwits (his enemy)

[Judah] one who praises Jehovah [Perez] breaks open a way [Hezron] an area surrounded by a wall [Ram] of great

height! [Amminadab] O' my people of the Prince, [Nahshon] a prophet [Salmon] clothed [Boaz] with strength,

[Obed] who serves, [Jesse] is here! [David] out of love [Solomon] His payment makes peace [Rehoboam] and sets

the people free!

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“One who praises the Lord breaks open a way (into) an area surrounded by a wall of great height. O' my

people who belong to the Prince, a prophet clothed with strength, who serves (the Lord), is here! One

well-loved, peaceful, and who sets the people free.”

[Abijah] My Father is the Lord, [Asa] the healer [Jehoshaphat] of the one whom the Lord judged [Jehoram] and

whom the Lord raised up! [Ahaziah] the Lord took hold [Joash] and the Lord is strong! [Amaziah] mighty is the

Lord! [Uzziah] my strength and help are in the Lord! [Jotham] the Lord is perfect! [Ahaz] I took hold of

[Hezekiah] the strength of the Lord, [Manasseh] and it made me forget

“My father is the Lord, the healer of him whom the Lord judged and whom the Lord raised up! The Lord

took hold (of me) and the Lord is strong! Mighty is the Lord! My strength and help are in the Lord! The

Lord is perfect! I took hold of the strength of the Lord. It made (me) forget (my misery).”

[Amon] truly, the master builder [Josiah] whom the Lord healed, [Jehoiakim] whom the Lord God raised up,

[Jehoiachin] and whom the Lord upholds, will uphold and did uphold! [Shealtiel] I have asked God about

[Pedaiah] the ransomed of the Lord, [Zerubbabel] the seed in Babylon

“Truly, (I am) the master builder whom the Lord healed, whom the Lord God raised up, whom the Lord

upholds, did uphold and will uphold! I have asked God about the ransomed of the Lord, the exiles who

are in Babylon.”

[Abiud] my father is majestic [Eliakim] my God will raise up [Azor] a helper! [Zadok] the just [Akim] will the Lord

raise up [Eliud] My God is my praise! [Eleazar] God is the helper! [Matthan] may the gift of [Jacob] Jacob [Joseph]

increase in greatness, [Jesus Christ (Emmanuel)] for God is with us! The messiah and savior of [Church] those

called out of the world.

“My father is glorious! My God will raise up a helper, the Just (one) will the Lord raise up! My God is my

praise! God will help! May the gift of Jacob increase (in greatness)! For God is with us, the messiah and

Savior of those called out (of Babylon).”

Esther Codes

By Chuck Missler

God had declared that if His people forsook Him, He would hide His face from them. Here, in this very episode,

that threat was fulfilled. But even though He was hidden from them, God still was working for them behind the

scenes. And this is further emphasized by some surprises hidden behind the text itself. It has been noted by many

commentators that Esther is the only book of the Bible in which there does not appear the name of God, or any

divine title, anywhere in the book. (Martin Luther favoured eliminating it from the Bible on this basis) However,

the name of God does appear in a number of places if one knows how and where to look!

An acrostic can be a mechanism for including a hidden message. In the Book of Esther we encounter some

remarkable surprises. The name of God is hidden no less than eight times in acrostics in the text. Four times it

appears as an acrostic, the famed Tetragammaton, "YHWH" or "Yahweh" or "YeHoVaH"; once as "EHYH" or

"I AM" as at the Burning Bush. Also, Meshiach ("Messiah"), Yeshua ("Jesus"), and El Shaddai ("The Almighty"),

also appear as equidistant letter sequences. As Gentiles, we need to remember that we are grafted into the true

olive tree by the skin of our teeth. We must not forget that we were joined into what was a Jewish Church-with

Jewish leaders, a Jewish Bible, and are worshipping a Jewish Messiah. Baruch HaShem. Bless His Name!

The more we look, the more we realize that there is still much more hidden, and thus reserved for the diligent

inquirer. (Would you expect anything less in the Word of God?) The entire drama has deeper roots. Haman was a

royal Amalekite, a descendant of the very king Agag whom King Saul was supposed to have slain (1 Sam 15:1-28).

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If Saul had followed his instructions, there wouldn't have been a Haman. For Saul's failure, his kingdom was taken

away. Mordecai, too, a key benefactor in the tale, was a result of David having refused to take vengeance upon

Shimei so many years earlier. It was Esther's marriage to the King of Persia that ultimately led to the rebuilding of

Jerusalem.

Biblical Genealogy Code

The Acrostic (By Chuck Missler)

Another type of Bible code has also been recently discovered. It occurs within the first 20 names from Adam to

Abraham and confirms the Names Code. In the original Hebrew, the first letter of each consecutive name from

Adam to Abraham's father "Terah" forms a complex acrostic. Keep in mind that Hebrew reads from right to left.

Adam = 

Seth =  

Enosh = 

Kenan =  

Mahalalel =   

Jared =  

Enoch = 

Methuselah = 

Lamech = 

Noah =  

Shem = 

Arphaxad = 

Shelah = 

Eber =  

Peleg = 

Reu =  

Serug =   

Nahor = 

Terah = 

TheEncodedGenealogical Acrostic 

The first letter of each consecutive Hebrew name from Adam to Abraham (a total of 19 names) reads:

    

"I will forgive my enemies, showing compassion,

   

forgiving those made from dust a second time."

Message on the Cross

When Pontius Pilate wrote the inscription that would be on the cross, he likely did so with the suspicion that Jesus

really was the true God and King of the Jews from all that he saw and heard. Pilate likely also felt manipulated

since the Jews kept pushing him to kill Jesus even though he found no wrong in Him so he wrote the following:

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   

This translates as, “Jesus the Nazarite and the King of the Jews.”

So, how did Pilate return the favor to the Temple rulers who forced him into condemning Jesus to die? He did so

by writing the statement of Jesus’ guilt in Hebrew in such a way that it actually portrayed Jesus as YHWH ()

Himself via an acrostic!

Hebrew is read from right to left and I've highlighted the first letter of each word in the statement above to show

the unpronounceable name of God is hidden within the statement. Since acrostics (like the above) were

commonplace in ancient Israel the Jews were outraged that Pilate put this code into the inscription above Jesus, as

evidenced by the passage below:

Luke 23 3-4

Then Pilate asked Him, saying, “Are You the King of the Jews?” He answered him and said,

“It is as you say.” So Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowd, “I find no fault in this

Man.”

John 19 19-22

Now Pilate wrote a title and put it on the cross. And the writing was:

JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS. Then many of the Jews read this title,

for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city; and it was written in Hebrew,

Greek, and Latin. Therefore the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, “Do not write, ‘The

King of the Jews,’ but, ‘He said, “I am the King of the Jews.” ’ ” Pilate answered, “What I

have written, I have written.”

This account can only be found in the book of John and provides some great insight into yet more proof that

Jesus really is the Son of God.

Complexity

By Marilyn Adamson

The complexity of our planet points to a deliberate Designer who not only created our universe, but sustains it

today. The Earth...its size is perfect. The Earth's size and corresponding gravity holds a thin layer of mostly

nitrogen and oxygen gases, only extending about 50 miles above the Earth's surface.

If Earth were smaller, an atmosphere would be impossible, like the planet Mercury. If Earth were larger, its

atmosphere would contain free hydrogen, like Jupiter. Earth is the only known planet equipped with an

atmosphere of the right mixture of gases to sustain plant, animal and human life. The Earth is located the right

distance from the sun.

Consider the temperature swings we encounter, roughly -30°C (86°F) to +120°C (248°F). If the Earth were any

further away from the sun, we would all freeze. Any closer and we would burn up. Even a fractional variance in

the Earth's position to the sun would make life on Earth impossible.

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The Earth remains this perfect distance from the sun while it rotates around the sun at a speed of nearly 67,000

mph. It is also rotating on its axis, allowing the entire surface of the Earth to be properly warmed and cooled

every day. And our moon is the perfect size and distance from the Earth for its gravitational pull. The moon

creates important ocean tides and movement so ocean waters do not stagnate, and yet our massive oceans are

restrained from spilling over across the continents.

Water...colorless, odorless and without taste, and yet no living thing can survive without it. Plants, animals and

human beings consist mostly of water (about two-thirds of the human body is water). You'll see why the

characteristics of water are uniquely suited to life:

It has wide margin between its boiling point and freezing point. Water allows us to live in an environment of

fluctuating temperature changes, while keeping our bodies a steady 37°C (98.6°F). Water is a universal solvent.

This property of water means that various chemicals, minerals and nutrients can be carried throughout our bodies

and into the smallest blood vessels.

Water is also chemically neutral. Without affecting the makeup of the substances it carries, water enables food,

medicines and minerals to be absorbed and used by the body. Water has a unique surface tension. Water in plants

can therefore flow upward against gravity, bringing life-giving water and nutrients to the top of even the tallest

trees.

Water freezes from the top down and floats, so fish can live in the winter. Ninety-seven percent of the Earth's

water is in the oceans. But on our Earth, there is a system designed which removes salt from the water and then

distributes that water throughout the globe.

Evaporation takes the ocean waters, leaving the salt, and forms clouds which are easily moved by the wind to

disperse water over the land, for vegetation, animals and people. It is a system of purification and supply that

sustains life on this planet, a system of recycled and reused water.

The human brain...simultaneously processes an amazing amount of information. Your brain takes in all the colors

and objects you see, the temperature around you, the pressure of your feet against the floor, the sounds around

you, the dryness of your mouth, even the texture of your keyboard.

Your brain holds and processes all your emotions, thoughts and memories. At the same time your brain keeps

track of the ongoing functions of your body like your breathing pattern, eyelid movement, hunger and movement

of the muscles in your hands. The human brain processes more than a million messages a second. Your brain

weighs the importance of all this data, filtering out the relatively unimportant.

This screening function is what allows you to focus and operate effectively in your world. The brain functions

differently than other organs. There is an intelligence to it, the ability to reason, to produce feelings, to dream and

plan, to take action, and relate to other people. The eye...can distinguish among seven million colors.

It has automatic focusing and handles an astounding 1.5 million messages -- simultaneously. Evolution focuses on

mutations and changes from and within existing organisms. Yet evolution alone does not fully explain the initial

source of the eye or the brain -- the start of living organisms from nonliving matter.

The Plagues of Egypt

These are the plagues of Egypt and their relationship to the plagues in Revelation. It's interesting to study for

further research and to also help verify that God's plan of revelation is all throughout the Bible.

Plague

Number

Plague Description Plague Warning? Rod Used

Relationship to

Revelation

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Waters Become Blood

(Exodus 7:14-25)

Yes Aaron's Rod

Trumpet 2: 1/3 of the

sea becomes blood

Bowl 2: Entire sea

becomes blood

Bowl 3: All rivers and

rin

s become blood

Frogs

(Exodus 8:1-15)

Yes Aaron's Rod

Revelation 16:13 "And I

saw three unclean spirits

like frogs coming out of

the mouth of the dragon,

out of the mouth of the

beast, and out of the

mouth of the false

het."

Lice

(

Exodus 8:16-19

)

No Aaron's Rod

Flies

(

Exodus 8:20-32

)

Yes No Rod

Livestock Diseased

(

Exodus 9:1-

Yes No Rod

Seal 4: Disease,

estilence and

ues

Boils

(Exodus 9:8-12)

No No Rod

Bowl 1: Loathsome

sores and pain on those

without God's seal

Hail & Fire

(Exodus 9:13-35)

Yes Moses' Rod

Trumpet 1: Hail and fire

Trumpet 7: Great hail

Bowl 7: Massive hail

Locusts

(Exodus 10:1-20)

Yes Moses' Rod

Trumpet 5: (Revelation

9:3) "Then out of the

smoke locusts came

upon the earth. And to

them was given power,

as the scorpions of the

earth have

ower."

Darkness

(

Exodus 10:21-

29)

No Moses' Rod

Bowl 5: Darkness falls

on Bab

lon

Death of the Firstborn

(Setup: Exodus 11:1-

10, Plague: Exodus

12:29-30

)

Yes

Exodus vs Revelation

 They are freed from affliction in Egypt and will be freed from the time of Jacob's trouble in Revelation

 They cry to God and are heard both times

 God will command oppressors to let them go

 Both have two witnesses with miracles performed before their enemies

 The enemies will also perform miracles

 Both contain judgements from God

 God will protect His people

 Duplicate Plagues (Blood waters, frogs, locusts, boils, hail, darkness)

 People's hearts are hardened

 Death to multitudes

 Israel will be delivered

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Daniel vs Revelation

These are the comparisons between Daniel 3 (the fiery furnace) and the events of Revelation in the Bible, both of

which have idols people are commanded to worship. The golden idol in Daniel is a 'type' of events to come in the

tribulation. 'Typology' is a set of separate events with a common recurring theme throughout the Bible.

Daniel

Revelation

Comparison

The size of the image of gold was

sixty cubits high and six cubits wide.

(

Daniel 3:1

)

In Revelation the beasts

number is 666. (Revelation

13:18

)

Daniel 3:1 & Revelation 13:18 both

have significance to a consecutive

number 6. 6 is the number of man.

They were commanded to worship

the image of gold" (Daniel 3:1)

They were commanded to

worship the beast and his

image"

(

Revelation 14:11

)

Both are images of themselves or

false gods which are demanded to

be worshipped.

You shall fall down and worship the

gold image that King

Nebuchadnezzar has set up. (Daniel

3:5)

He causes everyone to

receive a mark, that no one

may buy or sell except one

who has the mark or the

name of the beast, or the

number of his name.

(

Revelation 13:16

)

In both cases, everyone is forced to

worship the idol or receive the

mark.

Those who don't worship the idol

shall be cast into the fiery furnace.

(

Daniel 3:6

)

Those who don't take the

mark will be beheaded.

(

Revelation 20:4

)

Whoever does not take the mark or

worship the image is killed.

The Jews, Shadrach, Meshach, and

Abed-Nego refuse to bow to this idol.

The nation Israel will

likewise realize this man is

not God and will not

receive the mark or bow to

him.

Neither of God's people will bow

or submit to anyone but the true

God.

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego

are thrown into the 7 times hotter

fiery furnace.

Israel will go into the 7 year

tribulation.

The furnace is commanded by

Nebuchadnezzar to be 7 times

hotter than normal which directly

relates to the 7 year tribulation or

Daniel's 70th week.

God appeared as a fourth member in

the fiery furnace and protected them

from the flames.

God will protect Israel

during the tribulation and

ensure their survival and

needs are met.

God shields those whom He loves

and those who follow His law.

Where was Daniel during the events

of this idol worship?

Where is the Church during

the tribulation?

Daniel was off on other business

for the king, and would not have

bowed down to this idol either. The

church likewise will be raptured

before the antichrist a

ears.

DNA Code

By Marilyn Adamson

All instruction, all teaching, all training comes with intent. Someone who writes an instruction manual does so

with purpose. Did you know that in every cell of our bodies there exists a very detailed instruction code, much like

a miniature computer program? As you may know, a computer program is made up of ones and zeros, like this:

110010101011000.

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The way they are arranged tell the computer program what to do. The DNA code in each of our cells is very

similar. It's made up of four chemicals that scientists abbreviate as A, T, G, and C. These are arranged in the

human cell like this: CGTGTGACTCGCTCCTGAT and so on.

There are three billion of these letters in every human cell! Well, just like you can program your phone to beep for

specific reasons, DNA instructs the cell. DNA is a three-billion-lettered program telling the cell to act in a certain

way. It is a full instruction manual. Why is this so amazing?

One has to ask, how did this information program wind up in each human cell? These are not just chemicals.

These are chemicals that instruct, that code in a very detailed way exactly how the person's body should develop.

Natural, biological causes are completely lacking as an explanation when programmed information is involved.

You cannot find instruction, precise information like this, without someone intentionally constructing it.

God Pursues Us

By Marilyn Adamson

"I was an atheist at one time. And like many atheists, the issue of people believing in God bothered me greatly.

What is it about atheists that we would spend so much time, attention, and energy refuting something that we

don't believe even exists?! What causes us to do that? When I was an atheist, I attributed my intentions as caring

for those poor, delusional people...to help them realize their hope was completely ill-founded.

To be honest, I also had another motive. As I challenged those who believed in God, I was deeply curious to see

if they could convince me otherwise. Part of my quest was to become free from the question of God. If I could

conclusively prove to believers that they were wrong, then the issue is off the table, and I would be free to go

about my life. I didn't realize that the reason the topic of God weighed so heavily on my mind, was because God

was pressing the issue."

"I have come to find out that God wants to be known. He created us with the intention that we would know him.

He has surrounded us with evidence of himself and he keeps the question of his existence squarely before us. It

was as if I couldn't escape thinking about the possibility of God.

In fact, the day I chose to acknowledge God's existence, my prayer began with, "Ok, you win..." It might be that

the underlying reason atheists are bothered by people believing in God is because God is actively pursuing them. I

am not the only one who has experienced this. Malcolm Muggeridge, socialist and philosophical author, wrote, "I

had a notion that somehow, besides questing, I was being pursued."

C.S. Lewis said he remembered, "...night after night, feeling whenever my mind lifted even for a second from my

work, the steady, unrelenting approach of Him whom I so earnestly desired not to meet. I gave in, and admitted

that God was God, and knelt and prayed: perhaps, that night, the most dejected and reluctant convert in all of

England."

Lewis went on to write a book titled, "Surprised by Joy" as a result of knowing God. I too had no expectations

other than rightfully admitting God's existence. Yet over the following several months, I became amazed by his

love for me.""

Jesus Christ

By Marilyn Adamson

Why Jesus? Look throughout the major world religions and you'll find that Buddha, Muhammad, Confucius and

Moses all identified themselves as teachers or prophets. None of them ever claimed to be equal to God.

Surprisingly, Jesus did. That is what sets Jesus apart from all the others.

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He said God exists and you're looking at him. Though he talked about his Father in heaven, it was not from the

position of separation, but of very close union, unique to all humankind. Jesus said that anyone who had seen

Him had seen the Father, anyone who believed in him, believed in the Father. He said, "I am the light of the

world, he who follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."

He claimed attributes belonging only to God: to be able to forgive people of their sin, free them from habits of

sin, give people a more abundant life and give them eternal life in heaven. Unlike other teachers who focused

people on their words, Jesus pointed people to himself. He did not say, "follow my words and you will find truth."

He said, "I am the way, the truth, and the life, no one comes to the Father but through me."

What proof did Jesus give for claiming to be divine? He did what people can't do. Jesus performed miracles. He

healed people...blind, crippled, deaf, even raised a couple of people from the dead. He had power over

objects...created food out of thin air, enough to feed crowds of several thousand people.

He performed miracles over nature...walked on top of a lake, commanding a raging storm to stop for some

friends. People everywhere followed Jesus, because he constantly met their needs, doing the miraculous. He said if

you do not want to believe what I'm telling you, you should at least believe in me based on the miracles you're

seeing.

Jesus Christ showed God to be gentle, loving, aware of our self-centeredness and shortcomings, yet deeply

wanting a relationship with us. Jesus revealed that although he views us as sinners, worthy of his punishment, his

love for us ruled and he came up with a different plan. God himself took on the form of man and accepted the

punishment for our sin on our behalf. Sounds ludicrous?

Perhaps, but many loving fathers would gladly trade places with their child in a cancer ward if they could. The

Bible says that the reason we would love God is because he first loved us. Jesus died in our place so we could be

forgiven. Of all the religions known to humanity, only through Jesus will you see God reaching toward humanity,

providing a way for us to have a relationship with him. Jesus proves a divine heart of love, meeting our needs,

drawing us to himself.

Because of Jesus' death and resurrection, he offers us a new life today. We can be forgiven, fully accepted by God

and genuinely loved by God. He says, "I have loved you with an everlasting love, therefore I have continued my

faithfulness to you." This is God, in action. Does God exist?

If you want to know, investigate Jesus Christ. We're told that "God so loved the world that he gave his only Son,

that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life." God does not force us to believe in him,

though he could. Instead, he has provided sufficient proof of his existence for us to willingly respond to him.

The earth's perfect distance from the sun, the unique chemical properties of water, the human brain, DNA, the

number of people who attest to knowing God, the gnawing in our hearts and minds to determine if God is there,

the willingness for God to be known through Jesus Christ. If you need to know more about Jesus and reasons to

believe in him, please see: Beyond Blind Faith.

Israel Restored to the Land

The Disapora

The Bible is essentially a story of redemption for humanity but it particularly focuses on God's chosen people, the

Jews. This isn't a flawless people, they made mistakes like the rest of us, however the biggest one would be their

rejection of the Messiah when He rode into Jerusalem on a donkey. Because of this Jesus says that they will soon

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be dispersed across the earth, to be regathered in Jerusalem once again when the time is right. This is known as

the Diaspora.

Below are the verses predicting the dispersion of the Jews.

Deuteronomy 28:64

"“Then the Lord will scatter you among all peoples, from one end of the earth to the other,

and there you shall serve other gods, which neither you nor your fathers have known—wood

and stone."

Ezekiel 36:19

"So I scattered them among the nations, and they were dispersed throughout the countries; I

judged them according to their ways and their deeds."

Ezekiel 6:8

"“Yet I will leave a remnant, so that you may have some who escape the sword among the

nations, when you are scattered through the countries."

The Rebirth of Israel

The most astonishing fulfilled prophecy within the last 100 years is certainly the return of Israel as a state. Around

722 B.C., the Assyrians invaded and destroyed the northern kingdom of Israel. In 134 A.D, the Roman Empire

also invaded forcing the Israelites to flee. However, on the 14th of May 1948 Israel was resurrected again as a

country. Anyone can look at a map today (If you aren't in an Islamic country) and see Israel. No country in the

history of the world has ever come back again from nothing, especially after nearly 2,000 years. Not to mention

how thinly the Jews have been spread and the fact that multiple satanic leaders (such as Hitler) have tried to wipe

the Jews from existence multiple times.

Isaiah 43:5-6

Fear not, for I am with you; I will bring your descendants from the east, And gather you from

the west; I will say to the north, ‘Give them up!’ And to the south, ‘Do not keep them back!’

Bring My sons from afar, And My daughters from the ends of the earth—

Regathering to Israel

Isaiah 43:6 speaks of Russia when it mentions 'the North', and the phrase "Give them up" was a declaration from

God since Russia wouldn't let the Jews return to Israel until the Soviet Union fell. The same applies to Ethiopia in

the South who refused to let the Jews return to their country, however once their country also began to crumble

in 1991 the Israeli's initiated the campaign "Operation Solomon" to return the Jews to their homeland. This

operation lasted 36 hours and transported 14,325 Ethiopian Jews to Israel. Incredibly, one of the aircraft, carried

at least 1,088 people, including two babies who were born on the flight, and holds the world record for the most

passengers on an aircraft.

Isaiah 11:11-12

It shall come to pass in that day that the Lord shall set His hand again the second time

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To recover the remnant of His people who are left, From Assyria and Egypt, From Pathros

and Cush, From Elam and Shinar, From Hamath and the islands of the sea. He will set up a

banner for the nations, And will assemble the outcasts of Israel, And gather together the

dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.

Jeremiah 31:8

Behold, I will bring them from the north country, And gather them from the ends of the earth,

Among them the blind and the lame, The woman with child And the one who labors with

child, together; A great throng shall return there.

A few of the flights from Ethiopia even landed with more passengers than they took off with, showing the

intricate detail in the Bible and proving that there were pregnant mothers on the flight. Even though it's not

mentioned, I guarantee that there would have been at least one blind and one lame person on those flights.

Barren Israel

During the absence of the Jews, the Bible says that Israel will be a barren wilderness.

Isaiah 35:1-2

The wilderness and the wasteland shall be glad for them, And the desert shall rejoice and

blossom as the rose; It shall blossom abundantly and rejoice, Even with joy and singing. The

glory of Lebanon shall be given to it, The excellence of Carmel and Sharon. They shall see the

glory of the Lord, The excellency of our God.

Prior to Israel entering and nurturing the land on 14 May 1948, it was a barren desert and wasteland in which little

could have survived:

Alfon Lamartine, From – Recollections from the East

"Outside the walls of Jerusalem we saw no living being, heard no living voice. We encountered that desolation and

that deadly silence which we would have expected to find at the ruined gates of Pompey. A total eternal dread

spell envelopes the city, the highways and the villages." "A solitude to make one dreary, unpeopled deserts, rusty

mounds of barrenness."

Mark Twain, From - The Innocents Abroad

"A blistering, naked treeless land. The further we went the hotter the sun got and the more rocky, bare, repulsive

and dreary the landscape had become." He spoke of the villages as "Ugly cramped, squalid, uncomfortable and

fifthy." "There was hardly a tree or shrub anywhere. Even the olive and the cactus, those were fast friends of a

worthless soil, had almost deserted the country." "It truly is monotonous and uninviting. It is a hopeless, dreary,

heart-broken land."

Israel Flourishing

When the Jews return to their land, this once 'barren wilderness' will begin to prosper and bear fruit, eventually

flourishing like the garden of Eden.

Joel 2:21-24

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Fear not, O land; Be glad and rejoice, For the Lord has done marvellous things! Do not be

afraid, you beasts of the field; For the open pastures are springing up,

And the tree bears its fruit; The fig tree and the vine yield their strength. Be glad then, you

children of Zion, And rejoice in the Lord your God; For He has given you the former rain

faithfully, And He will cause the rain to come down for you—The former rain, And the latter

rain in the first month. The threshing floors shall be full of wheat, And the vats shall overflow

with new wine and oil.

Ezekiel 36:33-36

‘Thus says the Lord God: “On the day that I cleanse you from all your iniquities, I will also

enable you to dwell in the cities, and the ruins shall be rebuilt. The desolate land shall be tilled

instead of lying desolate in the sight of all who pass by. So they will say, ‘This land that was

desolate has become like the garden of Eden; and the wasted, desolate, and ruined cities are

now fortified and inhabited.’ Then the nations which are left all around you shall know that I,

the Lord, have rebuilt the ruined places and planted what was desolate. I, the Lord, have

spoken it, and I will do it.”

Today, not only has the land been restored but the nation of Israel is a mini super power. Israel is leading the

world in water technology, military technology, digital security, agriculture and many more.ⁿ

 Agriculture: 19/113

 Economy: 5/95

 Happiness: 11/156

 Military: Rank 15/133

 Space: 5/50

Fulfilled Prophecies

The Messiah Will Be Born In Bethlehem

Prophecy

Micah 5:2

“But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, Though you are little among the thousands of Judah, Yet out

of you shall come forth to Me The One to be Ruler in Israel, Whose goings forth are from of

old, From everlasting.”

Fulfilment

Matthew 2:1-6

Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise

men from the East came to Jerusalem, saying, “Where is He who has been born King of the

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Jews? For we have seen His star in the East and have come to worship Him.” When Herod

the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. And when he had gathered

all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he inquired of them where the Christ

was to be born. So they said to him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for thus it is written by the

prophet: ‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, Are not the least among the rulers of

Judah; For out of you shall come a Ruler Who will shepherd My people Israel.’ ”

Luke 2:4-5, 7, 15

John 7:42

The Messiah Will Be Born Of A Virgin

Prophecy

Isaiah 7:14

"Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a

Son, and shall call His name Immanuel."

Fulfilment

Matthew 1:20-23

But while he thought about these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a

dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take to you Mary your wife, for that

which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall

call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.” So all this was done that it

might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying: “Behold, the

virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel,” which is

translated, “God with us.”

The Messiah Will Be A Prophet Like Moses

Prophecy

Deuteronomy 18:15

“The Lord your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from your midst, from your

brethren. Him you shall hear"

Fulfilment

John 7:40-42

Therefore many from the crowd, when they heard this saying, said, “Truly this is the

Prophet.” Others said, “This is the Christ.” But some said, “Will the Christ come out of

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Galilee? Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes from the seed of David and from the

town of Bethlehem, where David was?”

Acts 3:20-23

and that He may send Jesus Christ, who was preached to you before, whom heaven must

receive until the times of restoration of all things, which God has spoken by the mouth of all

His holy prophets since the world began. For Moses truly said to the fathers, ‘The Lord your

God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from your brethren. Him you shall hear in all

things, whatever He says to you. And it shall be that every soul who will not hear that

Prophet shall be utterly destroyed from among the people.’

The Messiah Will Be Tempted By Satan

Prophecy

Psalm 91:10-12

"No evil shall befall you, Nor shall any plague come near your dwelling; For He shall give

His angels charge over you, To keep you in all your ways. In their hands they shall bear you

up, Lest you dash your foot against a stone."

Fulfilment

Matthew 4:5-7

Then the devil took Him up into the holy city, set Him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said

to Him, “If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down. For it is written: ‘He shall give His

angels charge over you,’ and, ‘In their hands they shall bear you up, Lest you dash your foot

against a stone.’ ” Jesus said to him, “It is written again, ‘You shall not tempt the Lord your

God.’ ”

The Messiah Will Enter Jerusalem Triumphantly

Prophecy

Zechariah 9:9

“Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your King is

coming to you; He is just and having salvation, Lowly and riding on a donkey, A colt, the foal

of a donkey."

Fulfilment

Matthew 21:8-11

And a very great multitude spread their clothes on the road; others cut down branches from

the trees and spread them on the road. Then the multitudes who went before and those who

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followed cried out, saying: “Hosanna to the Son of David! ‘Blessed is He who comes in the

name of the Lord!’ Hosanna in the highest!” And when He had come into Jerusalem, all the

city was moved, saying, “Who is this?” So the multitudes said, “This is Jesus, the prophet

from Nazareth of Galilee.”

Luke 19:35-37

John 12:12-15

The Messiah Will Be Rejected By His Own People

Prophecy

Isaiah 53:1

"He is despised and rejected by men, A Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. And we

hid, as it were, our faces from Him; He was despised, and we did not esteem Him."

Fulfilment

John 1:10-11

He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know

Him. He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him.

John 12:37-38

But although He had done so many signs before them, they did not believe in Him, that the

word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spoke: “Lord, who has believed our

report? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”

Matthew 26:3-4

Then the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders of the people assembled at the palace of the

high priest, who was called Caiaphas, and plotted to take Jesus by trickery and kill Him.

The Messiah Will Be Betrayed By One Of His Followers

Prophecy

Psalm 41:9

"Even my own familiar friend in whom I trusted, Who ate my bread, Has lifted up his heel

against me."

Psalm 55:12-13

"For it is not an enemy who reproaches me; Then I could bear it. Nor is it one who hates me

who has exalted himself against me; Then I could hide from him. But it was you, a man my

equal, My companion and my acquaintance."

Fulfilment

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Matthew 26:47

And while He was still speaking, behold, Judas, one of the twelve, with a great multitude with

swords and clubs, came from the chief priests and elders of the people.

Matthew 26:49-50

Immediately he went up to Jesus and said, “Greetings, Rabbi!” and kissed Him. But Jesus

said to him, “Friend, why have you come?” Then they came and laid hands on Jesus and took

Him.

Luke 22:21-22

But behold, the hand of My betrayer is with Me on the table. And truly the Son of Man goes

as it has been determined, but woe to that man by whom He is betrayed!”

Luke 22:47

John 13:18, 21, 26

The Messiah Will Be Betrayed For 30 Pieces Of Silver

Prophecy

Zechariah 11:12-13

"Then I said to them, “If it is agreeable to you, give me my wages; and if not, refrain.” So

they weighed out for my wages thirty pieces of silver. And the Lord said to me, “Throw it to

the potter”—that princely price they set on me. So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw

them into the house of the Lord for the potter."

Fulfilment

Matthew 26:14-16

Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests and said, “What are you

willing to give me if I deliver Him to you?” And they counted out to him thirty pieces of

silver. So from that time he sought opportunity to betray Him.

Matthew 27:3-4

Then Judas, His betrayer, seeing that He had been condemned, was remorseful and brought

back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, saying, “I have sinned by

betraying innocent blood.” And they said, “What is that to us? You see to it!”

The Messiah Will Be Tried And Condemned

Prophecy

Isaiah 53:8

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"He was taken from prison and from judgment, And who will declare His generation? For He

was cut off from the land of the living; For the transgressions of My people He was stricken."

Fulfilment

Matthew 27:1-2

When morning came, all the chief priests and elders of the people plotted against Jesus to put

Him to death. And when they had bound Him, they led Him away and delivered Him to

Pontius Pilate the governor.

Luke 23:1, 23

1 Then the whole multitude of them arose and led Him to Pilate.

23 But they were insistent, demanding with loud voices that He be crucified. And the voices

of these men and of the chief priests prevailed.

Acts 4:26-28

The Messiah Will Be Silent Before His Accusers

Prophecy

Isaiah 53:7

"He was oppressed and He was afflicted, Yet He opened not His mouth; He was led as a lamb

to the slaughter, And as a sheep before its shearers is silent, So He opened not His mouth."

Fulfilment

Matthew 27:12-14

And while He was being accused by the chief priests and elders, He answered nothing. Then

Pilate said to Him, “Do You not hear how many things they testify against You?” But He

answered him not one word, so that the governor marvelled greatly.

Mark 15:3-5

And the chief priests accused Him of many things, but He answered nothing. Then Pilate

asked Him again, saying, “Do You answer nothing? See how many things they testify

against You!” But Jesus still answered nothing, so that Pilate marvelled.

1 Peter 2:22-23

The Messiah Will Be Smitten And Spat Upon

Prophecy

Isaiah 50:6

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"I gave My back to those who struck Me, And My cheeks to those who plucked out the beard;

I did not hide My face from shame and spitting."

Micah 5:1

"Now gather yourself in troops, O daughter of troops; He has laid siege against us; They will

strike the judge of Israel with a rod on the cheek."

Fulfilment

Matthew 26:67-68

Then they spat in His face and beat Him; and others struck Him with the palms of their

hands, saying, “Prophesy to us, Christ! Who is the one who struck You?”

Matthew 27:30

Then they spat on Him, and took the reed and struck Him on the head.

Mark 14:65

Mark 15:19

John 19:1-3

Psalm 22:7-8

The Messiah Will Be Mocked And Taunted

Prophecy

Psalm 22:7-8

"All those who see Me ridicule Me; They shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying, “He

trusted in the Lord, let Him rescue Him; Let Him deliver Him, since He delights in Him!”"

Fulfilment

Matthew 27:39-40

And those who passed by blasphemed Him, wagging their heads and saying, “You who

destroy the temple and build it in three days, save Yourself! If You are the Son of God, come

down from the cross.”

Luke 23:35

And the people stood looking on. But even the rulers with them sneered, saying, “He saved

others; let Him save Himself if He is the Christ, the chosen of God.”

Luke 23:11

The Messiah To Die By Crucifixion, With Pierced Hands And Feet

Prophecy

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Psalm 22:14-16

"I am poured out like water, And all My bones are out of joint; My heart is like wax; It has

melted within Me. My strength is dried up like a potsherd, And My tongue clings to My

jaws; You have brought Me to the dust of death. For dogs have surrounded Me; The

congregation of the wicked has enclosed Me. They pierced My hands and My feet;"

Zechariah 12:10

“then they will look on Me whom they pierced..."

Fulfilment

Matthew 27:31

And when they had mocked Him, they took the robe off Him, put His own clothes on Him,

and led Him away to be crucified.

Mark 15:20

And when they had mocked Him, they took the purple off Him, put His own clothes on Him,

and led Him out to crucify Him.

John 19:15-16

But they cried out, “Away with Him, away with Him! Crucify Him!” Pilate said to them,

“Shall I crucify your King?” The chief priests answered, “We have no king but Caesar!”

Then he delivered Him to them to be crucified. Then they took Jesus and led Him away.

The Messiah Will Suffer With Sinners

Prophecy

Isaiah 53:12

"Therefore I will divide Him a portion with the great, And He shall divide the spoil with the

strong, Because He poured out His soul unto death, And He was numbered with the

transgressors, And He bore the sin of many, And made intercession for the transgressors."

Fulfilment

Matthew 27:38

Then two robbers were crucified with Him, one on the right and another on the left.

Mark 15:27

Two criminals were crucified with Him, their crosses on either side of His.

Luke 23:32-33

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There were also two others, criminals, led with Him to be put to death. And when they had

come to the place called Calvary, there they crucified Him, and the criminals, one on the right

hand and the other on the left.

The Messiah’s Garments Will Be Divided By Casting Lots

Prophecy

Psalm 22:18

"They divide My garments among them, And for My clothing they cast lots."

Fulfilment

Matthew 27:35

Then they crucified Him, and divided His garments, casting lots, that it might be fulfilled

which was spoken by the prophet: “They divided My garments among them, And for My

clothing they cast lots.”

John 19:23-24

Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took His garments and made four parts, to

each soldier a part, and also the tunic. Now the tunic was without seam, woven from the top

in one piece. They said therefore among themselves, “Let us not tear it, but cast lots for it,

whose it shall be,” that the Scripture might be fulfilled which says: “They divided My

garments among them, And for My clothing they cast lots. "Therefore the soldiers did these

things.

Mark 15:24

The Messiah’s Bones Will Not Be Broken

Prophecy

Numbers 9:12

"They shall leave none of it until morning, nor break one of its bones. According to all the

ordinances of the Passover they shall keep it."

Fulfilment

John 19:32-37

Then the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first and of the other who was crucified with

Him. But when they came to Jesus and saw that He was already dead, they did not break His

legs. But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately blood and water

came out. And he who has seen has testified, and his testimony is true; and he knows that he

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is telling the truth, so that you may believe. For these things were done that the Scripture

should be fulfilled, “Not one of His bones shall be broken.” And again another Scripture says,

“They shall look on Him whom they pierced.”

The Messiah Will Die As A Sin Offering

Prophecy

Isaiah 53:5-6, 8, 12

"5 But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The

chastisement for our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed. 6 All we like

sheep have gone astray; We have turned, every one, to his own way; And the Lord has laid on

Him the iniquity of us all. 12 ...Because He poured out His soul unto death, And He was

numbered with the transgressors, And He bore the sin of many, And made intercession for

the transgressors."

Fulfilment

John 1:29

The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold! The Lamb of God who

takes away the sin of the world!

Acts 10:43

To Him all the prophets witness that, through His name, whoever believes in Him will receive

remission of sins.”

Acts 13:38-39

Therefore let it be known to you, brethren, that through this Man is preached to you the

forgiveness of sins; and by Him everyone who believes is justified from all things from which

you could not be justified by the law of Moses.

1 Corinthians 15:3-4

Ephesians 1:7

1 Peter 2:24

Revelation 1:5

The Messiah Will See His Seed

Prophecy

Isaiah 53:10-11

"Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise Him; He has put Him to grief. When You make His soul an

offering for sin, He shall see His seed, He shall prolong His days, And the pleasure of the Lord

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shall prosper in His hand. He shall see the labour of His soul, and be satisfied. By His

knowledge My righteous Servant shall justify many, For He shall bear their iniquities."

Fulfilment

Ephesians 1:4-5

Just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and

without blame before Him in love, having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ

to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will

Hebrews 12:2

Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before

Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne

of God.

Ephesians 1:21-23

The Messiah Will Be Buried In A Rich Man’s Tomb

Prophecy

Isaiah 53:9

"And they made His grave with the wicked— But with the rich at His death, Because He had

done no violence, Nor was any deceit in His mouth."

Fulfilment

Psalm 16:10

"For You will not leave my soul in Sheol, Nor will You allow Your Holy One to see

corruption."

Psalm 30:3

"O Lord, You brought my soul up from the grave; You have kept me alive, that I should not

go down to the pit."

The Messiah Will Be Raised From The Dead

Prophecy

Psalm 30:3

"O Lord, You brought my soul up from the grave; You have kept me alive, that I should not

go down to the pit."

Psalm 16:10

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"For You will not leave my soul in Sheol, Nor will You allow Your Holy One to see

corruption."

Fulfilment

Matthew 28:5-7

But the angel answered and said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek

Jesus who was crucified. He is not here; for He is risen, as He said. Come, see the place where

the Lord lay. And go quickly and tell His disciples that He is risen from the dead, and indeed

He is going before you into Galilee; there you will see Him. Behold, I have told you.”

Mark 16:6-7

Acts 2:27-31

1 Corinthians 15:17, 20

The Messiah Will Sit At God’s Right Hand

Prophecy

Psalm 110:1

"The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand, Till I make Your enemies Your

footstool.”"

Fulfilment

Mark 16:19

So then, after the Lord had spoken to them, He was received up into heaven, and sat down at

the right hand of God.

Acts 2:34

“For David did not ascend into the heavens, but he says himself: ‘The Lord said to my Lord,

“Sit at My right hand"

Hebrews 10:12-13

Future Prophecies

The Bible still contains hundreds of future prophecies which still need to be fulfilled, most of them are found in

Revelation and are based around the tribulation and the millennium. Below are a few prophecies which will soon

come to pass, keep an eye out as this is the ultimate proof that there is a God, that He is outside of space and time

and that He loves you.

TheDestruction ofDamascus(Isaiah17) 

Damascus will be destroyed and never inhabited again. This prophecy seems to imply that nuclear weapons are

used in a conflict with Damascus, or even a preventative attack on Israel's behalf.

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TheRapture(1Corinthians 15:52) 

Jesus calls the believing Christians home, before His wrath is poured out on the earth and Israel.

TheRussianInvasionofIsrael(Ezekiel38) 

Russia, Iran, Turkey, Libya and Syria will launch a massive combined attack against Israel but will fail due to God's

intervention which causes the complete and utter destruction of the armies.

OneWorldGovernment(Revelation 13:1 2&Daniel 7:1624)

In his apocalyptic vision in the Book of Revelation, the Apostle John sees the “beast,” also called the Antichrist,

rising out of the sea having seven heads and ten horns (Revelation 13:1). Combining this vision with Daniel’s

similar one (Daniel 7:16-24), we can conclude that some sort of world system will be inaugurated by the beast, the

most powerful “horn,” who will defeat the other nine and will begin to wage war against Christians and Jews. The

ten-nation confederacy is also seen in Daniel’s image of the statue in Daniel 2:41-42, where he pictures the final

world government consisting of ten entities represented by the ten toes of the statue. Whoever the ten are and

however they come to power, scripture is clear that the beast will either destroy them or control them.

John goes on to describe the ruler of this vast empire as having power and great authority, given to him by Satan

himself (Revelation 13:2), being followed by and receiving worship from “all the world” (Rev 13:3-4), and having

authority over “every tribe, people, language and nation” (Rev 13:7). From this description, it is logical to assume

that this person is the leader of the one world government which is recognized as sovereign over all other

governments.

OneWorldReligion(Revelation17:118)

The one-world religion described in Revelation 17:1-18 as “the great harlot” will be part of the end-times scenario.

The term harlot is used throughout the Old Testament as a metaphor for false religion. The actual identity and

makeup of the religion has been debated for centuries and has resulted in a number of different views among

Bible commentators and theologians. There are convincing arguments for the one world religion spawning from

Catholicism.

TheWorldwide'Mark'(Revelation 13:16 17)

The antichrist will force everyone on the planet to receive his mark on either their right hand or their forehead.

Revelation 13:16-17

"He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their

right hand or on their foreheads, and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark

or the name of the beast, or the number of his name."

Prophecy Odds

When we think of chance we imagine the odds of rolling a 3 (1 in 6) or getting a royal flush in poker (1 in

649,740), but what about the odds of one man fulfilling everyone single one of the prophecies in the Bible?

What's the likelihood of a person today predicting the exact city in which the birth of a future leader would take

place? This is what the prophet Micah did 700 years before the Messiah. Again, what is the likelihood of

predicting the specific date of the appearance of some great future leader, hundreds of years in advance? This is

what Daniel did, 530 years before Christ.

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Further, what is the likelihood of predicting the precise manner of death that a new, unknown religious leader

would experience, a thousand years from now—a manner of death presently unknown, and to remain unknown

for hundreds of years? Yet, this is what David prophecised in 1000 BC. If one were to conceive 50 specific

prophecies about a person in the future, whom one would never meet, just what's the likelihood that this person

will fulfill all 50 of the predictions? How much less would this likelihood be if 25 of these predictions were about

what other people would do to him, and were completely beyond his control?

For example, how does someone "arrange" to be born in a specific family? There are approximately 456

prophecies that the Bible says the messiah would fulfill when He came. This is a lot to work with so let's start with

8 of them.

In Micah 5:2, where it states the Messiah would be born in Bethlehem Ephrathah, professor Stoner and his

students determined the average population of Bethlehem from the time of Micah to the present; then they

divided it by the average population of the earth during the same period. They concluded that the chance of one

man being born in Bethlehem was 1 in 280,000, or one in 2.8 x 10^5 — rounded.

From the Book: Science Speaks by Peter Stoner

Stoners 8 Prophecies:

1.TheMessiahwillbeborninBethlehem(Micah5:2). 

The average population of Bethlehem from the time of Micah to the present (1958) divided by the

average population of the earth during the same period = 7,150/2,000,000,000

Estimate: 1 in 280,000 or 2.8×10^5.

2.Amessengerwillprepare thewayfor theMessiah(Malachi3:1). 

One man in how many, the world over, has had a forerunner (in this case, John the Baptist) to prepare his

way?

Estimate: 1 in 1,000 or 1×10^3.

3.TheMessiahwillenterJerusalemasakingridingonadonkey(Zechariah9:9). 

One man in how many, who has entered Jerusalem as a ruler, has entered riding on a donkey?

Estimate: 1 in 100 or 1×10^2.

4.TheMessiahwillbebetrayedby afriendandsuffer woundsin Hishands

(Zechariah13:6).

One man in how many, the world over, has been betrayed by a friend, resulting in wounds in his hands?

Estimate: 1 in 1,000 or 1×10^3.

5.TheMessiahwillbe betrayedfor30piecesofsilver(Zechariah11:12). 

Of the people who have been betrayed, one in how many has been betrayed for exactly 30 pieces of

silver?

Estimate: 1 in 1,000 or 1×10^3.

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6.Thebetrayalmoney willbeused to purchaseapotter’sfield(Ze chariah 11:13).

One man in how many, after receiving a bribe for the betrayal of a friend, has returned the money, had it

refused, and then experienced it being used to buy a potter’s field?

Estimate: 1 in 100,000 or 1×10^5.

7.TheMessiahwillremainsilentwhile Heisafflicted(Isaiah53:7). 

One man in how many, when he is oppressed and afflicted, though innocent, will make no defense of

himself?

Estimate: 1 in 1,000 or 1×10^3.

8.TheMessiahwilldiebyhaving Hishandsandfeet pierced(Psalm22:16). 

One man in how many, since the time of David, has been crucified?

Estimate: 1 in 10,000 or 1×10^4.

Multiplying all these probabilities together produces a number (rounded off) of 1×10^28. Dividing this number by

an estimate of the number of people who have lived since the time of these prophecies (88 billion) produces a

probability of all 8 prophecies being fulfilled accidently in the life of one person. That probability is 1 in 10^17 or

1 in 100,000,000,000,000,000. That’s 1 in 100 quadrillion!

To visualise how large the number 10^17 is (a figure with 17 zeros), Stoner gave this illustration: 'If you mark one

of ten coins, and place all the coins in a hat, and thoroughly mix them, and then ask a blindfolded man to draw

one, his chance of getting the right ticket is one in ten. Suppose that we take 10^17 silver dollars and lay them on

the face of Texas which is 695,662 km² (Which is 85.9% of New South Wales if you're in Australia, or 126% of

France for those in the EU). They'll cover the entire state of Texas 61cm (2ft) deep.

Now mark one of these silver dollars and stir the whole mass thoroughly, all over the state. Blindfold someone

and tell them that they can travel as far as they wish, but must pick up one silver dollar and say that this is the

right one. What chance would they have of getting the right one?

Just the same chance that the prophets would've had of writing these eight prophecies and having them all come

true in any one man, from their day to the present time, providing they wrote them in their own wisdom and not

Godly intervention. To put Texas into perspective, assuming the average person walks about 6kph which is also

3.7mph (1km/10 mins or 0.6 miles/10 mins) - if you walked across Texas at that speed it would take about 8.9

days to walk the vertical length (1,289km / 801mi) or 8.6 days to walk the horizontal length (1,244km / 773mi) of

Texas.

Peter Stoner was chairman of the mathematics and astronomy departments at Pasadena City College

until 1953 when he moved to Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California.

A statistical impossibility is a probability that is so low as to not be worthy of mentioning, known in the scientific

community as Borel's Theorem. It's often quoted as 10^50 (1e-50)

(100,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000) or "100 Quindecillion". However the

cut-off is inherently arbitrary. Although not truly impossible, the probability is low enough so as to not bear

mention in a rational, reasonable argument.

According to the calculation of one person fulfilling only 8 biblical prophecies (10^17 - the calculation of 8

prophecies) it is 1.0e-31% or (0.0000000000000000000000000000001%) of 10^50 (The impossible odds). This is

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still a long way off even 1% of the statistically impossible number. So according to modern science, fulfilling 8

prophecies is still statistically possible, so let's up the game...

In another calculation, Stoner used 48 prophecies (even though he could have used 456), and arrived at the

extremely conservative estimate that the probability of them all being fulfilled by one person is the incredible

number 10^157.

(10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,0

00,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000!) (1.57

googol)

This time instead of a minute portion (1.0e-31%) of a percentage of the "impossible chance" we have 1.0e+109%

100,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,

000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 percent OVER the theoretically impossible chance, which logically must be

impossible to anyone. And yet this was only 48/456 prophecies. Any further calculations would give more 0's than

actual text.

How large is the number one in 10^157? Stoner gives an illustration of this number using electrons. Electrons are

very small objects. They're smaller than atoms. It would take 2.5 times 10^15 of them, laid side by side, to make

2.56cm (1 in). Even if we counted 250 of these electrons each minute, and counted day and night, it would still

take 19 million years just to count a line of electrons one-inch long. Another way to look at it would be ball of

silver dollars with a radius that is 30 times the distance between the earth and the sun! That's a radius of about

4,507,800,000 km, 2,801,000,000 miles or 250.6 Light-Minutes. (The distance light travels in a minute)

Let's suppose that we're taking this number of electrons, marking one, and thoroughly stirring it into the whole

mass, then blindfolding a man and letting him try to find the right one. What chance has he of finding the right

one? What kind of a pile will this number of electrons make? They make an inconceivably large volume. Keep in

mind that these prophecies were written down over 300 years before Jesus came to earth and have been verified

by scientists.

When confronted with these statistics, sceptics will often fall back on the argument that Jesus purposefully

fulfilled the prophecies. There is no doubt that Jesus was aware of the prophecies and His fulfilment of them. For

example, when He got ready to enter Jerusalem the last time, He told His disciples to find Him a donkey to ride

so that the prophecy of Zechariah could be fulfilled which said, “Behold, your King is coming to you, gentle, and

mounted on a donkey” (Matthew 21:1-5 and Zechariah 9:9).

But many of the prophecies concerning the Messiah could not be purposefully fulfilled — such as the town of His

birth (Micah 5:2) or the nature of His betrayal (Psalm 41:9), or the manner of His death (Zechariah 13:6 and

Psalm 22:16).

One of the most remarkable Messianic prophecies in the Hebrew Scriptures is the one that precisely states that

the Messiah will die by crucifixion. It is found in Psalm 22 where David prophesied the Messiah would die by

having His hands and feet pierced (Psalm 22:16). That prophecy was written 1,000 years before Jesus was born.

When it was written, the Jewish method of execution was by stoning. Therefore it would be many years before the

Romans perfected crucifixion as a method of execution.

Even when Jesus was killed, the Jews still relied on stoning as their method of execution, but they had lost the

power to implement the death penalty due to Roman occupation. That is why they were forced to take Jesus to

Pilate, the Roman governor, and that’s how Jesus ended up being crucified, in fulfilment of David’s prophecy.

Even if someone wanted - and tried to purposefully fulfill all the prophecies, why would they have gone through

with the crucifixion, as they won't have been able to claim the earthly glory afterwards?. The bottom line is that

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the fulfilment of Bible prophecy in the life of Jesus proves conclusively that He truly was God in the flesh. It also

proves that the Bible is supernatural in origin.

Prophetic Accuracy

The second section of Stoner’s book, is entitled “Prophetic Accuracy.” This is where the book becomes absolutely

fascinating. One by one, he takes major Bible prophecies concerning cities and nations and calculates the odds of

their fulfilment. The first is a prophecy in Ezekiel 26 concerning the city of Tyre. Seven prophecies are contained

in this chapter which were written in 590 BC:

1. Nebuchadnezzar shall conquer the city (vs. 7-11).

2. Other nations will assist Nebuchadnezzar (v. 3).

3. The city will be made like a bare rock (vs. 4 & 14).

4. It will become a place for the spreading of fishing nets (vs. 5 & 14).

5. Its stones and timbers will be thrown into the sea (v. 12).

6. Other cities will fear greatly at the fall of Tyre (v. 16).

7. The old city of Tyre will never be rebuilt (v. 14).

Four years after this prophecy was given, Nebuchadnezzar laid siege to Tyre. The siege lasted 13 years. When the

city finally fell in 573 BC, it was discovered that everything of value had been moved to a nearby island.

Two hundred and forty-one years later Alexander the Great arrived on the scene. Fearing that the fleet of Tyre

might be used against his homeland, he decided to take the island where the city had been moved to. He

accomplished this goal by building a causeway from the mainland to the island, and he did that by using all the

building materials from the ruins of the old city. Neighbouring cities were so frightened by Alexander’s conquest

that they immediately opened their gates to him. Ever since that time, Tyre has remained in ruins and is a place

where fishermen spread their nets.

Thus, every detail of the prophecy was fulfilled exactly as predicted. Stoner calculated the odds of such a prophecy

being fulfilled by chance as being 1 in 75,000,000 (1 in 75 million), or 1 in 7.5×10^7. (The exponent 7 indicates

that the decimal is to be moved to the right seven places.)

Stoner proceeds to calculate the probabilities of the prophecies concerning Samaria, Gaza and Ashkelon, Jericho,

Palestine, Moab and Ammon, Edom, and Babylon. He also calculates the odds of prophecies being fulfilled that

predicted the closing of the Eastern Gate (Ezekiel 44:1-3), the ploughing of Mount Zion (Micah 3:12), and the

enlargement of Jerusalem according to a prescribed pattern (Jeremiah 31:38-40).

Combining all these prophecies, he concludes that “the probability of these 11 prophecies coming true, if written

in human wisdom, is… 1 in 5.76×10^59. (This time you move the decimal place to the right 59 times) Needless to

say, this is a number beyond the realm of possibility.

A Young Earth

Our universe isn't billions of years old as some scientists claim. Earth isn't even 10,000 years old yet, but instead

only a couple of thousand years old. A young earth contradicts everything scientists today believe since the 'Big

Bang' couldn't have happened under 10,000 years ago. Some of the reasons why are explained below.

MoonDust

The lunar surface is exposed to direct sunlight, and strong ultraviolet light and x-rays can destroy the surface layers

of exposed rock, reducing them to dust at a rate of a few ten-thousandths of an inch per year. But even this

minute amount over the course of hundreds of thousands of years could be sufficient to form a layer several miles

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deep.” Only a few thousand years’ worth of dust was found. (R. A. Lyttleton, astronomer and consultant to

NASA, 1956.)

Earth’sMagneticField

Earth’s magnetic field half-life is calculated to be 1,400 years. Based on measurements taken from 1835 to 1965

scientists estimate an age of less than 10,000 years. If extrapolated back 20,000 years, the joule heat generated

would liquefy the earth. [Thomas G. Barnes, Origin and Destiny of the Earth’s Magnetic Field, Institute for

Creation Research, 1983. After revisions for magnetic reversals, etc., Dr. Russell Humphreys confirmed these

results. (John D. Morris, The Young Earth, 1994.)]

MississippiRiverDelta

Approximately 300 million cubic yards of sediment are deposited into the Gulf of Mexico by the Mississippi River

each year. Analysis of the volume and rate of accumulation and dividing the weight of the sediments deposited

annually, the age of the delta appears to be about 4,000 years old. (Henry M. Morris, ICR.)

Salinityof theOceans

The uranium, sodium, nickel, magnesium, silicon, potassium, copper, gold, molybdenum, and bicarbonate

concentrations in the oceans are much less than would be expected if these elements and compounds were being

added to the oceans at the present rate for thousands of millions of years. Nitrates and uranium do not break

down or recycle like salt. Implies oceans are a few thousand years old. (Henry Morris, SA Austin, Dr. Humphreys,

et al.)

PoyntingRobertson Effect(“SolarJanitor”)

Photons slow down the forward movement of objects in space. The solar drag force exerted upon

micrometeoroids causes the particles to spiral into the sun. The sun is sweeping space at the rate of about 100,000

tons/day. There is no known source of replenishment. Their current abundance speaks of a young universe.

(Stanley P. Wyatt, Jr. and Fred L. Whipple, “The Poynting- Robertson Effect on Meteors,” Astrophysical Journal,

Vol 3, Jan 1950, p.134-141; David A Weintraub, “Comets in Collision,” Nature, Vol 351, 6 June 1991, p.440-441.)

VelocityofcDecreasing

Four of five related atomic properties dependent upon c have demonstrated decrease. Slowing of atomic clocks

relative to orbital clocks; if atomic clocks are correct, orbital speeds of Mercury, Venus and Mars are increasing.

[William Tifft, University of Arizona: red shift quantized; not “Doppler effect”; could be explained by changes in

atomic behaviour due to a decrease in c. T. C. Van Flandern, U.S. Naval Observatory: atomic clocks are slowing

several parts per billion/year. D. Russell Humphreys: “White Hole” (Black hole in reverse).]

Technology Statements

Sometimes we take passages in the Bible for granted, often failing to recognize the technological advancements

that are implied by them. Some of these, in subtle ways, are implied prophecies. These are listed below.

WeaponsofMassDestruction 

Matthew 24:22

"And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect’s sake those

days will be shortened."

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If we were reading this in 1860-before the Civil War we would have a difficult time anticipating that “all flesh”

could wipe itself out with muskets and swords! But today a potential nuclear cloud hangs over every geopolitical

decision on Planet Earth. Nuclear weapons appear to be specified in the Magog Invasion in Ezekiel 38 and 39,

and neutron bombs are implied in Zechariah 14:12.

Ezekiel 38

Ezekiel 39

Zechariah 14:12

SmartWeapons

Jeremiah 50:9

"...Their arrows shall be like those of an expert warrior; None shall return in vain."

The word “arrow” can mean a dart, arrow, javelin, or “any missile fired from an engine of war.” Notice, however,

that the adjective clause “be like those of an expert warrior” is a descriptor of the arrow, not the shooter of the

arrow. The key Hebrew word is sakal, which means prudent, wise, circumspect; with insight and comprehension.

It is the arrow itself that has the intelligence! This, indeed, is further emphasized in the final clause: “...none shall

return in vain.” They can’t miss! It sounds a lot like 'smart weapons', guided missiles or smart bombs today, and

this was written over two thousand years ago!

MedicalHygiene 

Exodus 15:26

"and said, “If you diligently heed the voice of the Lord your God and do what is right in His

sight, give ear to His commandments and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the diseases

on you which I have brought on the Egyptians. For I am the Lord who heals you.”"

This refers to eating only what God has ordained such as clean meats like cows and oxen instead of other animals

like scavengers. Today we understand that many predatory birds and animals - those which God deemed unclean

contain bacteria and viruses which can cause illness.

Deuteronomy 23:12-13

Circumcision

Genesis 17:12

"He who is eight days old among you shall be circumcised, every male child in your

generations, he who is born in your house or bought with money from any foreigner who is

not your descendant."

How did Moses know how to circumcise a baby on the 8th day after birth? Today we understand that is the safest

and most optimum time to perform a circumcision.

PathwaysintheSea

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Psalm 8:8

"The birds of the air, And the fish of the sea that pass through the paths of the seas."

The pathways in the sea are otherwise known as the ocean currents and were only discovered in 1855 by Matthew

Maury in his publication "The Physical Geography of the Sea and Its Meteorology". The full story is below:

Isaiah 43:16

American naval officer and oceanographer Matthew Maury (1806-1873) was a Christian who loved reading his

Bible. He also had no doubts about its accuracy. And these facts led him to some remarkable discoveries in

science.

Maury entered the US Navy in 1825, but an accident in 1839 partially disabled him, so he left active sea duty.

Three years later, still with the Navy, he was appointed superintendent of the US Naval Observatory in

Washington, and also of the US Depot of Charts and Instruments.

Over the next 19 years Maury devoted himself to studying the winds, clouds, weather, and ocean features ... as

well as the Bible. In his Bible studies, the words of Psalm 8 stuck in his mind: ‘ ... whatsoever passeth through the

paths of the seas’. Maury determined that if God’s Word said there were ‘paths’ in the seas, then there must be

paths. So he set out to find them.

He studied old ships’ logs. From these he compiled charts of ocean-wind and sea currents. To study the speed and

direction of the ocean currents Maury set adrift weighted bottles known as ‘drift bottles’. These floated slightly

below the surface of the water, and thus were not affected by wind. Instructions were sealed in each bottle

directing anyone who found one washed ashore to return it. From the location and date on which the bottles were

found, Maury was able to develop his charts of the ocean currents—the ‘paths’ of the seas—which greatly aided

the science of marine navigation.

In 1855, Maury wrote the first textbook on modern oceanography, The Physical Geography of the Sea and Its

Meteorology. In this work, Maury presented oceanography from a delightfully Christian view. He included Biblical

passages of meteorological and other scientific importance, such as the Scripture quote from the book of Job

(28:25) which refers to God’s making ‘the weight for the winds’. He explained the Biblical statement this way:

‘. . though the fact that the air has weight is here so distantly announced (in Job), philosophers never recognized

the fact until within comparatively a recent period, and then it was proclaimed by them as a great discovery.

Nevertheless, the fact was set forth as distinctly in the book of nature as it is in the book of revelation; for the

infant, in availing itself of atmospherical pressure to draw milk from its mother’s breast, unconsciously proclaimed

it.’

Maury died in 1873. He was elected to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans. A monument erected in his honour

on Monument Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, reads: ‘Matthew Fontaine Maury, Pathfinder of the Seas, the genius

who first snatched from the oceans and atmosphere the secret of their laws. His inspiration, Holy Writ, Psalm 8:8;

Ecclesiastes 1:6.’ It is often claimed that the Bible is not a scientific textbook. Yet the Bible’s accuracy when

touching on scientific subjects has led many great scientists, including Matthew Maury, to some outstanding

scientific discoveries.

TheWaterCycle

Ancient Hebrew scholars observed that even though the rivers ran into the sea, the sea never became full. The

water cycle was described in this passage:

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Ecclesiastes 1:6-7

"The wind goes toward the south, And turns around to the north; The wind whirls about

continually, And comes again on its circuit. All the rivers run into the sea, Yet the sea is not

full; To the place from which the rivers come, There they return again."

Scholars are not in agreement as to the date of Ecclesiastes, though most point to a date during the time of King

Solomon, son of David and Bathsheba, "three thousand years ago, there is some agreement that the time period is

962-922 BCE. Furthermore, it was also observed that when the clouds were full, they emptied rain on the earth.

In addition, during 793-740 BCE a Hebrew prophet, Amos, stated that water comes from the sea and is poured

out on the earth.

RoundEarth 

Job 26:7

"He stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth on nothing."

Isaiah 40:22 "It is He who sits above the circle of the earth, And its inhabitants are like grasshoppers, Who

stretches out the heavens like a curtain, And spreads them out like a tent to dwell in."

Luke 17:34-36 "I tell you, in that night there will be two men in one bed: the one will be taken and the other will

be left. Two women will be grinding together: the one will be taken and the other left. Two men will be in the

field: the one will be taken and the other left." These verses imply a round earth because some people are awake

and about their business while others are asleep.

It may seem obvious today that the earth is round but up until about 500 BC most nations believed it was flat. We

have Pythagoras to thank for this discovery. Then sometime between 500 B.C. and 430 B.C., Anaxagoras

determined the true cause of solar and lunar eclipses - and then the shape of the Earth's shadow on the Moon

during a lunar eclipse was also used as evidence that the Earth was round.

Isaiah 40:22

Luke 17:34-36

SubAtomicParticles

Hebrews 11:3

"By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things

which are seen were not made of things which are visible."

This is an insight into the field of physics and sub-atomic particles long before there was even a field to study

them.

MeteorologicalCycles

Ecclesiastes 1:6-7

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"The wind goes toward the south, And turns around to the north; The wind whirls about

continually, And comes again on its circuit. All the rivers run into the sea, Yet the sea is not

full; To the place from which the rivers come, There they return again."

Long before there was the study of meteorology, the Lord knew how the planet worked intimately as He created it

all. Only today are we coming to a fuller understanding of how the cycles of wind and water really flow around the

planet.

Job 36:27-28

GlobalTvCoverage 

Revelation 11:8-10

"And their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city which spiritually is called Sodom

and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified. Then those from the peoples, tribes, tongues,

and nations will see their dead bodies three-and-a-half days, and not allow their dead bodies to

be put into graves. And those who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them, make merry, and

send gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented those who dwell on the

earth."

How will every people, tribe, tongue, and nation be able to see the bodies of the two witnesses without a global

TV network? This also applies to the Matthew verse which describes the Jews seeing the 'Abomination of

Desolation' taking place. On a side note, when they celebrate the death of the witnesses, they are likely to send

their gifts via Amazon Prime or FedEx - anywhere on the planet.

Matthew 24:15

ElectronicFundsTransfer

Revelation 13:17-18

"and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the

number of his name. Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of

the beast, for it is the number of a man: His number is 666."

Throughout all history Bible studiers could have only predicted that this passage was eluding to some sort of

'dumb' tattoo or another mark that you could show somebody to buy merchandise with, nobody could have ever

guessed that this was an electronic encrypted digital signature, until the 21st century.

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Accepting Jesus

What is Salvation?

Salvation is the deliverance from sin. To save means to deliver or protect. Jesus equated being saved with entering

the kingdom of God (Matthew 19:24-25).

What are we saved from? We are saved from God's wrath, that is, His judgment of our sin

when we meet Him face to face (Romans 5:9; 1 Thessalonians 5:9). Our sin has separated

us from God, and the consequence of this violation of God's law is death (Romans 6:23).

Biblical salvation refers to our deliverance from the consequences of sin and therefore

involves the removal of sin which has already paid for by Jesus on the cross.

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Who does the saving? Only God can remove sin and deliver us from sin’s penalty (2 Timothy 1:9; Titus 3:5). How

does God save? God has rescued us through Jesus's death on the cross and subsequent resurrection which

achieved our salvation (Romans 5:10; Ephesians 1:7). Scripture is clear that salvation is the gracious, undeserved

gift of God (Ephesians 2:5, 8) which is ours for the taking through faith in Jesus Christ (Acts 4:12). How do we

receive salvation? We are saved by faith. First, we must hear the gospel—the good news of Jesus’ death and

resurrection (Ephesians 1:13).

Then, we must believe by fully trusting the Lord Jesus (Romans 1:16). This involves repentance, a changing of

mind about sin and Christ (Acts 3:19), and calling on the name of the Lord (Romans 10:9-10, 13). A definition of

salvation would be “The deliverance, by the grace of God, from eternal punishment for sin which is granted to

those who accept by faith God’s conditions of repentance and faith in the Lord Jesus.” Salvation is available in

Jesus alone (John 14:6; Acts 4:12) and is dependent on God alone for provision, assurance, and security.

This is absolutely the most important section in the entire guide, outlining the path to eternal salvation as

described in the Bible. Your acceptance or denial of Jesus will affect where you spend eternity, and every soul lives

forever, it's just a matter of location. A prerequisite for becoming saved is knowing that God exists, that He

created you, loves you and died for you.

God wrote the Bible through man to further prove His existence to us alongside the wondrous and spectacular

world around us. There are countless incredible facts about the Bible that prove it had to be designed outside of

space and time. For a few of these amazing insights read the 'Evidence for God' section in 'Christianity'.

ABC’s of Salvation

A - Admit that you are a sinner.

Any gap between God's perfect law and our imperfect obedience is called sin, which everyone has committed.

"For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;" (Romans 3:23)

"There is none righteous, no, not one;" (Romans 3:10)

"If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us." (1 John

1:10)

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"For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord."

(Romans 6:23)

B - Believe in your heart that Jesus Christ died for your sins, was buried, and that God raised Him from

the dead on the third day, taking the punishment you deserved.

Jesus said: "I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man comes unto the Father but by me." (John 14:6) Your own

good works cannot save you, no matter how good a person you are, and wouldn't the creator of heaven set the

bar for entry?

"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in

him should not perish, but have everlasting life." (John 3:16)

"But God commends his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners. Christ died for

us." (Romans 5:8)

C - Call upon the name of the Lord and confess that Jesus Christ is Lord.

Through prayer, invite Jesus into your heart to become your personal Lord and Saviour. There is an example

prayer below.

"If you shall confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and shall believe in your heart that God

raised him from the dead, you will be saved." (Romans 10:9)

The Sinner's Prayer

"Lord Jesus, I am a sinner and am in need of your forgiveness. I believe you are the Son of God who died on the cross for

my sins and rose from the dead on the third day. Thank you for bearing my sins and giving me the gift of eternal life. I am

ready and willing to trust you as my Lord and Saviour and to turn from my sin. I now invite you into my heart as my

personal Saviour. Amen."

"Whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved."

Joel 2:32 / Acts 2:21 / Romans 10:13

Once you've prayed this prayer, believing it with all your heart, you're saved by the power of the blood of Jesus!

He paid that ultimate price for our sin, sacrificing Himself so that we may live. However it's easy to say something

with your mouth, what takes real effort is living out a life in pursuit of Jesus, walking according to His will for you

and leaving your old sinful ways behind.

Below are some more verses related to salvation and justification, as well as some next steps you should take as a

new Christian to help cement your faith. If there's one thing that Satan despises, it's new Christians. So be

prepared to battle against the spiritual forces of wickedness by praying and reading your Bible daily as well as

putting on your spiritual armour.

Ephesians 2:8-9

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"For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of

God, not of works, lest anyone should boast."

2 Corinthians 5:17

"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold,

all things have become new."

Luke 13:5

"I tell you, no; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish."

Galatians 2:16

"Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but by faith in Jesus Christ, even

we have believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ and not by the

works of the law; for by the works of the law no flesh shall be justified."

1 Corinthians 15:3-4

"How that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and

that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures"

Steps to Living a Godly Life

Pray

Talk to God in prayer every day. Ask for forgiveness for your sins when you slip up, bring to Him your needs and

ambitions as well as praises and worship to glorify His Holy name. For more on praying, see the 'Armor of God'

section in 'Christianity'.

Matthew 21:22

"And whatever things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive."

Philippians 4:6

"Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let

your requests be made known to God;"

Romans 10:16-17

"But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our

report?” So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God."

Fellowship

Be baptized, worship, fellowship, and serve with other Christians where Christ is preached and the Bible is the

final authority on everything. This could be set in a church or a small household group. A group of fellow

believers will help keep you honest, help keep you on the straight and narrow path and provide support if you're

struggling with sin or issues on the Bible.

Matthew 28:19

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"Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father

and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,"

Hebrews 10:25

"Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting

one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching."

2 Timothy 3:16

"All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for

correction, for instruction in righteousness"

Tell others about Christ

We all have a calling in this world. This can be anything from pastoring a Church, helping the poor, mission trips,

providing finances, developing Christian content, or more. The one thing we all have in common is the need to

spread the gospel across the planet to reach all those who are lost, hurting or in need. Find the purpose God has

for you and pursue it, you will find it's something you enjoy doing too! If you aren't sure what you're meant to be

doing firstly pray about it and then seek ways you can use your talents to reach the lost. If you can knit perhaps

you can create clothing or blankets for the homeless. If you're skilled at electrical work you could fix the lights and

wiring of your local neighbors while spreading His gospel.

Mark 16:15

"And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature."

1 Corinthians 9:16

"For if I preach the gospel, I have nothing to boast of, for necessity is laid upon me; yes, woe is

me if I do not preach the gospel!"

Romans 1:16

"For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for

everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek."

Walking with Jesus

If you have received Jesus Christ as your Saviour you should dive into your Bible daily to get to know Christ and

His plan for redemption better. I recommend the KJV, NKJV or ESV versions as they are the most accurate to

the original text. If you have questions, resolve them by firstly asking the Holy Spirit to reveal the answers to you

and also by asking another believer to help provide an answer.

2 Timothy 2:15

"Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed,

rightly dividing the word of truth."

Psalms 119:105

"Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path."

Seek Earnestly

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As always if you wish to find answers out for yourself you should search God's word. If you're told something by

a friend, pastor or Bible scholar, search the scriptures to ensure what they say is correct. (Acts 17:11) Take caution

not to be fooled by what others claim the Bible says but do your own research. There will be great apostasy and a

falling away from Christianity in the end times. The word of God is living and He can speak to you through His

word.

Matthew 7:7-8

“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be

opened."

Acts 17:11

"These were more fair-minded than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with

all readiness, and searched the Scriptures daily to find out whether these things were so."

Godly Armour

You need to equip your spiritual armour. For more information see subsection 9 in the Christianity section.

Next Steps

You should research what the Bible has to say on prophecy and the end times. I recommend watching some of

the content in the 'Next Steps' section below.

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Spiritual Armour

“Therefore take up the whole armour of God, that you may be

able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.”

Ephesians 6:13

The following pieces of spiritual armour can protect you from the unseen war occurring right now on Earth.

Ephesians 6:12 clearly indicates that the conflict with Satan is spiritual, and therefore no tangible weapons can be

effectively employed against him and his minions.

Ephesians 6:12

For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against

the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

We are not given a list of specific tactics Satan will use. However, the passage is quite clear that when we follow all

the instructions faithfully, we will be able to stand, and we will have victory regardless of Satan’s strategy.

Ephesians 6:14-20

Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of

righteousness, and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; above all,

taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked

one. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God;

praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with

all perseverance and supplication for all the saints— and for me, that utterance may be given

to me, that I may open my mouth boldly to make known the mystery of the gospel, for which I

am an ambassador in chains; that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.

BeltofTruth

"Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth"

The first element of our armour is truth (verse 14). This is easy to understand, since Satan is said to be the “father

of lies” (John 8:44). Deception is high on the list of things God considers to be an abomination. A “lying tongue”

is one of the traits He describes as detestable. (Proverbs 6:16-17). We are therefore exhorted to put on truth for

our own sanctification and deliverance, as well as for the benefit of those to whom we witness.

Breastplate ofRighteousness

"having put on the breastplate of righteousness"

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Also in verse 14, we are told to put on the breastplate of righteousness. A breastplate shieldes a warrior’s vital

organs from blows that would otherwise be fatal. This righteousness is not works of righteousness accomplished

by men. Rather, this is the righteousness of Christ, imputed by God and received by faith, which guards our hearts

against the accusations and charges of Satan and secures our innermost being from his attacks.

Footwear ofPeace

"and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace"

Verse 15 speaks of the preparation of the feet for spiritual conflict. In warfare, sometimes an enemy places

dangerous obstacles in the path of advancing soldiers. The idea of the preparation of the gospel of peace as

footwear suggests what we need to advance into Satan's territory, aware that there will be traps, with the message

of grace so essential to winning souls to Christ. Satan has many obstacles placed in the path to halt the

proliferation of the gospel.

ShieldofFaith

"above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of

the wicked one"

The shield of faith spoken of in verse 16 makes Satan's sowing of doubt about the faithfulness of God and His

Word ineffective. Our faith—of which Christ is “the author and perfecter” (Hebrews 12:2)— is like a golden

shield, precious, solid, and substantial.

HelmetofSalvation

"And take the helmet of salvation"

The helmet of salvation in verse 17 is protection for the head, keeping safe a critical part of the body. We could

say that our way of thinking needs preservation. The head is the seat of the mind, which, when it has laid hold of

the sure gospel hope of eternal life, will not receive false doctrine or give way to Satan’s temptations. The unsaved

person has no hope of warding off the blows of false doctrine because he is without the helmet of salvation and

his mind is incapable of discerning between spiritual truth and spiritual deception.

Sword oftheSpirit

"and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God"

Verse 17 interprets itself as to the meaning of the sword of the Spirit—it is the Word of God. While all the other

pieces of spiritual armour are defensive in nature, the sword of the Spirit is the only offensive weapon in the

armour of God. It speaks of the holiness and power of the Word of God. A greater spiritual weapon is not

conceivable. In Jesus' temptations in the desert, the Word of God was always His overpowering response to Satan

and was used as a defensive weapon since satan was doing the attacking. Pick up your sword daily and memorise

it.

Prayer

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"praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end

with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints"

Prayer is one of the most vital pieces of armour and sometimes isn't even considered as a piece. We should be on

our knees daily, praying for those we know to come to Christ, strength for our leaders, that God's will be done on

earth and so much more! In verse 18, we are told to pray in the spirit (that is, with the mind of Christ, with His

heart and His priorities) in addition to wearing the full armour of God. We cannot neglect prayer, as it is the

means by which we draw spiritual strength from God.

Without prayer, without reliance upon God, our efforts at spiritual warfare are empty and futile. The full armour

of God—truth, righteousness, the gospel, faith, salvation, the Word of God, and prayer—are the tools God has

given us, through which we can be spiritually victorious, overcoming Satan’s attacks and temptations. Below is a

list of prayer points which can be raised to God:

PrayerPoints

 Your Spiritual Growth (Wisdom, Guidance, Deliverance)

 Your Family and Relatives

 Unsaved People / Your Enemies (Luke 6:27-28)

 Your Church and Congregation

 Your Neighbors, City, Town and Country

 The Government / Political Leaders

 Your Trials, Worries and Anxieties (Matthew 26:41, Philippians 4:6, Romans 8:26, Psalm 34:17)

 Missionaries / Missions Organisations

 The Protection of Israel

 Your kingdom come and Your will be done

PrayerElements(ComponentsofPraying)

 Worship & Praise (John 4:24, Psalm 95:6, Isaiah 12:5)

 Thanksgiving (Colossians 4:2)

 Intercession (Praying on behalf of another) (1 Timothy 2:1, Ephesians 6:18)

 Confession of Sin (1 John 1:9, James 5:16)

 Prayer for Guidance, Wisdom, Strength and the fruit of the spirit

 Personal Requests

 Mediation Based on the Scriptures

 Spiritual Warfare

TheModelPrayer

This is the model prayer also known as the Lord's Prayer as found in Luke 11. It's not called the Lord's prayer in

most Christian faiths because the prayer was given to us to pray to Him. It wouldn't make sense if Jesus prayed it

because in verse 4 it says " forgive us our sins" and Jesus never sinned.

Luke 11:2-4

So He said to them, “When you pray, say:

Our Father in heaven,

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Hallowed be Your name.

Your kingdom come.

Your will be done

On earth as it is in heaven.

Give us day by day our daily bread.

And forgive us our sins,

For we also forgive everyone who is indebted to us.

And do not lead us into temptation,

But deliver us from the evil one.”

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After Death

This is an explanation of what happens after death according to the Bible. The Catholic Church has a flawed and

unbiblical view of what happens after death (as example is purgatory) which I why I include this section. Death is

man's punishment for disobedience and can be found throughout the scriptures, such as in Romans 3:23. "For all

have sinned and fall short of the glory of God".

So what is death? Firstly we have 3 parts to our current being, these are the Body, Soul

and Spirit. Physical death is the separation between body and soul, also called the 'first

death' throughout the Bible. Spiritual death is the separation of the soul from the spirit,

known as the 'second death'. This second death was nullified by Jesus's death on the

cross, but only for those who accept Him. Every person's spirit lives forever, the

question is where will you spend it after you're judged? For a great study by Chuck

Missler on what happens after death, watch:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJygHgJk6rk

Statistics

TheAfterlife

This is what people believe about an afterlife:

 81% of people believe in an afterlife of some sort,

 9% aren't sure what happens,

 10% say there's no afterlife.

Heaven

This is what people believe about heaven:

 46% think it's a state of eternal existence in God's presence,

 30% think it's a place of rest and reward,

 14% believe heaven is just symbolic,

 5% don't believe in heaven,

 5% aren't sure.

Hell

This is what people believe about hell:

 39% believe it's a state of eternal separation from God's presence,

 32% think it's an actual place of torment and suffering,

 13% think it's just a symbol of a bad outcome,

 16% aren't sure or don't believe in hell.

TheirDestination

This is where people believe they will end up when they die:

 65% think they will go to heaven,

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 24% have no idea where they will go,

 5% think you just cease to exist,

 5% believe they will come back as another life form,

 0.5% think they are going to hell.

HeavenBound

This is why people think they will get into heaven:

 43% believe that because they have confessed their sins and accepted Jesus as their saviour,

 15% because they have tried to obey the ten commandments,

 15% because they are basically a good person,

 6% because God loves all people and He won't let them perish.

ContraryFindings

Among Born-again Christians:

 10% believe that people are reincarnated after death,

 29% claim it is possible to communicate with the dead,

 50% contend that a person can earn salvation based on good works,

 Many believe there are multiple options for gaining entry into heaven.

Terms

Places

These are the different places used throughout the scriptures relating to death or the afterlife.

Matthew 25:46 (and Daniel 12:2)

“And these will go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

Grave(Kever)

The location of dead physical bodies. Bodies are unconscious in the grave and slowly decompose.

Hades(AKA:Sheol,Hell,Place ofTorment) 

Hades is a temporary location of departed souls for both good and bad. It is split into two sections: the 'Place of

Torment' and 'Abraham's Bosom' with an impassable gulf between them. Throught the Bible it's referred to as

"Under the earth", the "Underworld" or "Lower parts of the earth". Those which are in Hades are fully conscious

and have memory, the ability to speak, can feel pain and have desires. Their eternal destiny is irrevocably fixed.

People know that what they experience here is fair and just. The rich man in the story further below also knew

what his brothers needed to do to avoid his own fate - repent. There can only be one Hades, as opposed to having

multiple graves. People are conscious in Sheol. Hades will be thrown into the lake of fire at the end of all things.

Many believe that when Jesus died on the cross He took those who were in Abraham's bosom to heaven with

Him.

BottomlessPit(AKA: Abyss, Abuso,Tartarus) 

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The place where the antichrist comes from (Revelation 17:8). "Tartarus (the bottomless pit) is as far below hades

as earth is below heaven." - Homers Iliad.

TheLakeofFire(Gehenna) 

Located in the "outer darkness" and is specifically created for Satan and his angels. Matthew 25:41. This is the

ultimate separation from God outside space and time. Death and hades will be thrown into the lake of fire after

The Great White Throne Judgement (Revelation 20:14). The antichrist and the false prophet are thrown into the

lake of fire at His second coming and Satan is thrown in at the end of the millennium.

Those in the Lake of Fire will be tormented for eternity by a 'fire that never consumes' which will be painful

beyond comprehension. (Matthew 25:46, Daniel 12:2, Revelation 14:10,11) The lake of fire is referred to as the

second death throughout scripture. Those who are here will be utterly separated from God - the lifegiver, and will

be absolutely without hope of any form.

Heaven(TheNewHeaven)

It will be a newly created environment unsullied by moral evil and it will be the ultimate model city, or the 'New

Jerusalem' as it's known throughout the scriptures. There will be no death in heaven because of our incorruptible

bodies and the fact that death and hades have been thrown into the lake of fire.

We will be knowing and loving God maximally. We will have fellowship with all other believers. We retain our

gender, personal and ethnic characteristics and we will have renewed intellectual, emotional and volitional abilities.

People may ask, "Why would a loving God send people to Hell?". There are three powerful reasons:

 To vindicate the King's righteousness. (Sin must be paid for by the sinner, or by one who takes the place

of the sinner. God must always be righteous in His decisions and actions)

 To defend the moral order of His kingdom. (In the same way some are put in prison for murder to

maintain societal order, God has to maintain the moral order of His kingdom by punishing evildoers)

 To highlight the preciousness of the Servant who died to make us just. (Every one of us deserved to go to

Hell and then to the Lake of Fire when we died since we've broken God's law. He loves everyone, but He

loves His son more and He has to vindicate the price that His Son paid)

Unlike other worldly 'gods' such as Muhammad, the God of the Bible can't do whatever He wants. He delights in

making and keeping His promises and upholding His law. A god who breaks their promises whenever they want,

is a god I do not wish to serve.

Two questions that we can ask ourselves are: Does the punishment fit the crime? To answer that we have to ask

whether or not we really understand God's attitude to sin. As a race our sensitivity to the atrocity of sin has been

dulled. We have to compare the magnitude of sin to the Majesty of God, which is impossible as humans, as we

can only know a limited amount about both. Sin is violation of the character of an infinite being.

A God deserving of worship cannot pardon people who persist in worshiping and serving themselves more than

the personal Creator. The condemnation of everyone who is lost will be wholly attributable to themselves for

having disregarded God's revealed will.

For more information on hell, see:

www.khouse.org/enews_article/2007/1236

The Judgements

These are the future judgements of all mankind, judged by Jesus. (John 5:27)

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TheBemaSeat(ChristianTribunalforRewards) 

The Bema Seat judgement occurs in heaven after the rapture of the church during the period before the start of

the tribulation. This is when Jesus judges all post-cross believers on how they lived their life, whether they died

before the rapture or were still alive and caught-up. Sins won't even be mentioned at the judgement because they

have been paid for and forgotten by Jesus Himself. It is a time of reward, not punishment.

In the large Olympic arenas, there was an elevated seat on which the judge of the contest sat. After the contests

were over, the successful competitors would assemble before the bema to receive their rewards or crowns. The

bema was not a judicial bench where someone was condemned. Likewise, the Judgment Seat of Christ is not a

judicial bench. However you can lose your rewards, but you can never lose your salvation.

Verses relating to the Bema Seat: 2 Corinthians 5:10, Romans 14:10, Psalm 62:12, Matthew 16:27, Ephesians 6:8,

Psalm 103:10-12, Romans 8:1, John 5:24, 1 Corinthians 3:10-15, Revelation 3:11, 1 Corinthians 2:9,10.

TheSheepandGoatsJudgement 

This judgement occurs after the tribulation when Jesus comes to claim His throne. Those who were loyal to Him,

also known as the sheep will be grouped to His right. The goats, those who lived for themselves, took the Mark of

the Beast or worshiped the antichrist will be grouped to His left. Those on His left will be sent to burn in hell

forever and those on His right will inherit the kingdom with Him and will live during the coming millennium.

Some scholars believe that the old testament saints will be resurrected prior to this judgement to live and reign

with Jesus.

Matthew 25:31-46

"“When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then He will

sit on the throne of His glory. All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will

separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats..."

TheGreatWhiteThroneJudgement 

At the end of the millennium all those who haven't yet been judged yet will be resurrected and will give an account

for their lives and every idle word they spoke (Matthew 12:36). Romans 1:18-20 says that nobody will have an

excuse on judgement day since the heavens declare His handiwork and men will be accountable through creation.

Jesus will judge according to His standards and not any standards that man fabricate today, so you better be sure

you're in alignment with God before judgement day. Other related verses are: Romans 1:21 & 22, 2 Peter 3:3-6.

Matthew 12:36

"But I say to you that for every idle word men may speak, they will give account of it in the

day of judgment."

Crowns

These are the five known crowns that the Lord will give as a reward at the Bema Seat. They have been listed so

you can try to work towards them. There could be more than five crowns but these are the only ones mentioned

in the Bible.

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Given to those that love the Lord's appearing. (2 Timothy 4:8) This verse seems to imply that anyone who loves

the Lord's appearing, whether it's pre-rapture or pre-second coming, will secure this crown.

Crown of Life

Bestowed upon those who persevere under trials. (James 1:12)

The Incorruptible Crown

A special crown given for faithfulness in running the race and exercising self-control in order to serve the Lord

and finish the race. (1 Corinthians 9:25)

Crown of Glory

Given to those that feed the flock the word of God faithfully. This crown is given to Pastors, missionaries,

teachers, preachers, evangelists, etc. (John 21:16)

Crown of Rejoicing

A crown for soul winners. It is called the Crown of Rejoicing because there is rejoicing in heaven when a soul gets

saved. (Luke 15:7, 1 Thessalonians 2:19-20)

The Rich Man and the Beggar

Luke 16:19-31 tells the story, of a rich man and Lazarus the beggar who have both died. It reveals quite a lot

about hades/sheol. This story is very likely to be true, since a parable doesn't include names.

Luke 16:19-31

“There was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and fared

sumptuously every day. But there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, full of sores, who was

laid at his gate, desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table.

Moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. So it was that the beggar died, and was carried

by the angels to Abraham’s bosom. The rich man also died and was buried. And being in

torments in Hades, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

“Then he cried and said, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus that he may

dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.’ But

Abraham said, ‘Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, and

likewise Lazarus evil things; but now he is comforted and you are tormented. And besides all

this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed, so that those who want to pass from here

to you cannot, nor can those from there pass to us.’ “Then he said, ‘I beg you therefore, father,

that you would send him to my father’s house, for I have five brothers, that he may testify to

them, lest they also come to this place of torment.’ Abraham said to him, ‘They have Moses

and the prophets; let them hear them.’ And he said, ‘No, father Abraham; but if one goes to

them from the dead, they will repent.’ But he said to him, ‘If they do not hear Moses and the

prophets, neither will they be persuaded though one rise from the dead.’”

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Post-Death Table

This is a table of what happens to you after death from a biblical perspective. Depending on whether or not you're

saved and what dispensation you die in, depends what happens to you and where you end up. Post-cross, your

eternal destination will solely be decided on whether or not you have accepted Jesus as your saviour, since

everyone's a sinner.

Dispensation

People

Covered

Status What Happens…

Resurrected

at…

Eternal

Destination

Pre-Cross

Believers

(Old

Testament)

Noah, Joshua,

David,

Abraham,

Daniel, etc

Dead

(After Death) In

Abraham's Bosom up

until Jesus died, then in

heaven with Him from

then onwards.

The Sheep and

Goats

Judgement

Heaven,

after

judgement

Pre-Cross

Unbelievers

(Old

Testament)

Those who

died separated

from God

before the

cross

Dead

(After Death) Tormented

in Hades, then

resurrected at the Great

White Throne

ement.

The Great White

Throne

Judgment

Hell, after

judgement

Post-Cross

Believers

Those who

accepted Jesus

but died before

the rapture

Dead

(After Death)

Immediately in the

presence of God - but

body-less. (2 Corinthians

5:6-

The Rapture,

with a glorified

body

(1 Thess 4:16-

17)

Heaven,

they will be

raised at the

rapture

Post-Cross

Unbelievers

who died

before the

Second

Comin

Dead

(After Death)

Immediately in 'Hades'

awaiting their

punishment.

The Great White

Throne

Judgment

Hell, after

judgement

Post-Cross

Believers

Those who

have accepted

Jesus by the

Rapture

Alive

(At The Rapture) Their

bodies are transformed,

then they meet Jesus in

the clouds and are taken

to heaven with Him.

Still Alive

(1 Thess 4:16-

17)

Heaven,

Given

rewards at

the Bema

Seat

Tribulation

Saints

(Martyrs)

Those saved in

the tribulation

but have since

died

Dead

(After Death)

Immediately in the

presence of God - but

body-less. (2 Corinthians

5:6-

The Sheep and

Goats

Judgement

(Rev 20:4-6)

Heaven

Tribulation

Saints

Those saved in

the tribulation

and are alive at

His second

comin

Alive

(At the Second Coming)

They populate the

millennium.

Still Alive

(Rev 20:4-6)

Heaven

Tribulation

Unbelievers

Those

unbelievers

who survived

the tribulation

Alive

(At the Second Coming)

Jesus destroys them in

judgement when He

returns to claim His

kingdom. (Revelation

19:21

)

The Great White

Throne

Judgment

Hell, after

judgement

Millennium

Saints

Those who

died in the

millennium

believin

Dead

(After Death)

Immediately in the

presence of God.

The Great White

Throne

Judgment

Heaven

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Millennium

Saints

Believers who

are alive when

God judges His

enemies in the

millennium

Alive

(After God destroys the

Rebellion) Taken to the

'new heaven'

Still Alive Heaven

Millennium

Unbelievers

Those

unbelievers

who died in the

millennium

Dead

(After Death) They stay

dead until judgement.

The Great White

Throne

Judgment

Hell, after

judgement

Millennium

Unbelievers

Those who

chose to rebel

against God in

the millennium

Alive

(At the end of the

Millennium) God kills

them in His wrath.

The Great White

Throne

Judgment

Hell, after

judgement

Which category are you in? Every soul lives forever, the question is where will you spend it? It's not too late to

change your destiny - even in the tribulation.

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The Bible

This section explains the different books of the Bible, how long they are and what the general overview of

scripture is. Further below I've included a selection of the most pertinent books and chapters of the Bible to read.

To save space I had to make the font size smaller so you'll have to zoom in to read them or use a magnifying glass

if you've printed this sheet.

If you wish to read the other books which aren't included, find a KJV, NKJV, ESV, ISV or an NIV Bible (if you

have to) as most of the others are either hard to find or aren't biblically accurate. You can also find a variety of

different language Bibles below including English. I pray that God will guide you to a Bible if you are truly seeking

his word. The below Bible version is the NKJV (New King James Version). Currently it contains the books of:

Luke, John, Romans, Jude, Revelation and Psalms 1-41.

"All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for

doctrine, reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness"

(2 Timothy 3:16)

"Inasmuch as many have taken in hand to set in order a narrative of those things which have been fulfilled among

us, just as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word delivered them to us, it

seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write to you an

orderly account, most excellent Theophilus, that you may know the certainty of those things in which you were

instructed." Luke 1:1-4

The Books

These are the books of the Bible ordered in chronological order and is the default order seen in most Bibles. Each

one lists the number of chapters, the type of book it is, who it's written by and a summary of what happens. Every

book is divinely inspired by God and is written by the hands of His servants over a period of thousands of years.

As a whole they are a personalised, integrated message system to each of us which demonstrates the love of a God

outside of space and time.

Old Testament

# Book Chapters

Book

Written

Overview

1 Genesis 50 Law Moses

Genesis answers two big questions: “How did

God’s relationship with the world begin?” and

“Where did the nation of Israel come from?”

2 Exodus 40 Law Moses

God saves Israel from slavery in Egypt, and then

enters into a s

ecial relationshi

with them.

3 Leviticus 27 Law Moses

God gives Israel instructions on how to worship

Him.

4 Numbers 36 Law Moses

Israel fails to trust and obey God, and wanders in

the wilderness for 40

ears.

5 Deuteronomy 34 Law Moses

Moses gives Israel instructions (in some ways, a

recap of the laws in Exodus-Numbers) for how to

love and obe

God in the Promised Land.

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6 Joshua 24 History Unknown

Joshua (Israel’s new leader) leads Israel to conquer

the Promised land, then parcels out territories to

the twelve tribes of Israel.

7 Judges 21 History Unknown

Israel enters a cycle of turning from God, falling

captive to oppressive nations, calling out to God,

and being rescued by leaders God sends their way

(

called “

es”

)

8 Ruth 4 History Unknown

Two widows lose everything, and find hope in

Israel—which leads to the birth of the future King

David.

9 1 Samuel 31 History Unknown

Israel demands a king, who turns out to be quite a

disa

ointment.

10 2 Samuel 24 History Unknown

David, a man after God’s own heart, becomes

kin

of Israel.

11 1 Kings 22 History Unknown

The kingdom of Israel has a time of peace and

prosperity under King Solomon, but afterward

splits, and the two lines of kings turn away from

God.

12 2 Kings 25 History Unknown

Both kingdoms ignore God and His prophets,

until the

both fall ca

tive to other world em

ires.

13 1 Chronicles 29 History Ezra

This is a brief history of Israel from Adam to

David, culminating with David commissioning the

tem

le of God in

erusalem.

14 2 Chronicles 36 History Ezra

David’s son Solomon builds the temple, but after

centuries of rejecting God, the Babylonians take

the southern Israelites captive and destroy the

tem

le.

15 Ezra 10 History Ezra

The Israelites rebuild the temple in Jerusalem, and

a scribe named Ezra teaches the people to once

ain obe

God’s laws.

16 Nehemiah 13 History Nehemiah

The city of Jerusalem is in bad shape, so

Nehemiah rebuilds the wall around the cit

17 Esther 10 History Unknown

A genocidal plot to bring about Israel’s extinction

is devised so Esther must face the emperor to ask

for hel

18 Job 42 Poetry Unknown

Satan attacks a righteous man named Job, then

Job and his friend’s debate why evil is befalling

him.

19 Psalms 150 Poetry

David: 73,

Asaph: 12

A collection of 150 songs that Israel sang to God

(and to each other)—kind of like a hymnal for the

ancient Israelites.

20 Proverbs 31 Poetry

Solomon:

29, Agur:

A collection of sayings to help people make wise

decisions in their lives.

21 Ecclesiastes 12 Poetry Solomon

A philosophical exploration of the meaning of

life—with a surprisingly nihilistic tone for the

Bible.

Song of

Solomon

8 Poetry Solomon

A love song (or collection of love songs)

celebratin

love, desire, and marria

23 Isaiah 66

Major

Prophet

Isaiah

God sends the prophet Isaiah to warn Israel of

future judgment—but also to tell them about a

coming king and servant who will “bear the sins

of many.”

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24 Jeremiah 52

Major

Prophet

Jeremiah

God sends a prophet to warn Israel about the

coming Babylonian captivity, but the people don’t

take the news ver

well.

25 Lamentations 5

Major

Pro

het

Jeremiah

A collection of dirges lamenting the fall of

erusalem after the Bab

lonian attacks.

26 Ezekiel 48

Major

Prophet

Ezekiel

God chooses Ezekiel to speak on His behalf to

Israel, to reveal the error of their ways and teach

them

ustice.

27 Daniel 12

Major

Prophet

Daniel

Daniel becomes a high-ranking wise man in the

Babylonian and Persian empires, and has

hetic visions concernin

Israel’s future.

28 Hosea 14

Minor

Prophet

Hosea

Hosea is told to marry a prostitute who leaves

him, and he must bring her back: a picture of

God’s relationshi

with Israel.

29 Joel 3

Minor

Prophet

Joel

God sends a plague of locusts to Judge Israel, but

His judgment on the surrounding nations is

comin

, too.

30 Amos 9

Minor

Pro

het

Amos

A shepherd named Amos preaches against the

ustice of the Northern Kin

dom of Israel.

31 Obadiah 1

Minor

Pro

het

Obadiah

Obadiah warns the neighbouring nation of Edom

that the

will be

ed for

lunderin

erusalem.

32 Jonah 4

Minor

Prophet

Jonah

A disobedient prophet runs from God, is

swallowed by a great fish, and then preaches

God’s messa

e to the cit

of Nineveh.

33 Micah 7

Minor

Prophet

Micah

Micah confronts the leaders of Israel and Judah

regarding their injustice, and prophecies that one

the Lord Himself will rule in

erfect

ustice.

34 Nahum 3

Minor

Pro

het

Nahum

Nahum foretells of God’s judgment on Nineveh,

the ca

ital of Ass

ria.

35 Habakkuk 3

Minor

Prophet

Habakkuk

Habakkuk pleads with God to stop the injustice

and violence in Judah, but is surprised to find that

God will use the even more violent Babylonians to

do so.

36 Zephaniah 3

Minor

Prophet

Zephaniah

God warns that He will judge Israel and the

surrounding nations, but also that He will restore

them in

eace and

ustice.

37 Haggai 2

Minor

Prophet

Haggai

The people have abandoned the work of restoring

God’s temple in Jerusalem, and so Haggai takes

them to task.

38 Zechariah 14

Minor

Prophet

Zechariah

The prophet Zechariah calls Israel to return to

God, and records prophetic visions that show

what’s ha

enin

behind the scenes.

39 Malachi 4

Minor

Prophet

Malachi

God has been faithful to Israel, but they continue

to live disconnected from him—so God sends

Malachi to call them out.

New Testament

# Book Chapters

Book

Written

Overview

40 Matthew 28 Gospel Matthew

This is an account of Jesus’ life, death, and

resurrection, focusing on Jesus’ role as the true

Kin

of the

ews.

41 Mark 16 Gospel Mark

This brief account of Jesus’ earthly ministry

highlights Jesus’ authority and servanthood.

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42 Luke 24 Gospel Luke

Luke writes the most thorough account of Jesus’

life by pulling together eyewitness testimonies to

tell His full stor

43 John 21 Gospel John

John lists stories of signs and miracles with the

intent that readers will believe in

esus.

44 Acts 28 History Luke

Jesus returns to the Father, the Holy Spirit comes

to the church, and the gospel of Jesus spreads

throu

hout the world.

45 Romans 16 Epistle Paul

Paul summarizes how the gospel of Jesus works in

a letter to the churches at Rome, where he plans

to visit.

46 1 Corinthians 16 Epistle Paul

Paul writes a disciplinary letter to a fractured

church in Corinth, and answers some questions

that they’ve had about how Christians should

behave.

47 2 Corinthians 13 Epistle Paul

Paul writes a letter of reconciliation to the church

at Corinth, and clears up some concerns that they

have.

48 Galatians 6 Epistle Paul

Paul hears that the Galatian churches have been

lead to think that salvation comes from the law of

Moses, and writes a (rather heated) letter telling

them where the false teachers have it wron

49 Ephesians 6 Epistle Paul

Paul writes to the church at Ephesus about how

to walk in

race,

eace, and love.

50 Philippians 4 Epistle Paul

An encouraging letter to the church of Philippi

from Paul, tellin

them how to have

in Christ.

51 Colossians 4 Epistle Paul

Paul writes the church at Colossae a letter about

who the

are in Christ, and how to walk in Christ.

Thessalonians

5 Epistle Paul

Paul has heard a good report on the church at

Thessalonica, and encourages them to “excel still

more” in faith, ho

e, and love.

Thessalonians

3 Epistle Paul

Paul instructs the Thessalonians on how to stand

firm until the comin

esus.

54 1 Timothy 6 Epistle Paul

Paul gives his protégé Timothy instruction on how

to lead a church with sound teaching and a godly

exam

le.

55 2 Timothy 4 Epistle Paul

Paul is nearing the end of his life, and encourages

Timoth

to continue

reachin

the word.

56 Titus 3 Epistle Paul

Paul advises Titus on how to lead orderly,

counter-cultural churches on the island of Crete.

57 Philemon 1 Epistle Paul

Paul strongly recommends that Philemon accept

his runawa

slave as a brother

not a slave.

58 Hebrews 13

General

istle

Unknown

A letter encouraging Christians to cling to Christ

des

ite

ersecution, because he is

reater.

59 James 5

General

istle

James

A letter telling Christians to live in ways that

demonstrate their faith in action.

60 1 Peter 5

General

Epistle

Peter

Peter writes to Christians who are being

persecuted, encouraging them to testify to the

truth and live accordin

ly.

61 2 Peter 3

General

Epistle

Peter

Peter writes a letter reminding Christians about

the truth of Jesus, and warning them that false

teachers will come.

62 1 John 5

General

Epistle

John

John writes a letter to Christians about keeping

Jesus’ commands, loving one another, and

ortant thin

s the

should know.

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63 2 John 1

General

istle

John

A very brief letter about walking in truth, love,

and obedience.

64 3 John 1

General

istle

John An even shorter letter about Christian fellowship.

65 Jude 1

General

Epistle

Jude

A letter encouraging Christians to contend for the

faith, even though ungodly persons have crept in

unnoticed.

66 Revelation 22 Prophecy John

John sees visions of things that have been, things

that are, and thin

s that are

et to come.

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Book

Written

Overview

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Luke

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of Christ. Known for its historical detail and precision, Luke was chosen by the Holy Spirit to communicate the

Gospel to an educated and technological culture. The evidences of the truly "human" nature of Jesus Christ are

littered throughout this treatise.

New King James Version (NKJV)

Luke 1

Dedication to T heophilu s

1 Inasmuch as many have tak en in hand to s et i n order a narr ati ve of those things whic h

have been f ulfilled among us, 2 just as those who from th e begi nning w ere eyewitn esses

and ministers of the word deliv ere d th em to us, 3 i t seemed g ood to me also, having had

perfect und erstan ding of all t hings from t he v er y first, to write to you an ord er ly account,

most excell ent The ophilus, 4 that you may know th e cert ainty of those things in which

you were ins truc ted.

John’s Birth Announced to Zacharias

5 There was in the days of H erod, the king of J udea, a certain pr ies t name d Zacharias, of

the division of Abijah. His wi fe was of the d aughters of A aron, a nd her name was

Elizabeth. 6 An d they wer e both righteous b efore God, w alking in all the comman dments

and ordinanc es of the Lord blameless. 7 Bu t th ey had no c hild, because Eli zabeth was

barren, and th ey were bo th well advan ced in ye ars.

8 So it was, th at whi le he was serving as pries t before God in t he order of his

division, 9 according to th e cus tom of the pries thood, his lot f ell to burn inc ense

when he we nt i nto the te mple of the L ord. 10 And the whole multitud e of the

people was pra ying outside a t the h our of incense. 11 Then an ang el of the Lord

appeared to hi m, standing on the right side of the altar of inc ens e. 12 A nd when

Zacharias s aw hi m, he was tr oubled, and f ear fell upon hi m.

13 But the angel sai d to hi m, “Do not be afr aid, Zacharias, f or your pra yer is

heard; and y our wife Elizabe th wi ll bear you a son, and you sh all call his nam e

John. 14 And y ou will have jo y and gladn ess , and many will rejoic e at his birth.

15 For he will be great in the sigh t of the Lord, a nd shall dri nk nei ther wine nor

strong drink. He will also be f illed with th e Hol y Spirit, ev en from his mo ther’s

womb. 16 A nd he will turn ma ny of the children of Israel to the Lord their God.

17 He will also g o before Him in the spirit a nd power of Elij ah, ‘to tu rn the

hearts of th e fath ers to th e childr en,’ an d the disob edient to the wisdom of th e

just, to make r eady a people pre pared for the Lord.”

18 And Za chari as said to t he angel, “Ho w shal l I know this? For I am an old m an, and my

wife is well adva nced in ye ars.”

19 And th e ang el ans were d and said to hi m, “I am Gabriel, who s tands in t he presence of

God, and w as sent t o speak to you and br ing you these gl ad ti dings. 20 But b ehol d, you will

be mute and n ot able to speak u ntil the day these t hings take place, because you did not

believe my words which will b e fulfilled in their o wn time.”

21 And th e people waited for Zacharias, and marveled th at he lingered so lo ng in the t emple.

22 But when h e came out, he could not speak to them; and th ey per ceived that h e had s ee n a

vision in th e t emple, for he beck oned to them a nd remained sp eechless.

23 So it w as, as so on as the days of his service were completed, that he depart ed to his o wn

house. 24 N ow after those days his wif e Eli zab eth con ceived; and she hi d herself fiv e

months, sayi ng, 25 “Thus th e Lord has de alt with me, in the days wh en He looked o n me, to

take away my r eproach a mong p eopl e.”

Christ’s Birt h Annou nc ed to Mary

26 Now in th e sixth month t he ang el Gabriel was s ent by God to a city of

Galilee na med Na zareth, 27 to a vi rgin betrothed to a man wh ose n ame was

Joseph, of t he h ouse of David. The virgin’ s name was Mar y. 28 And having

come in, the a ngel said to her, “Rejoice, highly favored one, the L ord is wit h

you; blessed are you among w omen!”

29 But when s he saw him, she was tr oubled at his s aying, and co nsidere d

what manner of greeting this w as. 30 Th en t he angel said to her, “Do not b e

afraid, Mar y, for you have fo und favor with God. 31 And beh old, you will

conceive in your womb and br ing forth a Son, a nd shall call His name Jesus.

32 He will b e grea t, and will be called the S on of the High est; and the Lord

God will give Him the thron e of His f ather David. 33 And He will reign over

the house of Jacob forever, a nd of His kingdo m there will be no end.”

34 Then Mar y said to the angel, “How can this b e, sinc e I do not kn ow a

man?”

35 And the angel a nswered and s aid to her, “ The Holy Spir it will come up on you,

and the pow er of the Highes t will oversha dow you; ther ef ore, also, that Hol y One who

is to be born will be called th e Son of God. 36 Now indeed, Eli zab eth your r elative has

also conc ei ved a son in her old age; and this is now the sixth month for h er who w as

called barren. 37 For with God nothing will be i mpossible.”

38 Then Mar y said, “Behold the maidserv ant of the Lord! Let i t be to me according t o

your word.” And the angel d epar ted f rom her.

Mary Visits El izabeth

39 Now M ary ar ose in thos e days and w ent i nto the hill cou ntry with has te, to a city of

Judah, 40 and entered the hous e of Zacharias a nd greeted Eliz abeth. 41 And it

happened, wh en Eli zab eth heard t he greeting of Mar y, that the babe leaped in her

womb; and Elizabe th was filled with the Holy Spiri t. 42 Then sh e spoke ou t wi th a loud

voice and said, “Bl essed are you among wom en, a nd bl essed is the fr uit of your womb!

43 But why is t his granted to m e, that the mot her of my Lord sh ould come to me? 44

For indeed, as soon as the voi ce of your gree ting sounded i n my ears, the bab e leaped in

my womb f or joy. 45 Bless ed i s she who b elieved, for there will b e a fulfi llment of thos e

things which were told her from the Lor d.”

ong o

46 And Mar y said:

“My soul magnif ies the L ord,

47 And my spiri t has rejoice d in God my Savior .

48 For He has r eg arded the lowl y stat e of His m aidservant;

For behold, h enceforth all g en erations will call m e bless ed.

49 For He who is mig hty has don e g reat things f or me,

And holy is His name.

50 And His mer cy is on th ose who f ear Him

From genera tion to genera tion.

51 He has sho wn s trength wi th His arm;

He has sc attered th e proud in th e i mag ination of their hearts.

52 He has put down the migh ty from their thron es,

And exalt ed t he lowly.

53 He has f illed the hungry wit h good things,

And the ri ch He has sent away e mpty.

54 He has help ed His servan t Israel,

In remembra nce of His merc y,

55 As He spoke to our fath ers,

To Abraha m and to his seed forever.”

56 And Mar

remaine d with her abou t thr ee months, and r eturned to her hous e.

n t

e Bapt

57 Now Eliza beth’s full tim e cam e for her to be deliver ed, and she brought forth a s on. 58

When her n eighbors a nd relatives hear d how th e Lord ha d shown gre at merc y to her, t hey

rejoiced wit h her.

Circumcision of John the Baptist

59 So it w as, on the eighth day, that the y came to circum cise th e child; and they would

have called hi m by t he nam e of his father, Z acharias. 60 His mother a nswered and said,

“No; he shall be called John.”

61 But the y said to h er, “There is no on e among your rela tives who is call ed by this

name.” 6 2 So they made sig ns to hi s fath er —what he woul d hav e him called.

63 And he ask ed for a writing t ablet, and wrot e, saying, “His na me is John.” So they all

marveled. 6 4 Immediately his mou th was opened and his tongu e loosed, and he s poke,

praising God. 65 Then fear ca me on all who dw elt ar ound the m; and all these s ayi ngs wer e

discussed throug hout all th e hill cou ntry of Judea. 66 And all those who heard them kept

them in their h earts, saying, “ What kind of child will this be?” A nd the hand of the Lord

was with him.

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ecy

67 Now his f ather Za charias was fi lled with the Holy S pirit, and pr ophesied,

saying:

68 “Bl essed is the Lord God of Isra el,

For He has visi ted and rede emed His p eople,

69 And has r aised up a horn of s alvation f or us

In the hous e of His s ervant David,

70 As He spoke by the mou th of His holy proph ets,

Who have b een sinc e the world began,

71 That w e should be s aved from our enemies

And from th e hand of all who hat e us,

72 To perfor m the mercy promised to our fath ers

And to re member His holy covenan t,

73 The oath which He swor e to our father Abrah am:

74 To gr ant us tha t we,

Being deliver ed from the hand of our enemi es,

Might serve Hi m without fear,

75 In holiness and ri

hteousn ess b efore Hi m all the da

of our lif e.

76 “And you , child, will be called th e prop het of the High est;

For you will go b efore the fa ce of the Lor d to pr epare His ways,

77 To gi ve knowl edge of s alvatio n to His peopl e

By the remiss ion of their sins,

78 Throug h the t ender merc y of our God,

With which th e Dayspring from on high has vi sited us;

79 To gi ve light to thos e who si t in darkn ess and the sh adow of deat h,

To guide our fe et into the wa y of p eace.”

80 So the child g rew and beca me s trong in spir it, and was in the deserts till th e da y of his

manifestati on to Isr ael .

Luke 2

Christ Born o f Mary

1 And it cam e to pass in th ose days that a d ecr ee went out from C aesar August us that all

the world sh ould be register ed. 2 This census first took plac e while Quirinius was

governing S yr ia. 3 So all we nt to b e registered, ev eryone to his o wn city.

4 Joseph als o went up from Galile e, out of the city of Naz areth, into Judea, to the city of

David, which is called Bethle hem, because he was of the house and l ineage of David, 5 to

be registered with M ary, his betro the d wife, who was wit h child. 6 So it was, that whil e

they were there, the days w er e completed for her to be d elivered. 7 And she brough t forth

her firstborn So n, and wrap ped Him in s wad dling clo ths, and laid Him in a manger,

because ther e was no room for t hem in the in n.

Glory in t he Hi ghe st

8 Now ther e were in the same countr y shepherds li ving out in th e fields, ke eping

watch over th eir flock by night. 9 And beh old, an angel of the L ord stood bef ore

them, and th e glory of the Lord sh one around them, and they were greatly

afraid. 10 The n the angel said to them, “Do n ot be afraid, for b ehold, I bring you

good tidings of g reat joy whi ch will be to all peo ple. 11 For there is born to you

this day in the city of David a Savi or, who is Christ the Lord. 12 And this will be

the sign to y ou: You will find a Babe wrapp ed in swaddling cloths, lying in a

manger.”

13 And sudde nly there was wit h the angel a multi tude of the he avenl y hos t

praising God and saying:

14 “Glory t o God i n the highest,

And on ear th p eace, goodwill toward men! ”

15 So it was, w hen the ang els had gone away from them into heave n, that the

shepherds said to one ano ther, “Let u s now go to Be thlehem and s ee this thing

that has com e to pas s, which the Lord h as made k nown to us.” 16 And th ey

came with h aste and found Mar y and Joseph, and th e Babe lying in a manger. 17

Now when t hey had seen Him, they mad e wid ely known th e saying which was

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18 And all th ose who heard it m arveled at thos e things which wer e told them b y the

shepherds. 19 B ut Mary k ept all th ese things and ponder ed them in h er hear t. 20 Then the

shepherds ret urned, glorifying an d praising G od for all the thing s that they had heard and

seen, as it was told t hem.

Circumcision of Jesus

21 And wh en eig ht da ys were co mpleted for the circu mci sion of th e Chil d, His na me was

called Jesus, th e name giv en b y the angel befor e He was co nceived in th e womb.

Jesus Prese nted in the Tem ple

22 Now whe n th e days of h er purif ication accordi ng to the la w of Moses wer e c ompleted,

they brought Him to Jerus alem to present Him to the L ord 23 (as it is written in the law of

the Lord, “Ev ery male who opens th e womb shall b e called holy to t he Lord” ), 24 and to

offer a sacrific e according to wha t is said in the law of th e Lord, “ A pair of turtledov es or t wo

young pigeo ns.”

Simeon Sees G od’s Salvatio n

25 And behold, there was a man i n Jerusalem whos e name was Si meo n, and

this man was jus t and devou t, wai ting for the Co nsolation of Isra el, and the

Holy Spirit was upon him. 2 6 And it had b een reve aled to him b y the Hol y

Spirit that h e would not se e de ath befor e he had s een the Lord’s Chri st. 27 So

he came by th e Spirit into t he te mple. And whe n the paren ts brought in the

Child Jesus, t o do for Him a ccor ding to the custom of the l aw, 28 he took

Him up in hi s arms and blessed Go d and said:

29 “L ord, now You are letti ng Your servant depart in peace,

According to Your word;

30 For my e yes have seen Your s alvation

31 Which You have prepared b efore the f ace of all p eoples,

32 A light t o bring r evel ation to the Ge ntiles,

And the glor y of Your peo ple Isra el.”

33 And Jos eph and His mother mar veled at those things which wer e spoken

of Him. 34 T hen Simeon bl essed them, a nd said to M ary His mother,

“Behold, this Child is destin ed f or the fall and rising of m any in Is rael, a nd for

a sign whi ch will be spoken against 35 (yes, a s word will pierc e through y our

own soul also ), that the though ts of many he arts may be rev eal ed.”

Anna Bear s Witness to the R edeemer

36 Now ther e was one, Anna, a prophetess, th e daughter of Phanuel, of the tr ibe of

Asher. She w as of a great ag e, and had liv ed with a husband seven years from h er

virg inity; 37 and this woma n was a wido w of ab out eighty-four y ears, who did not

depart fr om the tem ple, but served God with fastings and prayers ni ght and day. 38

And coming in that instant sh e gave thanks to the Lord, and s poke of Him to al l those

who looked for redemption i n Jerusalem.

The Family R eturns to Nazar eth

39 So when t hey had perform ed all things a ccor ding to the l aw of the L ord, the y

returned to Gal ilee, to th eir own ci ty, Nazar eth. 4 0 And the Child grew an d became

strong in spirit, f illed with wisdo m; and the g race of God w as upon Him.

The Boy Je sus Amaze s the Sc holar s

41 His par ents we nt to Jerusalem every ye ar at the Feas t of the Passov er. 4 2 And when

He was twelv e years old, the y wen t up to Jerusalem according to th e cu stom of th e feas t.

43 When the y had f inished the days, as they returne d, the Boy Jesus ling ered behind in

Jerusalem. And J oseph and His mother did no t know it; 44 bu t supposing Him to have

been in the c ompan y, they went a day’s jo urney, and soug ht Him among their relatives

and acquain ta nces. 45 S o when they did not find Him, t hey returned to Jerusal em, s eek ing

Him. 46 No w so it was that after thr ee da ys th ey f ound Him in t he temple, sit ting in t he

midst of the teachers, both l istening to th em and aski ng them qu esti ons. 47 And all who

heard Him w ere astonished at Hi s understanding an d answers. 48 So when t hey saw Him,

they were ama zed; and His mother said t o Him, “Son, wh y hav e You don e this to us?

Look, Your f ather and I hav e sough t You anxiousl y.”

49 And He said to them, “Wh y did you seek M e? Did you no t know that I must be abou t

My Father’ s busines s?” 50 But the y did not underst and the state men t which He sp oke to

them.

Jesus Advances in Wisdom a nd Favor

51 Then He went d own wit h them and came to N azareth, and was su bject to them, but

His mother ke pt all these thing s in her heart. 5 2 And Jesus i ncre ased in wisd om and

stature, and i n favor with G od and men.

Luke 3

John the Bapti st Prepares the Way

1 Now in the fi fteenth year of t he reign of Ti ber ius Caesar, Pontius Pilate b eing governor

of Judea, H erod being tetrarc h of Galilee, his brother Philip t etrarc h of Iturea and th e

region of Tr achonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene, 2 while Annas and Caiaphas wer e

high priests, t he word of God came to John the son of Zac harias in the wilderness. 3 And

he went into all the reg ion around th e Jordan, prea ching a baptism of r epentance for the

remission of sins, 4 as it is written in the book of th e words of Isaiah th e prophet, saying:

“The voic e of one crying i n th e wildern ess:

‘Pr epare th e way of the Lord;

Make His p ath s straight.

5 Every vall ey shall b e filled

And every mountain and hill broug ht l ow;

The crooked places shall be made straig ht

And the rough ways smooth;

6 And all f lesh shall see th e s alva tion of God.’ ”

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7 Then he said to the multi tu des that cam e out to be bap tized by him, “Br ood of

vipers! Who war ned you to flee from th e wra th to come? 8 Therefore b ear fr uits

worthy of rep entance, and do not begin to sa y to yourselves, ‘ We have Abr aham

as our father. ’ For I say to you t hat God is able to raise up childr en to Abraha m

from these st ones. 9 And even no w the ax is l ai d to th e root of the tr ees.

Therefore every tree which d oes not bear good f ruit is cut down and thrown

into the fire.”

10 So the p eople asked him, saying, “ What shall w e do the n?”

11 He answer ed and said to t hem, “He who h as two tunics, l et him g ive to him

who has no ne; and he who ha s food, let him do likewise.”

12 Then tax collectors also c ame to be baptized, and said to him, “T eacher, wha t

shall we do?”

13 And he s aid to th em, “Collec t no more than wh at is appoi nted for you.”

14 Likewise the soldiers asked him, sa ying, “And wh at sh all we do?” So he said

to them, “D o not intimida te anyone or accuse fals el y, and be c ontent with yo ur

es.”

15 Now as the peo ple were in exp ectati on, and all reasoned in t hei r hearts abou t John,

whether he was the Christ or not, 16 J ohn answ ered, saying to all, “I indeed bapti ze you with

water; but On e mightier than I is coming, whose san dal strap I am no t worthy to l oose. He

will baptiz e yo u with the H oly Spirit and fire. 17 His win nowi ng fan is in His hand, and He

will thoroughl y cl ean out His thr eshing floor, and g ather the w heat into His barn; but the

chaff He will bur n with unque nchable fire.”

18 And wit h many other exhor tations h e preach ed to the peopl e. 19 But Hero d the tetrarch,

being rebuk ed by him concerning Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife, and for all the evils

which Hero d had don e, 20 also a dded this, above all, that he shu t John up in priso n.

John Baptizes Je sus

21 When all t he peopl e were bap tized, it c ame t o pass that Jesus also was bap tized; and while

He prayed, the he aven was opened. 22 And the Holy Spirit descende d in bodily form lik e a

dove upon Him, and a voic e cam e from h eave n whi ch said, “ You are My belov ed Son; in

You I am w ell ple ased.”

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23 Now Jesu s Himself bega n His ministry at abou t thir ty years of age, being

(as was sup posed) t he s on of Jose ph, the son of H eli, 24 the son of M atthat,

the son of Levi, the son of Mel chi, the son of Janna, the son of Joseph, 25 the

son of Matta thiah, the son of Amos, th e s on of Nahum, the so n of Esli, the

son of Naggai, 2 6 the son of M aath, the son of M attathiah, th e son of Se mei,

the son of Jose ph, the son of J udah, 27 the s on of Joannas, the son of R hesa,

the son of Z erubb abel , the son of Sh ealtiel, the son of Neri, 28 t he son of

Melchi, the so n of Addi, th e son of Cosam, the son of Elmodam, th e son of

Er, 29 the s on of Jose, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of

Matthat, the s on of Levi, 30 t he son of Sim eon, the s on of Judah, th e son of

Joseph, the so n of Jonan, th e son of Eliakim, 31 th e son of Melea, the son of

Menan, the s on of Ma ttathah, the so n of Nathan, th e so n of David, 3 2 the

son of Jesse, th e son of Obed, th e son of Boaz, the son of Salmon, the son of

Nahshon, 33 th e son of A mminadab, the s on of R am, the son of H ezro n, the

son of Pere z, the son of Judah, 34 t he son of Jacob, th e son of Isaa c, the son

of Abraham, t he s on of T erah, the son of N ahor, 35 th e son of Serug, the son

of Reu, the son of Peleg, the so n of Eber, th e son of Shelah, 36 th e son of

Cainan, th e son of Arph axad, the son of She m, the son of Noah, the so n of

Lamech, 37 th e son of Met huselah, th e son of Eno ch, the son of J ared, the

son of Mah alalel, the son of C ainan, 38 the son of Enosh, the s on of S eth, the

son of Adam

the son of G od.

Satan Te mpts Jes us

1 Then Jesus, b eing filled wi th the H oly Spirit, return ed from the Jord an and was le d by

the Spirit into the wilderness, 2 b eing tempte d for forty days by the devil. An d in those

days He ate nothing, and af ter ward, when they h ad ende d, He was hungr y.

3 And the devi l said to Him, “ If You are the So n of God, co mmand this ston e to b ecome

bread.”

4 But Jesus answered him, saying, “ It is written, ‘M an sh all no t live b y bread alo ne, but by

every word of G od.’ ”

5 Then the dev il, taking Him up on a high mo untain, sho wed Him all th e kingdoms of th e

world in a mo ment of time. 6 And the devil said to Him, “All t his authorit y I will giv e

You, and th eir gl ory; for this has b een delivered to me, and I giv e i t to whomev er I wish. 7

Therefore, if Y ou will worship b efore me, all will be Yours.”

8 And Jesus ans wered and said to him, “Ge t behind M e, Satan! F or it is written, ‘You s hall

worship the Lord your God, an d Him only you s hall serv e.’ ”

9 Then he broug ht Him to J erusalem, set Him on the pinna cle of the temple,

and said to Him, “If You are the So n of God, thro w Yourself do wn from h ere.

10 For it is writ ten:

‘He shall give His angels ch arge over you,

To keep you,’

11 and,

‘In their hands they shall be ar you u p,

Lest you das h your foo t against a stone.’ ”

12 And Jesus a nswered and sai d to him, “It h as been said, ‘You s hall not tem pt

the Lord your G od.’ ”

13 Now wh en the devil h ad en ded every te mptation, he dep arted f rom Him until

an opportun e ti me.

Jesus Begi ns H is Galilea n Ministry

14 Then Jesus r eturned in th e power of the Spirit t o Galilee, and n ews of Him went out

through all the surrou nding region. 15 And He taugh t in their synag ogues, being gl orified by

all.

Jesus Rejec ted at Nazar eth

16 So He ca me to Nazare th, where He had bee n brought up. A nd as His custom was, He

went into th e synagog ue on the S abbath day, and stood u p to read. 17 And He was han ded

the book of t he pr ophet Isaiah. And when He had opened the book, H e found th e place

where it was written:

18 “The Spirit of the Lord i s upon Me,

Because He h as anointed Me

To preach the gos pel to the poor;

He has sent Me to heal the br okenhearted,

To proclaim liber ty to the cap tives

And recover y of sig ht to the blind,

To set at libert y those who are oppr es sed;

19 To procl aim the accep table y ear of the L ord.”

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down. And the eyes of all who w ere in the synagogu e were fixed on Him. 21

And He beg an to sa y to them, “Tod ay this Scri ptur e is fulfilled in your

hearing.” 2 2 So all bore wi tness to Him, and marv eled at the gra cious words

which proc eeded ou t of His mouth. And th ey said, “Is this not Jo seph’s s on?”

23 He said to them, “You will surely say this prov erb to Me, ‘ Physician, h eal

yourself! Wh atever we have h eard done in Cap ernaum, do also h ere in Your

country.’ ” 24 Then He said, “Assuredly, I sa y to you, no prop het is accept ed

in his own cou ntry. 25 But I t ell you truly, man y widows wer e in Israel in t he

days of Elijah, w hen the heaven was shut up t hree ye ars and six months, and

there was a gr eat fami ne throughou t all the l and; 26 bu t to none of th em was

Elijah sent except to Zarep hath, in the region of Sidon, t o a woman who was

a widow. 27 A nd many lep ers wer e in Isra el in the time of Elisha th e prophet,

and none of them was cleans ed ex cept Naaman the Syria n.”

28 So all thos e in the syn agogue, when th ey h eard these t hings, were fil led

with wrath, 2 9 and rose up and thrus t Him out of t he city; and they led Him

to the brow of t he hill on w hich their city was built, that they might throw

Him down ov er the cliff. 3 0 Then passing through t he midst of the m, He

went His wa

Jesus Cast s Out an Unclea n Spirit

31 Then He went d own to Capernaum, a ci ty of Galilee, and wa s teaching them o n the

Sabbaths. 32 A nd they were as tonished at His teaching, f or His word was wit h

authority. 33 No w in the syn agogue there wa s a man who had a spirit of an un clean

demon. An d he cried out with a loud v oice, 34 s aying, “ Let us alone! What h ave we to

do with You , Jesus of Nazar et h? Did You come to destroy us ? I know wh o You are—

the Holy On e of God!”

35 But Jesus re buked him, sa ying, “Be quiet, an d come out of hi m!” And wh en the

demon had thro wn him in their mids t, it came out of hi m and did no t hurt him. 36

Then they w ere all amaz ed and spok e among t hemselves, saying, “ What a wor d this is!

For with authori ty and pow er He commands th e unclean spirits, and they co me out.”

37 And the r eport about Him went out into every place in the surrou nding region.

Pete r’s Mot he r-in-Law He aled

38 Now He ar ose from the syn agogue and e ntered Simon’s hous e. But Simon’s wife’s

mother was sick with a high fev er, and they m ade r eques t of Hi m conc erning her. 39 S o

He stood ov er her and rebuked the fever, and it lef t her . And imme diately she aro se and

served them.

Many Heale d After Sab bath S unset

40 When the sun was setting , all those who h ad any that were si ck with various dis eases

brought them to Him; and He laid His hands on every one of them and h ealed th em. 41

And demons also came out of many, crying out and saying, “ You are the Christ, t he So n

of God!”

And He, rebuking them, did n ot allow them t o speak, for th ey k new that H e was the

Christ.

Jesus Preac he s in Galilee

42 Now whe n it was d ay, He d epar ted and wen t in to a deserted plac e. And t he crowd

sought Hi m and came to Hi m, and tried to k eep Him from l eaving them; 43 but He sai d

to them, “I m ust preach the king dom of Go d to th e other cities also, because for this

purpose I have be en sent.” 4 4 And He w as preaching in th e syn agogues of Galile e.

Luke 5

Four Fis he rmen Called a s Disc iple s

1 So it was, as th e mul titude press ed about Him to hear t he wor d of God, t hat He s tood

by the Lak e of G ennesare t, 2 and saw tw o boats standing by the lake; but the fish ermen

had gone fr om them and wer e washing their n ets. 3 Then He got into one of the boats,

which was Si mon’s, and asked him to put out a littl e from the land. And He sat do wn and

taught th e multi tudes fr om the b oat.

4 When He had s topped sp eaking, H e said to Si mon, “Launch ou t into the d eep and let

down your n ets for a catc h.”

5 But Simo n ans wered and s aid to Hi m, “M aster, we have toi led all nigh t and caught

nothing; n ev ert hel ess at Your word I will let down th e net.” 6 And wh en they had do ne

this, they caugh t a great number of fish, and t hei r net was breaking. 7 So they sig nal ed to

their partners i n the other b oat to come a nd help them. And they came and f illed both the

boats, so th at they b egan to sink. 8 Wh en Simon Pe ter saw it, he fell d own at J es us’ knees,

saying, “De par t from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord!”

9 For he and all who were wi th him were astonish ed at the catch of f ish which th ey h ad

taken;

10 and so also were James an d John, the sons of Zebedee, wh o were partn ers

with Simon. And Jesus said to Sim on, “Do not be afr ai d. From now on you will

catch men.” 11 So when th ey had broug ht their bo ats to la nd, they forso ok all

and followed Him.

Jesus Clea nse s a Leper

12 And it ha ppened when He was in a certain city, th at behol d, a man who was

full of leprosy saw Jesus; and he fell o n his face and im plored Him, sa ying,

“Lor d, if You are willing, You c an make me clean.”

13 Then He put ou t Hi s hand and tou ched him, s aying, “I am willing; be

cleansed.” Im mediately the le prosy left hi m. 14 A nd He charged hi m to tell no

one, “But go and show yours elf to the pri es t, and make an offeri ng for your

cleansing, as a tes ti mon y t o them, jus t as M oses com manded.”

15 However, t he report we nt arou nd concerning Hi m all the more; a nd great

multitudes cam e together to hear, and to b e he aled by Him of t heir infirmiti es.

16 So He Hims elf often withdr ew into the wild erness and pr ayed.

Jesus Forgive s a nd Hea ls a Paralytic

17 Now it h appene d on a certain day, as H e was teaching, that ther e were Pharis ees and

teachers of th e law sitting by, who had c ome out of ever y to wn of Galile e, Judea, and

Jerusalem. And the power of t he Lord was present to heal t hem. 18 Th en behold, men

brought on a bed a man who w as paralyzed, whom th ey s ought to bring in a nd lay before

Him. 19 And whe n they could not f ind how th ey mig ht bring hi m in, b ecaus e of the crow d,

they went up on the houseto p an d let him d own wit h his bed thr ough the tiling into the

midst before Jesus.

20 When He s aw their faith, H e said to hi m, “M an, your sins are forgiven you.”

21 And th e scrib es and th e Pharisees beg an to re ason, saying, “ Who is this who speaks

blasphemies? Who can forg ive sins but God alon e?”

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“Why are you reasoning in y our hearts? 23 W hich is easi er , to say, ‘Your si ns

are forgiv en you,’ or to s ay, ‘Rise up and w alk’? 24 But that you may kno w

that the Son of Man has po wer o n earth to forgi ve sins”—He said to the man

who was paraly zed, “I say to y ou, arise, take up your bed, and go to your

house.”

25 Immedi ately h e rose u p before them, took u p what he had b een lying on,

and departed to his own house, g lorifying G od. 26 And they wer e all ama zed,

and they gl orified God and wer e f illed with fear , saying, “ We have se en

strange things t oday!”

Matthew t he Tax Collect or

27 After thes e thi ngs He went out a nd saw a tax collector n amed Levi, sit ting

at the tax off ice. And He s aid to him, “Foll ow M e.” 2 8 So he left all , rose up,

and followed Him.

29 Then Levi gav e Him a grea t feas t in his own house. A nd there wer e a grea t

number of tax collectors and others who sat dow n wi th them. 30 And their

scribes and t he P harisees complain ed against His disciples, saying , “Why do

You eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”

31 Jesus answer ed and said to them, “Thos e wh o are w el l have no need of a

physician, bu t those who are sick. 32 I h ave not com e to call the ri ghteous, but sinners,

to repentan ce. ”

Jesus Is Q uestio ne d About F asting

33 Then the y said to Him, “ Why do the di sciples of John fast oft en and m ake prayers,

and likewise thos e of the P harise es, bu t Yours eat and drink?”

34 And He said to them, “Can you make th e friends of the bridegroo m fast while th e

bridegroom is with them? 35 Bu t the days will come when th e brid egroom will be taken

away from them; th en they will fas t in those days.”

36 Then He sp oke a parable t o th em: “ No one put s a piece from a new garment on an

old one; oth erwise the new makes a tear, an d also the pie ce that was t aken out of the

new does not match the old. 3 7 And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; or els e

the new win e will b urst the wineskins and be spill ed, and the wineski ns will be ruin ed.

38 But new wine must be pu t in to n ew wineski ns, and both are preserve d. 39 And no

one, having drunk old wine, im mediately desir es new; for he says, ‘The old is bet ter. ’ ”

Luke 6

Jesus Is Lor d of the Sabbath

1 Now it happ ened on the sec ond Sabbath after the first that H e went through the

grainfi elds. And Hi s disciples plu cked the heads of grain a nd ate them, rubbing them in

their hands. 2 And some of the P harise es said to the m, “Why are you doi ng what is n ot

lawful to do on the Sabbath?”

3 But Jesus answering them said, “ Hav e you not eve n read this, what D avid did when he

was hungr y, he and those who were with him: 4 how h e wen t into th e hous e of G od, took

and ate the s howbread, and also gav e some to those with him, w hich is not l awful for a ny

but the priests to eat?” 5 And He said to them, “The S on of Man is also L ord of th e

Sabbath.”

Healing o n t he Sabbat h

6 Now it ha ppened on anoth er Sab bath, also, that He en tered th e synagogue and taugh t.

And a man w as there whose right h and was withered. 7 So the scrib es and Pharise es

watched Him clos ely, whether He would heal on the Sabbath, t hat they might fi nd an

accusation agains t Him. 8 But He knew th eir though ts, and said to the man who had the

withered hand, “ Aris e and stand h ere.” And he arose and stood. 9 Then Jesus s aid to

them, “I will ask you one thing : Is it lawful on the S abb ath to d o good or to do ev il, to

save life or to des troy?”

10 And wh en He h ad looked arou nd at them all, He s aid to the m an, “Stre tch

out your han d.” And he did so, and his hand was restored as whole as the oth er.

11 But th ey were fille d with rage, a nd discussed wit h one another wh at they

might do to Jesus.

The Tw elve Apostles

12 Now it cam e to pass in th ose d ays tha t H e went out to the moun tain to pr ay,

and continued all night in pr ayer to God. 13 An d wh en it was da y, He called His

disciples to Hi mself; and fr om th em He chos e twelve whom He also name d

apostles: 14 Sim on, whom He also named P eter, and Andr ew his brother; Jam es

and John; Philip and Barthol omew; 15 M atthew an d Thomas; Ja mes the son of

Alphaeus, a nd Simon called the Zealot; 16 Jud as the son of James, and Judas

Iscariot who also became a traitor.

Jesus Heals a Great Multit ude

17 And He came d own wit h them and s tood on a l evel place wi th a crowd of His

disciples and a great multitude of people from all Judea and J erusalem, and f rom

the seacoas t of Tyr e and S idon, who ca me t o hear Him and be h eal ed of t hei r

diseases, 18 as well as those who wer e tormented with uncl ean spirits. A nd they

were healed. 19 And the wh ole multitude soug ht to touch Him, for po wer went

out from Hi m and he aled them all.

The Beatitu des

20 Then He lif ted up His ey es tow ard His disciples, a nd said:

“Blessed ar e you poor,

For yours is th e kingdom of God.

21 Blessed are you who hunger no w,

For you shall be filled.

Blessed are y ou who weep no w,

For you shall l augh.

22 Blessed are you w hen men hate you,

And when th ey exclud e you,

And revil e you, and cast out your n ame as evil,

For the So n of Man’s s ake.

23 Rejoic e in that day and leap f or joy!

For indeed your re war d is great in heav en,

For in li ke manner t heir fat hers did to the prophets.

Jesus Pro nounces Woe s

24 “Bu t wo e to you who are rich,

For you hav e received your consol ation.

25 Woe to y ou who are ful l,

For you shall hunger.

Woe to you w ho laugh now,

For you shall mourn and weep.

26 Woe to y ou when all m en sp eak well of you,

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Love Your Enem ies

27 “Bu t I say to you who hear: Love your enemies, do good to th ose who

hate you, 28 bl ess those wh o cur se you, and pr ay for those who spit efully use

you. 29 To hi m who strikes you on the one cheek, of fer the other also. And

from him w ho takes away your cl oak , do not with hold your tuni c ei ther. 30

Give to ever yone who asks of you. And from him who takes away your goods

do not ask t hem back. 31 A nd just as you w ant me n to do to you, you also d o

to them lik ewise.

32 “Bu t i f you love those who lov e you, what credit is that to you? F or even

sinners love thos e who lov e th em. 33 And if y ou do good to tho se who do

good to you, what credit is t hat to you? For even sinners do the sa me. 34 And

if you lend to those from whom you hope to rec ei ve back, wha t credit is t hat

to you? For ev en sinners l end to sinners t o receive as mu ch back. 35 But love

your enemi es, do goo d, and lend, ho ping for nothing in return; and your

reward will be gr eat, and you will b e sons of th e Most High. F or He is kind t o

the unthankf ul and evil. 36 Ther efore b e mercif ul, just as your Fat her als o is

merciful.

Do Not J ud ge

37 “J udge not, and you shall not b e j udged. Cond emn not, and you shall no t be

condemned. F orgive, and you will be forgiven. 38 Give, an d it wi ll be given to you:

good measure, pr essed dow n, shaken togeth er, and ru nning over wi ll be put into your

bosom. For wi th the same m easure that you us e, it wi ll be measur ed back to y ou.”

39 And He spok e a parable t o them: “ Can the blin d lead th e blind? Will th ey not both

fall into the di tch? 40 A disciple is not above his t eacher, bu t everyone who is perfec tly

trained will b e like his teach er. 4 1 And w hy do you look at the sp eck in your bro ther’s

eye, but do no t per cei ve the pla nk in your own ey e? 42 Or how can you say to your

brother, ‘Bro ther , let me rem ove the spe ck that is in your ey e, ’ when you your self do

not see the plank that is in y our own eye? Hyp ocr ite! First remov e the plank fr om your

own eye, and then you will s ee clearly to r emov e the sp eck tha t is in your brot her ’s eye.

A Tree Is Know n by Its Fr uit

43 “F or a good tree does no t bear bad fruit, nor does a bad tr ee bear good f ruit. 44 For

every tree is k nown by its o wn fruit. F or men do not g ather fig s from thorns, nor do t hey

gather grap es from a bramble bush. 45 A good m an out of the good treasure of his hear t

brings f orth good; and an evil man out of th e ev il treasur e of his h eart brings f orth ev il.

For out of th e abundance of th e heart his mou th speaks.

Build on t he Rock

46 “Bu t wh y do you call Me ‘L ord, Lord,’ an d not do the thi ngs which I sa y? 47 Who ev er

comes to M e, an d hears My sayings and does the m, I will show you whom he is lik e: 48

He is like a ma n building a hous e, who dug de ep and laid th e foundation on the rock.

And when th e flood arose, the stre am beat vehem ently agains t that hous e, and coul d not

shake it, for i t was founded on the rock. 49 But he who he ard and did nothing is like a

man who bui lt a house on the earth wi thou t a founda tion, against which the stream be at

vehemently; a nd immediatel y it fell. And the ruin of th at house was great.”

Luke 7

Jesus Heals a Ce nturion’s Servant

1 Now when He concluded all His sayings in the hearing of th e people, He entered

Capernaum. 2 And a certai n centurion’s servan t, who was de ar to him, w as sick and r eady

to die. 3 So wh en he heard a bout Jesus, h e s en t elders of t he Jews to Him, pleading with

Him to co me and h eal his servan t. 4 A nd when they came t o Jesus, t hey begged Him

earnestly, s aying that the on e for whom He sh ould do this was deserving, 5 “for he lov es

our nation, and has built us a synag ogue.”

6 Then Jesus w ent with th em. And wh en He was alre ady not far f rom the house, t he

centurion sent fr iends to Him, sa ying to Him, “L ord, do not trouble Yours elf, f or I am

not worthy t hat You should enter under my ro of. 7 Therefor e I did not ev en think myself

worthy to co me to You. But say th e wor d, and my s ervant will b e healed. 8 For I als o am

a man pla ced u nder author ity, having soldiers u nder me. A nd I say to on e, ‘Go,’ a nd he

goes; and to a nother, ‘Come,’ an d he comes; a nd to my servan t, ‘Do this,’ an d he does it.”

9 When Jesus h eard these thi ngs, He marvel ed at him, and t urned around and said to the

crowd that fol lowed Him, “I say to you, I h ave not found su ch great faith, no t even in

Israel!” 10 An d those who were sen t, retur ning to the hous e, found the s ervant w ell who

had been si ck .

Jesus Raise s the Son of the Widow of Nai n

11 Now it hap pened, the d ay after, th at He went in to a ci ty called Nain; a nd

many of His dis ciples went with Hi m, and a larg e crowd. 12 And when H e came

near the ga te of the city, be hold, a dead ma n was being carrie d out, the only son

of his mother; an d she was a widow. And a larg e crowd fr om the city was wit h

her. 13 Wh en the Lord saw her, H e had co mpas sion on her and sai d to her, “Do

not weep.” 14 Th en H e c ame and tou ched th e open coffin, and thos e who

carried him sto od still. And He sai d, “Young m an, I say to y ou, arise.” 15 So he

who was dead sat u p and beg an to speak. An d He pres ented hi m to his mother.

16 Then f ear came upon all, and th ey glorif ied God, sa yi ng, “A great pro phet has

risen up among us ”; and, “ God has vi sited His peopl e.” 17 And t his report about

Him went throug hout all J udea and all the surrounding r egio n.

John the Bapti st Sends Messen gers to Jesu s

18 Then th e discipl es of Joh n reported to hi m concerning all these things. 19 And John,

calling two of his di sciples to him, sent the m to J es us, saying, “ Ar e You the Coming One, or

do we look for anoth er?”

20 When the men had come to Hi m, they s aid, “John the Baptist has se nt us to You, s aying,

‘Are You th e Co ming One, or d o we look f or another?’ ” 21 And that v er y hour He cure d

many of infi rmities, afflictions, and evil s pirits; and to man y blind He gav e sight.

22 Jesus ans wer ed and said t o them, “ Go and t ell John the things you h ave seen and h eard:

that the blind s ee, the lam e walk, the lep ers are cleansed, the de af hear, the de ad are r aised,

the poor hav e the gosp el preached to the m. 23 And bless ed is he who is no t offended

because of Me.”

24 When the mes sengers of John had d eparted, H e began to spe ak to the mul titudes

concerning John: “ What did y ou go out int o the wild erness to see? A re ed s haken by the

wind? 25 Bu t wh at did you go out to s ee? A man cloth ed in s oft garments? Inde ed those wh o

are gorgeously appareled and live in luxury are in kings’ courts. 26 B ut what did you g o out to

see? A prop het? Yes, I say to you, and more t han a prop het.

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en:

‘Behold, I se nd My messenger b efore Your fac e,

Who will pr epare Y our way before Y ou.’

28 For I say to you, among those born of women th ere is not a gre ater

prophet than Joh n the Baptis t; but he who is l east in the kingdo m of God is

greater than he. ”

29 And whe n all t he p eople h ear d Him, even th e tax coll ectors justified God,

having been b apti zed with the b aptism of John. 30 Bu t the Pharis ees and

lawyers reje cted the will of God for themselves, no t having b een baptized b y

him.

31 And th e Lord said, “ To what then shall I liken th e men of this gen eration,

and what are they like? 32 T hey are like childr en sitting in t he marketpla ce and

calling to one another, saying:

‘We played th e flute for you, And you did not d ance;

We mourned to you, And you did not weep.’

33 For John the Bap tist came neith er e ating bre ad nor drinking win e, and you

say, ‘He has a demon.’ 34 Th e Son of Man h as come eating an d drinking, and

you say, ‘Look , a glutton and a winebibber, a fr iend of tax collectors and

sinners!’ 35 But wisdom is

ustified b y all her childr en.”

A Sinful Woma n Forgive n

36 Then one of the Pharisees asked Hi m to eat with him. And He went t o th e

Pharisee’s ho use, and sat do wn to eat. 37 And behold, a woman in t he city who w as a

sinner, when s he knew that Jesus s at at the ta ble in the Phari see’s house, brought an

alabaster flask of f ragrant oil, 38 and stood at His feet behind Him weeping; an d she

began to wash His feet wi th h er tears, and wip ed t hem with th e h air of her h ead; and

she kissed His f eet and anoint ed them with t he fragr ant oil. 39 No w when the P harise e

who had invit ed Hi m saw this, he s poke to himself, saying, “This M an, if He were a

prophet, woul d know who an d what manner of woman this i s who is touchi ng Him, for

she is a sinner.”

40 And Jesus ans wered an d said to him, “ Simon, I have so mething to sa y to you.”

So he said, “ Teacher, say it.”

41 “There was a c ertain credi tor who had t wo debtors. On e owed five hundred denarii ,

and the oth er fifty. 42 And wh en they had no thing with whic h to repay, he fr eely

forg ave them both. T ell Me, therefore, which of t hem will love him more?”

43 Simon ans wered and said, “I s uppose th e one w hom he f orgave more.”

And He sai d to him, “You have r ightly judged.” 44 Then He tu rned to the wo man and

said to Simon, “ Do you see this woman? I entered your h ouse; you gave M e no w ater for

My feet, but s he has wash ed M y feet with her tears and wip ed them with the h air of her

head. 45 You gave Me no kiss, but this woman h as not ceased to kiss My feet sin ce the

time I came in. 46 You did not anoint My head with oil, bu t thi s woman has anointed M y

feet with fragran t oil. 47 Th erefore I say to y ou, her sins, whi ch are many, ar e forgiven,

for she loved much. But to whom little is for given, the same lov es little.”

48 Then He said to her, “Your si ns are forgiv en.”

49 And those who sa t at the table with Him began to say to themselves, “W ho is this who

even forgives sins?”

50 Then He said to the wo man, “ Your faith has s aved you. Go in pea ce. ”

Luke 8

Many Wome n Minister t o Jesus

1 Now it cam e to pass, after ward, that He went through ev ery city and villag e, preaching

and bringing th e glad tidings of the kingdo m of Go d. And the twelv e were with Him, 2

and certain wo men who had be en healed of evil s pirits and inf irmities—M ary calle d

Magdalene, out of whom h ad com e sev en demons, 3 and Jo anna th e wife of Chuza,

Herod’s stew ard, and Susanna, and m any others wh o provided for Hi m from their

substance.

The Parable o f the Sower

4 And when a g reat multitu de h ad gathere d, and they had c ome to Him fr om ev er y ci ty,

He spoke b y a p arable: 5 “ A sower went ou t to s ow his seed. A nd as he s owed, som e fell

by the waysi de; and i t was trampl ed d own, and the birds of th e air d evoured it. 6 S ome fell

on rock; and as s oon as it spr ang up, it withered away because it lacked moistur e. 7 And

some fell amo ng thorns, and the thorns spr ang up with it and choked it. 8 But others f el l

on good ground, s prang up, a nd yi elded a cro p a hundredfold.” When He had said thes e

things He cried, “ He who h as ears to hear, le t him hear! ”

The Pur pose of Para bles

9 Then His di scipl es as ked Him, s ayi ng, “What does this p arable me an?”

10 And He s aid, “To you it h as b een given to kno w the mysteries of t he

kingdom of Go d, but to the r est it is given in p arables, that

‘Seeing they may not see,

And hearing t hey may not un derst and.’

The Parable o f the Sower E xpla ined

11 “Now th e p arable is this: Th e seed is the word of God. 12 T hose by the

wayside ar e th e ones who hear; then the devil com es and takes away the word

out of their h earts, lest the y should believ e and b e saved. 13 But the ones on th e

rock are thos e who, when the y h ear, receive th e word wit h joy; and thes e hav e

no root, who believe for a while and in time of t emp tation fall awa y. 14 Now the

ones that fell a mong thorns ar e those who, when they have heard, go out and are

choked with c ares, riches, and pleasures of life, a nd bring no frui t to matur ity. 15

But the ones t hat fell on the go od ground ar e t hose who, having heard the word

with a nobl e a nd good hear t, keep it and b ear fruit with p ati ence.

The Parable o f the Revealed Light

16 “No on e, when he has lit a lam p, covers it wi th a vessel or puts it under a bed, bu t sets it

on a lampstand, that those who enter may s ee the light. 17 For nothing is secre t that will not

be revealed, nor anything hi dden that will no t be k nown and come to light. 18 Ther efore take

heed how you hear. For who ever has, to hi m mor e will b e g iven; and whoever do es not have,

even what h e seems to have will be taken fr om hi m.”

Jesus’ Mot he r and Brothers Come to Him

19 Then His m other and broth ers came to Him, and could no t appr oach Him becaus e of the

crowd. 20 And it was told Hi m by so me, who said, “Your mother an d Your broth ers are

standing outsid e, desiring t o see You.”

21 But He a nswered and said to the m, “My moth er an d My brothers are thes e w ho hear the

word of G od an d do it.”

Wind and Wave O bey Jesus

22 Now i t ha ppened, on a cert ain day, th at He got int o a b oat with His

disciples. And He said to th em, “Let us cross over to the ot her sid e of the

lake.” And th ey lau nch ed out. 23 Bu t as the y s ailed He fell asleep. And a

windstorm c ame down on th e lak e, and they were filling wi th water, and wer e

in jeopardy. 24 And they ca me to Him and awoke Him, saying, “M aster,

Master, we ar e per ishing! ”

Then He aro se and r eb uked the wind and the r aging of th e w ater . And the y

ceased, and th ere was a calm. 2 5 But He said t o them, “Where is your faith?”

And they w er e afraid, and marvel ed, saying to one another, “Who c an this be?

For He comm ands even th e wi nds and wa ter, and t hey obey Hi m!”

A Demon-Po ssessed Ma n H ealed

26 Then the y sailed to th e country of the Gadare nes , which is opp osite

Galilee. 27 And when He st epped out on th e land, there m et Him a cer tain

man from th e city who had demo ns for a long time. And he wore no cl othes,

nor did he liv e in a house but i n the tombs. 28 When he saw J esus, he cried

out, fell do wn befor e Hi m, and wi th a loud voic e said, “What have I to d o

”

29 For He had co mmanded the unclean spir it to come out of the man. F or it had

often seiz ed hi m, and he was kept u nder guard, b ound with ch ains and sha ckles; and h e

broke the bo nds and was driven by the de mon into the wildern ess. 30 J es us asked hi m,

saying, “Wha t is your name?” And h e said, “L egion,” bec ause many d emons had

entered him. 31 And they begge d Him that H e would not c ommand them to go ou t

into the abyss.

32 Now a herd of many s wi ne was feeding there on the mou ntain. S o they begg ed Him

that He would permit them to enter them. And He permitted them. 3 3 Then the

demons w ent out of the ma n and entered th e swine, and t he h erd ran vi olently down

the steep pl ace into the lake and drowned.

34 When thos e who fed th em saw what had happe ned, they fled and told it in th e ci ty

and in the coun try. 35 Then they went out to s ee what h ad happe ned, and came to

Jesus, and foun d the man from whom the d emons ha d departed, sit ting at the fee t of

Jesus, clothed and in his rig ht mind. An d they wer e afraid. 36 They also who had s een i t

told them by what means he who had been demo n-possessed was heal ed. 37 Then the

whole multi tude of the sur rounding regio n of the Gadare nes asked Him to depart fro m

them, for the y were s eized with gre at fear. And He go t into the b oat and r eturned.

38 Now the man from w hom th e demons had d epar ted begged Him t hat he might b e

with Him. But Jesus sent him a way, saying, 39 “Return to y our own house, an d tell what

great things God has done for you.” And h e went his way and pro cl aim ed throughou t the

whole city w hat g reat things J es us had done for him.

A Girl Restore d to Life an d a Woma n He aled

40 So it w as, when Jes us returned, t hat th e mul titude w elcomed Him, for the y were all

waiting for Hi m. 41 And b ehold, there c ame a m an nam ed Jairus, and he was a ruler of

the synagogu e. And he fell do wn at Jesus’ fe et and begged Hi m to come to his house, 42

for he had an o nly daughter abo ut twelve y ear s of age, and she was dying.

But as He went, th e mul ti tud es thronged Him. 43 Now a woman, having a flo w of blood

for twelv e y ears, who had spe nt all her livelih ood on ph ys icians an d could no t be he aled

by any, 44 c ame f rom behind and t ouched the border of His garme nt. And imme diately

her flow of bl ood stopped.

45 And Jesus said, “Who tou ched Me?”

When all de nied i t, Pet er and thos e wi th hi m said, “Master, th e multitudes t hrong and

press You, and You say, ‘Wh o touch ed Me?’ ”

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47 Now whe n th e woman sa w that she was not hidden, she came trembling ; and falling

down before Him, she declare d to Him in th e presence of all the people the reaso n she

had touched Hi m and how sh e was healed i mmedia tely.

48 And He said to her, “Daugh ter, be of good cheer; your fai th has made you well. Go in

peace.” 49 While He was still sp eaking, som eone c ame fr om the ruler of the syn agogue’s

house, saying t o him, “Your daugh ter is dead. Do no t trouble the T eacher.”

50 But when Je sus heard it, H e answered hi m, saying, “Do no t be afraid; onl y b el ieve, and

she will be m ade well.” 5 1 When H e came i nto the hous e, He permi tted no one to go i n

except Pe ter, James, and J ohn, and t he father and mother of the gir l. 52 Now all wept and

mourned f or her; but He said, “ Do not weep; sh e is not d ead, but sle eping.” 53 And they

ridiculed Hi m, knowing th at she w as d ead.

54 But He put them all outsid e, took her by t he h and and called, saying, “L ittl e girl, arise.”

55 Then her s pirit returned, and s he ar ose imme diately. And He c ommanded that she be

given som ething to eat. 56 And her par ents wer e as tonis hed, but H e ch arged the m to tell

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Luke 9

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Sending Out t he Twelve

1 Then He call ed His twelve dis ciples toge ther and gave th em pow er and authorit y over all

demons, and to cu re diseases. 2 He s ent them to pr eac h the kingdo m of God and to heal

the sick. 3 An d He said to t hem, “T ake nothing for t he journey, neit her staffs nor bag n or

bread nor mon ey; and d o not hav e two tunics apiece.

4 “Whatever hous e you ent er, stay there, and f rom there dep art. 5 And whoever will n ot

receive you, wh en y ou go out of th at cit y, shake off the very dust from your fe et as a

testimony agains t them.”

6 So they d eparted and went throug h the t owns , preaching the gosp el and healing

everywher e.

Herod Seek s t o See Jesu s

7 Now Herod the tetrarch he ard of all tha t w as done by Him; and he was p erplexed,

because it w as said by so me tha t J ohn had ris en fr om the dead, 8 and by some th at Elijah

had appeared, a nd by others t hat one of th e ol d prophets h ad risen again. 9 Herod said,

“John I have behead ed, but who is t his of whom I hear su ch thing s?” So he sough t to see

Him.

Feeding the F ive Thousa nd

10 And th e apostles, when they had return ed, told Him all th at they had do ne.

Then He took t hem and w ent aside privately into a deser ted plac e b elonging t o

the city call ed B eths aida. 11 But when t he multitudes kn ew it, they f ollowed

Him; and He r eceived them an d spoke to th em about th e kingdom of God, and

healed those who had need of he aling. 12 When the da y bega n to w ear away, the

twelve cam e and said to Hi m, “Send the mul ti tude away, t hat they ma y g o into

the surroundi ng towns and coun tr y, and lodge and g et provisions; f or we are in a

deserted pl ace her e.”

13 But He said to them, “You gi ve them some thing to eat.”

And they said, “W e have n o mor e than fiv e lo aves and t wo fish, unless we go

and buy food for all these p eopl e. ” 14 For th ere were abou t five th ousand men.

Then He sai d to His disciples, “Make them sit dow n in groups of fif ty.” 15 And

they did so, and made them all sit down.

16 Then He took the fi ve loaves and th e two fish, and l ooking up to heaven, H e

blessed and broke them, and g ave them to th e disciples to se t befor e the

multitude. 17 So they all at e an d were filled, a nd twelve bask ets of the leftover

fragments wer e taken up by them.

Pete r Confesses Jes us as the C hrist

18 And it ha ppened, as He was alo ne pra yi ng, that His dis ci ples join ed Hi m, and He asked

them, saying , “Who do th e crowds sa y that I am?”

19 So they answered and said, “John the Baptist, but som e say Elij ah; and others sa y that one

of the old proph ets has risen ag ain.”

20 He said to them, “But who d o you say that I am?”

Peter answ ered and said, “T he Christ of G od.”

Jesus Predicts His Death a nd Resurrectio n

21 And He s trictl y w arned and co mmanded th em to tell this to n o one, 22 sayi ng, “The Son

of Man mus t suffer many thi ngs, and be r ejected by the elders and chi ef priests and scribes,

and be killed, an d be raised th e third day.”

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23 Then He said to them all, “I f anyone desir es to come af ter Me, l et hi m

deny hims elf, and t ake u p his cross daily, and follo w Me. 24 For w hoever

desires to sav e his life will lo se it, but who ever loses his lif e for My s ake will

save it. 25 For what profit is it to a man if he gain s the whole world, a nd is

himself destroy ed or lost? 26 F or whoev er is ashamed of M e and My words,

of him the Son of Man will be ashamed wh en He comes in His own gl ory,

and in His F ather’ s, and of the holy angels. 27 Bu t I tell you truly, t here are

some standi ng here who shall not taste dea th till they see t he kingdo m of

God.”

Jesus Tra ns figured on t he Mount

28 Now i t ca me to p ass, about eight d ays after thes e sayings, th at He took

Peter, John, and James and wen t up on the mountain to pra y. 29 As He

prayed, th e appear ance of His face was alt ered, and His rob e became whi te

and glistening . 30 And behol d, two men talked with Him, who were Mos es

and Elijah, 3 1 who a ppeared in g lory and s pok e of His d ecease which H e was

about to ac complis h at J er usalem. 32 But P eter and thos e wi th hi m were

heavy with sle ep; and when they were fully awake, they sa w His glor y and the

two men wh o stood wi th Him. 33 Then it happen ed, as they were p arting

from Him, th at P eter said t o Jesus, “Master, it is good for us to be h ere; and

let us make thr ee tabernacl es: one for You, o ne for Moses, and one for

Eli

ah”—not kno win

what he s aid.

34 While h e was sa ying this, a clou d came and overshadow ed them; and they were

fearful as th ey entered the cloud. 35 And a voice c ame ou t of the cloud, sa ying, “This is

My beloved Son. Hear Him!” 36 When the voi ce had ceased, Jes us was found alone.

But they kept quiet, and told n o one in those days any of t he things they had s een.

A Boy Is He aled

37 Now i t ha ppened on th e next d ay, when they had come do wn from the mountai n,

that a great mul titude met Hi m. 38 S uddenly a m an from the multitude cried out,

saying, “Tea ch er, I implore You, look on m y son, for he is my o nly child. 39 And

behold, a spiri t s eizes him, and he suddenly cries out; it convuls es him so t hat he foams

at the mout h; and it departs fro m him with gre at difficulty, bruising hi m. 40 So I

implored Your di sci ples to cast it out, but they could no t.”

41 Then Jesus a nswered and sai d, “O faithless a nd perverse ge neration, how long s hall I

be with you a nd bear with you? Bring your son h ere.” 42 An d as he was s till coming,

the demon t hrew hi m d own and convuls ed him. Then J esus re buked the uncl ean spir it,

healed the c hild, and gave hi m back to his fat her.

Jesus Agai n Predicts His Death

43 And the y were all amazed at the m ajesty of God.

But while ev eryone m arveled at all th e things which J esus did, H e said to His discipl es, 44

“Let these words sink d own into your ears, for th e S on of Man is a bout to be betra yed

into the hands of men.” 4 5 But they did no t und er stand this sayi ng, and it was hidd en

from them so that they did no t perceive it; a nd they were afraid to ask Him abou t this

saying.

Who Is t he Grea test?

46 Then a dis pute arose among them as to which of them would be grea tes t. 47 And

Jesus, perceiv ing the thought of their hear t, took a lit tl e child an d set him by Hi m, 48 and

said to them, “ Whoever receiv es this little child i n My nam e receives M e; and whoever

receives Me re cei ves Him who sent Me. For he who is le ast among you all will be grea t.”

Jesus For bids Secta rianism

49 Now Joh n ans wered and sai d, “Master, we saw some one cas ting out demons in Your

name, and we f orbade him b ecause he does n ot follow wi th us .”

50 But Jesus s aid to him, “Do not forbid him, for h e who i s not against us is on our sid e. ”

A Samaritan Villa ge Rejects the Sav ior

51 Now it cam e to pass, wh en the time had come for Him to be re ceiv ed up, tha t He

steadfastly set His face to go to Jerusalem, 52 and sent m es sengers befor e His face. And a s

they went, the y entered a village of t he Samaritans, t o prepare for Hi m. 53 But they did

not receive Him, b ecause His f ace was set for th e journey to Jerus alem. 54 And when His

disciples James and John sa w t his, they said, “Lord, do Yo u want us to com mand f ire to

come down fr om heaven and c onsume the m, just as Elijah di d?”

55 But He turn ed and rebuk ed them, and s aid, “You d o not kno w what ma nner of spirit

you are of. 5 6 For the Son of M an did not c ome to destroy men’s lives but to save t hem.”

And they w en t to another villag e.

The Cost of Discipleshi p

57 Now i t ha ppened as th ey j ourneyed on the road, th at some one said to Him,

“Lor d, I will follow You wh erever You go.”

58 And Jesus said to him, “Fox es have holes and birds of th e air h ave nests, but

the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head.”

59 Then He said to another, “F ollow Me.” B ut h e said, “Lor d, let me fir st go

and bury my father.”

60 Jesus said t o him, “Let th e dead b ury their o wn d ead, but you g o and pr each

the kingdom of God.”

61 And ano ther also said, “Lord, I will follow You, bu t let me first go and bid

them fare well who ar e at my hous e.”

62 But Jesus s aid to him, “No one, having put his h and to the plow, a nd looking

back

is fit for the kin

dom of God.”

Luke 10

The Sevent y Sent Out

1 After th ese things the Lord appointed sev enty others als o, and s ent th em tw o by two

before His fa ce into every city and pla ce wh ere He Hi mself w as about to go. 2 Th en He

said to them, “ The harves t tr uly is gr eat, but the laborers are few; theref ore pray t he Lord

of the harves t to s end out laborers in to His harves t. 3 Go your way; behold, I send you

out as lambs among wolves. 4 Carry neither m oney bag, k napsack, nor sandals; and g reet

no one along the r oad. 5 Bu t whatever h ouse you enter, fir st say, ‘Pea ce to this ho use.’ 6

And if a son of peace is ther e, your peace wi ll rest on it; if no t, it will return to you. 7 And

remain in th e same house, eating and dri nking such things as they giv e, for t he laborer is

worthy of his wages. Do not g o from house to h ouse. 8 Whatever city yo u enter, and th ey

receive you, eat such things as are set before you. 9 And heal the sick t her e, and say to

them, ‘The kingdo m of God h as come near to you.’ 10 But what ever ci ty you enter, and

they do not re cei ve you, g o out i nto i ts streets and say, 1 1 ‘The very dust of your ci ty

which clings t o us we wipe off ag ai nst you. N evertheless k now this, that th e kingdo m of

God has co me near you.’ 12 But I sa y to you that it will b e mor e tol erable in t hat Da y for

Sodom than for that city.

Woe to the Im penitent C ities

13 “Woe to y ou, Chorazin! Woe to you, Be thsaida! F or if the might y works

which were do ne in you had b een done in T yre and Sidon, th ey would have

repented long ago, sitting in sa ckcloth and as hes. 14 B ut it will b e mor e tolerabl e

for Tyre an d Sidon at the ju dgment than for you. 15 And you, C apernaum, who

are exalted to h eav en, will b e brought do wn to H ades. 16 He who he ars you

hears Me, he who rejects you r ejects M e, and he wh o rejects Me reje cts Him who

sent Me.”

The Sevent y Return with Joy

17 Then th e sev ent y returned with joy, saying, “L ord, even the de mons are

subject to us i n Your name.”

18 And He s aid to them, “I sa w Satan fall li ke lightning from heaven. 19 B ehol d,

I give you the authority to trampl e on s erpents and s cor pions, and ov er all t he

power of th e en emy, and not hing shall by a ny me ans hurt you. 20 Nevertheless

do not rejoic e in this, that the s pirits ar e su bject to you, bu t rather rejoi ce

because your n ames are writt en in heaven.”

Jesus Rejoice s in the Spirit

21 In that h our Jesus rejoice d in the Spirit and s aid, “I thank Yo u, Father, L ord of heaven

and earth, that You hav e hidd en thes e thi ngs fr om the wis e and prud ent and rev ealed t hem

to babes. Even s o, Father, for s o it seem ed good in Your sig ht. 22 All things hav e been

delivered to M e by My Father, and no one knows who the Son is exc ept th e Father, and who

the Father is except the Son, a nd the one to w hom the Son wills to reveal Him.”

23 Then He turn ed to His disciples and said pri vately, “Bl es sed ar e the eyes which see the

things you se e; 24 for I tell y ou that many pro phets and king s hav e desi red to se e what you

see, and hav e not se en i t, and to h ear what you hear, and have not he ard it.”

The Para ble of the Goo d Samaritan

25 And behold, a certain law yer s tood up an d tested Him, s aying, “ Teacher, wh at shall I do

to inherit e tern al life?”

26 He said to hi m, “What is wri tten in the l aw? What is your reading of it?”

27 So he answ ered and said, “ ‘You shall lov e the Lord your God with all your heart, wit h all

your soul, wi th all your strength, and wi th all yo ur mind,’ and ‘ your n eighbor as yo urself.’ ”

28 And He said to him, “You have answere d rightly; do this and you will

live.”

29 But he, wanting t o justify himself, said to Jes us, “And who is my

neighbor?”

30 Then Jesus answered and s aid: “A cer tain man went down f rom Jerusalem

to Jericho, and f ell among thi eves, who stri pped him of hi s clothing, wounde d

him, and dep arted, l eaving hi m half dead. 31 Now by ch ance a certain pri est

came down that road. And wh en he saw him, he passed by on the other si de.

32 Li kewi se a L evite, wh en he arrived at the place, came and l ooked, and

passed by on t he other side. 3 3 But a certai n Samaritan, as h e journeyed, ca me

where he was. And when h e s aw him, he h ad comp assion. 34 So he went to

him and ban daged his wounds, pou ring on oil and wi ne; and he se t him on his

own animal, brought him t o an i nn, and took care of him. 35 On the next d ay,

when he dep arted, he took ou t two denari i, gave them to the innke eper , and

said to him, ‘Tak e care of him; and whatev er more you s pend, wh en I come

again, I will rep ay you. ’ 36 So whi ch of these thre e do you think was neighbor

to him who f ell among the t hieves?”

37 And he said, “ He who sh owed mercy on hi m.” Then Jesus said to him,

“Go and do li kewise.”

Mary an d Mart ha Wor sh ip a nd Serv e

38 Now i t ha ppened as th ey went that H e enter ed a certain villag e; and a cer tain wo man

named Mart ha welc omed Him into her house. 39 And she had a sis ter called M ary, who

also sat at J es us’ feet and h eard His word. 40 Bu t Martha was distr acted with muc h

serving, and sh e approached Him and said, “ Lord, do You not car e th at my sis ter h as

left me to s er ve al one? Ther efore tell her to help me.”

41 And Jesus a nswered and sai d to her, “Mar th a, Martha, you are worried and troubled

about many things. 42 But o ne thing is n eeded, an d Mary has chos en that good p art,

which will no t be taken aw ay from her.”

Luke 11

1 Now it cam e to pass, as H e was praying in a certain plac e, when H e ceased, that one of

His disciples s aid to Hi m, “L ord, teach us to pr ay, as J ohn also taug ht his discipl es.”

2 So He said to them, “When you pray, say:

Our Father i n heave n,

Hallowed b e Your name.

Your kingdom come.

Your will b e don e

On earth as it is in heaven.

3 Give us d ay b y day our d aily br ead.

4 And forgiv e us our si ns,

For we also f orgive everyone who is indebted to us.

And do no t lead us int o temptation,

But deliv er us from the evil one.”

A Friend Com es at Mi dn ight

5 And He sai d to th em, “Whi ch of you shall have a friend, and go to him at midnig ht and

say to him, ‘Fr iend, lend me three loaves; 6 for a friend of mi ne has com e to me on his

ourne

and I have n othin

to set befor e hi m’

;

7 and he will a nswer from wi thin and s ay, ‘Do not trouble me; th e door is

now shut, an d my children ar e wi th me in b ed; I cannot rise and give to you’? 8 I

say to you, though he will no t rise and give t o him because he is his f riend, yet

because of his persist ence he will rise and give him as m any as h e needs.

Keep As king, See king, Knockin g

9 “So I say t o you, ask, and it will be given to you; s eek, an d you wi ll find; kno ck,

and it will be opened to you. 10 F or everyo ne who asks receives, and he who

seeks finds, a nd to him who k nocks i t will b e opened. 11 If a son asks f or bread

from any fath er among you, will he give him a stone? Or if he asks f or a fish, will

he give him a s erpent instead of a fish? 12 Or if he asks for an eg g, will he offer

him a scorpion? 13 If you th en, being evil, k now how to give go od gifts t o your

children, how much more will y our heavenl y Father g ive the Holy Spiri t to those

who ask Him!”

A House Divided Ca nnot St and

14 And He was cas ting out a demo n, and it was mu te. So it was, w hen the

demon had g one out, that the mu te s poke; and t he multitudes marveled. 15 Bu t

some of the m said, “H e casts out d emons b y Beelzebub, the rul er of the

demons.”

16 Others, t esti ng Him, soug ht f rom Him a sign from h eav en. 17 Bu t He, knowing th eir

thoughts, said t o them: “Ev ery kingdo m divided agains t itself is br ought to desola tion, and a

house divid ed agai nst a house falls. 18 If Satan also is divided agains t himself, ho w will his

kingdom st and? B ecause you s ay I cast out dem ons by Beelzebub. 19 And if I cas t out

demons by B eelzebub, by w hom do y our sons cast th em out? Th er efore they will be your

judges. 20 But if I cast out d emons with the f inger of God, su rely the kingdom of God has

come upon you. 2 1 When a strong man, fully armed, g uards his o wn palace, his goods are in

peace. 22 But when a strong er than he comes u pon him and ov er comes hi m, he takes fr om

him all his armor in which he trust ed, and di vides his spoils. 23 He who i s not with M e is

against M e, and he who does not g ather wit h Me scatters.

An Unclea n Spirit Return s

24 “When a n unclean spirit go es out of a m an, h e g oes through dr y places,

seeking res t; and findi ng none, he s ays, ‘I will r etur n to my hous e f rom whi ch

I came.’ 25 And when he c omes, he finds i t swep t and put i n order. 26 Th en

he goes and tak es with him seven other spir its more wick ed than himself, a nd

they enter and dwell ther e; and the last sta te of that m an is worse tha n the

first.”

Keeping t he Word

27 And it hap pened, as He s poke these thing s, that a certain woman from th e

crowd raised h er voice and said to Him, “Bl es sed is the womb that bore Y ou,

and the br easts whi ch nurs ed You!”

28 But He said, “More than th at, blessed are those who hear th e word of Go d

and keep it!”

Seeking a S ign

29 And while the crow ds were thickly gathered toge ther , He beg an to sa y, “This is an

evil generation. It seeks a sign, a nd no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah

the prophet. 3 0 For as Jon ah bec ame a sign t o the Ninevit es, so also th e S on of Man

will be to thi s generation. 3 1 Th e q ueen of the S outh will rise up in the judg ment with

the men of this g eneration and cond emn them, f or she came fro m the ends of t he earth

to hear the wisdom of Solomo n; and indeed a greater than Solo mon is here. 32 The

men of Ninev eh will rise up in the judgment with this gen era ti on and cond emn i t, for

they repent ed a t the prea ching of J onah; and inde ed a greater th an Jon ah is h ere.

The Lamp of t he Body

33 “No one, when he has li t a lamp, pu ts it in a s ecret pla ce or und er a bask et, but o n a

lampstand, that th ose who come in may see the lig ht. 34 The lamp of t he body is the

eye. Therefor e, when your e ye is go od, your whol e body als o is full of li ght. But when

your eye is b ad, your body also is full of darkness. 35 Therefore tak e heed tha t the lig ht

which is in y ou is not darkn ess. 36 If then your whol e body is full of l ight, having no

part dark, the whole body will be full of light, as wh en the bright shining of a lamp giv es

you light.”

Woe to the P harisees and Lawy ers

37 And as He s poke, a certain Ph arisee aske d Him to dine with him. So He went in a nd

sat down to e at. 38 When th e Pharisee sa w it, h e marv eled th at H e h ad not firs t w ashed

before dinner.

39 Then the Lor d said to him, “ Now you Phari sees make th e outside of the cup and dis h

clean, but your inward par t i s full of gr eed and wick ednes s. 40 F oolish ones! Did n ot He

who mad e th e outside mak e th e i nside also? 4 1 But rather g ive alms of such things as you

have; then i ndeed all things ar e clean to you.

42 “Bu t wo e to you P harisees! For you tithe min t and rue and all manner of her bs, and

pass by justic e and t he lov e of God. Thes e you oug ht to have don e, without leaving the

others undon e. 43 Woe to you P harisees! For you love the b est s eats in t he s ynag ogues

and greetings i n the marke tpl aces. 44 W oe to you, scrib es and Pharisees, hypocri tes! For

you are like gr aves which are not seen, and th e men who walk ov er them are not a ware of

them.” 45 Then one of the lawyers answered and s aid to Him, “ Teacher, b y saying th ese

things You r eproach us also.”

46 And He said, “ Woe to you also, lawyers! F or you load men with bur dens hard to

bear, and you yours elves do not tou ch the burdens wit h one of y our fingers. 47 Woe to

you! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and your fat her s killed th em. 48 I n fact, you

bear witn es s th at you approv e the deeds of your fathers; f or they indeed ki lled them, and

you build their tombs. 49 Therefor e the wisdom of God also said, ‘I will send them

prophets an d apostles, and some of them they will kill and p ersecute,’ 50 t hat the bloo d of

all the proph ets which was sh ed from the fou ndation of the world may be r equired of this

generation, 51 f rom the blood of Abel to th e blo od of Z echariah who perish ed b etween

the altar and the te mple. Yes , I say to y ou, it shall be r equired of this generati on.

52 “Woe to you l awyers! For yo u have taken away the key of knowledge. You di d not

enter in your selves, and those who were ent ering in you hinder ed.”

53 And as He s aid these thi ngs to them, the scrib es and the Phari sees began to assail Hi m

vehemently, a nd to cross-exa mine Him abou t many things, 5 4 lying in wai t for Him, and

Luke 12

Beware of Hy pocri sy

1 In the mean time, when an innu merable multitude of p eople had g athered together, so

that they tram pled one ano ther, H e beg an to sa y to His discipl es first of all, “B ewar e of

the leaven of th e Pharisees, w hich is hypocri sy. 2 F or there is not hing covered that will

not be revealed, nor hidden t hat will no t be kno wn. 3 Therefore whatever you have

spoken in th e dark will be heard i n th e light, and w hat you have spok en in the ear in in ner

rooms will b e pr oclaimed o n the hou setops.

Jesus Tea ches the Fear of God

4 “And I sa y to you, M y friends, do not be afraid of th ose who kill the body, and after that

have no mor e that they c an do. 5 But I will sho w yo u whom you sh ould fear: Fear Him

who, after H e has kill ed, has power to cas t in to h ell; yes, I say to you, fear Hi m!

6 “Are no t f ive sparrows sold f or two copper coins? And n ot one of them is forgotten

before God. 7 But the very hai rs of your he ad are all number ed. Do not f ear therefore;

you are of mor e value than m any sparro ws.

Confess Chri st Before Men

8 “Also I sa y to you, who ever conf ess es Me b ef ore men, hi m the So n of Man

also will confess before the angels of God. 9 Bu t he who de nies Me befor e men

will be denie d bef ore the a ngels of God.

10 “And any one who speaks a word agai nst the Son of Man, it will be forgiven

him; but to hi m who blasphe mes agains t th e Holy Spirit, it will not be for given.

11 “Now w hen they bring you to the synagog ues and magi stra tes and author ities,

do not worry abou t how or what you should answer, or what you should s ay. 12

For the Holy Spir it will tea ch you in t hat very hour w hat you ought to sa y.”

The Parable o f the Rich Fo ol

13 Then one from the crowd s aid to Him, “T eacher, tell my br other to divide

the inherit ance wi th me.”

14 But He said to hi m, “Man, who made Me a judg e or an arbi trator over you?”

15 And He s aid to them, “Tak e heed and bew are of covetousn ess, for on e’ s life

does not consist i n the abunda nce of the thing s he possesses.”

16 Then He s poke a parable to the m, saying: “ The ground of a certain r ich man yield ed

plentifully. 17 And he though t wi thin himself , saying, ‘Wha t shall I do, sin ce I h ave no r oom

to store m y cro ps?’ 18 So h e said, ‘I will do this: I will pull d own my barns and build g reater,

and there I wi ll store all my crops and m y goods. 19 And I will sa y to my soul, “ Soul, you

have man y g oods laid up for m any years; tak e your ease; e at, drink, and be mer ry.” ’ 20 But

God said to him, ‘Fool! This nig ht your soul will be required of you; then whose will t hose

things be whi ch you have provid ed?’

21 “So is he who lays up tre asure for himself , and is not ri ch tow ard God.”

Do Not Wor ry

22 Then He said to His discipl es, “Therefor e I say t o you, d o not worry ab out your life, w hat

you will ea t; nor ab out the bod y, what you will put on. 23 Life is mor e than food, and the

body is more than clothing.

24 Consider the r avens, for t hey neither s ow n or reap, whi ch have neith er

storehouse n or barn; and G od feeds them. Of ho w mu ch m ore value are you

than the birds? 25 And which of you by worr ying c an add one c ubit to his

stature? 26 If you then are not able to do the le ast, why are you anxious for

the rest? 27 C onsider the lili es, how they gro w: they neither t oil nor spin; and

yet I say to you, ev en Sol omon i n all his gl ory was no t ar rayed like one of

these. 28 If then Go d so clothes t he g rass, which today is in the field a nd

tomorrow is t hrown into th e oven, how much mor e wi ll He cloth e you, O

you of little fait h?

29 “And do not s eek what you shoul d eat or wha t you should dr ink, nor have

an anxious mind. 30 For all thes e things th e nations of th e world seek after,

and your F ather kno ws that you nee d these things. 3 1 But seek t he k ingdom

of God, and all these thing s shall b e add ed to you.

32 “Do not f ear, little flock, f or it is your Fat her’s g ood pl easur e to g ive you

the kingdom. 3 3 Sell what yo u have and gi ve al ms; provide yourselves mo ney

bags which do not grow old, a tre asure in th e he avens that do es not fail,

where no thi ef approach es nor moth des troys. 34 For wh ere your treasure is,

The Faithful Servant an d t he Evil Serv ant

35 “L et your waist be girded and your lamps b urning; 3 6 and you yourselves be like

men who wai t for their mas ter, when he will return from the weddi ng, that when he

comes and k nocks they ma y open t o him immediat ely. 37 Bl essed are those servan ts

whom the m aster, when h e comes, will find watching . Assuredly, I s ay to you that he

will gird hi mself an d hav e them si t down to eat, and will co me and serv e them. 38 And

if he should come in the s econd watch, or com e i n the third watch, and find t hem so,

blessed are thos e s er vants. 39 But k now this, t hat if the master of the hous e had k nown

what hour the thief would come, he woul d hav e watched and not allowed his hous e to

be broken int o. 40 Theref ore you also be re ady, for the S on of Man is co ming at an

hour you do no t expect.”

41 Then P eter said t o Him, “Lord, do You speak this p arable onl y to us, or to all

people?”

42 And the Lord s aid, “Who th en is that faithful a nd wise steward, whom his master

will make rul er over his household, to give them th eir portio n of food in due s easo n? 43

Blessed is tha t serva nt whom his master will find so doing when he comes. 44 Tr uly, I say

to you that h e will mak e him rul er over all that he has . 45 Bu t if th at s ervant says i n his

heart, ‘My mas ter is dela ying his c oming,’ and begins to beat the m ale and female

servants, and to eat and drink and be drunk, 4 6 the master of that s ervant will com e on a

day when he is not looking for him, and at a n hour when he is not aware, and will cut him

in two and app oint him his p ortion with th e u nbelievers. 47 And that serva nt who kne w

his master’s will, and did not pr epare himself or do according to hi s will, shall be b eaten

with many strip es. 48 But he who did not k now, yet commi tted things des erving of

stripes, shall be b eaten wit h few. For every one to who m much is g iven, from him m uch

will be requir ed; and to wh om much has been commi tted, of him they will ask the mor e.

Christ Brin gs Division

49 “I came to s end f ire on the e arth, and h ow I wish it w ere al ready kindled! 50 But I h ave

a baptism to b e baptized wi th, and how distressed I a m ti ll it is acco mplished! 51 Do you

suppose th at I came to gi ve peac e on ear th? I tell you, not at all, but ra ther division. 52

For f rom now o n five in o ne house will be divided: t hree agains t two, a nd two against

three. 53 Fa ther will be divided against s on and son agains t father, mo ther against

daughter and d aughter agains t mother, mother -in-law against her daught er-i n-law and

daughter- in-law against h er mother- in-law.”

Discern the T ime

54 Then He als o said to the multitu des, “Wh enever you se e a cl oud rising ou t of the west,

immediat el y you sa y, ‘A shower is co ming’; and s o it is. 5 5 And whe n you see the sou th

wind blow, y ou say, ‘There will be hot wea ther’; an d th ere is. 56 H ypocrites! You can

discern the fa ce of th e sk

and of the earth

but ho

is it

ou do not discern this tim e?

Make Peace w ith Your A dversary

57 “Yes, and why, even of y ourselves, do you not j udge wha t is right? 58 Wh en

you go with your adversary to the mag istrate, make every effort al ong the way to

settle with hi m, lest he drag you to the judg e, the judge deliv er y ou to the officer,

and the offic er throw you int o prison. 59 I t ell you, you shall no t depart fro m

there till you hav e paid the very l ast mite.”

Luke 13

Repent or Per ish

1 There w ere presen t at that seaso n some who told Hi m about the Gal ileans whos e blood

Pilate had mingle d with their sa crifices. 2 And Jesus answered an d said to the m, “Do you

suppose th at t hese Galileans were worse sin ners than all ot her G alileans , because th ey

suffered such things? 3 I tell you, no; bu t unless yo u repent you will all like wise perish. 4

Or those eigh teen on whom the tower in Silo am fell and kill ed them, do you thi nk that

they were worse sin ners t han all other m en who dwelt in Jerus alem? 5 I t el l you, n o; but

unless you rep ent you will all l ikewise perish.”

The Parable o f the Barren F ig Tre e

6 He also spoke this parabl e: “A certain m an had a fig tre e pl anted in his vin eyard, and he

came seeking f ruit on it and f ound none. 7 T hen he s aid to th e keeper of his vineyard,

‘Look, f or three ye ars I have co me seeking f ruit on this fig tree a nd find none. Cu t it

down; why does i t use up the gr ound?’ 8 But h e answered and sai d to him, ‘Sir, let it alon e

this year also, u ntil I dig arou nd it and fer tilize it. 9 And if it bears fruit, w ell. But if not,

after that you can cut it down.’ ”

A Spirit o f Infirm ity

10 Now He was teaching i n on e of the synagogue s on the Sabb ath. 11 And

behold, ther e was a woman who had a spirit of infir mity eighte en y ears, and was

bent over a nd could in no w ay r aise herself up. 12 But w hen J esus sa w her, He

called her to Him and said t o her, “Wo man, you ar e l oosed from your infir mity.”

13 And He l aid His hands on h er, and imme diately she was mad e s tr aight, and

glorif ied God.

14 But the ruler of the synag ogue answered with indi gnation, becau se Jesu s had

healed on the Sabbath; and he s aid to th e crowd, “ Ther e are six d ays on which

men ought t o work; therefor e com e and be healed on th em, a nd no t on the

Sabbath d ay.”

15 The Lord then answered hi m and said, “Hy pocri te! Does not each on e of y ou

on the Sabba th loose his ox or donkey from the s tall, and le ad it away to water

it? 16 So ough t not this woman, being a daugh ter of Abrah am, whom Satan has

bound—think of it—for eight een years, be loosed from thi s bond on the

Sabbath?” 17 And when H e said thes e things, all His adversari es were pu t to

shame; and all the mul titude rejoi ced for all the glorious thi ngs that were done

by Him.

The Parable o f the Mustar d Se ed

18 Then He s aid, “What is the k ingdom of G od like? And to wha t sh all I co mpar e i t? 19 I t is

like a mustard s eed, which a man took and put in his g arden; and it gr ew and b ec ame a large

tree, and the birds of the air n ested in its bran ches.”

The Parable o f the Leave n

20 And ag ain H e s aid, “To wha t s hall I liken the k ingdom of G od? 21 It is li ke leaven, whi ch

a woman took and hid in thr ee me asures of meal till it was all leav ened.”

The Narr ow Way

22 And He w ent thro ugh the cities a nd villages, tea ching, and journ eying toward J erusal em.

23 Then one s aid to Him, “L ord, are there fe w who are saved ?”

d H

e sa

d t

em,

“

o en

roug

e narrow g a

many, I say to you, will s eek to ent er and will not be abl e. 25 When on ce the

Master of the house has ris en up and shut t he d oor, and you begin to st and

outside and kn ock at the door, saying, ‘L ord, Lord, open for us,’ and He will

answer and s ay to you, ‘I do not know you, where you are fr om,’ 26 then you

will begin to sa y, ‘We ate an d drank in Your pr esence, and You taught in our

streets.’ 27 But He will say, ‘I t ell you I do n ot k now you, w here you are from.

Depart from Me, all you workers of iniquity.’ 28 There will be weeping and

gnashing of t eeth, wh en you see Abr aham and Is aac and J acob and all t he

prophets in t he k ingdom of G od, and yours elves thrust out. 29 Th ey will

come from t he east and th e west, from the north and th e sou th, and si t do wn

in the king dom of God. 30 And ind eed there ar e last wh o will be first, and

there are first who will be last.”

31 On tha t v ery day som e Pharisees cam e, sayi ng to Him, “Ge t ou t an d depart

from here, for H erod wan ts to k ill You.”

32 And He said to them, “Go, t ell that fox, ‘B ehold, I cast out d emons and

perform cur es today and tomorr ow, and the thir d day I shall be p erfec ted.’ 33

Neverthel ess I mus t journ ey toda y, tomorrow, and the day f ollowing; f or it

cannot be t hat a

het should

erish outs ide of

erusal em.

Jesus Lament s over Jeru salem

34 “O Jeru salem, J erusale m, th e on e who kills t he prophets a nd stones thos e w ho are

sent to her! How often I want ed to g ather your childr en together, as a hen gathers h er

brood und er her wings, but you were no t willing! 35 See! Your h ouse is left t o you

desolate; and assur edly, I s ay to you, you shall n ot s ee Me until the time come s when

you say, ‘Bless ed is He who c omes in the nam e of the Lord!’ ”

Luke 14

A Man with Dropsy Heale d on the Sabbath

1 Now it happ ened, as He w en t into the hous e of one of the rul ers of the Pharise es to eat

bread on th e S abbath, that th ey watched Him clos ely. 2 And b ehold, there was a cer tain

man before Hi m who had drops y. 3 And Jesus, answering, s poke to the l awyers and

Pharisees, sa ying, “ Is it lawful to heal on the Sabba th?”

4 But they k ept sil en t. And He took him and h eale d him, and le t hi m go. 5 Then He

answered the m, saying, “ Which of you, h aving a donke y or a n ox that has falle n into a pit,

will not imm ediately pull him out on the Sa bbath day?” 6 And they could no t answer Him

regarding thes e things.

Take t he Lowly Place

7 So He told a parable to those who were invit ed, when He n oted how the y

chose the b est pl aces, sayi ng to them: 8 “ When you are i nvited by anyone to a

wedding f east, do no t sit down in th e b es t place, les t one mor e honorable th an

you be invit ed by him; 9 and h e who invit ed you and him come and say to you,

‘Give place to this ma n,’ and then y ou begin with shame to take the lowest pl ace.

10 But whe n you are invi ted, go and sit do wn in the low est pl ace, so that wh en

he who invit ed you c omes he ma y say t o you, ‘Fr iend, go up hig her .’ Then you

will have glor y in the presen ce of those who si t at the t able with you. 11 For

whoever exal ts himself will b e hu mbled, and he who humbles hims elf will be

exalted.”

12 Then He also sai d to him who invited Him, “When you g ive a dinn er or a

supper, do not ask your f riends, your broth ers, your relatives, nor rich neig hbors,

lest they also invi te you back, a nd you be rep aid. 13 But wh en you g ive a feas t,

invite the poor , the maimed, th e lame, the blin d. 14 And y ou will be bl essed,

because the y c annot repay you; for you sh all be repaid at the r esurrection of the

just.”

The Parable o f the Great S upper

15 Now wh en o ne of thos e who sat at the t able wit h Him heard th ese thi ngs, he said to Hi m,

“Blessed is h e who sh all eat bread in the kingdom of God!”

16 Then He s aid to him, “ A certain man g ave a great supp er and invited ma ny, 17 and s ent

his servan t at supp er time to say to thos e w ho were invi ted, ‘Come, f or all things are no w

ready.’ 18 Bu t the y al l with one accord began to m ake excuses. T he f irst said to him, ‘I have

bought a pie ce of ground, and I must go and s ee i t. I ask you t o hav e me ex cused.’ 19 And

another said, ‘I h ave bought fiv e yoke of oxen, and I am going to test them. I ask you to have

me excused.’ 20 Still another s aid, ‘I hav e marr ied a wif e, and th erefore I can not com e.’ 21 So

that servant c ame and repor ted these things to his m aster. T hen the master of the house,

being angry, s aid to his serva nt, ‘Go out qui ckly in to the stre ets and lanes of the cit y, and

bring in here the poor and the maimed and t he l ame and th e blind.’ 22 A nd the servant said,

‘Master, it is d one as y ou command ed, and still t her e is ro om.’ 23 Th en the master said to the

servant, ‘Go ou t into the highw ays and hedges, and com pel them to co me i n, that m y house

may be filled. 2 4 For I say t o you th at none of thos e men who wer e invited shall tas te my

supper.’ ”

Leaving All to Follow Chri st

25 Now gre at multitudes went with Hi m. And He turn ed and said to them, 26

“If anyon e comes to M e and does not hate his fa ther and mother, wif e and

children, bro thers and si sters, yes, an d his own life also, he canno t be M y

disciple. 27 And whoever do es not bear his cross and come after Me canno t

be My disciple. 28 For which of you, intending to bui ld a tower, do es not sit

down first and coun t the c ost, whether he h as enough to f inish it— 29 lest,

after he has l aid the foundatio n, and is not abl e to finish, all wh o see it begin

to mock him, 30 s aying, ‘This man began to build and was no t abl e to f inish’?

31 Or what king, going to m ake war against a nother king, do es not sit down

first and consider whether he is able with t en thousa nd to meet him who

comes agains t hi m wi th twenty tho usand? 32 Or els e, while the o ther is still a

great way of f, he sends a delega tion and asks co nditions of pe ace. 33 So

likewise, who ever of you do es not forsake all th at he has canno t be My

disciple.

Taste less Salt I s W orthless

34 “S alt is good; bu t if the salt has los t its flavor, h ow s hall it be s easoned? 35

It is neither fit for the land n or for the dunghill , but men thro w it out. H e

who has ears to hear, let hi m hear!”

Luke 15

The Parable o f the Lost S heep

1 Then all t he tax collectors an d the sinners dr ew near to Him to hear Him. 2 And the

Pharisees and s cribes compl ained, saying, “Thi s Man re ceiv es sinners and ea ts with them.”

3 So He spok e this parable to the m, saying:

4 “What man of you, having a hundr ed s heep, if he loses o ne of them, doe s not leave t he

ninety-nine i n the wild erness, and go after the one whi ch i s lost until he fi nds it? 5 A nd

when he has foun d it, he la ys it on his shoulders, rejoi cing. 6 And when h e comes ho me,

he calls toge th er his friends and neighbors, sa ying to them, ‘Rej oice with m e, for I have

found my she ep which was lost!’ 7 I say to yo u that likewise there will be more jo y in

heaven over one si nner who r epe nts than over nin ety-nine jus t persons who n eed no

repentance.

The Parable o f the Lost Coin

8 “Or wha t w oman, having ten silv er coins, if sh e loses one coin, does not ligh t a lamp,

sweep the h ouse, a nd search car ef ully until she finds i t? 9 And w hen s he has found i t, she

calls her f riends and neighbor s tog eth er, saying, ‘R ejoice with m e, for I hav e found the

piece which I los t!’ 10 Likewis e, I say to you, ther e is joy i n th e presence of the angels of

God over one sinner who r epents.”

The Parable o f the Lost S on

11 Then H e said: “ A certain man had two sons. 12 And th e younger of t hem said

to his father, ‘F ather, give m e th e portion of goo ds that falls to me.’ So he

divided to th em his liv elihood. 13 An d not m any days after, the young er son

gathered all t ogether, journ eye d to a far c ountr y, and th ere wasted his

possessions wi th prodigal living. 14 But when he had spen t al l, there arose a

severe famine i n that land, a nd he began to be in want. 15 T hen he went and

joined himself to a citizen of that country, and he s ent him into his f ields to fe ed

swine. 16 And he woul d gladly h ave filled his sto mach with the pods that the

swine ate, and no one gav e him any thing.

17 “But when he came to hims elf, he said, ‘ How many of my fa ther’s hir ed

servants have bread enough an d to spare, and I p erish with hu nger! 18 I will arise

and go to m y father, and wi ll say to him, “ Father, I hav e sinn ed ag ainst heav en

and before y ou, 19 and I a m no lo nger worthy to be called your so n. Make me

like one of your hired serva nts.” ’

20 “And he ar ose and came to his fa ther. But when he was still a gr eat way off ,

his father saw him and had c ompassion, and ran and fell on his n eck and kiss ed

him. 21 And t he son said to hi m, ‘Father, I hav e sinned against h eaven and in

d a

’

22 “Bu t the father said to his s ervants, ‘Br ing out the best r obe and put it on hi m, and put

a ring on his h and and sandals on his feet. 23 And bring the f atted calf her e and kill it, and l et

us eat and be merry; 24 for this my son was d ead and is alive ag ain; he was lost and is found.’

And they b egan to be merr y.

25 “Now his ol der son was i n th e field. And as he came and dr ew near to the house, he heard

music and da nci ng. 26 So h e called one of the servants and ask ed what th ese things meant. 27

And he said to hi m, ‘Your brother has com e, and becaus e he has rec ei ved him saf e and

sound, your fa ther has killed th e fatted calf.’

28 “Bu t he was angry and w ould not go in. Th erefore his f ath er came out and pleaded with

him. 29 So he answered an d said to his father, ‘ Lo, thes e ma ny years I hav e been serving you;

I never transg ressed your com mandment at any tim e; and yet you n ever gave me a yo ung

goat, that I might make merry with my fri ends. 30 But as soon as this son of yours came,

who has d evoured your liv el ihood wi th h arlots, you kil led the fat ted calf for him.’

31 “And he said to him, ‘Son, y ou are always with m e, and all that I have is yours. 3 2 It was

right that w e shoul d mak e merry a nd be glad, for your bro ther was de ad and is ali ve again,

and was los t and is found.’ ”

Luke 16

he Parable of t he Unjust Stew ar

1 He also said to His disciples: “Ther e was a certain r ich man who had a s teward, and an

accusation w as brought to him that this man wa s wasting his g oods. 2 So h e called him

and said to hi m, ‘What is thi s I hear about you? Give an account of your stewardship, for

you can no long er b e steward.’

3 “Then the s teward said wi thin himself, ‘Wha t shall I do? For m y master is taking the

stewardship away from me. I cannot dig; I am asha med to beg. 4 I have resolved wh at to

do, that when I am put out of the s tewardshi p, they ma y receive me into their h ouses.’

5 “So he call ed every one of his master’s deb tors to him, a nd said to the firs t, ‘How much

do you ow e my m aster?’ 6 And he said, ‘ A hu ndred me asures of oil.’ So h e sai d to hi m,

‘Take your bil l, and sit do wn qu ickly and writ e fifty.’ 7 Th en he said to another, ‘A nd how

much do y ou owe?’ So he sai d, ‘A hundred measures of whe at. ’ And he said to hi m, ‘Take

your bill, and writ e eighty.’ 8 So the mast er commend ed the u njust steward b ecause he

had dealt shr ewdly. F or the sons of thi s world ar e more shrewd in their genera ti on than

9 “And I sa y to you, make friends for yourselves by unri ghteous ma mmon,

that when you fail, t hey may receive you i nto an ev erlasting hom e. 10 He who is

faithful in wh at is l east is f aithf ul also in m uch; and h e w ho is unjus t i n what is

least is unjust also in much. 11 Therefore if y ou have not b een f aithful in the

unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true ric hes? 12 An d if

you have no t b een faithful in what is anoth er man’s, who wil l give you what is

your own?

13 “No serva nt can s erve two mas ters; f or either he will h ate the one and lov e

the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and d espis e the o ther. You cann ot

serve God and mammon.”

The Law, t he Prophets, an d the Kingdom

14 Now th e P harisees, who w ere lovers of mo ney, also heard all these things, and th ey

derided Him. 15 And He s aid to th em, “You are those who justify yourselves b efore m en, bu t

God knows y our hearts. For w hat is highly esteem ed a mong men is an abominati on in the

sight of God.

16 “The la w a nd the prophe ts were until John. Si nce that ti me the kingdom of God has b een

preached, and everyo ne is pressing int o it. 17 And i t is easier for he aven and ear th to pass

away than for o ne tittle of th e l aw to fail.

18 “Whoev er divorces his wife and marries another commits adult ery; a nd whoever marries

her who is divor ced from her hus band commits adultery.

he Rich Man a n

Lazaru s

19 “There was a c ertain ri ch man who was clothed in purple and fine line n

and fared sump tuously ever y day. 20 But ther e was a certain b eggar named

Lazarus, full of sores, who was l aid at his gat e, 21 desiring to be fed with the

crumbs whic h fell from the ric h man’s table. Mor eover the d ogs came and

licked his sor es. 22 So it was that t he b eggar died, and was carried b y the

angels to A braham’s bosom. Th e rich man also di ed and w as buried. 2 3 And

being in tor ments in Hades, he lift ed u p his eyes and s aw Abra ham af ar off ,

and Lazarus in his bosom.

24 “Then h e cr ied and said, ‘ Father Abraha m, have mercy on me, and se nd

Lazarus tha t he ma y dip the tip of his fi nger in w ater and cool my tongue; for

I am torme nte d in this fl ame.’ 25 But Abraham sai d, ‘Son, rememb er that in

your lifetime y ou received your g ood things , and likewise L azarus evil thing s;

but now h e i s comforted an d yo u are tor mented. 26 A nd besides all this,

between us and you there is a grea t gulf fixed, so that thos e who want to pass

’

27 “Then h e said, ‘I b eg you ther ef ore, father, th at you would send hi m to my

father’s house, 2 8 for I hav e five bro thers, that he may testify to the m, lest they also

come to this pl ace of tormen t.’ 29 Abr aham said to him, ‘The y hav e Moses and the

prophets; let th em hear the m.’ 30 And he s aid, ‘No, fa ther Abr aham; but if on e goes to

them from t he dead, they will repen t.’ 31 Bu t he said to him, ‘ If they do n ot hear Moses

and the pro phets, nei ther will they be persuaded though o ne rise from th e d ead.’ ”

Luke 17

sus

ar ns o

nses

1 Then He s aid to th e disciples, “It is i mpossible t hat no offenses sh ould come, but woe

to him through whom they do come! 2 It would b e better f or him if a mil lsto ne were hung

around his neck, and he wer e thr own into t he s ea, than tha t he should offend one of these

little ones. 3 T ake heed to yourselv es. If your bro ther sins agains t yo u, rebuke him; and if

he repents, forg ive him. 4 A nd if he sins agains t you seven ti mes in a d ay, and sev en ti mes

in a day retur ns to you, saying, ‘I r epent,’ you shall forg ive him.”

Faith and Dut y

5 And the apos tles said to th e Lord, “Incre ase our faith.”

6 So the Lor d said, “If you hav e f aith as a must ard se ed, you ca n say to this mulberry tree,

‘Be pulled up b y the roots and be planted in the sea,’ and i t woul d obey you. 7 And which

of you, having a servant plowing or tending sheep, will say to him wh en he has come i n

from the fi eld, ‘Come at on ce and si t down to eat’? 8 But will h e no t rather say t o him,

‘Pr epare som ething for my su pper, and gir d your self and s erve me till I have eaten and

drunk, and aft erw ard you wi ll eat and drink’ ? 9 Does he thank that s ervant becaus e he did

the things t hat were comm anded hi m? I think not. 10 So like wi se you, when you hav e

done all thos e thing s which you are comm and ed, sa y, ‘We are unpro fitable servants. W e

have done wh at was our d ut

to do.’ ”

Ten Lepers Cle ansed

11 Now it hap pened as He we nt to Jerusal em that He pas sed through the midst

of Samaria and Galilee. 12 Th en as He en ter ed a certain v illage, there me t Hi m

ten men wh o were lepers, w ho stood afar of f. 13 And th ey lift ed u p their voi ces

and said, “Jesus, M aster, have mer cy o n us!”

14 So when He s aw them, He said to them, “ Go, show y ourselves to the

priests.” And s o it was that as they went, t hey were cleans ed.

15 And one of them, whe n he saw th at h e was healed, return ed, and with a l oud

voice glorifi ed God, 16 and fell do wn on his f ace at His f eet, giving Hi m thanks.

And he was a S amaritan.

17 So Jesus a nswered and s aid, “Were there not ten cleansed? But where are the

nine? 18 Were there not any foun d who retur ned to g ive glory to God except

this foreigner?” 19 And He s aid to him, “Aris e, go your wa y. Your fai th has

made you well.”

The Comin g of the King dom

20 Now whe n He was ask ed by th e Pharise es when the king dom of God would come, H e

answered the m and said, “Th e kingdom of God does not come with observa tion; 21 nor will

they say, ‘See here!’ or ‘ See there!’ For indeed, the ki ngdom of God is within you.”

22 Then He said to the discipl es, “The days wi ll come wh en you will desire to s ee one of the

days of the S on of Man, and you wi ll not see it. 23 And they will sa y to you, ‘L ook here!’ or

‘Look there!’ Do not go af ter them or follow them. 24 For as the lig htning that flas hes out of

one part und er h eaven shin es to the other p art under heaven, s o also th e Son of M an will be

in His day. 25 But first He mu st suffer many things and be reject ed b y this gen erati on. 26

And as it was in th e days of Noah, so i t will be als o in the days of the S on of Ma n: 27 They

ate, they drank, they married wives, they wer e given in marriage, u nti l the day tha t Noah

entered the ark, and the flo od came and des troyed them all . 28 Likewis e as it wa s also in th e

days of Lo t: They a te, they drank, they bought, th ey sold, they pl an ted, they buil t; 29 but on

the day that L ot went out of So dom it raine d fire and brimst one fro m heaven and destro yed

them all. 30 Ev en so will it be in the day wh en t he Son of Man is revealed.

31 “In that da y, he who is on the housetop, and his goods are in the hous e,

let him not co me down to tak e them away. And likewise th e on e wh o is in the

field, let hi m not turn back. 32 R emember L ot’s wife. 33 Whoever s eeks to

save his life will lose i t, and whoever los es his life will pres erve it. 34 I tel l you,

in that night there will be two men i n on e b ed: the one will be taken an d the

other will be l eft. 35 Two w omen will be gri nding together: th e one will b e

taken and th e other left. 36 T wo men will b e in the field: the one will b e tak en

and the oth er left.”

37 And the y answer ed and said to Him, “Where, L ord?”

So He said to them, “ Wherever th e bod y is, th er e the eagles will be gathered

together.”

The Parable o f the Persistent Widow

1 Then He s poke a p arable to the m, that men alw ays ought to pray and no t lose heart, 2

saying: “Ther e was in a cer tain city a judge who di d not fear God n or regard man. 3 Now

there was a widow in that cit y; and she ca me to him, s aying, ‘Get jus tice for me fro m my

adversary.’ 4 And he would n ot for a while; but af terward h e said within hims elf, ‘Though

I do not fear G od nor regar d man, 5 yet because this widow troubl es me I will avenge her,

lest by her con tinual comi ng she weary me.’ ”

6 Then the Lord s aid, “Hear wh at the unjust ju dge said. 7 And s hal l God not av enge His

own elect who cry ou t day and night to Him, thoug h He bears long wi th them? 8 I tell you

that He will av enge them sp eedily. Nev ertheless, w hen th e Son of Man comes, will He

really find fai th on the earth?”

9 Also He spok e this parable t o some who trusted i n themselves tha t the y were

righteous, an d des pised oth ers: 10 “Two men w ent up t o the temple t o pray, one

a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 1 1 The P harise e sto od and pra yed thus

with himself, ‘ God, I thank You th at I am not like oth er men—extortio ners,

unjust, adul terers, or even as this tax collector. 12 I f ast twice a w eek; I g ive

tithes of all t hat I poss ess.’ 13 And th e tax collec tor, standi ng afar off, w ould not

so much as rais e his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be mercifu l

to me a sinner! ’ 14 I tell you, this man went down to his hous e justified ra ther

than the ot her ; for everyon e who exal ts himself will b e humbled, and h e who

humbles hims elf will be exalt ed.”

Jesus Blesse s Little Children

15 Then th ey also broug ht infants to Him that H e might tou ch them; but when

the disciples saw it, they rebuke d them. 16 But Jes us called them to Him and

said, “L et t he lit tl e children co me to M e, and do not for bid them; for of su ch is

the kingdom of God. 17 Assuredl y, I say to you, whoever does no t receive the

d a

d w

”

Jesus Cou nsel s the Ric h Y oung Ruler

18 Now a certain rul er ask ed Him, saying , “Good Teacher, what shall I do t o inherit eternal

life?”

19 So Jesus s aid to him, “Why do you call Me go od? N o one is g ood but One, that is, Go d.

20 You kno w the command ments: ‘Do not commit adultery,’ ‘Do not murder,’ ‘Do not

steal,’ ‘Do not bear false witn ess,’ ‘Honor your f ather and your mother.’ ”

21 And he s aid, “All these things I have kep t from my youth.”

22 So when J es us heard th ese thing s, He said to hi m, “You s till lack one thing . Sell all that

you have and di str ibute to the poor, and yo u will have tr easur e in heaven; and com e, follow

Me.”

23 But when h e heard this, he became ver y s orrowful, for h e was very ri ch.

With God All Th ings Are Possible

24 And whe n Jesus saw tha t he be came v ery sorrowful, H e said, “H ow hard it

is for those who have riche s to en ter t he k ingdom of Go d! 25 For it is easier

for a camel t o go through th e eye of a needle than for a ri ch man to enter the

kingdom of Go d.”

26 And those who he ard it said, “Who then can b e sav ed? ”

27 But He said, “The things which are i mpossible with men are p ossible with

God.”

28 Then Pe ter said, “S ee, we have l eft all and follow ed You.”

29 So He s aid to th em, “Assuredly, I s ay to you, th ere is no one w ho has left

house or paren ts or broth ers or wife or children, f or the sake of th e kingdom

of God, 30 wh o shall not r eceive m any times mor e i n this presen t ti me, and in

the age to co me eternal life.”

Jesus a Thir d Time Pre dicts His Death and Res urrection

31 Then He took the twelve aside and s aid to th em, “Be hold, we are g oing up to

Jerusalem, and all thing s that are wri tt en by the pr ophets concerning t he Son of Man

will be accomplis hed. 32 For H e will be deliv ered to the Gen tiles and will be mock ed

and insul ted and spit upon. 33 They will s courge Hi m and kill Him. And the third d ay

He will rise ag ain.”

34 But they u nders tood none of th ese things; thi s sayi ng was hidde n from the m, and

they did not kno w the things which were spok en.

A Blind Man Receive s His Si ght

35 Then it hap pened, as He was comi ng near Jericho, that a certain blin d man sa t by the

road begging. 36 An d hearing a mul ti tud e p assing by, he a sked what it meant. 37 So they

told him th at J esus of Nazareth was passing b y. 38 And he cri ed out, s aying, “Jesus, S on

of David, hav e mercy on me!”

39 Then thos e who went befor e warned hi m that he should b e quiet; but he cried out all

the more, “Son of David, h ave merc y on me!”

40 So Jesus sto od still and command ed hi m to be brought to Him. And w hen he h ad

come near, He asked him, 41 s aying, “Wh at do you want M e to do for y ou?”

He said, “Lord, that I may re ceive my sigh t.”

42 Then Jesus said to him, “R eceive your sig ht; your faith has made you w ell.” 43 And

immediat el y he re ceived his sight, and foll owed Him, gl orifying God. And all the peopl e,

when they s aw it, g ave pr aise to God.

Jesus Comes t o Zacchae us’ Hou se

1 Then Jesus entered and p assed throug h Jericho. 2 Now behold, th ere was a ma n name d

Zacchaeus who was a chi ef tax collect or, and he was rich. 3 And he so ught to see w ho

Jesus was, but could not bec ause of the cro wd, for he was of short stature. 4 So he ran

ahead and clim bed up into a s ycamore tree to see Him, for He w as going t o pass that way.

5 And when J esus came to the pl ace, He lo oked up and sa w him, and s aid to him,

“Zacchaeus, mak e haste and come d own, for today I mus t stay at your ho use.” 6 So h e

made haste and came down, a nd received Him j oyfully. 7 Bu t when they sa w it, they all

complained, s ayi ng, “He has go ne to be a gu est with a m an who is a sinner.”

8 Then Zacch aeus stood and s aid to the Lord, “Look, Lord, I give half of m y g oods to the

poor; and if I h ave taken an ything from anyone b y false accusati on, I restore fourf old.”

9 And Jesus said to him, “ Today salvation has c ome to this h ouse, because he also is a son

of Abraham; 10 f or the Son of M an has co me to seek and to save that which was lost.”

The Parable o f the Minas

11 Now as th ey heard these things, He spoke anoth er parable, becaus e He was

near Jerus alem and because they thoug ht the kingdo m of God wo uld appear

immediat el y. 12 T herefore He said: “A certain n obleman went in to a f ar coun tr y

to receive for hi mself a kingd om and to retur n. 13 So he c alled ten of his

servants, deliv ered to them ten minas, a nd said to the m, ‘Do business till I

come.’ 14 But his citizens ha ted him, a nd sent a del egatio n aft er him, saying, ‘We

will not have this man to reig n over us.’

15 “And so i t was t hat when he re turned, having received th e kingdom, he the n

commanded thes e s er vants, to w hom he had giv en th e money, to be c alled to

him, that h e mig ht know ho w much every man had g ained by tr ading. 16 Th en

came the fir st, saying, ‘M aster, your mi na has e arned te n minas.’ 17 A nd he said

to him, ‘Well don e, good serv ant; be caus e you w ere faithful in a v ery little, have

authority ov er ten cities.’ 18 And the second came, saying, ‘ Master, your mi na

has earned five minas.’ 19 Like wise he said t o him, ‘You also be over fiv e cities.’

20 “Then an oth er came, s aying, ‘Mas ter, here is y our mina, whi ch I have ke pt put away in a

handkerchief. 21 For I fe ared you, be caus e you ar e an austere man. You collect wha t you did

not deposi t, and r eap what you did n ot sow.’ 22 And he said to hi m, ‘Out of your o wn mout h

I will judge y ou, you wicked serv ant. You kn ew that I was a n austere man, collecting what I

did not depo sit and reaping wh at I did not sow. 2 3 Why then did you not put my money in

the bank, that at my comin g I might have collect ed it with interes t?’

24 “And he s aid to those who sto od by, ‘Take the mina from him, and gi ve it to him who has

ten minas.’ 25 (Bu t the y said to hi m, ‘Mast er , he has ten minas.’) 26 ‘ For I say to you, that to

everyone who has will be gi ven; and from him who does not have, even what he has will b e

taken away fro m him. 27 Bu t bring here th ose enemies of mine, who did no t want me to

reign over th em, and slay t hem before m e.’ ”

ump

ntry

28 When He h ad said this, He went on ah ead, going up to Jerus alem. 29 And

it came to p ass, when He dr ew n ear to B ethp hage and B ethan y, at the

mountain called Oliv et, that He sent two of His disciples, 3 0 saying, “Go in to

the village opp osite you, wher e as you ent er you wi ll find a col t tied, on which

no one has ev er s at. Loos e it and bring it here. 3 1 And if an yone asks you,

‘Why are yo u loosing it?’ thus you shall sa y to him, ‘Becaus e the Lord h as

need of it.’ ”

32 So thos e who w ere s ent went their way an d found it just as He had said t o

them. 33 But a s they were loosing the colt, the ow ner s of it said t o th em,

“Why are you loosing the col t? ”

34 And the y said, “Th e Lord has ne ed of hi m.” 35 Then they brought hi m to

Jesus. And th ey thr ew their own clo thes on the col t, and they s et Jesus on

him. 36 And as H e w ent, many spr ead their clot hes on the roa d.

37 Then, as He was now dr awi ng near the descent of t he M ount of Olives,

the whole mul titude of the dis ciples began to rej oice and praise God with a

loud voice f or all the mi

works the

had see n

38 sa

“ ‘Blessed is t he Ki ng who comes in the name of the Lord!’

Peace in h eaven and glory in the high est!”

39 And some of the Pharise es called to Him from the crowd, “T eacher, rebuk e Your

disciples.”

40 But He ans wered and said to them, “I tell y ou that if these shoul d keep silen t, the

stones woul d immediately cry out.”

Jesus Wee ps ov er Jer usalem

41 Now as H e dre w n ear, He sa w the ci ty and wept over it, 4 2 saying, “I f you had

known, even you, especially i n this your d ay, the things that mak e for your pea ce! Bu t

now they are hidden from your e yes. 43 For da ys wi ll come up on you when your

enemies will build an embank ment arou nd you, surr ound you and cl ose you in on ev ery

side, 44 and l evel you, and your children wit hin you, to th e g round; and th ey will no t

leave in you one s tone up on an other, be cause y ou did not know the time of your

visitation.”

Jesus Clea nse s the Temp le

45 Then He went into the t empl e and b egan to drive ou t t hose who bough t and sold in i t,

46 saying to th em, “It is wr itten, ‘My house is a house of pr ayer,’ but you hav e made it a

‘den of thieves.’ ”

47 And He w as teaching d aily in the temple. Bu t the chief pri es ts, the s cribes, and the

leaders of the people sought to destroy Him, 48 and were u nabl e to do a nything; for all

the people w ere v ery att entive to hear Him.

Luke 20

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Jesus’ Author ity Questio ned

1 Now it happ ened on one of those days, as He taugh t the people i n th e temple a nd

preached the gospel, that th e c hief priests an d the scribes, tog ether with t he elders,

confronted Hi m 2 and spok e to Him, saying, “Tell us, by w hat authority are You d oing

these thing s? Or who is he w ho gave You this authority?”

3 But He ans wer ed and said to them, “I also will ask you one thing, and answer M e: 4 Th e

baptism of John —was it from heav en or fr om men?”

5 And they rea soned among t hems el ves, saying, “ If we s ay, ‘From heaven,’ He will say,

‘Why then di d you not beli ev e hi m?’ 6 But if we s ay, ‘From men,’ all the peo ple will stone

us, for they are p ersuaded that John was a prop het.” 7 So th ey answ ered tha t they did not

know wher e it was fr om.

8 And Jesus said to them, “ Neither will I tell you b y what authori ty I do these t hings.”

The Parable o f the Wicke d Vine dres sers

9 Then He b egan to tell the p eopl e this parable: “ A certain man pl anted a

vineyard, l eased it to vine dressers, and went into a f ar coun tr y for a long tim e. 10

Now at vin tage-ti me h e sent a serva nt to the vin edressers, that t hey might give

him some of t he fruit of the vin eyard. But th e vinedressers b eat him and sent

him away em pty-handed. 11 Again he s ent another serv ant; and they beat him

also, treated him s hamefully, a nd sent him a way empty-hand ed. 12 And ag ain h e

sent a third; and they wound ed him also and c ast him out.

13 “Then the owner of the vin eyard said, ‘Wh at shall I do? I will send my

beloved son. P robably the y will respect hi m when they s ee him.’ 14 But when t he

vinedressers s aw him, the y reas oned am ong th ems elves, saying, ‘This is the h ei r.

Come, let us kill hi m, that the inherit ance may be ours.’ 15 So th ey cast him out

of the viney ard and killed him. Therefore w hat will the own er of the vine yar d do

to them? 16 H e will come and destroy thos e vinedr essers and give the vin eyard

to others.”

And when th ey he ard it they said, “C ertainly not!”

17 Then He l ooked at them a nd said, “What then is t his that is writt en:

‘The stone which th e build ers rejected

Has become the chief corn erstone’?

18 Whoever f alls on that stone will b e broken; but on whomever i t falls, it will gri nd hi m to

powder.”

19 And th e chief pr iests and the scribes th at v ery hour sought to lay h ands on Him, but they

feared the peo ple—for the y knew He h ad spok en this par able against them.

sees:

axes to

aesar

20 So they w atched Hi m, and sent spies who pr etend ed to be rig hteous, tha t

they might sei ze on His words, in order to d el iver Him to th e power and t he

authority of the g overnor.

21 Then th ey asked Him, saying, “ Teacher, we know that You sa y and teac h

rightly, and You d o not show p er sonal favoritism, bu t teach the way of God

in truth: 22 Is it lawful for us to pay taxes to C aes ar or no t?”

23 But He perc eived their craf ti ness, and said to them, “ Why do y ou test Me?

24 Show Me a d enari us. Whose i mag e and inscripti on does it have?”

They ans were d and said, “Ca esar’s.”

25 And He said to them, “Ren der therefore to Caesar the thing s that are

Caesar’s, and t o God the thing s that are God’ s.”

26 But they could not catch Him in His words in t he presence of th e pe ople.

And the

marv eled at His answer and k e

t sil ent.

ucee s: W

out t

esurrect

27 Then so me of th e Sadducees, w ho deny that t here is a resurrection, ca me to Hi m

and asked Hi m, 28 saying: “Te acher, Moses wr ote to us tha t if a man’s brot her di es,

having a wife, and he di es withou t children, his br other should tak e his wife and r aise

up offspr ing for his broth er . 29 Now th ere were s even brothers. A nd the first took a

wife, and died without children. 3 0 And the second took her as wife, and he died

childless. 31 T hen th e third took her, an d in like manner th e sev en also; an d they left no

children, and di ed. 32 Last of all the woman di ed also. 33 Th erefore, in the resur rection,

whose wife does she becom e? For all sev en had h er as wife.”

34 Jesus ans wer ed and said t o them, “The son s of this age m arry and are g iven in

marriage. 35 B ut thos e who are co unted worthy to attain that ag e, and the resurr ection

from the dea d, neither marry n or are given in m arriage; 36 nor can they die anymore,

for they are equal to the angels and are sons of God, being sons of the resur rection. 37

But even Mos es showed in th e burni ng bush passage that the dead are rais ed, when he

called the L ord ‘the God of A braham, the G od of Isaac, and t he God of Ja cob.’ 38 For

He is not the God of the dea d but of the liv ing, for all liv e to Him.” 39 Then som e of

the scribes ans wered and said, “Tea cher, You have s poken well. ” 40 But aft er that they

dared not

u es ti on Him an

more.

Jesus: How Ca n David Call His Descen da nt Lord ?

41 And He s aid to them, “Ho w can they sa y that th e Christ is th e S on of David? 42 Now

David himself said in the Book of Psalms:

‘The Lord said to my Lord,

“Sit at My r ight hand,

43 Till I mak e Your e nemi es Your f ootstool.” ’

44 Therefore David calls Hi m ‘Lord’; how is He the n his Son?”

Beware of t he S cribes

45 Then, in the hearing of all the people, He s aid to His disci ples, 46 “B eware of th e

scribes, who d esire to go aroun d in long robes, l ove greeting s in the market places, th e

best seats in t he s ynagogu es, and the best pla ces at f easts, 47 who devour widows’ houses,

and for a pr etense make long pr ayers. These will rec eive gre ater condemna tion.”

Luke 21

The Widow’ s Two Mite s

1 And He l ooked u p and saw the rich putting their g ifts into the tre asury, 2 and H e saw

also a certain po or widow pu tting in two mites. 3 So He said, “T ruly I say to you that t his

poor widow h as put in more t han all; 4 f or all these out of their a bundance h ave put in

offering s for God, but she ou t of h er poverty put in all the liveliho od that she had.”

Jesus Predicts the Destr uc tion of the T emple

5 Then, as som e spoke of th e t emple, how it was adorn ed wi th beau tiful stones and

donations, H e said, 6 “Th es e things which you s ee—the days will come in whi ch not one

stone shall b e left u pon ano ther that sh all not be thro wn down.”

The Signs of the Times a nd the End o f t he Age

7 So they ask ed Hi m, saying, “Tea cher , but when will these things b e? And wha t

sign will th ere be when thes e t hings are abou t to take place?”

8 And He sai d: “Take heed th at you n ot be deceiv ed. For many will co me i n My

name, saying, ‘I a m He,’ and, ‘Th e time has dra wn near.’ Th erefore do not g o

after them. 9 B ut when you hear of wars and commotions, do not be terrif ied;

for these things must come t o pas s firs t, but the end will no t come i mmediately.”

10 Then He s aid to them, “N ati on will rise against nation, a nd kingdom agains t

kingdom. 11 And th ere will be gr ea t earthquakes in v arious places, and famines

and pestilenc es; and there will b e fearful si ghts and gre at signs f rom heaven. 12

But befor e all t hese thing s, they will lay their h ands on you an d persecute you,

delivering you up to the synagog ues and pri sons. You will b e brough t befor e

kings and rul er s for My nam e’s sake. 13 But i t will turn ou t for you as a n

occasion for t esti mony. 14 T herefore s et tle it i n your hear ts not to medita te

beforehand o n what you will answer; 15 for I will give you a mouth and wisdom

which all y our adversaries will n ot be able to contra dict or resist. 16 You will be

betrayed eve n by parents and bro thers, rel ative s and frie nds; and th ey will put

some of you to death. 17 A nd you will be h ated by all for My n ame’s sake. 18

But not a hair of

our head shall b e lost. 19 B

our

atience

oss es s

our souls.

The Destructio n of Jer usalem

20 “Bu t wh en you see Jerusal em surrounded by armies, the n know that i ts des olation is n ear.

21 Then let those w ho ar e in Judea flee to the mountains, let those who ar e in the midst of

her depart, a nd let not those who ar e in the country enter her. 22 For these are the da ys of

vengeance, that all things which are written may be ful filled. 23 But woe to those who are

pregnant and to thos e who are nursing babies in thos e days! For th ere will be great dis tress in

the land and wr ath upon this p eople. 24 And they will fall by the edge of th e sword, and be

led away ca pti ve i nto all nations. And Jerus alem will b e tra mpled by Ge ntiles until the tim es

of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

The Comin g of the Son of Man

25 “And there will be signs i n th e sun, in th e moon, and in t he stars; and on the ear th distress

of nations, wit h perplexity, the sea and th e waves roaring ; 26 men’s hearts failing them fr om

fear and the ex pectation of th ose things which are coming on t he earth, for the powers of the

heavens will b e sh aken. 27 Th en they will see th e Son of M an coming i n a cloud wi th po wer

and great gl ory. 28 Now when th ese things b egin to hap pen, look up a nd lift up your h eads ,

because your r ed emption draws near.”

The Parable o f the Fig Tree

29 Then He sp oke to them a par able: “Look at the fig tre e, and all t he trees.

30 When the y ar e alr eady budding, y ou see and kno w for yours elves tha t

summer is now near. 31 So y ou also, when y ou see these things h appening,

know tha t th e kingdom of God is near. 3 2 Assuredly, I sa y to you, this

generation will by no means pass away till all things take place. 3 3 Heaven an d

earth will pass away, but M y wor ds will b y no mea ns pass away.

The Import ance of Watchi ng

34 “Bu t tak e heed to your selves, l est your hearts b e weighed do wn with

carousing, drunk enness, and car es of this life, and that Da y c ome on you

unexpectedly. 35 For it will co me as a snare on all thos e w ho dwell on th e

face of the whol e earth. 36 W atch therefor e, and pray alw ays tha t you may b e

counted worth y to escape all thes e things th at will come to pass, and to s tan d

before the So n of Man.”

37 And in the daytime H e was t eaching i n the temple, bu t at night He we nt

out and st ayed on the mou ntai n called Olivet. 38 Then early in the morni ng

all the people came to Him i n th e temple t o hear Him.

Luke 22

The Plot t o Kill Jesus

1 Now the Fea st of Unleave ned B read dr ew near, which is called Passov er. 2 An d the

chief priests a nd the scribes sough t how the y might kill Him, for th ey f eared th e people.

3 Then Sata n en tered Judas, sur named Isc ariot, who was numb ered among the twelve. 4

So he went his way and conf erred with the chi ef priests and cap tains, how he might betra y

Him to th em. 5 And the y w ere glad, and agreed to give hi m money. 6 So he promised a nd

sought oppor tuni ty to betra y Hi m to them in the absence of t he multitude.

Jesus and Hi s Disciple s Prepare t he Pa ssover

7 Then cam e t he Day of U nleavened Bre ad, when the P assover must be killed. 8 And He

sent Peter and Joh n, sayi ng, “ Go and prep are the Passov er for u s, that we ma y eat.” 9 So

they said to Hi m, “Where do You want us to pr epare?”

10 And He s aid to them, “Be hold, when you have en tere d th e city, a ma n will meet y ou

carrying a pitc her of water; follow hi m into the hou se which he en ters. 11 The n you shall

say to the m aster of the hous e, ‘The Te acher sa ys to you, “ Where is the guest room wher e

I may eat th e P assover wi th My disciples?” ’ 12 Then he will sho w you a larg e, furnished

upper roo m; there m ake ready.” 13 So they went and foun d it just as He h ad said to them,

and they prep ared the Passover.

Jesus Institute s the Lord’s Su pper

14 When th e ho ur had com e, H e sat down, and th e twelve apostles with Him. 15

Then He sai d to th em, “With ferven t desir e I have desir ed to ea t t his Passover

with you bef ore I suffer; 16 for I say to you, I will no longer e at of i t until it is

fulf illed in the kingd om of God.”

17 Then He took the cup, and gave thanks, an d said, “Tak e this and div ide it

among yourselve s; 18 for I s ay to you, I will not drink of th e fruit of th e vin e

until the kingdo m of God co mes.” 19 And He took bread, gav e th anks and

broke it, and g ave i t to th em, s ayi ng, “This is My body which is gi ven for you; d o

this in reme mbrance of M e. ”

20 Li kewi se H e also took the cu p after supp er, saying, “ This cup is the n ew

covenant in M y bl ood, which is shed for you. 21 B ut behold, the hand of M y

betrayer is with M e on th e table. 22 And truly the So n of Man go es as it has be en

determined, but woe to tha t man b y whom He is betrayed!”

23 Then the y beg an to question among thems elves, which of them it was who

would do this thing.

The Disciple s Argue A bout Great ness

24 Now ther e was also a dispu te among th em, as to whic h of them should b e consid er ed the

greatest. 25 An d He said to them, “The king s of the Gen tiles ex ercise lordship over them,

and those who exercise authori ty over them are called ‘ben efactors. ’ 26 But not so among

you; on the co ntrary, he who is gr eatest among you, le t him be as the younger, and he who

governs as h e who serv es. 27 F or who is gr eater, he who si ts at the table, or he who serv es ?

Is it not he who si ts at the tabl e? Yet I am among you as the O ne who serves.

28 “Bu t you are those wh o hav e continu ed wi th M e in My trials. 29 And I b estow up on you a

kingdom, just a s My Father b estow ed one upon Me, 3 0 that you may e at and drink at My

table in My kingdo m, and sit o n thro nes judging the twelve tribes of Isra el .”

Jesus Predicts Peter’s De nia l

31 And th e Lord said, “ Simon, Simon! I ndeed, Satan h as asked for y ou, that

he may sift you as w heat. 32 But I have pr ayed for you, th at your faith should

not fail; and w hen you have r eturn ed to Me, str engthen your brethren.”

33 But he said t o Him, “Lord, I am ready to g o with You, bo th to prison and

to death.” 34 Th en He said, “I tell you, Pet er , the rooster shall not crow this

day before you will den y thr ee times th at you kno w Me.”

Supplies for the Roa d

35 And He said to them, “Wh en I sent you withou t money bag, knapsack,

and sandals, did you lack anyt hing?” So they said, “No thing.”

36 Then He said to them, “Bu t n ow, he who has a money bag, let him take it,

and likewise a knapsack; and h e who has no s word, let him sell hi s garment

and buy on e. 37 F or I say to you t hat this which is wri tten mus t still be

accomplish ed i n Me: ‘And He was numbered with the tr ansgressors. ’ For the

things conc erning Me have an end.”

38 So they said, “ Lord, look, h ere are two s wor ds.” And H e said to the m, “It

is enou

h.”

The Praye r in the Gar den

39 Coming ou t, He went to t he Mou nt of Olives, as He was ac custome d, and His

disciples also f ollowed Him. 4 0 When He c ame to th e place, He s aid to them, “P ray

that you ma y not e nter in to temptation.”

41 And He was wit hdrawn from t hem about a sto ne’ s throw, and H e knelt down and

prayed, 42 saying, “F ather, if it is Your will, tak e t his cup away fro m Me; neverth eless

not My will, but Yours, be do ne.” 43 Then an angel appeared to Him from h eav en,

strengthening Hi m. 44 And bei ng in agon y, He prayed more earne stly. T hen His sweat

became lik e g reat drops of blood falling do wn to the groun d.

45 When He ros e up from pr ayer, and had come t o His dis ciples, He foun d them

sleeping from s orrow. 46 Th en He said to them, “ Why do you sle ep? Ris e and pray, lest

you enter i nto temptation. ”

Betraya l and Arrest in Get hse mane

47 And while He was still spe aking, behold, a mul titude; and he who was c alled Judas, one

of the twelve, w ent before th em and dr ew near to Jesus to kiss Him. 48 But Jesus said to

him, “Judas, ar e you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?”

49 When thos e arou nd Him sa w wh at was going to happ en, they said to Hi m, “L ord,

shall we strike with the swor d?” 50 And one of them struck t he servant of th e high priest

and cut off his r ight ear.

51 But Jesus ans were d and said, “P ermit even this.” And He touch ed his ear and heal ed

him.

52 Then Jesus said to the chi ef priests, c aptains of t he temple, and the elders who had

come to Him, “ Hav e you come out, as against a ro bber , with swords and clubs? 5 3 When

I was with you d aily in th e te mple, you di d not try to seiz e Me. But this is your h our, and

the power of darkn ess.”

Pete r

es Je sus, a n

Weeps B

tte r

54 Having arr ested Him, th ey l ed Him an d brought Him in to the high priest’s hous e. But

Peter follow ed at a distanc e. 55 Now when they had kindl ed a fire in th e mids t of the

courtyard a nd sat down tog et her, Peter sa t among th em. 56 And a certain servan t girl,

seeing him as h e sat by the fi re, looked intentl y at him and s aid, “This man was also wi th

Him.”

57 But he deni ed Him, sayi ng, “Woman, I do n ot know Hi m.”

58 And af ter a li ttle while anoth er sa w him and s aid, “You also are of them.” But Peter

said, “Man, I am not!”

59 Then af ter about an hour had pass ed, another co nfidently affirmed, s aying, “Surely this

fellow also wa s with Him, for h e is a Galilean.”

60 But Pet er said, “M an, I d o not kno w what you are saying!”

Immediat el y, whil e he w as still s peaking, the roost er crowed. 61 And th e Lord turned a nd

looked at Pe ter. Th en Peter remem bered th e word of th e L ord, how H e had said to him,

“Before th e r ooster crows, y ou will den y M e three tim es.” 6 2 So Peter went out and wept

Jesus Moc

Beaten

63 Now the men who held J es us mocked Hi m and beat Him. 64 And havi ng

blindfolded Him, they struck Him on the fac e and ask ed Him, sayi ng,

“Pr ophesy! Wh o is the one who struck You?” 65 And m any other things they

blasphemousl y spoke against Hi m.

Jesus Faces the Sanhedrin

66 As soon as it was day, th e el ders of th e p eople, both chi ef priests and s cribes,

came togeth er and l ed Hi m in to their c ouncil, s aying, 67 “ If You are the Chris t,

tell us.”

But He said to the m, “If I tell you, you will by no mea ns beli ev e. 68 And if I also

ask you, you will by no means answer Me or l et M e g o. 69 H ereafter th e Son of

Man will sit on t he right han d of the power of God.”

70 Then the y all said, “Are You then th e Son of God?”

So He said to them, “ You rightly say tha t I am. ”

71 And th ey said, “ What further tes timony do w e ne ed? For we h ave h eard i t

”

Luke 23

Jesus Hande d Over to Po nt ius Pilate

1 Then the w hole multitude of them arose a nd led Him to Pilate. 2 And they bega n to

accuse Him, saying , “We found this fello w perverting the nation, and forbidding to pay

taxes to Caes ar, saying tha t He Himself is Chr ist, a King.”

3 Then Pilat e ask ed Him, sa ying, “Are You the King of the Jews?”

He answered hi m and said, “It is as you sa y.”

4 So Pil ate said to th e chi ef pries ts and the cro wd, “I f ind no fault in this Man.”

5 But they wer e the more fierc e, saying, “He stirs u p the p eopl e, teaching throug hout all

Judea, beg inning from Galil ee to this place.”

Jesus Faces Her od

6 When Pila te heard of Galilee, h e asked if the Man wer e a Galilean. 7 And as

soon as he kn ew that He b elonged to Herod’s j urisdiction, h e sent Him to

Herod, who was als o in Jerusalem at that time. 8 N ow when H erod sa w Jesu s, he

was exceedingl y g lad; for h e had d esired for a long time to see Him, b ecause he

had heard m any things about Him, and he h oped to see s ome miracle do ne by

Him. 9 The n he ques tioned Him wit h many words, bu t He answer ed him

nothing. 10 And th e chi ef priests and scribes stoo d and vehem entl y accused

Him. 11 Then Herod, with his m en of war, tre ated Him wi th cont empt a nd

mocked Him, arrayed Him in a g orgeous robe, and sent Him back to Pilat e. 12

That very d ay P ilate and H erod became frie nds with each ot her, for previousl y

they had be en at enmit y with ea ch o ther.

Taking the Plac e of Barab bas

13 Then Pila te, whe n he had call ed t ogether the c hief pries ts, the rulers, a nd the

people, 14 said to them, “You h ave brought this Man to me, as one who

misleads th e people. And indeed, having examined Hi m in your pres ence, I have

found no faul t in this Man con cerning thos e thi ngs of which you a ccus e Hi m; 15

no, neither did Herod, for I s ent you back to hi m; and i ndeed nothing d eser ving

of death has been done by Hi m. 16 I will th erefore chastise Hi m and release

Him” 17 (for it was necess ary for him to release on e to them at the f east).

18 And th ey all cried out at once, s aying, “A way with this M an, and rel ease t o us

Barabbas” — 19 who had b een thrown in to priso n for a certain r ebelli on made in the ci ty, and

for murder.

20 Pi late, th erefore, wishing to release Jesus , again called out to the m. 21 Bu t th ey shouted,

saying, “Crucif y Him, cru cify Him!”

22 Then he said to them the third time, “Wh y, what evil has He done? I have found n o

reason for d eath in Him. I will t herefore chastis e Him and l et Him go.”

23 But they wer e i nsistent, demanding with loud voi ces that He be crucified. And the v oices

of these m en and of the chief pries ts pr evailed. 24 So Pila te gav e sentence that i t should be as

they requ est ed. 25 And he r eleas ed to t hem the one t hey requested, wh o for rebellio n and

murder had be en thrown int o prison; but h e deliv ered Jesus to their will.

e K

ng on a

oss

26 Now as th ey l ed Him a way, they laid hold of a certain ma n, Simon a

Cyrenian, w ho was coming fr om the country, and on him they laid th e cross

that he might b ear i t after Jesus.

27 And a g reat multi tude of the pe ople follo wed Him, and wom en who also

mourned and l amented Hi m. 28 Bu t J esus, turning t o them, said, “Daughters

of Jerusalem, d o not weep f or Me, but weep for yourselves an d for your

children. 29 F or indeed the da ys are coming in which they will say, ‘Blessed

are the barr en, wombs that never bor e, and breas ts w hich nev er nursed!’ 30

Then they will b egin ‘to say to the mou ntains, “F all on us!” and to the hills,

“Cover us!” ’ 31 For if the y do thes e things in the gr een wood, what will b e

done in th e dry?”

32 There were also two oth ers, criminals, led with Him to be put to d ea th. 33

And when th ey had come to the pl ace call ed Calvary, there they crucified

Him, and th e cr iminals, on e on the right hand an d the other on t he lef t. 34

Then Jesus said, “ Father, for give them, for th ey do n ot know wha t th ey do.”

And they divide d His garm ents and cast lots. 35 And th e people s tood

looking on. But even the rulers with them sn eer ed, saying, “H e saved others;

let Him save Himself if He is t he Christ, the chosen of God.”

36 The soldi ers also mock ed Him, coming and of fering Him sour wine, 37 and

saying, “If You ar e the King of the Jews, s ave Yourself.” 38 And an ins cription also was

written ov er Him in l etters of Gr eek, Latin, and He brew:

THIS IS THE KING OF TH E JEWS.

39 Then one of the crimin als wh o were hanged blasph emed Him, s aying, “If You are

the Christ, sav e Yourself and us.”

40 But the o ther , answeri ng, rebuked him, sa ying, “Do you no t even fear God, s eei ng

you are und er the same cond emnatio n? 41 And we inde ed justly, for we r eceive the due

reward of ou r deeds; but this M an has don e no thing wrong .” 42 Then he s aid to Jesus,

“Lor d, rememb er me when You come in to Your kingdom.” 43 And Jesus said t o him,

“Assuredly, I s ay to y ou, today you will be with Me in Paradise.”

Jesus Dies o n the Cross

44 Now i t w as about the six th hour, and there w as darkness over all the earth until th e

ninth hour. 45 Then the sun was d arken ed, and th e veil of the te mple was torn in two.

46 And whe n Jesus had cri ed out wi th a l oud voice, He said, “ Father, ‘into Your h ands

I commit My spirit.’ ” Having said this, He bre athed His last.

47 So when t he centurion sa w what had ha ppened, he glori fied God, sayi ng, “Certainly

this was a right eous Man!”

48 And the whol e cro wd who ca me together t o th at sight, se eing what had b een don e,

beat their breas ts and returned. 4 9 But all His acq uaintances, and t he wom en who

followed Him f rom Galilee, sto od at a distan ce, wa tching these thi ngs.

Jesus Burie d in Joseph’s To mb

50 Now behol d, there was a man named Jos eph, a co uncil me mber , a good an d just man.

51 He had n ot cons ented to their de cision and deed. He was from Ar imathea, a cit y of the

Jews, who him self was also wai ting for th e kingdom of God. 52 This man w ent to Pilate

and asked for th e body of Je sus. 53 The n he took it do wn, wr apped it in linen, and laid it

in a tomb that was h ewn out of the r ock, where no o ne had ever lain b efore. 54 Th at day

was the Prep aration, and th e Sabbath dre w near.

55 And the women who had come wi th Him f rom Galilee f ollowed after, an d they

observed th e to mb and ho w Hi s body w as laid. 56 Then they returned and pr epared

spices and frag rant oils. And th ey rested on th e Sabbath according to the com mandm ent.

Luke 24

He Is Risen

1 Now on the first day of th e week, very e arly in the morning, they, and cert ain other

women with them, came to the to mb bringi ng the spices whi ch t hey had prep ared. 2 Bu t

they found the ston e rolled away from th e tomb. 3 Then they wen t i n and did not find the

body of the L ord Jesus. 4 A nd it hap pened, as the y were greatl y perpl ex ed about this, that

behold, two men sto od by them i n shining garmen ts. 5 Then, as t hey were afraid and

bowed their f aces to the earth, t hey said to them, “ Why do you se ek the liv ing among t he

dead? 6 He is n ot here, but is r isen! Remember ho w H e spoke to yo u when He was still in

Galilee, 7 saying, ‘The Son of Man must be d elivered into the hands of sinf ul men, and be

crucified, and th e third da y r ise again.’ ”

8 And they re membered His words. 9 Th en they r eturn ed f rom the to mb and told all

these thing s to the elev en a nd to all the res t. 10 It was Mary Magdalen e, Joanna, Mar y the

mother of Jam es, and the o ther wom en with th em, who t old these things to the apos tl es.

11 And their w ords seemed to them like idle t ales, a nd they did n ot b elieve them. 12 But

Peter arose a nd ran to the tom b; and stooping down, he sa w th e linen clo ths l ying by

d h

The Road to Em maus

13 Now be hold, t wo of them w ere tr aveling t hat same d ay to a villag e called

Emmaus, w hich was s even miles from Jerusalem. 14 And the y talked toge ther of

all these thing s which had h appene d. 15 So it was, whil e th ey conversed and

reasoned, th at J es us Himself dre w near and w ent with th em. 16 But t heir e yes

were restrain ed, so that t hey did not kno w Hi m.

17 And He s aid to them, “W hat k ind of co nversation is this t hat you have wi th

one another as you walk and ar e sad?”

18 Then th e one w hose nam e was Cleop as answer ed and said to Him, “Are You

the only strang er in Jerusale m, and hav e You not known th e things which

happened th ere in these days?”

19 And He s aid to them, “W hat things?”

So they said to Him, “Th e thing s concerning Je sus of N azareth, who was a Prophet mig hty

in deed and wor d before God and all the people, 2 0 and how t he chi ef priests and our rulers

delivered Him to be conde mned to death, a nd crucified Hi m. 21 But w e were hoping th at i t

was He who was going to r ed ee m Israel. Indee d, besides all this, today is the third day since

these thing s happen ed. 22 Yes, and cer tain wo men of our company, w ho ar rived at th e tomb

early, astonish ed us. 23 When th ey did no t find His body, they came sa ying that they ha d also

seen a vision of angels who s aid He was alive. 2 4 And cert ain of those wh o were with us

went to th e to mb and foun d it just as the women had said; but Him they did not s ee. ”

25 Then He said to them, “O f oolish ones, and slo w of h eart to believe in all that t he

prophets hav e spok en! 26 Oug ht not the C hrist to hav e s uffered these t hings and to en ter

into His glory?” 2 7 And begi nning at Moses and all t he Prophets, He ex pounded to the m in

all the Scriptur es the things co ncerning Hims elf.

The Disciple s’ Eyes Opened

28 Then the y drew near to th e village where th ey wer e going, and He

indicated tha t He would hav e gon e farther. 29 B ut t hey constrain ed Hi m,

saying, “Abid e with us, f or it is to ward evening, a nd the day is far sp ent.” And

He went in t o stay with them.

30 Now i t ca me to p ass, as He s at at t he table wi th the m, that He took bre ad,

blessed and broke it, and gav e it to t hem. 31 Th en their eyes wer e opened and

they knew Hi m; and He vanish ed from their sig ht.

32 And the y said to o ne another, “ Did not our hear t burn withi n us while He

talked with us on the road, a nd while He o pen ed the Scriptures to us?” 33 So

they rose up th at v ery hour and r eturned t o Jerusalem, a nd found the elev en

and those who were with the m gathered toge ther, 34 saying, “The Lord is

risen indeed, a nd has appear ed to S imon!” 3 5 And the y told abo ut the things

that had hap pened o n the road, and h ow He was kn own to them in the

Jesus Appear s to His Disci ples

36 Now as th ey s aid thes e thing s, Jesus Himself s to od in the midst of them, and said to

them, “P eace to you.” 37 But they wer e terri fied and fri ghtened, and su pposed they had

seen a spirit. 38 And He said to the m, “Why are you troubled? And w hy do doubts aris e

in your hearts? 39 Behold M y hands and My fee t, that it is I Myself. Handl e M e and see,

for a spirit do es not have flesh and bones as y ou see I have.”

40 When He h ad said this, He s howed them His hands and His f eet. 4 1 But while th ey

still did no t believe for joy, and marvel ed, He said to them, “Have you any food h ere?”

42 So they gave Him a piece of a broiled fi sh and som e honeyco mb. 43 And He took it

and ate in th eir presence.

The Scripture s Opened

44 Then He said to them, “Thes e are the wor ds which I spoke to you while I was still

with you, that all thi ngs must be fulfi lled which w er e written in the Law of M oses and t he

Prophets and the Psal ms concerning M e.” 45 And H e opened th ei r understanding , that

they might co mprehend th e Scriptu res.

46 Then He said to them, “Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for th e Christ to

suffer and to ris e from the d ead th e thir d day, 47 and that rep entance a nd remission of

sins should b e pre ac hed in His na me to all na tions, b eginning at Jerusal em. 48 And y ou

are witnesses of t hese thing s. 49 Behold, I s end the Promise of M y Father upo n you; but

tarry in the ci ty of Jerusal em until y ou are endued with power from on hig h.”

The Asce nsion

50 And He led them out as f ar as Bethany, and He lif ted up His han ds and blessed t hem.

51 Now it cam e to pass, while He blessed th em, that He w as par ted f rom them and

carried up i nto heaven. 52 And they wor shiped Hi m, a nd returned to Jerus alem with gr eat

d b

John

John is one of the best books to begin reading the Bible. It has been said that it's shallow enough to take a dip in,

but deep enough to wade in. John is split into four sections by scholars today:

 The prologue informs readers of the true identity of Jesus

 Jesus is baptised, calls his disciples, and begins his earthly ministry. He travels from place to place

informing his hearers about God the Father, offering eternal life to all who will believe, and performing

miracles which are signs of the authenticity of his teachings.

 Jesus prepares the disciples for their coming lives without his physical presence, and prays for them and

for himself.

 Chapter 21 tells of Jesus' post-resurrection appearance to his disciples in Galilee, the miraculous catch of

fish, the prophecy of the crucifixion of Peter, the restoration of Peter, and the fate of the Beloved

Disciple.

New King James Version (NKJV)

John 1

The Et ernal Wor d

1 In the b eg inning was the W ord, and th e Word was with God, and the

Word was Go d. 2 He was i n th e beginning wi th God. 3 Al l things w er e

made through Him, and wi thou t Him no thing w as made that was m ade. 4

In Him was lif e, a nd the life was the lig ht of m en. 5 And the lig ht shines in

the darkness, and the darkness did not compre hend it.

John’s Witne ss: T he True Lig ht

6 There was a man sent from God, whose na me was Jo hn. 7 This man came

for a witness, t o bear witness of the Light, th at all through him migh t

believe. 8 He was not that Li ght, but was sen t to be ar wi tness of that Lig ht.

9 That was the true Lig ht which giv es light to every man coming i nto the

world.

10 He was in the w orld, and the world was made thro ugh Him, and t he

world did n ot k now Him. 11 He came to His own, and His own did no t

receive Him. 12 But as many as received Him, t o them He gav e the right to

become childre n of God, to thos e w ho believe i n His name: 13 w ho were

born, not of blood, nor of th e wi ll of the fl esh, nor of the will of m an, but

The Wor d Become s Flesh

14 And th e Word became flesh and d wel t among us , and we b eheld His g lory, the glory as of

the only begot ten of the F ather, f ull of grace and truth. 15 John b ore witness of Him and cried

out, saying, “This was He of whom I sai d, ‘He who comes after m e is pref erred befor e me, f or

He was bef ore me.’ ” 16 A nd of His f ullness we hav e all re cei ved, and g race for gr ace. 17 For

the law was giv en through M oses, but grac e and trut h came through J esus Chri st. 18 N o one

has seen God a t any time. T he o nly begot ten Son, w ho is in the bosom of the Fa ther, H e has

declared Hi m.

A Voice i n the W ilder ne ss

19 Now this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests an d Levites from Jerus alem to

ask him, “Wh o are you?” 20 H e confessed, and did not deny, bu t confess ed, “I am n ot the

Christ.” 21 A nd they asked him, “What then? Ar e you Elijah ?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you

the Prophet?” And he answ er ed, “No.” 22 Then they said to hi m, “Who are you, that we may

give an answ er to those who se nt us? What do you say abou t your self?” '23 He said: “I am ‘The

voice of one crying in the wildern ess: “Make s traight the w ay of the Lor d,” ’as the prophet

Isaiah said.” 24 N ow those w ho were sen t w ere from the Ph arisees.

25 And the y ask ed him, s ayi ng, “Why t hen do y ou baptize if yo u are not th e Christ, nor

Elijah, nor the Prop het?” 26 Joh n ans wered them, sayi ng, “I baptize with wa ter, bu t there

stands On e among y ou whom you d o not know. 27 It is He who, c oming after m e, is preferred

before me, w hose s andal stra p I am not wor thy to loose.” 28 These thing s were done in

Bethabara be yond th e Jordan, wh ere John was bap tizing.

The Lamb of G od

29 The n ex t day John sa w Jesus coming toward him, and s aid, “Behold! The L amb of God

who takes aw ay the sin of t he wor ld! 30 This is H e of whom I said, ‘After m e comes a Man

who is pref er red before me, for He w as bef ore m e. ’ 31 I did not kno w Him; but that H e shoul d

be revealed to Is rael, therefor e I came b aptizing wi th water.”

32 And Joh n bore wi tness, saying, “ I saw the Spirit d escending from heaven like a do ve, and

He remain ed upon Him. 33 I did not kno w Him, but H e who s ent me to b aptize with w ater

said to me, ‘Upo n whom you s ee the Spirit des cending, and r emaining on Hi m, thi s is He who

baptizes wit h the Hol y Spirit.’ 34 A nd I have s een and testif ied that this is the S on of G od.”

The First D isc iples

35 Again, th e next d ay, John stood wi th two of his di scipl es. 36 And looking at Jesus as H e

walked, he s aid, “Behold th e Lam b of God!”

37 The two dis ciples heard him sp eak, and t hey followed Jesus. 3 8 Then J esus turn ed, and

seeing the m following, said to them, “What do you seek?” T hey said to Him, “Rabbi”

(which is to sa y, when transla ted, Teacher ), “wh ere ar e You sta ying?”

39 He said to them, “Com e and se e.” They cam e and saw where He was stayi ng, and

remained wi th Him t hat da y (now it w as about the tenth hour).

40 One of the two w ho heard Joh n speak, and fol lowed Him, was Andr ew, Si mon Pe ter’ s

brother. 41 He f irst found his o wn broth er Simon, and said to him, “ We have found the

Messiah” (whic h is translated, t he Christ). 42 And he brough t hi m to J esus. No w when

Jesus looked at him, H e said, “You are Simon th e s on of Jonah. You sh all be call ed Cephas”

(which is tr ansla ted, A Stone).

Philip and N athanael

43 The followi ng day Jesus wanted to go to Galilee, and H e found Philip and s aid to him,

“Foll ow M e.” 44 Now P hilip was from B eths aida, the city of An drew and P eter. 45 Philip

found Natha nael and said to him, “We have f ound Him of whom Mos es in the law, a nd

also the prop hets, wrote—J esus of Nazaret h, the son of J oseph.”

46 And Nat hanael sai d to him, “Ca n anything g ood come out of Nazareth?”

Philip said to him, “Come and s ee.” 47 J esu s saw Nathan ael coming toward Him, and said

of him, “Behold, an Israelite i ndeed, in who m is no deceit!”

48 Nathana el said to Him, “ How do You kn ow me?”

Jesus answere d and said to hi m, “Before Philip c alled you, when you were under the fi g

tree, I saw you.” 49 Nathanael ans wer ed and said to Him, “Rabbi, You are the Son of

God! You are the King of Isr ael!”

50 Jesus ans wer ed and said t o him, “Becaus e I said to you, ‘I s aw you un der the fi g tree,’

do you believ e? You will s ee g reater things t han these.” 5 1 And H e said to hi m, “M ost

assuredly, I s ay to you, her eaf ter you shall se e heaven op en, and t he angels of G od

ascending an d des cending upon the Son of Man.”

ohn 2

Water T urned to Wine

1 On the third d ay there w as a wed ding in Cana of Galilee, and th e moth er

of Jesus was th ere. 2 Now b oth J esus and His di sciples wer e invited to th e

wedding. 3 And wh en they ran ou t of wine, the mother of Jesus said to

Him, “The y have no wine.”

4 Jesus said t o her, “Woman, what d oes your conc ern h ave to do with Me?

My hour h as not y et come.”

5 His mother sai d to the servan ts, “Whatev er He says to you, do it.”

6 Now ther e were s et ther e six waterpots of s tone, according to the mann er of purifica ti on

of the Jews, c ontaining twent y or thirty gallo ns apiece. 7 J esus said to the m, “Fill the wa ter pots

with water.” An d they filled them up to the brim. 8 And H e said to the m, “Dra w some out

now, and t ake it to the mas ter of the f east.” And the y t ook it. 9 W hen th e master of the feas t

had tasted t he water that was made wine, a nd did not know where it came fr om (bu t the

servants who had drawn the water k new), the mas ter of the feast cal led the bridegroo m. 10

And he said to him, “Ever y man a t the b eginning sets ou t the g ood wine, and when the gu ests

have well drunk, then the inferi or. You hav e kept t he g ood wine un til now!”

11 This beginning of signs Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, and m anifested His glor y; and His

disciples believ ed in Him.

12 After this H e went down to Capernaum, H e, His mother, His brothers, and His discipl es;

and they did no t stay there m any days.

Jesus Clea nse s the Temp le

13 Now th e P assover of th e Jews was a t han d, and Jesus went up to Jerusal em. 14 An d He

found in the t emple those wh o sold oxen and sh eep and doves, a nd the mon ey cha ngers doing

business. 15 When He had made a whip of cords, He drov e them all out of the temple, wit h the

sheep and th e oxen, and pour ed out the ch angers’ mone y and overtur ned the ta bles. 16 And He

said to thos e who sold doves, “Tak e thes e thi ngs away! D o not make My Father’s hous e a

house of merc handise!” 17 Th en His disciples remembered that it was written, “Z eal for Your

house has e at en Me up.”

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19 Jesus answer ed and said to them, “Destroy this temple, a nd in three da ys I will rais e it

up.”

20 Then the J ews said, “I t ha s taken fort y-six years to b uild this temple, and will You rais e it

up in three d ays ?”

21 But He w as sp eaking of t he temple of His body. 22 Ther efore, when He had risen f rom

the dead, His discipl es remembered th at He had sai d this to the m; and they believ ed the

d s

The Discer ner o f Heart s

23 Now whe n He was in Jerus alem at the P assover, dur ing the feast, many believed i n His

name when they sa w the signs which H e did. 24 But Jesus did n ot com mit Himself to

them, becaus e He knew all men, 25 and h ad no need that anyone should tes tify of man,

for He kne w what was in m an.

ohn 3

1 There was a man of the Ph arisees named Nicodem us, a ruler of the J ews.

2 This man ca me to J es us by night and said to Him, “Rabbi, w e know that

You are a tea cher come from God; for no one can do these sig ns that You

do unless God is with him.”

3 Jesus ans wered and said to him, “Mos t assuredly, I s ay to you, unless one

is born again, h e cannot see the kingd om of God.” 4 Nicodemus said to

Him, “How ca n a man be b orn when he is ol d? Can he en ter a second time

into his mot her’s w omb and be b orn?”

5 Jesus ans wered, “ Most assuredly, I s ay to you, unless one is born of water

and the Spirit, he cannot ent er the king dom of Go d. 6 That whi ch i s born

of the flesh is flesh, and that whi ch i s born of th e Spirit is s pirit. 7 Do n ot

marvel that I said to you, ‘ You must be born again.’ 8 The wind blows

where it wi shes , and you h ear the sound of it, but cannot tel l where it comes

from and where it

oes. S o is ev er

one who is born of t he S

irit.”

9 Nicodemus answered and s aid to Him, “H ow can these things b e?” 10 Jesus answered and

said to him, “ Ar e you th e teacher of I srael, and do not kno w these things? 11 Most assur edly, I

say to you, We s peak what We k now and tes ti fy what We h ave seen, and you d o not receive

Our witness. 12 If I have told y ou earthly thi ngs and you d o not beli eve, how wil l you bel ieve if

I tell you he av enl y thing s?

13 No one h as as cen ded to heav en bu t He wh o came down fr om heaven, that is, the Son of

Man who is in h eaven. 14 And as M oses lift ed up the serp ent in the wildern ess, even so must

the Son of Man be lifted up, 15 that who ev er b elieves in Him should n ot p erish bu t hav e

eternal life. 16 F or God so lov ed the world th at He gave His o nly begotten Son, that whoever

believes in Him should not per ish but h av e ev er lasti ng life. 17 F or God did no t s en d His Son

into the world t o condemn t he world, bu t that the world through Hi m migh t be s aved.

18 “He who b elieves in Him is not condemne d; but he who d oes n ot b elieve is co ndemned

already, be cause he has not believ ed in the nam e of the only b eg otten Son of God. 19 And this

is the condem nati on, that the l ight has co me into the world, and men lov ed darkness ra ther

than light, be caus e their de eds were evil. 20 For everyone practicing ev il hates the light and

does not com e to th e light, lest his d eeds s hould be expose d. 21 But he who does th e truth

comes to th e light, that his de eds may be cle arly seen, that th ey h ave been don e in God.”

John the Bapti st Exalts Chri st

22 After thes e thi ngs Jesus and His dis ciples came in to the land of J udea, and t her e He

remained wi th the m an d baptized. 2 3 Now John also was baptizi ng in Aenon ne ar Salim,

because ther e was much wat er there. And they c ame an d were baptized. 24 For Joh n had

not yet be en t hrown into pr ison.

25 Then there arose a dispu te be tween s ome of John’s dis ciples and the Jews about

purifi cation. 26 And they c ame to John and said to him, “Rabbi, He who was wi th you

beyond the Jord an, to whom y ou have testifie d—behold, H e is b aptizing, and all are co ming

to Him!”

27 John ans wer ed and said, “ A man can r eceive nothing unless i t has been gi ven to him

from heav en. 28 You yours elves bear me witness, th at I said, ‘I am not the Christ,’ bu t, ‘I

have been sen t before Him. ’ 29 He who has t he brid e is the brid eg room; but the fr iend of

the bridegr oom, who stan ds and hears him, r ejoi ces gre atl y becaus e of t he br idegroom’s

voice. Therefor e this joy of min e i s fulfilled. 3 0 He must incre ase, bu t I must decre ase.

31 He who comes fr om above is ab ove all; h e who is of the eart h is earthly and s peaks of

the earth. He who co mes from he aven is abov e all. 32 And what He has s een and heard,

that He testif ies; and no one r ecei ves His testimon y. 33 He wh o has received His

testimony has cer tified that God is true. 34 F or He whom God has sent sp eaks the words

of God, for God does not g ive the Spirit by m easur e. 35 The Fa th er loves the S on, and

has given all things in to His hand. 36 He who believ es in the Son has everlasting lif e; and

he who does no t believe th e Son s hall no t see lif e, bu t th e wrath of God abides on hi m.”

ohn 4

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1 Therefor e, when the L ord kne w th at the Phari sees had heard th at Je sus

made and bap tized more dis ciples than John 2 (though Jesus Himself did

not baptize, b ut His discipl es), 3 He left Jud ea and depar ted again to Galil ee.

4 But He ne eded to go through S amari a.

5 So He cam e to a city of Samaria which is call ed Sychar, n ear the plot of

ground that Ja cob gave to his s on Jos eph. 6 Now Jacob’ s well was there.

Jesus therefor e, being wearied fr om His journ ey, s at thus b y the well. It was

about the six th h our.

7 A woman of Samaria cam e to dra w water. Jesus said to her, “Giv e Me a

drink.” 8 For His disciples h ad gone awa y i nto the city to bu y f ood. 9 Then

the woman of S amaria said to Hi m, “How is it that You, b eing a Jew, ask a

drink f rom me, a Samarita n woman ?” For J ews h ave no dealing s wi th

Samaritans. 10 J es us answer ed and said to h er, “If you kne w the gift of God,

and who it is who sa ys to you, ‘Giv e Me a drink,’ you would have ask ed

Him, and He would have give n you living wa ter.”

11 The woman said to Hi m, “Si r, You have nothing t o draw with, an d the

12 Are You gr eater than our father Ja cob, who gav e us the well, a nd drank from it hi mself,

as well as his s ons and his lives tock?” 13 Jesus answ ered and said to her, “Whoever dr inks of

this water will thir st again, 14 but who ever drinks of the water tha t I shall gi ve him wi ll never

thirst. But th e water that I sh all give him will be come in him a fo untain of w ater spri nging up

into everlasting lif e.”

15 The wom an s aid to Him, “ Sir, give me this water, th at I may no t thirs t, nor c ome here to

draw.”

16 Jesus said to her, “Go, call your husband, and co me here.”

17 The wom an answ ered and said, “ I have no husban d.” Jesus said to her, “You h ave well sai d,

‘I have no husb and,’ 18 for y ou have had fi ve husbands, and t he one whom y ou now have is

not your husb and; in that y ou spoke truly.”

19 The wom an s aid to Him, “ Sir, I perceive that You are a prop het. 20 Our fat hers worshiped

on this moun tain, and you Jews sa y that i n Jerusalem is the place where one ought to worship.”

21 Jesus said to her, “Woman, b el ieve M e, the hour is comi ng when you will neither on this

mountain, nor in J erusalem, w orship the Fa ther. 22 You worship w hat you do no t kno w; we

know wha t w e worship, for salvation is of the J ews.

23 But the hour is coming, and now is, when the tru e worshipers will worshi p the Father in

spirit and truth; f or the Father is s eeking su ch to worship Hi m. 24 God is S pirit, and those who

worship Hi m mus t w orship in s pirit and truth.” 25 The wom an said to Him, “I kno w th at

Messiah is coming” ( who is cal led Chr ist). “When He comes, He will t ell us all things.” 26 Jesus

said to her, “ I wh o speak to you am He.”

The White ne d Harvest

27 And at t his point His dis ciples ca me, a nd they marv el led that He talk ed with a wo man; yet

no one said, “Wh at do You se ek?” or, “Why are You talking with her?” 28 The w oman then

left her wa terpot, w ent her way i nto the city, an d said to the men, 2 9 “Come, s ee a M an wh o

told me all things th at I ever did. Could this be th e Christ ?” 30 Then they wen t out of the ci ty

and came to Him.

31 In the m eantim e His disciples urged Him, saying, “ Rabbi, eat.” 32 But He said to the m, “I

have food to eat of which you d o not kno w.” 33 Therefore the disciples said to one ano ther,

“Has anyon e brough t Him anything to eat?” 34 Jesus s aid to them, “ My food is t o do the will

of Him who se nt Me, and to fi nish His work. 3 5 Do you no t say, ‘T here are still four months

and then co mes the harves t’? Behold, I sa y to you, li ft up your eyes an d look at the fields, for

they are alrea dy white for harves t!

36 And he w ho reaps receive s wages, and g athers f ruit for eternal life, that both h e w ho

sows and h e wh o reaps m ay r ej oice together. 37 For in this t he s aying is tru e: ‘On e so ws an d

another re aps.’ 38 I sent you to r eap tha t f or which you h ave not labored; others hav e

labored, and y ou have ent er ed into their lab ors.”

The Savior o f the World

39 And man y of the Samarit ans of that city b elieved in Him be cause of the word of the

woman who testifie d, “He told m e all that I ev er did.” 40 S o wh en the Sam aritans had co me

to Him, they urg ed Him to st ay with them; a nd He stay ed th ere two da ys. 41 A nd many

more believe d because of His own word. 42 Th en they said to the woman, “ Now we

believe, not because of what you s aid, for we ourselves have heard Hi m and we k now that

this is ind eed the Christ, the Savior of the world. ”

Welcome at Galilee

43 Now af ter t he two da ys H e de parted from t her e and went to Galilee. 44 For Jesus

Himself testified that a proph et has no hon or in his own country. 45 So when He came to

Galilee, th e Galil eans r ec eived Him, having s een all the t hings He did in Jerus alem at th e

feast; for they also had gon e to th e feast.

A Nobleman’ s Son Heale d

46 So Jesus c ame again to C ana of Galilee wher e He had made t he water wine. And there

was a certain nobleman whose s on was sick at Capernau m. 47 When he heard that Jesus

had com e out of Judea into Galilee, he w ent to Hi m and implor ed Hi m to come down and

heal his son, f or he was at th e point of deat h. 48 Then Jesus said to him, “U nless you

people see sig ns and wonders, you will by no m eans believe.”

49 The nobl em an said to Hi m, “Si r, come down before my child di es!”

50 Jesus said t o him, “Go yo ur way; your son li ves.” So the man believed the word that

Jesus spoke to him, and he we nt his way. 5 1 And as he wa s now going do wn, his servants

met him and t old him, saying, “ Your son lives!”

52 Then he inquir ed of them the hour when he g ot better. A nd they said t o him,

“Yesterday at the seventh hour t he fever left hi m.” 53 So th e father knew that it was at the

same hour in which Jesus s aid to him, “Your son lives.” And he hims elf believed, a nd his

whole hous ehold.

54 This again is t he second sig n Jesus did when He had com e out of J udea into G alilee.

ohn 5

A Man Heale

at t he Pool of Bethe s

1 After this ther e w as a feast of the Jews, and Jes us went up to J erusal em. 2

Now there is i n Jerusalem by the Sheep Gat e a pool, w hich is call ed in

Hebrew, Be thesda, h aving five porc hes. 3 In these lay a gre at multitude of

sick people, blind, lame, paral yzed, waiting for the m oving of the w ater. 4

For an angel went down at a certain tim e i nto the pool an d stirred up th e

water; then whoever stepp ed i n first, after th e sti rring of t he wa ter, was

made well of what ever disease he h ad. 5 N ow a certain man was there who

had an infir mity thirty-eig ht years. 6 Whe n Jesus saw hi m lying ther e, and

knew that h e alre ady had b een in that con dition a long ti me, He said to him,

“Do you wa nt to b e made well?”

7 The sick man ans wered Hi m, “Si r, I have no man to put m e into the pool

when the w ater is stir red up; but while I am coming , another steps do wn

before me.” 8 Jesus said to him, “Rise, take u p your bed and wal k.” 9 A nd

immediat el y the man was made well, to ok up his bed, and walk ed.

And that da y was t he Sabba th. 10 The Je ws ther efore said to hi m who was

cured, “It is the S abbath; i t is not lawful for you to carry your bed.” 11 He

answered the m, “He who made m e well said to me, ‘Take up your b ed and

’

”

12 Then th ey asked hi m, “Who is th e Man who said t o you, ‘Take u p your bed and walk’?”

13 But the o ne who was he aled did not kno w who it was, for Jesus had with drawn, a mul ti tud e

being in that place. 14 After war d Jesus found hi m in the te mple, and sai d to him, “Se e, you

have been ma de well. Sin n o mor e, lest a w orse thing come upon you.” 15 Th e man d epar ted

and told the Je ws that it was Jesus who had made hi m well.

'Honor the Fat her a nd t he Son

16 For this reas on the Jews p erse cu ted Jesus, and sough t to kill Him, b ecause He h ad done

these thing s on the Sabbath. 17 But Jesus ans wer ed them, “M y Father has been working unti l

now, and I h ave been working. ”

18 Therefor e th e Jews sough t all the more to kill Him, because He not only br oke the Sabbath,

but also said that God was His F ather, making Himself equal with God. 19 T hen Jesus

answered and said to them, “Most assuredl y, I say to you, the S on can d o nothing of Hims elf,

but what He s ees the Fat her do; for wha tever He does, the S on also does in like m anner. 20

For the Fa ther lov es th e Son, and s hows Him all things that He Hims elf does; and He will

show Him gr eater works than thes e, that you may marvel.

21 For as th e Father r aises the dead and gives life to the m, even so the So n gives life to

whom He will . 22 For the F ather j udges no one, but has commit ted all judgme nt to the Son, 23

that all shoul d honor the Son jus t as they h onor the F ather. He who does n ot honor the So n

does not h onor the F ather who sen t Him.

Life and Ju dgm ent Are T hr ough the Son

24 “M ost assuredl y, I say to you, h e who hears My word and bel iev es in Him who se nt M e has

everlasting l ife, and shall no t come i nto judg ment, but has passed from d eat h into life. 25 Most

assuredly, I s ay to you, the ho ur is coming, and now is, wh en t he dead will he ar the voice of t he

Son of God; and those who h ear will live. 26 F or as the Fat her has life in Hi mself, so He ha s

granted the S on to have life in Himself, 27 an d has given Him authority to exe cu te judgment

also, becaus e H e i s the Son of Man. 28 D o not marv el at this; f or the hour i s coming in which

all who are in the graves wi ll hear His voice 29 and come forth—t hose who hav e done good, to

the resurrec tion of lif e, a nd th ose who have done evil, t o th e resurre ctio n of conde mnation. 30

I can of M yself do nothing. As I h ear , I judge; and M y judgment is right eous, because I d o not

seek My ow n will bu t the will of the Fath er who sent M e.

The Four fol d Witness

31 “If I bear witness of Myself, My witness is not true. 32 T here is anot her who bears

witness of Me, and I know that the witn ess whi ch He witnesses of Me is true. 33 You have

sent to Joh n, and he h as borne witness to the truth. 34 Yet I do not receive testi mony from

man, but I sa y th ese things that you may b e sav ed. 35 He was the burning and shining lamp,

and you were willing for a tim e to rejoice in his light. 36 But I have a grea ter witness than

John’s; f or the works which the Fath er has given Me to finish—th e very works that I do—

bear witn es s of Me, that th e Father h as sent Me. 37 And the F ather Hims elf, who sen t Me,

has testified of Me. You hav e nei ther heard His voice at an y time, n or seen His form. 38

But you do n ot have His word abiding i n you, bec ause whom H e sent, Hi m you do not

believe. 39 You s earch the Scrip tu res, for in the m you think you have eternal li fe; and these

are they whi ch testify of Me. 4 0 But you are n ot willing to come to Me that you ma y hav e

life.

41 “I do not receive honor fr om men. 42 Bu t I know y ou, that you do no t have the lov e

of God in you. 43 I hav e come in My F ather’s nam e, and you do not receiv e Me; if

another com es in his own nam e, him you will receive. 44 H ow can you believ e, who

receive hon or from one anoth er, and do no t seek th e honor that comes from the only

God? 45 D o not think th at I sh all accus e you to the F ather; th ere is one who accu ses

you—Moses, i n whom you tru st. 46 F or if you believ ed Moses, you would beli ev e Me; for

he wrote abou t Me. 47 Bu t i f you do not b elieve his writings, h ow will you bel ieve My

words?”

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1 After th ese things Jesus we nt over the Se a of Galilee, whi ch is the Sea of

Tiberias. 2 Th en a great multit ude followed Hi m, b ecause they saw His si gns

which He perf ormed on thos e who were dis eas ed. 3 And J esus went up on

the mountain, and there He s at with His disci ples. 4 Now the Passover, a

feast of the J ews, was n ear. 5 Th en Jesu s lifted up His eyes, and s eeing a

great multitud e coming tow ard Him, He s aid to Philip, “ Where shall we buy

bread, that th ese may eat?” 6 But this He s aid to test him, for He Himself

knew what H e would do. 7 Phil ip answered Him, “Two hundr ed denarii

worth of br ead is not suff icient for them, t hat ever y one of them may have a

little.” 8 On e of His discipl es, Andrew, Si mon Peter’s bro ther, sai d to Hi m,

9 “There is a l ad here who h as five barley lo aves and two small fish, bu t

what are th ey among so ma ny?” 10 T hen Jesus said, “ Make the p eopl e s it

down.” Now ther e was much grass in the place. So the men sat do wn, in

number abou t five thousand. 11 And J esus took t he l oaves, and w hen He

had given tha nks He distribut ed them to th e disci ples, and the dis ciples to

those sitting d own; and lik ewise of th e fish, as much as they want ed. 12 So

when they wer e filled, He s aid to His dis ciples, “G ather up the frag ments

that remain, so that nothin

is lost.”

13 Therefor e th ey gathered them up, and fi lled twelve bask ets wit h the fr agments of the fiv e

barley loaves whi ch were l eft over by thos e who ha d eaten. 14 Th en those me n, when they had

seen the sig n th at Jesus did, s aid, “This i s truly the Prop het who is to co me into the world.”

Jesus Wal ks on the Sea

15 Therefor e wh en Jesus per ceive d that they wer e about to co me and take Hi m by f orce to

make Him king , He depart ed again to the mountai n by Himself alon e. 16 No w when evening

came, His dis ciples went do wn to the sea, 17 g ot into the b oat, and wen t over the se a toward

Capernaum. And i t was alre ady dark, and Jesus had no t com e to them. 18 T hen the sea arose

because a gr eat wind was blowing. 19 So when th ey had ro wed about thr ee or f our miles, the y

saw Jesus walking on the s ea and dra wing near the b oat; and the y were afr ai d. 20 But He said

to them, “It is I; d o not b e af raid.” 21 Th en the y wi llingly r ec eived Him into th e boat, and

immediat el y the boat was at the lan d where they were going.

The Bread fr om Heave n

22 On the foll owing day, wh en the people who were s tanding on the other side of the sea saw

that there was no ot her bo at there, excep t th at one which His dis ciples had entered, and that

Jesus had not entered the bo at with His discipl es, but His dis ciples had gon e away alone— 23

however, ot her bo ats ca me f rom Tiberias, n ear the plac e where they ate bread af ter the Lord

had given tha nks— 24 w hen the people ther efore sa w t hat Jesus was not ther e, nor His

disciples, the y al so got in to boats and came to Ca pernaum, s eeking Jesus.

25 And whe n they fou nd Him on the oth er side of the sea, th ey said to Him, “Rabbi, wh en did

You come her e?” 26 Jesus ans wer ed them and said, “ Most assuredl y, I say to you, you seek Me,

not because you s aw the signs, but b ecause you ate of the loav es and were filled. 2 7 Do no t

labour for th e food which perish es, but for th e food which en dures to everl asting life, which

the Son of Man will give you, because God t he Fa ther has se t His seal on Him.” 28 Th en the y

said to Him, “ What shall w e do, that w e may work th e work s of God?” 2 9 Jesus answer ed a nd

said to them, “ This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He se nt. ”

30 Therefore they said to Him, “What sign will You perform then, that we may see it and

believe You? What work will Y ou do? 31 Our f athers ate th e manna in the d esert; as it is

written, ‘He g ave them bre ad from h eav en to eat.’ ” 32 Then J esus said to the m, “Most

assuredly, I s ay to you, Moses did not give y ou the bread from heaven, but My F ather gi ves

you the true bre ad from heav en. 33 For th e br ead of God is H e who com es down from

heaven and g ives life to the w orld.” 34 Then they said to Hi m, “L ord, give us this bread

always.”

35 And Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. He who comes t o Me shall n ev er hung er,

and he who b elieves in Me sh all never thirst. 36 Bu t I said to you that you hav e seen Me and

yet do not b elieve. 37 All that the F ather g ives Me will co me to Me, and the one wh o co mes

to Me I will by no means c ast out. 3 8 For I hav e come d own from heave n, not to do My

own will, but the will of Him who sent Me. 39 This is th e will of the F ather wh o sent Me,

that of all H e has g iven Me I should los e nothing, bu t should raise i t up at the last d ay. 40

And this is t he will of Him who s ent Me, t hat everyon e who sees the So n and believes in

Him may h ave everlas ting life; and I will raise him up at th e last day.”

Rejec ted by Hi s Ow n

41 The Jews then complained about Him, bec ause He s aid, “I am the bre ad which ca me

down from he aven.” 42 And t hey said, “Is no t this Jesus, t he son of Joseph, whose fa ther

and mother w e know? How is it then that He s ays, ‘I h ave come do wn from heaven’?” 4 3

Jesus therefor e answered and said t o them, “Do not murmur amo ng yourselves. 44 No

one can com e to Me u nless the Fa th er who sen t Me draws him; an d I will rais e him up a t

the last day. 45 It is written in th e pr ophets, ‘And they shall all b e taug ht b y God.’

Therefore every one who has heard and learn ed from the Fath er comes to Me. 4 6 Not tha t

anyone has se en the F ather, exc ept He who is fr om God; He has seen th e Father.

47 Most assure dly, I say to you, he who believ es in Me has ev erlas ting life. 48 I am th e

bread of life. 49 Your fathers a te the manna in the wilderness, a nd are dead. 50 This is the

bread whic h co mes down f rom heaven, th at one may ea t of it and not di e. 51 I am the

living bread w hich came d own f rom heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will liv e

forever; and the bread th at I shall g ive is My flesh, whi ch I shall give f or the life of the

world.”

52 The Je ws therefore q uarreled am ong themselves, sa ying, “Ho w

can this Man give us His fles h to ea t?” 53 Then J es us said to th em,

“Most assuredl y, I say to you, u nless you eat the f lesh of t he S on of

Man and dri nk His blood, yo u hav e no life i n you. 54 Whoever eats

My flesh and dr inks My blood has eternal lif e, and I will rais e him up

at the last d ay. 55 For My fl es h is food ind eed, and My blood i s drink

indeed. 56 He who eats My flesh and drinks My bl ood abides in M e,

and I in him. 57 As the liv ing Father sen t M e, and I live b ecause of the

Father, so he who feeds o n Me will live b ecause of M e. 58 This i s the

bread whic h came down from heave n—not as your f athers ate th e

manna, and are dead. He who ea ts thi s bread will l ive forever.” 59

These things H e sai d in the synagogue as He taught i n Capernaum.

Many

urn

way

60 Therefore many of His dis ciples, when they he ard this, s aid, “This is a

hard saying; who ca n understand it?” 61 When Jesus kn ew in Hims elf that

His disciples co mplained about this, He said to th em, “Do es this offend

you? 62 Wh at then if you should s ee the Son of Ma n ascend wh er e He was

before? 63 It is the Spirit who gives lif e; the flesh pr ofits nothing . The

words that I speak to you ar e s pirit, and they are l ife. 64 But there are some

of you who do not believe.” F or Jesus kn ew f rom the beginni ng who they

were who did no t believe, and who would betray Hi m. 65 And He said,

“Therefore I h ave said to you that n o one can come to M e unless it h as

been grant ed to him by My Father. ”

66 Fr om tha t time man y of His disciples went back and walked with Him

no more. 6 7 Then J esus said to the twelve, “Do you also want to g o away?”

68 But Simon Peter answere d Him, “Lord, to whom sh all we go? Y ou hav e

the words of eter nal life. 69 Als o we have come to believe an d know that

You are th e Chr ist, the Son of the living God.” 7 0 Jesus answ er ed them,

“Did I not cho ose you, the twelve, and on e of you is a devi l?” 71 He spoke

of Judas Iscario t, the son of S imon, for it was he who would betray Him,

bein

one of th e twelve.

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’ B

eve

1 After th ese things Jesus walk ed in Galile e; for He did not want to walk in

Judea, becaus e the J ews sought to ki ll Him. 2 Now th e Jews’ F east of

Tabernacles w as at hand. 3 Hi s brothers ther efore said to Him, “Depart

from here and go in to Jud ea, that Your disciples also may see th e works that

You are doing. 4 For no one d oes anything in s ecret while h e hi mself se eks

to be kno wn openly. If You do th ese things, show Yourself to the world.” 5

For even His brothers did n ot believe i n Him.

6 Then Jesus s aid to the m, “My time has no t yet come, bu t your time is

always ready. 7 T he world c annot hate you, bu t it hat es Me becaus e I testify

of it that its wor ks are evil. 8 You go up to this f east. I am not yet going up

to this feast, for M y time h as not y et fully come.” 9 When He h ad said these

things to th em, H e remain ed in Galilee.

'The Heave nly Scholar

10 But whe n His brothers had g one up, the n He also went up to the f east,

not openl y, but as it wer e in secret. 11 T hen the Jews soug ht Him at the

feast, and said, “ Where is He?” 12 And th ere was m uch complaining among

the people c oncerning Hi m. Some said, “H e is good”; others sai d, “No, on

ntr

”

13 However, no one spok e openly of Him for fear of the Jews. 14 Now about th e middle of

the feast J esus wen t up into the te mple and taught. 15 And th e J ews marvelled, s aying, “Ho w

does this Man k now letters, havi ng never studie d?” 16 Jesus answered th em and said, “ My

doctrine is no t Mine, but Hi s who sen t Me. 17 If anyone wills to do His will, he shall know

concerning t he doctrin e, whether it is from God or w hether I speak o n My own aut hority. 18

He who sp eaks from hims elf seeks his ow n glory; but He who seeks th e glory of the One wh o

sent Him is tru e, and no unr ighteousness is i n Him. 19 Did n ot Moses give y ou the law, y et

none of you k eeps the la w? Why do you s eek to kill Me?” 20 The people answered and said,

“You hav e a d emon. Wh o is seeking to kill Y ou?”

21 Jesus ans wer ed and said to the m, “I did one w ork, and you all marvel. 22 Moses th erefore

gave you circu mcision (not t hat it is f rom Moses, bu t from the fa thers ), and you circum ci se a

man on the Sa bbath. 23 If a m an receives circu mcision on the Sabb ath, so that the law of

Moses shoul d not be broken, are you angry wit h Me because I made a man co mpletely well on

the Sabbath? 24 Do not judge according to ap pear ance, but judge with righteous judg ment.”

Could Thi s Be the Christ?

25 Now some of them from J erusalem said, “I s this not H e whom they seek to ki ll? 26 But

look! He sp eaks boldly, and the y say no thing t o Him. Do the rulers k now inde ed that this is

truly the C hrist? 27 Howev er, we k now where thi s Man is fr om; but wh en the Christ comes, no

one knows wher e H e is from.”

28 Then Jesus cried out, as He taugh t in the temple, s aying, “You bot h know Me, and you

know wher e I am f rom; and I hav e no t co me of Myself, bu t He who sen t Me is true, whom

you do not k now. 29 Bu t I know Hi m, for I am from Him, and H e sent Me.”

30 Therefore they sought t o tak e Him; but no one laid a ha nd on Him, bec ause His hour had

not yet co me. 31 And man y of the peo ple believe d in Him, and s aid, “When t he C hrist com es,

will He do mor e signs than these which this M an has don e?”

Jesus and the R eligious Leader s

32 The Pharise es heard the crowd mur muring thes e thing s concer ning Him, and t he

Pharisees and t he chief pri ests sent officers to tak e Hi m. 33 Then J es us said to them, “I

shall be wit h you a little while long er, and then I go t o Him who sen t Me. 34 You will seek

Me and not find M e, and w her e I am you cannot come.”

35 Then the J ews said among themselves, “W here does He in tend to go th at we shall no t

find Him? D oes H e i ntend to go to the Dispersion among the Greeks and te ach the

Greeks? 36 W hat is this thing t hat He said, ‘Yo u will seek Me and not find M e, and where I

am you canno t come’?”

The Promise of t he Holy Spirit

37 On the las t day, that gre at day of the feast, Jesus st ood and cri ed ou t, saying, “If anyone

thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. 38 He who b elieves in Me, a s the Scripture h as said,

out of his h eart will flow rivers of living water.” 39 But this He s poke co ncerni ng the Spirit,

whom those b elieving in Him would receive; for the Holy Spi rit was not yet give n, because

Jesus was not yet glorified.

Who Is He ?

40 Therefore many from the crowd, when t hey heard this sa ying, said, “Tr uly this is the

Prophet.” 41 Others said, “This i s the Christ.” But s ome said, “Will t he Christ come ou t of

Galilee? 42 Has not the Scriptur e said that t he Christ com es from the s eed of Dav id and

from the to wn of B ethl ehe m, where David was?” 43 So ther e was a divisio n among the

people becaus e of Him. 44 Now som e of them w anted t o take Him, but no one laid han ds

on Him.

Rejec ted by the A uthoritie s

45 Then the officers came to the chief pr iests and Ph arisees, who said t o them, “Why h ave

you not brough t Him?” 46 T he offi cers answered, “No man ever spok e like this Man!” 47

Then the Ph arisees ans were d them, “ Are you also deceived? 48 Have any of t he rulers or

the Pharisees believ ed in Him? 49 Bu t this crowd th at d oes n ot know the law is accursed.”

50 Nicod emus (he who ca me to Jes us by night, b eing one of them ) said to the m, 51 “Do es

our law judge a man b efore it hears him and knows what he is doing?” 52 They answered

and said to hi m, “Are you also f rom Galile e? Search and lo ok, for no prop het has arisen

out of Galilee.”

An Adulter ess Fa ces the L ight of the Worl d

53 And everyo ne went to his o wn house.

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sus

1 But Jesus w ent to the M ount of Olives. 2 N ow early i n th e morning He

came again i nto the templ e, and all th e peopl e came to Him; and H e sat

down and taught th em. 3 Th en the scribes and Pharisees brought to Him a

woman caught i n adultery. And when the y had set her in the midst, 4 they

said to Him, “ Teacher, this woman was caugh t in adul ter y, in the ver y act. 5

Now Moses, in the law, com manded us that such sh ould be stoned. Bu t

what do You s ay?” 6 This they said, tes ti ng Him, that t hey mig ht have

something of w hich to accuse Hi m. But Jesus st ooped down and wrote on

the ground wit h His finger, as though He did no t he ar. 7 So w hen they

continued ask ing Him, He rais ed Himself up and said to th em, “He who is

without sin among you, le t hi m throw a stone at her f irst.” 8 And ag ain He

stooped do wn and wrot e on the ground. 9 Then those who he ard it, being

convicted by thei r conscien ce, went ou t one by one, beginning with the

oldest even to the last. And J esus was left alon e, and the woma n standing in

the midst. 10 When Jesus had rais ed Himself up and saw no on e but the

woman, H e said to h er, “Wom an, where are those accusers of yours? H as

no one conde mned you?” 11 She said, “ No one, L ord.” And Jesus said to

her, “Neither do I condemn y ou; go and sin no more.” 12 T hen Jesus spok e

to them again, sa ying, “I am the lig ht of t he world. H e who fol lows M e shall

not walk in d arkness

but h ave the li

ht of l ife.”

Jesus De fe nds His Self-W itness

13 The Ph arisees ther efore said to Him, “You be ar witness of Yours el f; Your wit ness is not

true.” 14 Jesus answered and s aid to them, “Ev en if I bear wi tnes s of Myself, M y witness is

true, for I know where I cam e from and where I a m going; but you d o not know w here I come

from and where I a m going. 15 Yo u judge accordi ng to the flesh; I ju dge no on e. 16 And ye t i f

I do judge, My judg ment is tru e; for I am not alone, but I am with th e Father who se nt Me. 17

It is also wri tt en in your la w that th e testimony of two men is tru e. 18 I am O ne who bears

witness of Mys elf, and the Fa ther who sent Me bears witness of M e.”

19 Then th ey said to Him, “Where is Your Father?” J esus answered, “ You kno w n either Me

nor My Fat her . If you had kn own Me, you w ould have kno wn M y Father also.” 2 0 These

words Jesus s poke in the tr eas ury, as He taugh t in the temple; and no on e laid hands on Hi m,

for His hour had not yet com e.

Jesus Predicts His Depart ure

21 Then Jesus said to them agai n, “I am going away, and you wi ll seek Me, and will die in your

sin. Where I g o you canno t come.” 22 So the J ews s aid, “Wil l He kill Himself, b ecause H e says,

‘Where I go you can not come’?” 2 3 And He said to them, “You ar e from bene ath; I am fr om

above. You ar e of this world; I a m not of this w orld.

24 Therefore I s aid to you th at you will die in your si ns; for if you do not believe that I a m

He, you will di e in your sins.” 25 Then th ey s aid to Him, “Wh o are You?” And Jesus said to

them, “J ust what I have be en saying to you fr om the beg inning. 26 I hav e many things t o say

and to judge concerning you, but He wh o sen t Me is true; a nd I speak to the world t hose things

which I he ard fr om Hi m.” 2 7 They did not und erstand that He s poke to them of the Father.

28 Then Jesus said to them, “W hen you lift u p the Son of Man, then you will kno w that I am

He, and th at I do no thing of Mys elf; but as My Father taugh t Me, I sp eak these t hings. 29 And

He who s ent Me is wi th Me. The Fa ther has not l eft Me alone, f or I always do thos e things that

please Him.” 3 0 As He spoke these words, m any believed in Him.

The Tr ut h S hall Make Yo u Free

31 Then Jesus said to those Je ws who believed Him, “If you abid e in My wor d, you ar e My

disciples inde ed. 32 And you shall know the truth, and the truth s hal l make you fr ee.” 33 T hey

answered Him, “We are Abrah am’s descend ants, and have n ever been in bo ndage to anyone.

How can You s ay, ‘You will b e made free’?” 34 Jesus answ ered them, “M ost assuredly, I s ay to

you, whoev er commits sin is a sl ave of sin. 35 And a slave does not abid e in the house for ever,

but a son a bides forev er. 36 Therefor e if the Son makes you fre e, you shall be fr ee indeed.

Abraham’s See d and Sata n’s

37 “I know that you are Abraham’s d escendants, bu t you seek to kill M e, because My word

has no plac e i n you. 38 I sp eak what I hav e seen with M y F ather, and you do what you hav e

seen with your f ather.” 39 Th ey answered and s aid to Him, “ Abraham is our f ather.” Jesus

said to them, “ If you were Abr aham’s childr en, you woul d do the works of Abr ah am. 40

But now you se ek to kill M e, a Ma n wh o has told you the truth whi ch I heard f rom God.

Abraham did not do this. 41 Y ou do the de eds of your fath er.” T hen they said to Him, “We

were not born of fornicatio n; we have one F ather— God.”

42 Jesus said t o th em, “ If God w ere your Father, you would lov e Me, for I proceed ed forth

and came fr om God; nor h ave I come of M ys elf, but He s ent Me. 4 3 Why do you n ot

understand M y speech? Be caus e you are not able to listen to M y word. 44 You are of y our

father the devi l, and the desir es of your fath er you want t o do. H e was a murderer f rom th e

beginning, and does not sta nd in the truth, bec ause there is n o truth in him. When he

speaks a lie, h e speaks from his own resourc es, for he is a liar and th e fa ther of it. 45 But

because I tell the tr uth, you do not beli eve Me. 46 Which of you convicts M e of sin? And if

I tell the tru th, why do you no t believe M e? 47 He who is of God hears God’s words;

therefore you do not hear, b eca use you ar e not of Go d.”

Before Abra ham Was, I A M

48 Then the J ews answered and said to Him, “ Do we not sa y rightly that Y ou are a

Samaritan a nd have a demon?” 49 Jesus answ ered, “I do not hav e a demo n; but I honor

My Father, and you dishonor M e. 50 And I do not seek My own glory; th ere is One who

seeks and judges. 51 Most assuredl y, I say to you, if anyon e keeps My word he shall never

see death.” 52 Then the Je ws said to Hi m, “Now we kno w th at You have a demon!

Abraham is d ead, and the prophets; and Y ou say, ‘If anyone k eeps My wor d he shall never

taste death. ’ 53 Are You grea ter than our f ather A braham, who is d ead? And th e proph ets

are dead. Wh o do You make Yours elf out to be?”

54 Jesus ans wer ed, “If I ho nor Myself, M y honor is nothing. It is My Father who ho nors

Me, of who m you sa y that He is your God. 55 Yet you h ave not known Him, but I kno w

Him. And if I say, ‘I d o not kno w Him,’ I sh all be a liar like you; but I do kn ow Him and

keep His word. 5 6 Your fat her Abr aham rejoi ced to see M y day, and he s aw it a nd was

glad.”

57 Then the J ews said to Him, “ You are not ye t f ifty years old, and hav e You se en

Abraham?” 58 Jesus said to th em, “M ost assuredly, I sa y to you, befor e Abra ham was, I

AM.” 59 Then they took up s tones to thro w at Hi m; but Jesus hid Himself and went ou t

of the temple, g oing through t he midst of them, an d so passed by.

ohn 9

A Man Bor n Blind Rec eives Sight

1 Now as Jes us pass ed by, He sa w a man who was blind from birth. 2 And

His disciples ask ed Him, saying, “Rabbi, wh o sinned, this man or his

parents, th at he was born blind?” 3 J esus ans wered, “ Neither t his man nor

his parents sinn ed, but that th e works of God sh ould be revealed i n him. 4 I

must work th e works of Him who sent Me while i t is da y; the nig ht is

coming whe n no one can wor k. 5 As l ong as I am i n th e world, I am the

light of the world. ”

6 When He had s aid these things, H e spat on th e ground and made cla y

with the saliv a; and He an ointed the ey es of the blind ma n with t he clay. 7

And He sai d to him, “Go, wash i n th e pool of Si loam” (which is translated,

Sent). So h e went and was hed, and cam e back se eing. 8 Ther efore t he

neighbors a nd those who previous ly had se en that he was blind said, “ Is not

this he who sa t and begged?”

9 Some said, “This is he.” Others said, “ He is like hi m.” He said, “ I am h e. ”

d t

“

”

11 He answer ed and said, “A Man called Jesus m ade clay and an ointed my e yes and said to

me, ‘Go to the pool of S iloam and wash.’ So I we nt a nd washed, an d I received sigh t.” 12 Th en

they said to hi m, “Where is H e?” He said, “ I do not know.”

The Phari se es Excomm unicate the Heale d Man

13 They broug ht him who form erly was blind t o the Pharise es. 14 N ow it was a S abbath when

Jesus made t he clay and ope ned his eyes. 15 Then the Pharise es also asked him again how h e

had receive d his sight. He sai d to th em, “He put cla y on my eyes, and I was hed, and I see.”

16 Therefor e some of the Ph arisees said, “This Man is not f rom God, becaus e He does no t

keep the Sabb ath.” Others said, “Ho w can a man w ho is a sinner d o such signs?” And there

was a division a mong them. 17 Th ey s aid to th e bl ind man again, “ What do y ou say about Him

because He o pened your eyes?” H e s aid, “H e is a proph et. ”

18 But the Je ws did not beli eve concerning hi m, that h e ha d been blind an d received hi s

sight, until t hey cal led the parents of him who ha d received his sig ht. 19 And they ask ed the m,

saying, “Is this your son, who you s ay was born blind ? How then d oes he n ow see?”

20 His paren ts answ ered them and s aid, “We kno w th at this is our s on, and th at he was b orn

blind; 21 but by wh at means he now sees we do not k now, or who ope ned his eyes we do no t

know. He is of age; ask him. He will spe ak for hi mself.” 22 His par en ts said these t hings

because the y f ear ed the Je ws, for the Je ws had agreed alre ady that if an yon e confess ed that He

was Christ, he would be put out of t he synagogu e. 23 Ther efore his p arents said, “H e is of age;

ask him.” 24 So they again called th e man who was blind, and said to him, “Giv e God t he

glory! We kno w that this M an is a s inner .” 25 H e answered an d said, “Wh ether He is a sin ner

or not I do no t know. One t hing I know: tha t though I was blind, no w I see.”

26 Then the y said to him again, “ What did H e do to you? H ow did He ope n your eyes?”

27 He answer ed them, “I told you alread y, and you di d not liste n. Why do you want to hear

it again? Do y ou also want to beco me His di sci ples?” 2 8 Then they r eviled hi m and said,

“You are His di scipl e, but we are M oses’ disciples. 29 We know t hat God spoke to Moses;

as for this fello w, we do not kn ow where H e is from.”

30 The man a nswered and sai d to th em, “Why, this is a marvelous thing, that you do not

know wher e He is f rom; yet He h as op ene d my eyes! 31 No w we know that God d oes not

hear sinners; but if anyone is a worshiper of God and does His will, He he ars him. 3 2 Since

the world b egan it has been unheard of that anyo ne o pened the eyes of on e who was b orn

blind. 33 I f this Man were no t from God, H e could do nothing.” 3 4 They answ er ed and said

to him, “You w ere completely born in sins, and ar e y ou teaching us?” And the y c ast him

out.

True Visio n a nd True Bl indne ss

35 Jesus heard that they had c ast him out; and when He had f ound him, H e said to him,

“Do you believ e in the Son of G od?”

36 He answer ed and said, “W ho is He, Lord, that I may believe in Him?” 37 A nd Jesus

said to him, “ You hav e both seen Hi m and it is He who is talking with you.” 38 The n he

said, “L ord, I believe!” And h e wor shiped Him.

39 And Jesus said, “For judg men t I have come int o this world, tha t those who do no t see

may see, and that those who s ee may b e ma de blind.” 40 Then som e of the P har isees who

were with Him heard these words, a nd said to Him, “Are we blind als o?” 41 Jesus s aid to

them, “If you were blin d, you would have no sin; but now you s ay, ‘We see.’ Therefor e

your sin re mains.

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sus

rue

1 “Most assur edly, I say to y ou, he who does not en ter the she epfold b y th e

door, but cl imbs up some o ther way, th e same is a thi ef and a robber. 2 But

he who ent ers by the door is t he s hep herd of the s heep. 3 To hi m the

doorkeeper op ens, and the sh eep he ar his voice; a nd he calls his ow n sheep

by name and l eads them ou t. 4 And when he brings out his own sheep, he

goes before th em; and the sh eep fol low him, for th ey k now his v oice. 5 Yet

they will by no means follo w a stranger, but will fle e from hi m, for they do

not know the voi ce of strangers.” 6 Jesus used this illustration, bu t they did

not underst and the things which He s poke to the m.

'Jesus the G ood Shepherd

7 Then Jesus s aid to the m again, “M ost assuredly, I say to you, I am th e

door of th e s heep. 8 All w ho ev er came before M e are thieves and robbers,

but the shee p did not hear t hem. 9 I am the door. If anyone enters by Me,

he will be sav ed, and will go in and out and fi nd pasture. 10 The thief does

not come exc ept to steal, and to kill, an d to destroy. I h ave come th at th ey

11 “I am the good shepherd. T he good sheph erd gives His life for the she ep. 12 Bu t a

hireling, he w ho is not the s hep herd, one who does not own the sheep, se es the wolf coming

and leaves the she ep and f lees; and the wol f catches th e sheep and s catters them. 13 The

hireling f lees bec ause he is a hireling and do es not care a bout the sheep. 14 I am the go od

shepherd; and I know My sh eep, and am known by M y own. 15 As the Father kn ows M e, even

so I know th e Father; and I l ay dow n My life for the s heep. 16 And other s heep I have which

are not of this fold; them als o I must bring, and th ey will hear My voi ce; and t here will be one

flock and one s hepherd.

17 “Therefore M y Father lov es Me, because I l ay down My lif e that I may take i t again. 18 No

one takes i t f rom Me, but I l ay it down of Myself . I have power to lay i t down, a nd I have

power to take i t again. This c ommand I have r eceived from M y Father.”

19 Therefor e th ere was a div ision again a mong t he J ews because of these sayings. 20 And m any

of them said, “H e has a d emon and is mad. Why do you list en to Him?” 2 1 Others said, “These

are not the words of one who h as a demon. Ca n a demon op en the eyes of the bli nd?”

The She pher d Knows Hi s Sheep

22 Now i t w as the Feast of D edication in Jerus alem, and it was winter. 23 And Jesus walk ed in

the temple, in S olomon’s porc h. 24 Then th e Jews surround ed Him and said to Him, “How

long do You keep us in doubt? If You are t he C hrist, tell us plainl y.”

25 Jesus ans wer ed them, “I t old you, and you d o not beli eve. The work s that I d o in My

Father’s n ame, they bear witness of Me. 26 Bu t you do n ot believe, be caus e you are not of My

sheep, as I said to you. 27 My s heep hear My v oice, and I kn ow them, and th ey follo w Me. 28

And I give them e tern al life, and th ey shall nev er perish; neither sh all an yon e snatch th em out

of My hand. 29 M y F ather, who h as given them to M e, is greater t han all; and no on e is able to

snatch them out of My Fat her ’s hand. 30 I and My Fa ther ar e on e.”

Renewed Ef forts to St one Jesus

31 Then th e Je ws to ok up stones again to stone Him. 32 Jesus ans were d them, “Man y good

works I hav e sho wn you fr om My Father. For which of t hose works do you sto ne Me ?” 33

The Jews an swered Him, sa ying, “For a g ood wor k we do no t stone You, b ut for

blasphemy, and bec ause You, being a M an, make Yourself God.”

34 Jesus ans wer ed them, “Is i t not writt en in your law, ‘I said, “ You are gods ” ’? 35 If He

called them gods, to whom th e word of God came (an d the Scrip ture cannot be brok en), 36

do you say of Him whom th e Father sa nctified and s en t into the world, ‘You are

blaspheming,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of G od’? 37 If I do not do the work s of My

Father, do not believ e Me; 38 bu t if I do, t hough you do not believ e Me, believ e the works,

that you ma y kno w and beli eve that the Fa ther is in M e, and I in Hi m.” 39 Therefore they

sought agai n to s eize Hi m, but He escaped out of their hand.

The Believers Beyond Jorda n

40 And He w ent a way again be yond the Jordan to the pl ace where John was baptizing a t

first, and th er e He stayed. 41 T hen many c ame to Him and s aid, “John p erfor med no sig n,

but all the thing s that John s poke about this M an were true.” 42 And many beli eved in

Him there.

ohn 11

eat

zar us

1 Now a cert ain man was si ck, Lazarus of Bet hany, th e town of Mary and

her sister M arth a. 2 It was that M ary who anoin ted the Lord wi th fragrant

oil and wiped His feet with h er hair, whose brother L azarus was si ck. 3

Therefore th e sisters s ent to Him, sa ying, “Lord, beh old, he whom Y ou love

is sick.” 4 When J esus h eard tha t, He said, “This si ck ness is n ot unto death,

but for the gl ory of God, that th e S on of God may be glori fied through it.”

5 Now Jesus lov ed Martha and her sis ter and La zaru s. 6 So, when He heard

that he was si ck, He stayed t wo more days in the place wher e He was. 7

Then after t his He said to the dis ciples, “Le t us go t o Judea again.” 8 The

disciples said t o Him, “Rabbi, l ately the Jews s ought to ston e You, and are

You going t here ag ain?”

9 Jesus ans wered, “ Are there no t twelve hours in the day? If any one walks i n

the day, he do es not stumbl e, because he se es the lig ht of this world. 10 Bu t

if one walks i n the night, he s tumbl es , because the lig ht is not in hi m.” 11

These things H e sai d, and after tha t He said to the m, “Our friend La zarus

slee

, bu t I

o tha t I ma

wake him u

”

12 Then His disci ples said, “ Lord, if he sleeps h e will get w el l.” 13 Ho wever, Jes us spoke of

his death, bu t th ey though t t hat He was speaking about t aking r est in sl eep. 14 Then Je sus said

to them plainl y, “Lazarus is d ead. 15 And I am gl ad for yo ur sakes that I was not there, that y ou

may believ e. Nevertheless l et us go to him. ” 16 Then Th omas, who is called t he T win, said to

his fellow dis ciples, “L et us also g o, that we may die with Him.”

I Am the Res urrection an d the Life

17 So when Je sus came, He fou nd that he h ad alr ead y been in th e to mb four d ays. 18 Now

Bethany was near Jerusalem, ab out two miles away. 19 And many of the J ews had joined the

women arou nd Martha and M ary, to comf ort th em concerni ng their broth er.

20 Then Mar tha, as soon as she h eard t hat Jesus was coming , went a nd met Him, bu t Mary was

sitting in the house. 21 No w Mart ha s aid to Jesus, “ Lord, if You h ad been here, my br other

would not h ave di ed. 22 Bu t even no w I kno w th at whatev er You ask of G od, God will gi ve

You.” 23 J esus said to h er , “Your bro ther will rise again.” 24 Martha said t o Him, “I k now that

he will rise ag ain in the resur rection at th e last day.” 25 J esus said to her, “ I am the resurr ecti on

and the life. H e who believes in Me, though h e may die, h e shall live.

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to Him, “ Yes, Lord, I believe that Y ou are the Christ, the Son of God, who is to come into the

world.”

Jesus and Deat h, the Last Enemy

28 And whe n she had s aid these thi ngs, she went h er way and secretl y called Mary h er sister,

saying, “The T eacher has com e and is calli ng for you.” 2 9 As s oon as she hear d th at, she aros e

quickly and c ame to Him. 30 Now Jesus had not yet com e into th e town, but was in th e place

where Marth a met Him. 31 T hen the Jews wh o were with her in t he house, and comforti ng her,

when they s aw tha t M ary rose u p quickly and we nt o ut, followed h er, saying, “She is going to

the tomb to weep there.”

32 Then, when Mary came wher e Jesus was, and sa w Him, she f ell down at His fe et, sa yi ng to

Him, “Lor d, if You had been h ere, my bro ther would not have di ed. ” 33 Th erefore, when J esus

saw her w eepi ng, and the J ews who came with her weeping, He gr oaned in th e spirit and was

troubled. 34 And He said, “ Wher e hav e you laid hi m?” They said to Him, “Lor d, come and

see.” 35 Jesus wept. 36 The n the Je ws said, “See ho w He loved him!” 37 And so me of them

said, “Could no t this Man, who open ed the eyes of t he bli nd, also have k ept this man fro m

dyi

?”

Lazarus Rai sed from t he Dead

38 Then Jesus, again groaning in Himself, ca me to the tom b. It was a cav e, and a stone lay

against it. 3 9 Jesus said, “Tak e awa y the s tone. ” Martha, the s ister of hi m who was d ead,

said to Him, “ Lord, by this ti me there is a s tench, for he has been dead four d ays.” 40 Jesus

said to her, “ Did I n ot say to you th at i f you would b elieve you woul d see th e g lory of

God?” 41 Th en the y took awa y the stone fr om the place where the dead man was lying.

And Jesus lif ted u p His eyes and said, “Father, I th ank You that You h ave heard M e. 42

And I know that You always hear Me, bu t be cause of the p eopl e w ho are standing by I said

this, that the y may believ e that You s ent M e.” 43 No w when He had sai d these things, He

cried with a l oud voice, “Laz arus, come fort h!” 44 And he who had di ed came ou t bou nd

hand and foo t wi th grave clothes, and his fa ce was wrapp ed with a cloth. J es us said to the m,

“Loose him, a nd let him go. ”

'The Plot to Kill Jesus

45 Then man y of the Jews w ho had com e to M ary, and ha d seen the things J esus did,

believed in Hi m. 46 But so me of the m went a wa y to the P har isees and told them the things

Jesus did. 47 Then the chief pri es ts and th e Pharisees ga thered a council and said, “ What

shall we do? For this Man work s many sig ns.

48 If we le t Him alone like t his, everyon e will believe in Him, and the Rom ans will

come and tak e away both our pl ace and na ti on.” 49 And on e of them, Caia phas, being

high priest that y ear , said to the m, “You kn ow nothing at all, 50 nor do you consider that

it is expedien t for us that one man s hould di e for the peopl e, and not that t he whole nation

should p er ish.” 51 Now this he did not say on his own authori ty; but being high pri est that

year he pro phesi ed that J es us would di e for th e nation, 5 2 and not f or that nation onl y, but

also that He would gather toge ther in one the childr en of God who were scattered abroad.

53 Then, fr om tha t day on, they plo tted to put Him to death. 54 Ther efore Jesus no longer

walked openl y among the J ews, but wen t f rom ther e into the country near the wild erness,

to a city call ed Ephraim, and ther e remaine d with His dis ciples.

55 And the Pass over of the Je ws was near, a nd many went from the country up to

Jerusalem befor e the Passover, to purify themselve s. 56 Then th ey s ought Jesus, and s poke

among the mselves as they stood in the te mple, “W hat do you thi nk—that He will no t

come to th e feast?” 57 Now both t he chief pri ests and t he Ph arisees had give n a

command, that if an yone knew where He was, he s hould repor t it, that they might seiz e

Him.

John 12

The Anoi nting at Be thany

1 Then, six d ays befor e the Passover, Jesus came to Beth any, where La zarus

was who had b een dead, w hom He h ad raised from the d ea d. 2 Ther e they

made Him a supp er ; and Marth a served, but Lazarus was one of thos e who

sat at the tabl e with Him. 3 Then M ary took a poun d of very cos tly oil of

spikenard, anoin ted the fee t of Jesus, a nd wiped Hi s feet with her hair. And

the house was fil led with t he f ragrance of the oil.

4 But one of His di sciples, Jud as Iscariot, Simo n’s son, who would betr ay

Him, said, 5 “ Why was this f ragrant oil not s old for three hu ndred denarii

and given to t he poor?” 6 T his he said, not that he cared for the p oor, but

because he was a thi ef, and had the money box; and he used to t ake wha t

was put in it. 7 B ut Jesus said, “ Let her alone; s he has kept t his for the day

of My burial. 8 For the po or you have with you always, bu t Me you do no t

have always.”

The Plot t o Kill Lazarus

9 Now a gr eat many of the Jews k new that He was ther e; and th ey came,

not for Jesus’ s ake only, bu t that the y might also s ee L azarus, who m He had

raised from t he d ead. 10 But the chief priests plotted to pu t L azarus to

death also, 11 bec ause on a ccou nt of him m any of th e Jews went aw ay and

believed in

esus.

The Tr iumphal E ntry

12 The next d ay a great mul titude that had come to the feas t, when they heard tha t Jesus was

coming to Jerusal em, 13 took branches of palm trees and w ent out to mee t Him, and cried out:

“Hosanna!

‘Blessed is H e who comes in the name of t he L ord!’

The King of Isr ael!”

14 Then Jesus, when He had foun d a young do nkey, sat on it; as it is written:

15 “Fear not, d aughter of Zio n;

Behold, your Ki ng is coming,

Sitting on a donk ey’s colt.”

16 His discipl es did not underst and these things a t firs t; but wh en Jesus was glori fied, then th ey

remember ed that th ese things w er e written about Him and tha t they had done these things t o

Him.

17 Therefor e th e people, who were with Hi m when He call ed Lazarus ou t of his tomb and

raised him fro m the dead, b ore wi tness. 18 For this reason th e pe ople also met Him, b ecause

they heard t hat He had done this sign. 19 The Pharis ees therefor e s ai d among th emselves,

“You see th at you are accomplishing n othing. Look, the world has g one after Him!”

The Fruitful Gra in of Wheat

20 Now ther e were certain Gre eks among those wh o came up to w orship at the fe ast. 21 T hen

they came to Phil ip, who was fr om Bethsaid a of G alilee, and ask ed him, saying, “Sir , we wish

to see Jesus.”

22 Phi lip cam e and told An drew, and in tur n Andrew and P hilip told Jesus.

23 But Jesus a nswered them, sa ying, “The h our has come tha t the So n of Man sh ould be

glorif ied. 24 Most assuredl y, I sa y to you, unless a gr ain of wheat falls int o the ground and di es,

it remains alo ne; but if it dies, i t produces muc h grain. 25 He who loves his life will lose it, a nd

he who hate s his life in this w orld will keep i t for eternal life. 2 6 If anyon e serves Me, let him

follow Me; a nd where I am, ther e M y servant will b e also. If anyo ne s erves Me, hi m My Fath er

will honor.

Jesus Predicts His Death on t he Cross

27 “Now My s oul is troubled, a nd what shall I s ay? ‘Father, sav e Me from this hour’? But

for this purpos e I came to this h our. 28 F ather, glori fy Your name.” Then a voice ca me

from heav en, saying, “I have both glorif ied it and will g lorify it again.” 29 Th erefore the

people who st ood by and he ard it s aid that it had th undered. Others s aid, “An angel h as

spoken to Hi m.”

30 Jesus ans wer ed and said, “ This voice did not co me because of Me, but for your sak e. 31

Now is the j udgment of this w orld; now th e ruler of t his world will be cas t out. 32 And I, if

I am lifted up f rom the ear th, will dra w all peoples to Mys elf.” 33 This He s aid, sig nifying by

what death He would die.

34 The p eople answered Him, “ We have h ear d from th e law th at the Christ re mains for ever;

and how can You say, ‘Th e Son of M an must be lif ted u p’? Who is this S on of Man?” 35

Then Jesus said to them, “ A l ittle while long er the light is wi th you. Walk while you have the

light, lest d arkness ov ertak e you; he who walks i n darkn ess do es not know where he is

going. 36 While you have th e light, b elieve in the lig ht, that you may become s ons of lig ht.”

These things Jesu s spoke, and d eparted, and was hidden f rom them.

Who Has Be lieve d Our Report?

37 But althoug h He had don e so man y signs befor e t hem, they did not believe in Him, 38

that the wor d of Isaiah the prop het might be ful filled, which he s poke:“L ord, who has

believed our r ep ort?

And to whom has the arm of the Lord been rev eale d?”

39 Therefore they could not b elieve, because Is aiah said ag ain:

40 “He has blinded their ey es and harden ed their hearts,

Lest they should s ee with th eir eyes,

Lest they should u nderstand with th eir hearts and turn,

So that I sho uld heal them.”

41 These thi ngs Isaiah said when he saw His g lory and spok e of Him.

Walk in the Light

42 Neverthele ss even among t he rulers man y believed in Him, but

because of the P har isees they did no t confess Hi m, lest they sh ould be

put out of th e synagog ue; 43 for t hey loved the prais e of men m ore

than the praise of God. 44 T hen J esus cried ou t and said, “ He who

believes in Me, b elieves no t in Me but in Him who s ent Me. 45 A nd

he who sees Me sees Him who sent Me. 46 I h ave come as a light into

the world, th at who ever b eliev es in Me should n ot abide in darkn ess.

47 And if an yone h ears My words and d oes n ot believ e, I do not judge

him; for I di d not come to judg e the world but to save the world. 4 8

He who rej ects Me, a nd does not re ceive M y words, has tha t which

judges him— the word th at I have sp oken will judge hi m in the l ast

day. 49 For I hav e not spok en on My own author ity; but the Fa ther

who sent M e gave M e a co mmand, what I should say and what I

should sp eak. 50 And I kno w that His c ommand is everlasting li fe.

Therefore, whatev er I speak, just as the F ather h as told M e, so I

speak.”

John 13

Jesus Wa shes the D isciples’ Feet

1 Now befor e the F ea st of the Pass over, when J esus knew that His h our had

come that He sh ould depart from this world to the Father, h aving loved His

own who wer e in the world, He loved them t o the e nd.

2 And supper b eing ended, the devil h aving already pu t it into the heart of

Judas Iscario t, Simon’s s on, to betray Him, 3 Jesus, k nowing tha t t he Father

had given all things in to His hands, and tha t He had come fr om God and

was going to Go d, 4 rose from su pper and lai d aside His garm ents, took a

towel and g irded Himself. 5 Af ter that, H e pour ed wat er into a basin a nd

began to wash the disciples’ feet, and to wipe th em with the towel with

which He was gir ded. 6 The n He came to Si mon Peter. And P eter said to

Him, “Lor d, are You washing m y feet?” 7 Jesus answered and s aid to him,

“What I am d oing you do no t und er stand now, bu t you will know after

this.” 8 P eter said to Him, “You shall never wash my f eet!” J esus ans wered

him, “If I do not wash you, you hav e no p art with M e.”

9 Simon Pet er said to Him, “ Lord, not my fe et only, but also m y hands a nd

my head!” 10 Jes us said to hi m, “He who is bathed needs only to wa sh his

;

”

11 For He k new who would b etray Him; ther efore He said, “Y ou are not all cl ean.” 12 So

when He had was hed their feet, taken His g arments, and s at down again, He s aid to them, “Do

you know w hat I have done t o you ? 13 You call M e T ea cher and Lord, a nd you say w ell, for so

I am. 14 If I th en, your Lord an d Teacher, hav e washed your fe et, you also oug ht to wash on e

another’s fee t. 15 For I have given you an exampl e, that you sh ould do as I hav e done to you.

16 Most assur edly, I s ay to you, a s ervant is no t greater th an his master; nor i s he who is s ent

greater than he who sent him. 17 If you kn ow these thing s, blessed are you if you do th em.

Jesus Identi fies His Betr ayer

18 “I do not speak concerning all of you. I kno w whom I have chosen; but t hat th e Scrip ture

may be fulfil led, ‘He who e ats br ead with M e has lifted up his h eel against M e.’ 19 Now I tell

you before it comes, that wh en it does come to p ass, you may believe tha t I am H e. 20 Most

assuredly, I s ay to you, he wh o receives who mev er I send receives M e; and he who r eceives Me

receives Him who sen t Me.”

21 When Jesus h ad said these things, H e was troubl ed i n spirit, an d testified and s aid, “Most

assuredly, I s ay to you, on e of y ou wi ll betray Me.” 22 Then t he di sciples look ed at one

another, perpl exed about whom He spoke. 23 Now there w as leaning on J esus’ bosom o ne of

His disciples, whom J es us loved. 24 Simon Peter th erefore mo tioned to him to ask who it was

of whom He spoke. 25 Then, l eaning back on Jesus’ breas t, he s aid to Him, “ Lord, who is i t?”

26 Jesus ans wer ed, “It is he to who m I shall give a piece of br ea d when I have dipped it.” A nd

having dipp ed th e bread, H e gave it to Judas Is cariot, the son of Simon. 27 Now after t he pi ece

of bread, Sa tan en tered him. Th en Jesus said to him, “Wha t you do, do qui ck ly.”

28 But no o ne at the table kn ew for wha t reas on He said this to him. 29 F or some though t,

because Jud as had th e money box, that Jesus had sai d to him, “Buy thos e t hings we ne ed f or

the feast,” or t hat he should giv e s omething to the poor.

30 Having r eceived the piece of br ead, he then we nt ou t i mmediat ely. And it was night.

The New Comm andme nt

31 So, when h e had gone out, Jes us said, “No w the S on of Man is glorified, and God is

glorif ied in Him. 32 If God is gl orified in Him, G od will also g lorify Him in Hims elf, and

glorif y Him immedia tel y. 33 L ittle childr en, I shall b e wi th you a li ttle while longer. You will

seek Me; and as I said to the J ews, ‘Where I am going, y ou cannot c ome,’ so now I sa y to

you. 34 A ne w comm andment I gi ve to you, that y ou love one ano ther; as I hav e loved you,

that you also lov e one anoth er. 35 By this all will know that you are My dis ciples, if you

have love for one another. ”

Jesus Predicts Peter’s De nia l

36 Simon Pet er said to Him, “ Lord, where are You going?” Jesus answered him, “ Where I

am going y ou cannot follow M e now, but y ou shall follow Me afterward.”

37 Peter said to Hi m, “Lord, wh y c an I not follow You now? I will lay do wn my life for

Your sake.”

38 Jesus ans wer ed him, “Will y ou lay do wn y our life for M y sak e? Mos t assur edly, I say to

you, the roos ter shall no t crow till y ou have d enied M e three tim es.

John 14

The Way, the T ruth, and the Life

1 “Let not y our heart be trou bled; you believe i n God, believ e al so in Me. 2

In My Father’ s house are ma ny mansions; if it were not so, I would have

told you. I g o to prepare a place for you. 3 And i f I go and prepar e a place

for you, I will c ome again and re ceiv e you to Myself; t hat where I a m, there

you may be als o. 4 And where I g o you know, and the wa y yo u know.”

5 Thomas said to Him, “L ord, we do not kno w where You are going, and

how can we k now th e way?” 6 Jesus s aid to him, “I a m the wa y, the trut h,

and the life. N o one comes to the Father exc ept through M e.

The Father Revealed

7 “If you had known Me, you woul d hav e known M y Father also; and from now on you know

Him and hav e seen Him.” 8 Philip said to Him, “ Lord, sho w u s the Fath er, and i t is sufficient

for us.” 9 Jesus said to him, “ Hav e I been with you s o long, and y et you have n ot known Me,

Philip? He w ho has seen M e has see n the F ather; so h ow can you s ay, ‘Sh ow us the F ather’? 10

Do you no t believe that I am in the F ather, and the F ather in Me? Th e words that I s peak to

you I do not s peak on My ow n au thorit y; but the Fat her who d wells in Me do es the works. 11

Believe Me t hat I am in th e Father a nd the Fa ther i n Me, or els e beli ev e M e for the sak e of the

works thems elves.

The Answer ed Praye r

12 “Most assur edly, I say to y ou, he who believ es in Me, th e work s that I do he will do also;

and greater works than thes e he will do, because I g o to M y Father. 13 And whatever you ask in

My name, t hat I will do, tha t the Father may be glor ified in th e Son. 14 If you ask anything in

My name, I will do it.

Jesus Promi ses An other Hel per

15 “If you l ove M e, keep My com mandm ents. 16 And I will pray the Fa ther, a nd He will give

you another H elper, that He may abide with you forever— 17 the Spirit of trut h, whom the

world canno t re ceiv e, because i t neith er sees Him nor k nows Him; but you know Him, for He

dwells with you and will be in you. 18 I will no t leave you orp hans; I will co me to you.

Indwelli ng of the Fat he r and the Son

19 “A little w hile longer and the world will see Me no more, but you will see Me. B ecause I

live, you wi ll live also. 20 At that day y ou wi ll know that I a m in My Father, and you i n Me,

and I in you. 2 1 He who has My co mmandments and k eeps them, it is he who loves M e.

And he who lov es Me will be l oved by My F ather, and I will love him and m anifest Myself

to him.”

22 Judas (no t Iscar iot) said to Hi m, “L ord, how is it that You will ma nifest Yourself to us ,

and not to th e world?” 23 Jesus answer ed and said to hi m, “If any one lov es Me, he will k eep

My word; and My F ather will love him, and W e will com e t o him and make Our home wit h

him. 24 He who does not love Me does not keep M y words; a nd the word whi ch you hear is

not Mine but the F ather’s w ho sent M e.

t o

s Peace

25 “These thi ngs I have spok en to y ou while b ei ng present wit h you. 26 Bu t the Help er,

the Holy S pirit, whom the Fa ther will send i n My name, H e wi ll teach you all things, a nd

bring to your remembranc e all thing s that I s aid to you. 27 P eace I le ave with you, My

peace I give to you; no t as the world gi ves do I give t o yo u. Let not your h eart be troubled,

neither let it b e afraid. 28 Y ou hav e h eard M e say to you, ‘I am going a way and co ming

back to you. ’ If you loved Me, you would rejoi ce becaus e I said, ‘I a m going to th e Father,’

for My F ather is g reater than I.

29 “And no w I h ave told y ou before it comes, that wh en it does come to pass , you may

believe. 30 I will no longer talk much with y ou, for the ruler of this world is coming, and

he has nothing in Me. 31 But that the world m ay know tha t I love the Fath er, and as the

ohn 15

rue

1 “I am the true vin e, and My Father is the vinedress er. 2 Ever y branch in

Me that does n ot bear fruit H e takes away; a nd ev ery branch that bears frui t

He prunes, th at i t may bear m ore fruit. 3 Yo u are already cl ean because of

the word which I hav e spoken to yo u. 4 Abide in M e, and I in you. As the

branch canno t bear fruit of i ts el f, unless it abides in the vin e, neither can

you, unless you abide in Me.

5 “I am the vi ne, you are t he br anches. H e who abides in Me, and I in hi m,

bears much frui t; for wi thout Me you can do nothing. 6 If anyon e does not

abide in Me, h e is cast out as a bra nch and is with ered; and they gather t hem

and throw them int o th e fire, and th ey are burn ed. 7 If you abid e in Me, and

My words abid e in you, you wi ll ask what y ou desire, and i t shall be d one for

you. 8 By this M y Father is g lorified, that you b ear much frui t; so you will be

My discipl es.

Love an d Joy Pe rfect ed

9 “As the F ather love d Me, I also hav e loved you; abide i n My lov e. 10 If you k eep My

commandme nts, you will abide in M y lov e, just as I hav e kept My Fa ther’s comma ndments and

abide in His love.

11 “These t hings I have spok en to you, that My j oy may rem ain in you, and th at your j oy may

be full. 12 This i s My comma ndment, that y ou love one ano th er as I have lov ed you. 13 Gre ater

love has no on e than this, than to lay down one’ s life for his f riends. 14 Y ou are My fri ends i f

you do wh atever I co mmand you. 15 No longer do I call you servan ts, for a serv ant does not

know wha t hi s master is doing ; but I hav e c alled you friends, f or all things that I heard fr om

My Father I hav e made known to you. 16 You did not choose M e, but I chose you and

appointed you that you should go and bear f ruit, and that yo ur fruit should re main, that

whatever you ask the Father in M y name He may give you. 17 These things I command you,

that you love o ne another.

The Worl d’s Hatred

18 “If the world hates you, you know tha t it h ated Me befor e i t hated you. 19 If you were of the

world, the w orld would love i ts own. Yet b ec ause you are no t of the world, bu t I chose you ou t

of the world, t herefore the w orld hates you. 2 0 Remember the word that I said to you, ‘A

servant is not gr eater than his master.’ If the y per secu ted Me, t hey will also pers ecu te you. If

they kept My word, they will ke ep yours als o. 21 But all th es e things the y will d o to you for M y

name’s sake, b ecause they d o not know Him who sen t Me.

22 If I had not co me and spoken to the m, they would have no sin, but n ow they have no

excuse for their sin. 23 H e who hates Me hates My F ather also. 2 4 If I had no t done among

them the wor ks which no on e els e did, they would hav e no sin; but n ow they h ave seen and

also hated bot h Me and M y Father. 25 But this ha ppened that the word might b e fulfilled

which is writ ten i n their law, ‘T hey hated M e wi thout a caus e.’

The Comin g Rejection

26 “Bu t wh en the Helper co mes, whom I shall s end to you f rom the Fath er, the S pirit of

truth who pro ceeds from th e Father, He will t estify of Me. 2 7 And you also will bear

witness, becaus e you have b een with Me from the beginni ng.

John 16

Jesus War ns a nd Comforts His Disci ples

1 “These things I have spoke n to you, that you should not be mad e to

stumble. 2 The y will put you out of t he synagogues ; yes, the tim e i s coming

that whoever kill s you will think that he off ers God servic e. 3 And th es e

things they wi ll do to you b ecause they have not kno wn the Fath er nor Me.

4 But these thing s I have told you, that when the time co mes, you m ay

remember that I tol d you of them. “And t hese things I di d not say to you at

the beginning, b ecause I was with you.

The Work of t he Holy Sp irit

5 “But now I go away to Him who sent Me, an d none of you asks M e,

‘Where are Y ou going?’ 6 But because I hav e said these things to you,

sorrow has fille d your hear t. 7 Nev ertheless I tell you the truth. It i s to your

advantage that I go a way; for if I do not go away, th e Helper will not com e

to you; but if I d epart, I will se nd Him to you. 8 And when H e has come,

He will convi ct the world of sin, and of right eousness, and of judgment: 9

of sin, because they do no t believe in M e; 10 of rig hteousness, be cause I g o

to My Father and you see M e no more; 1 1 of judgment, b ecause the ruler of

this world is

ed.

12 “I still have many things to say to you, but you c annot bear them now. 13 Howev er , when

He, the Spirit of truth, has c ome, He will gui de you into all truth; for He will n ot speak on His

own author ity, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He wi ll tel l you thing s to come. 14 He

will glori fy Me, for He will tak e of what is Mi ne and decl are it to you. 15 All things that the

Father has are Mine. Therefore I s aid that He will t ake of Min e and declare i t to you.

Sorrow Will T ur n to Joy

16 “A little w hile, and you will n ot see M e; and again a l ittl e while, and you will see Me, bec ause

I go to the Fa ther.”

17 Then som e of His disciples s aid among themselves, “ What is this that He says t o us, ‘A little

while, and y ou wi ll not s ee M e; and again a littl e while, and you wi ll see Me’; a nd, ‘because I go

to the Father’?” 18 They said t herefore, “Wha t is this that H e says, ‘ A l ittle whil e’? We do not

know wha t H e is saying.”

19 Now Jesus kn ew that the y des ired to as k Him, and He s aid to th em, “Are you inqui ring

among yourselve s about wha t I said, ‘A little w hile, and you will n ot see M e; and ag ain a li ttle

while, and y ou wi ll see M e’? 20 Most assuredl y, I say to you that you will weep and lam ent, but

the world will rejoice; and you will be sorr owful, but your sorro w will be turned into jo y. 21 A

woman, when s he is in labor, h as sorrow be caus e her hour has come; but as s oon as sh e has

given birth t o th e child, she no longer rem emb ers the ang uish, for joy tha t a hu man being has

been born in to the world. 2 2 Therefore you now have s orrow; but I will s ee you again an d your

heart will rejoi ce, and your j oy n o one will tak e fro m you.

23 “And in t hat day you will ask M e nothing. M ost assuredly, I say to you, wha tev er you ask the

Father in M y name He will give you. 24 Until now you h ave asked nothing in M y name. Ask,

and you will re cei ve, that your joy may be full.

Jesus Chri st Has Overc ome t he Wor ld

25 “These thi ngs I have spok en to y ou in figur ativ e l anguage; b ut the tim e is coming when I

will no long er speak to you in fig urative langu age, but I will t ell you plainl y ab out the F ath er.

26 In that da y you will ask in M y nam e, and I do n ot say to you th at I shall pra y the Fa ther

for you; 27 for the Father Hims elf loves you, because you h ave loved Me, a nd have believe d

that I came for th from God. 2 8 I came for th f rom the F ather and hav e co me into the

world. Again, I l eave the wor ld and go to the Father.”

29 His disciples said to Hi m, “See, now You ar e speaking plainl y, and using no figure of

speech! 30 No w we are sure that Y ou know all thing s, and have no n eed that anyone

should question You. By this we beli eve that You ca me fort h from God.”

31 Jesus answer ed them, “ Do you no w believe? 32 I ndeed the h our is coming, y es, has

now come, th at you will be scatt ered, each to his own, and will le ave Me alone. A nd yet I

am not alone, b ecause the F ath er is with Me. 3 3 These things I have spoke n to you, tha t in

Me you ma y have p eace. In the world you will have tribulation; bu t be of g ood cheer, I

have overco me the world.”

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Jesus Prays for Him self

1 Jesus spok e thes e wor ds, lifted up His eyes to h eav en, and said: “F ath er,

the hour has come. Gl orify Your So n, that Your Son also may glorif y You,

2 as You have giv en Him aut hority over all f lesh, that He sh ould give

eternal life t o as man y as You have g iven Him. 3 And this is etern al life, that

they may kno w You, the o nly tru e God, and J es us Christ whom You have

sent. 4 I have gl orified You on the earth. I h ave finished the work which

You have giv en M e to do. 5 And now, O Father, glorify Me tog ether wi th

Yourself, wit h th e glory whic h I had with Y ou before the world was.

Jes

rays

e s

6 “I have m anifest ed Your name to the men whom You h ave given M e ou t of the world. Th ey

were Yours, Y ou gave them t o Me, and the y hav e k ept Y our word. 7 Now they have kn own

that all thing s whi ch You h ave given Me ar e from You. 8 For I have give n to th em the words

which You hav e giv en Me; and the y hav e received th em, and h ave known sur ely that I cam e

forth from Yo u; and they h ave believe d that You s ent M e.

9 “I pr ay for them. I do not pray f or the world but for those whom Y ou have given M e, for

they are Yours. 10 And all Mine are Yours, and Yours are Mine, and I am glorified in them. 11

Now I am n o longer in the w orld, but these ar e in the world, and I come to You. Holy Father,

kee

throu

h Your na me those whom You have

ive n Me

tha t th e

be one as We ar e.

12 While I was with them in the world, I kept th em in Your n ame. Thos e whom You gav e

Me I hav e k ept; and none of them is l ost except the son of p erdition, tha t the Scripture might

be fulfill ed. 13 But now I co me to You, an d these things I sp eak in the w orld, that the y ma y

have My joy fulf illed in th emselv es. 14 I h ave given th em Your w ord; and the worl d has hat ed

them becaus e the y ar e not of th e wor ld, just as I am not of the world. 15 I do not pra y that

You should tak e them out of the world, but that You should keep th em from th e evil on e. 16

They are n ot of the world, ju st as I a m not of the world. 17 Sa nctify them by Your tru th. Your

word is tru th. 18 As You sent Me i nto th e world, I also have se nt them into th e world. 19 And

for their sak es I sanctify Myself, that they als o may be sanc tified by th e truth.

Jesus Prays for A ll Believ ers

20 “I do not pray for t hese alone, bu t also for thos e wh o will believ e in Me through their

word; 21 that they all may be on e, as You, Fat her, are i n Me, and I in You; that th ey also

may be one in Us, that the world m ay b elieve th at You s ent M e. 22 A nd the glory which

You gave M e I h ave given them, that th ey may be one just as We are one: 23 I in them, and

You in M e; that the y may be made per fect in one, and that the w orld may know t hat You

have sent M e, and hav e loved th em a s You hav e loved Me.

24 “F ather, I desire that t hey also whom Y ou gave Me m ay be with M e where I am, that

they may b ehold M y glory which You hav e given Me; for You loved Me bef ore the

foundation of th e world. 2 5 O righteous Fa ther! Th e world has not know n You, but I

have known You; a nd these have kno wn that You s en t Me. 26 And I have decl ared to

them Your name, an d will declar e i t, that the love wit h whi ch You loved Me may be in

them, and I i n them.”

ohn 18

Betraya l and Arrest in Get hse mane

1 When Jesus had spoken th ese words, He went out with His dis ciples ov er

the Brook Kidr on, where th ere was a garden, whi ch He an d His disciples

entered. 2 And Juda s, who betray ed Hi m, also kn ew th e place; for Jesus

often met th ere with His discipl es. 3 Then Judas, having rec ei ved a

detachmen t of troops, and of ficers from the chief priests and Pharisees,

came there with lan terns, t orches, and we apons. 4 Jesus therefor e, knowing

all things that woul d come u pon Him, w ent forward and s aid to them,

“Whom ar e y ou seeking?”

5 They ans wer ed Him, “Jesus of Nazareth.” Jesus s aid to them, “I a m He.”

And Judas, wh o betrayed Hi m, also stood wit h them. 6 No w when He s aid

to them, “I a m He,” they dre w back and fell to the gr ound. 7 Then He

asked them again, “ Whom ar e you seeking?” And they said, “ Jesus of

Nazareth.” 8 Jesus answered, “ I have told you that I am H e. Ther efore, if

you seek Me, l et these go their way,” 9 that the sa ying might be fulf illed

which He spok e, “Of thos e whom You gav e Me I have lost n one.”

10 Then Simon P eter, having a s word, dre w it and struck t he high priest’s

servant, and cut off his r ight ear. Th e serva nt’s name w as Malchus . 11 So

Jesus said to Peter, “ Put your sword in to the sheath. Sh all I not dri nk the

hich M

Father h as

en Me?”

Before the High Priest

12 Then th e deta chment of troops and th e captain and th e of ficers of th e Jews arrested Jes us

and bound Hi m. 13 And the y led Him away t o Annas first, for h e was the fat her -in-law of

Caiaphas who was high priest that y ear. 14 Now it was C aiaphas who advised the Jews that it

was expedi ent that on e man should die for the pe ople.

Pete r Denies Jesu s

15 And Simon P eter followed Jesus, and so did another disciple. Now that dis ciple was known

to the high pri est, and wen t with Jesus i nto the cour tyard of the high pries t. 16 But Pet er sto od

at the door outsi de. Then the oth er disciple, who w as known to t he high priest, went ou t and

spoke to her who k ept th e door , and brought Pe ter in. 17 Then th e servan t g irl who kep t th e

door said to Peter, “ You are not als o one of this M an’s dis ciples, are you?” He said, “I am not.”

18 Now th e s er vants and off icers who had mad e a fire of coals stood th ere, for it was cold, a nd

they warmed thems elves. And Pe ter stood with them and w armed himself .

Jesus Questi oned by t he Hi gh Pr iest

19 The high priest then ask ed Jesus abou t Hi s disciples and His doctrine. 2 0 Jesus ans wer ed

him, “I spoke openl y to the world. I always taugh t in synagog ues and in th e temple, where the

Jews alwa ys m eet, and in se cret I have s aid nothing. 21 Why do you ask M e? Ask thos e who

have heard M e what I said to th em. Indeed t hey kno w what I said.”

22 And whe n He had said t hes e things, one of the officers who stood by s truck Jesus wit h th e

palm of his hand, s ayi ng, “Do You answer the high priest lik e that?” 23 Jesus ans wered him,

“If I have spoken evil, bear witn ess of th e evi l; but if w ell, why do you s trike Me?” 24 T hen

Annas sent Hi m bound to Caia phas the high pri es t.

Pete r Denies Twice More

25 Now Si mon Pe ter s tood and warm ed hi mself. Therefor e the y said to hi m, “You ar e not also

one of His di scipl es, are you?” H e de nied it and said, “I am no t! ” 26 One of the serva nts of the

high priest, a r elati ve of him whose ear Pet er cut off, said, “ Did I not s ee you in the g ar den

with Him?” 2 7 Peter then d enied ag ain; and immediat ely a roost er crowed.

In Pilate’s C our t

28 Then the y led Jesus from C aiaphas to t he P raetorium, and it was earl y morni ng. But they

themselves di d not go into th e Prae torium, l est they should be def iled, but that they might

eat the Passover. 29 Pilate t hen we nt out t o them and said, “Wha t accusation do you bring

against this Ma n?”

30 They ans wered and said t o him, “If He were not an evildo er, we would not have

delivered Him up to you.”

31 Then Pila te said t o them, “You t ake Him and judg e Him accordi ng to your la w.”

Therefore th e Jews said to him, “It is not lawful for us to put anyon e to de ath, ” 32 t hat the

saying of Jesus might be fulf illed which He s poke, signifying b y what death He would die.

33 Then Pilat e entered the Pra etorium again, called Jesus, an d said to Hi m, “Are You the

King of the J ews?” 34 Jesus ans were d him, “ Ar e you speaking f or yourself abou t this, or did

others tell you this co ncerning Me?” 35 Pilate ans wered, “ Am I a Je w? Y our own na tion and

the chief pri ests h ave deliv ered You to me. What have You don e?”

36 Jesus ans wer ed, “My ki ngdom is not of this world. If My kingdom w ere of this

world, My s ervants would fig ht, so that I s hould not be d elivered to the J ews; but now My

kingdom is no t from here.”

37 Pi late th erefore s aid to Him, “ Are You a king then?” Jesus answered, “ You say rig htl y

that I am a king . For this caus e I was born, and for t his cause I have come into the world,

that I should bear witness to the truth. Ev eryone who is of the trut h hears My voi ce.” 38

Pilate said to Him, “What is truth?” And whe n he had said t his, he went ou t agai n to the

Jews, and said to them, “I find no fault in Him at all.

Taking the Plac e of Barab bas

39 “Bu t you h ave a custom that I sh ould release som eone to you at the Passover. Do y ou

therefore w ant me to rel ease to you the King of the Je ws?” 40 The n they all cried again,

saying, “No t this Man, bu t Bara bbas!” N ow Barabbas w as a r obber.

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ers

sus

1 So then Pila te took Jesus and s courged Him. 2 And the s oldiers twisted a

crown of thorns and put i t on His head, an d they put on Him a purpl e robe.

3 Then the y s aid, “H ail, King of th e Jews!” And th ey s truck Hi m with their

hands. 4 Pilat e then went ou t ag ai n, and said to th em, “B ehold, I am

bringing Him out to you, that you may know that I find no fault in Hi m.”

Pilate’s Deci sion

5 Then Jesus c ame out, wearing the cro wn of thorns and t he purple rob e.

And Pilate sai d to them, “Beh old the Man!” 6 Therefor e, when t he chief

priests and off icer s saw Him, they cried out, s aying, “Crucify Him, crucif y

Him!” P ilate s aid to them, “Yo u take Hi m and crucify Him, f or I find no

fault in Him.”

7 The Jews an swered him, “ We have a law, and ac cording t o our law H e

ought to die, b ecause He mad e Himself th e S on of God.” 8 Th erefore,

when Pilate heard that saying, h e was the m ore af raid, 9 and went again i nto

the Praetorium, and said to J esus, “Wh ere are You f rom?” But J esu s gave

10 Then Pila te said t o Him, “Are Y ou not speaking t o me? Do You not kn ow tha t I have

power to cr ucify You, and po wer to release You?” 1 1 Jesus ans wered, “Y ou could h ave no

power at all ag ains t Me u nless it had been given you from abov e. Therefore the o ne who

delivered M e to you has the great er sin.” 12 Fr om then on Pilat e sough t to r elease Him, but th e

Jews cried ou t, sayi ng, “If you let this M an go, you ar e not Caesar’ s friend. Whoever makes

himself a king sp eaks against Caesar.”

13 When Pi late therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus ou t and sat dow n in the judg ment

seat in a pl ace that is called The P avemen t, but i n Hebrew, Gab batha. 14 No w it was the

Preparation Da y of the Pass over, an d about the six th hour. And he said to the Jews, “B ehold

your King!”

15 But the y cried out, “ Away with Him, away with Hi m! Crucify Him! ” Pilate said to them,

“Shall I crucify your King?” Th e chi ef priests answer ed, “We have no king but Caesar! ” 16

Then he d elivered Him to them to b e crucified. Th en they took J esus and led Him aw ay.

The King on a Cross

17 And He, b ear ing His cross, went out to a place called th e Place of a Skull, which is c alled in

Hebrew, Golgo tha, 18 wh er e they cru cified Him, and two ot her s with Him, on e on either side,

and Jesus in th e center. 19 N ow Pilate wrot e a ti tle and p ut it on the cr oss. And the writing was:

JESUS OF NAZARETH, TH E KING OF TH E JEWS.

20 Then man y of the Jews re ad this titl e, for the place wher e J esus was crucifi ed was near the

city; and it was written in He brew, Greek, and La tin.

21 Therefor e th e chief pries ts of the Jews said to Pilate, “Do not wr ite, ‘The Ki ng of the Jews, ’

but, ‘He said, “ I am the King of the Jews.” ’ ” 22 Pil ate answered, “ What I have wr itten, I have

written.”

23 Then the s oldiers, when they had crucif ied Jesus, took His garments and made four parts, to

each soldier a par t, and also t he tunic. No w th e tunic was without seam, woven from the top in

one piece. 2 4 They said th erefore among themselv es, “Let us not tear it, but cast lots for it,

whose it sh all be,” t hat the Scrip ture migh t be fulfil led which sa ys: “The y divided My gar ments

among the m, And f or My clothing they cast lots.” Therefore the soldiers di d these thing s.

our

25 Now ther e stood b y the cross of Jesus His mo ther, and His mother’s sist er, Mary the

wife of Clop as, an d Mary Magdale ne. 26 When J esus therefore s aw His m other, and the

disciple who m He loved sta nding by, He s aid to His m other, “Wom an, behold your s on!”

27 Then He said to the discipl e, “Behold your mother!” An d from that hour that discipl e

took her to his own home.

It Is Finishe d

28 After this, Jesus, knowing th at all things wer e now a cco mplished, th at the Scripture

might be fu lfilled, said, “I thirst!” 29 Now a vessel full of sour wine was sit ting th ere; and

they filled a s ponge with sour wi ne, put it on hy ssop, and pu t it to His mouth. 3 0 So when

Jesus had r eceived the s our win e, He said, “It is fi nished!” And bo wing His head, He gave

up His spirit.

Jesus’ Side I s Pierce d

31 Therefor e, because it was the P repara ti on Day, that t he bodi es should n ot r emain on t he

cross on the S abbath (for th at Sabb ath was a high day), th e Jews asked P ilate th at their legs

might be broke n, and that t hey might be take n away. 32 Then the soldiers ca me and brok e

33 But when they came to J esus and sa w that He was already dead, they did not br eak

His legs. 34 But one of the s oldiers pierced His side with a s pear , and immedi ately blood

and water ca me out. 35 And he w ho has seen h as testifi ed, and his tes timony is tr ue; and

he knows t hat he is telling t he tru th, so that you m ay believ e. 36 For thes e thing s were

done that th e S crip ture should b e fulf illed, “Not one of His bones shall be broken.” 37

And again a noth er Scrip tu re says, “They sh all look on Hi m who m they pierc ed.”

Jesus Burie d in Joseph’s To mb

38 After this, Joseph of Arim ath ea, being a disciple of Jesus, bu t secretly, f or fear of the

Jews, asked P ilate that he migh t take away the body of Jesus; an d Pilate gave hi m

permission. So he came and took the body of Jesus. 39 A nd Ni codemus, who at first c ame

to Jesus by nigh t, also came, bri nging a mixtur e of myrrh a nd al oes, about a hundred

pounds. 40 Th en they took th e body of Jesu s, and bound i t i n strips of linen with the

spices, as th e custo m of the Jews is to bury. 41 No w in the plac e where He was crucified

there was a gard en, and in t he g arden a ne w to mb in whi ch no one had yet b een l aid. 42 So

there they lai d Jesus, because of the Jews’ Prep arati on Day, for the tomb was nearby.

ohn 20

The Empty Tomb

1 Now the fi rst day of the we ek Mary Mag dalene went t o the t omb ear ly,

while it w as still dark, a nd saw tha t th e stone had b een t aken away from the

tomb. 2 Then s he ran and c ame to Simon Pe ter, a nd to the other dis ciple,

whom Jesus lov ed, and said to them, “They hav e taken away t he Lord out

of the tomb, and we do not know wher e they have l aid Him.”

3 Peter therefore went out, a nd the other dis ci ple, and wer e going to th e

tomb. 4 So th ey both ran together, an d the other dis ciple outran P eter and

came to th e t omb first. 5 And he, stooping do wn and look ing in, saw th e

linen cloths l ying there; yet he did not go in. 6 Then Simon P eter came,

following him, a nd went int o the t omb; a nd he saw the lin en cl oths l ying

there, 7 and the handkerchi ef that had b een around His h ead, not lying wi th

the linen cl oths, but fold ed together in a pl ace by itself. 8 Then the ot her

disciple, who came t o the t omb first, wen t i n also; an d he s aw and bel ieved.

9 For as ye t they di d not know the S cripture, tha t H e must rise agai n from

the dead. 10 T hen the dis ci ples we nt away agai n to their own homes.

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11 But Mary s tood outside by the to mb weeping, an d as she wep t sh e s to oped do wn and

looked into t he tom b. 12 And sh e saw t wo ang el s in white sit ting, one at the head a nd the other

at the feet, wher e th e body of Jes us had lain. 13 Then they s aid to her , “Woman, why are you

weeping?” S he s aid to them, “ Because the y hav e taken away my Lord, a nd I do not k now

where they have l aid Hi m.”

14 Now wh en sh e had said this, sh e tu rned ar ound and saw Jesu s standing there, and did not

know tha t i t was Jesu s. 15 Jesus s aid to her, “Wo man, why are you weeping? W hom are you

seeking?” She, su pposing Hi m to be the garden er, said to Hi m, “Sir, if You have carried Him

away, tell me where You have laid Hi m, a nd I will take Him away.”

16 Jesus said to her, “Mary!” She tu rned and s aid to Him, “ Rabboni! ” (whi ch is to say,

Teacher).

17 Jesus said to her, “Do not cling to M e, for I have not yet ascended to M y Father; but go to

My brethren and say to them, ‘I am ascending t o My Father and your Father, and to My God

and your God.’ ” 18 Mary Magdal ene came and told the discipl es that she h ad seen the L ord,

and that He had s

oken th ese thin

s to her.

The Apostles Comm issioned

19 Then, the same day at ev ening, b eing the first da y of the week, wh en the doors w ere shut

where the disci ples were asse mbled, for f ear of the Jews, Jesus came and st ood in the mids t,

and said to them, “ Peace be with you.” 20 When He had said this, He sho wed them His hand s

and His sid e. Then the dis ciples wer e glad whe n they s aw the Lord.

21 So Jesus s aid to th em again, “ Peace to you! As the F ather has s ent Me, I also send you.” 22

And when H e had said this, He breathed on th em, a nd said to the m, “Receive the Hol y Spirit.

23 If you f orgive the sins of a ny, they are forg iven them; if you r etain the sins of any, the y ar e

retained.”

Seeing an d Believing

24 Now Thom as, called the T win, one of the twelve, was no t with them when Jesus c ame.

25 The o ther di sciples ther efore said to him, “ We have se en the Lord. ” So he said to the m,

“Unless I see in His hands the print of the nai ls, and pu t my finger into th e print of th e

nails, and put my hand into His side, I will not believe.”

26 And af ter eigh t days His dis ciples w ere agai n inside, and Thom as with them. J esus came,

the doors b eing shut, and s tood in th e midst, and said, “Peace to you! ” 27 Then He s aid to

Thomas, “R each y our finger her e, and look at My hands; a nd reach your h and here, and pu t

it into My side. Do not be unb elieving, but b elieving.” 28 And T homas an swered and said

to Him, “My Lord and my God!”

29 Jesus said t o him, “Thomas, because you hav e seen Me, you have believ ed. Blessed ar e

those who hav e not seen and y et have beli eved.”

That You May Believe

30 And trul y Jesus di d many oth er signs in the pr esen ce of His discipl es, w hich are no t

written in this book ; 31 but these are wr itten that you may beli eve that Jesus is the Christ,

the Son of G od, and that b el ieving you m ay h ave life in His name.

ohn 21

Breakfast by t he Sea

1 After th ese things Jesus s howed Himself ag ain to the disci ples at the Sea

of Tiberias, an d in this way H e sh owed Himself: 2 Simon Peter, T homas

called the Twin, Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zeb edee, and two

others of His di scipl es were toge ther. 3 Simon Pet er said to the m, “I am

going f ishing.”

They said to him, “ We ar e g oing with you also.” They we nt ou t and

immediat el y got i nto the boat, a nd th at nig ht t hey caught n othi ng. 4 But

when the m orning had now co me, Jesus sto od on the shore; yet the

disciples did not know that i t was Jesus. 5 Th en Jesus said to the m,

“Children, hav e you any food?” T hey ans were d Him, “N o.”

6 And He sai d to th em, “Cast th e n et on the rig ht s ide of the b oat, and you

will find som e.” So they cas t, and now they wer e no t able to draw i t in

because of the multi tude of fish.

7 Therefore that dis ciple whom Jesus lov ed said to Pe ter , “It is the Lord!” Now wh en Sim on

Peter heard t hat it was the Lord, h e put on hi s outer garm ent (for he had r emov ed it), and

plunged in to the s ea. 8 But the o ther disciples came in the little boat (for they were not f ar

from land, bu t about two hundre d cubits), dr agging the net with f ish. 9 Then, as so on as they

had com e to l and, they sa w a f ire of coals ther e, and fish l aid on it, an d bread. 10 Jesus s aid to

them, “Br ing some of the f ish whi ch you h ave just caug ht. ”

11 Simon P eter w ent up an d dragged the net to l and, full of larg e fish, one hun dred and fifty-

three; and although there were s o many, the ne t was not broken. 12 Jesus said t o them, “Come

and eat breakf as t. ” Yet none of t he di sciples dared ask Him, “ Who are You?” —knowing th at i t

was the Lord. 13 J esus then ca me and took t he bread and gav e i t to them, and lik ewis e the fish.

14 This is no w the third time Jesus showed Himself to His dis ciples aft er He was r aised from

the dead.

Jesus Restore s Pete r

15 So when they h ad eaten breakf as t, Jesus said to Simon Pet er , “Simon, so n of Jonah, do you

love Me mor e than these?” H e said to Him, “ Yes, Lord; You kn ow that I love You.”

He said to hi m, “Feed My la mbs.”

16 He said to him again a sec ond time, “Sim on, son of Jonah, d o you love M e?”

He said to Him, “Yes, Lor d; You know tha t I love You.”

He said to hi m, “Tend My sh eep.”

17 He said to him the third ti me, “Simon, son of Jonah, d o you l ove M e?” Peter was griev ed

because He s aid to him the thi rd time, “D o you l ove Me?” And he s aid to Him, “L ord, You

know all things ; You kno w that I l ove You.”

Jesus said to him, “Fe ed My sheep. 18 Mos t assuredly, I s ay to you, wh en you were young er,

you girded yourself a nd walked wh ere you wished; bu t when you are old, you will stre tch out

your hands, and another will g ird you and car ry you wher e you do n ot wish.” 19 This He spok e,

signif ying by what dea th he would g lorify God. A nd when He had sp oken this, H e sai d to him,

“Foll ow M e.”

The Belove d Disciple a nd His Book

20 Then Pe ter, turni ng around, s aw the di scipl e whom Jes us loved follo wing, who als o had

leaned on Hi s breast at the su pper, a nd said, “Lord, w ho is the one who be trays You?” 2 1

Peter, seeing him, said to Jesus, “But Lord, what ab out this man?”

22 Jesus said t o him, “If I will t hat he rem ain till I c ome, what is tha t to you? You follo w

Me.” 23 Then this sa ying went out among the brethren th at this di scipl e woul d not die. Ye t

Jesus did no t say to him that he wo uld not die, but, “ If I will that h e r emain till I co me,

what is that to you?”

24 This is the disciple who t estifies of these things, and wrote thes e thing s; and we know

that his testi mony is true. 25 And there are also many other things that Jesus did, which if

they were written on e by one, I supp ose that even t he worl d its elf could not con tain the

books that would be written. Amen.

Romans

The Epistle to the Romans or Letter to the Romans, often shortened to Romans, is the sixth book in the New

Testament. Biblical scholars agree that it was written by the Apostle Paul to explain that salvation is offered

through the gospel of Jesus Christ. It is the longest of the Pauline epistles.

New King James Version (NKJV)

Romans 1

Greet ing

1 Paul, a bo ndser vant of Jesu s Christ, calle d to be an apostl e, separated to th e gospel of Go d 2

which He pr omis ed befor e thr ough His pro phets in the Holy Scriptures , 3 concerni ng His Son

Jesus Christ our Lord, who was born of the s eed of David according to th e flesh, 4 and decl ared

to be the Son of God with po wer according to the S pirit of holiness, by the resurre ction from t he

dead. 5 Thro ugh Him we have received gra ce and a postl eship for o bedience to th e fait h among

all nations for His name, 6 am ong whom you also are the called of Jesus Christ;

7 To all who ar e in Rome, b eloved of God, call ed to be saints:

Grace to you and peace from God our Fath er and th e Lord Jesus Christ.

Desire to Visit R ome

8 Fir st, I thank my G od through Jesus Christ for y ou all, t hat your f ai th is spok en of throughout the whole

world. 9 F or God is my witn ess, w hom I serve with my spir it in the gospel of His Son, that without ceasing I

make mention of you always in my prayers, 10 making r eq ues t if, by so me means, no w at las t I may find a w ay

in the will of G od to come to you. 11 For I lo ng to see you, that I may impart to you so me spiritual g ift, so that

you may be establi shed — 12 that is, th at I may be encouraged together with you by the mutual f aith bo th of

you and m e.

13 Now I do n ot want you to be una ware, brethr en, th at I often planned to come to you (but w as

hindered until n ow), that I might have some fru it among you also, just as among t he other Ge nti les. 14 I

am a debtor bo th to Greeks a nd to barbarians, bo th to wise a nd to unwise. 15 S o, as much as is in me, I

am ready to pr each the gosp el to you who are in Rom e also.

The Just Liv e by Faith

16 For I am n ot as hamed of the go spel of Christ, f or it is the pow er of Go d to salvation f or everyone w ho

believes, for the J ew first and als o for the Greek. 17 For in it the rig hte ousness of God is revealed from

faith to faith; a s it is writt en, “The just sh all live b y faith.”

God’s Wrath on Unr ighteousnes s

18 For the wr ath of God is r evealed fr om heaven against all ungodli ness and unright eousness of men,

who suppress the truth i n unrighteousn ess, 19 bec ause what may be known of God is manife st in

them, for God h as shown i t to them. 20 F or since the cr eation of the world His invisible attribu tes

are clearly s een, being u nderstood b y th e things th at are made, even His e ternal power a nd Godhead,

so that the y are wit hout ex cuse, 21 b ecause, al though they kn ew God, the y did n ot g lorify Hi m as

God, nor were th ankful, but bec ame futile in th eir thoughts, an d th eir foolish h earts were darke ned.

22 Pr ofessing to be wise, the y bec ame f ools, 2 3 and changed the glor y of the incorr uptibl e God into

an image m ade l ike corrup tible man—and birds and four -footed animals an d creeping thi ngs.

24 Therefore God also gave them up to uncle anness, in the lus ts of their h earts, to di shonor their

bodies among themselves, 2 5 who exchange d the tru th of God for the lie, and worship ed and serv ed

the creature ra ther than th e Cr eator, who is blessed forever. Amen.

26 For this reason Go d gave them up to vile passions. F or even their women exch anged the

natural use for what is agains t nature. 27 Lik ewise also the m en, le aving the natural us e of the

woman, burn ed in their lust f or one another, men with me n committing what is sh ameful, and

receiving in themselv es the penal ty of their err or which w as due.

28 And even as they did no t like to r etain God in their kn owl edge, Go d gave them ov er to a debase d

mind, to do t hose thi ngs which are not fitting; 2 9 being fi lled with all unri ghteousness, sexu al

immorality, wi ckedness, covet ousness, mali ciousn ess; ful l of envy, murder, strif e, deceit, evil -

mindedness; they are whisperers , 30 backbit ers, ha ter s of God, viol ent, proud, boas ters, inventors of

evil things, disob edient to p arents, 31 undis cer ning, untrust worthy, unloving, unforgiving , unmer ciful;

32 who, kno wing the right eous judgm ent of God, that those who practic e such thi ngs are deserving

of death, no t onl y do the s ame but also approv e of those who practice them.

God’s Rig ht eous Judgment

1 Therefor e you are i nexcusable, O m an, whoever you are who judg e, for in what ev er y ou judge

another you c ondemn yourself; for you who j udge practice the sam e thing s. 2 But we kn ow that

the judgmen t of Go d is according to tru th ag ainst thos e who pra cti ce su ch thi ngs. 3 And do you

think this, O m an, you who judg e thos e practi ci ng such things, a nd doing the sam e, that you wi ll

escape the ju dgment of God? 4 Or d o you despise the ric hes of His goodness, f orbearance, and

longsuff ering, not knowing th at the go odness of Go d leads you to r epentance?

5 But in acc ordance with your h ardness and your im peni tent h eart you are tr easuring u p for yourself wr ath

in the day of wr ath and rev elati on of the ri ghteous judgm ent of God, 6 who “will render to ea ch one accor ding

to his deeds”: 7 eternal life to those who by p atient continuance in doing good se ek for g lory, honor, and

immortality; 8 b ut to those who are s elf-seeking an d do not obe y the tru th, but obey u nrighteousness —

indignation and wrath, 9 tribula tion and angu ish, on every s oul of man who d oes evil, of the Jew fir st and also

of the Greek; 10 but glory, honor, a nd peace to ev eryon e who works w hat i s good, to the Je w first and also to

the Greek. 1 1 For there is n o par tiality wi th God.

12 For as ma ny as hav e sinned wi thou t l aw will also p erish withou t l aw, and as m any as h ave sinned in

the law will be judg ed by the la w 13 (for not the he arers of the law ar e just in the sig ht of God, but the

doers of the la w will be jus tified; 14 f or when Gen ti les, who do no t hav e the law, b y nature d o the things

in the law, these, al though not having th e l aw, are a la w to th emselves, 15 who show the work of the law

written in their hearts, their conscience also b earing witn ess, and between themselv es their thoug hts

accusing or else excusing th em) 16 in the d ay when God will j udge the se crets of men b y Jesus Christ,

according to my gos pel.

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17 Indeed y ou are call ed a Jew, a nd rest on the law, and make your b oast in God, 18 and kno w His

will, and approv e the thin gs that are excellen t, being instruc ted out of th e law, 19 and are confident

that you yours elf are a guid e t o the blind, a light t o th ose who ar e i n darkness, 20 an instru ct or of the

foolish, a t eacher of b abes, having t he form of knowledge and tru th in the law. 21 You, ther efore,

who teach another, do you not te ach yours elf? You who preach that a m an shoul d not steal, do you

steal? 22 You who say, “Do not commit adul tery,” do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols,

do you rob t empl es? 23 Yo u who make your boast in th e law, do you disho nor God throug h

breaking the la w? 24 For “ th e name of God is bl asphemed among t he Gentiles because of you,” as it

Circumcision of N o Avai l

25 For circumcisio n is indeed prof itabl e i f you keep th e law; but if you are a breaker of the l aw, your

circumcision h as become u nci rcumcision. 26 Therefor e, if an uncircum cised ma n keeps the rig hteous

requirements of the law, will no t his uncircum cision be coun ted as circumcisi on? 27 And will not the

physically un circu mci sed, if he fulf ills the law, judg e you wh o, even wi th your written cod e and

circumcision, are a transgressor of the law? 28 F or he is no t a J ew who is one out wardly, nor is

circumcision t hat which is o utward in the flesh; 29 but he i s a Jew wh o is one inwardly; a nd

circumcision is that of the h ear t, in the Spir it, no t in the l etter; whose pr aise is not from men but

from God.

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God’s Judg ment Defended

1 What adv antage then has the J ew, or what is the profit of circu mcision? 2 M uch in every way!

Chiefly bec ause to them were com mitted the oracles of Go d. 3 For wh at if some did not believe?

Will their un bel ief make the faithfuln ess of God wi thou t effe ct? 4 C ertainly not! Ind eed, let God

be true but ever y man a liar. As it is written:

“That You m ay b e justif ied in Your words,

And may overc ome when You ar e j udged.”

5 But if our unr ighteousn es s demonstrates t he right eousness of G od, what shall we s ay? Is God

unjust who infl icts wrath? (I speak as a m an.) 6 C ertainly not! For then how will God j udge the

world?

7 For i f the truth of Go d has incre ased throug h my lie to His glory, why am I also still judg ed as a

sinner? 8 And why not say, “L et us do evil th at goo d may come”? —as we are sla nder ously

reported and as so me affirm tha t w e say. Th eir condem nati on is just.

9 What th en? Are we bet ter t han they? Not at all. F or we have previously charged bo th Jews a nd Greeks that

they are all und er sin.

10 As it is writ ten:

“There is no ne r ighteous, n o, not one;

11 There is no ne who unders tands;

There is none who seeks aft er God.

12 They hav e al l turned aside;

They have toge ther becom e u nprofit able;

There is none who does good, no, not one.”

13 “Their thro at is an open tomb;

With their t ongues they h ave pr acticed deceit”;

“The poiso n of asps is under th ei r lips”;

14 “Whose mou th is full of cursi ng and bi ttern ess.”

15 “Their f ee t are swift to sh ed blood;

16 Destructi on and misery ar e in their ways;

17 And th e way of p eace they have n ot known.”

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19 Now w e kno w th at whatever th e law says, it s ays to t hose who are u nder the law, t hat every mouth

may be stopp ed, and all the world m ay become gu ilty before God. 20 Therefore by the de eds of the law

no flesh wi ll be justified in His sight, for by the law is the kno wledge of sin.

God’s Rig ht eousness T hro ug h Faith

21 But now the r ighteous ness of God apart fro m the la w is revealed, bei ng witnessed by the Law and

the Prophets, 22 even th e righteo usness of God, through faith in J es us Christ, to all and on all who

believe. For ther e is no differe nce; 23 f or all have sinned an d fall short of the g lory of God, 24 being

justified fr eely by His grac e thr ough th e r edemption tha t is in Christ Jesus, 25 who m God set for th as

a propitiation by Hi s blood, through fai th, to demons trate His right eousn ess, b ecau se in His

forbearance God had passed over the sins th at were previously co mmi tte d, 26 to demo nstrate at the

present ti me His righ teousness, tha t He might be jus t and the justif ier of the one who has faith in

Jesus.

Boastin g E xcluded

27 Where is boas ti ng then? It is exclu ded. By what law? Of w orks? No, but b y th e law of fait h. 28

Therefore we conclud e that a man is j ustified by fai th apart fr om the deeds of the law. 29 Or is He

the God of the J ews only? Is He not also the God of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Ge ntiles also, 3 0 since

there is one God who will justif y the circumcis ed by faith and the un circumcised throug h faith. 31

Do we then mak e void t he l aw through f aith? Cer tainly no t! On th e contrary, we establish the l aw.

1 What then s hall we say tha t Abraham our fa ther h as found according to the flesh? 2 F or if

Abraham was jus tified b y w orks, he has som ething to boas t about, but no t b ef ore God. 3 F or

what does th e Scrip ture say? “Abrah am believed Go d, and it was a ccount ed to him for

righteousn es s.” 4 Now to him who works, th e wages are no t counted as g race but as d ebt.

David Cele brates the Same T ruth

5 But to him who does not work bu t bel ieves on Him who justifies the ungodly, his f aith is

accounted for r ighteousn es s, 6 just as David also describ es the bl essedness of the man to whom

God impute s righteousness apart f rom works:

7 “Blessed ar e th ose whos e lawless d eeds are forgiv en,

And whos e s ins ar e covered;

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Abraham Ju stified Before Circ umcisio n

9 Does this bl essedness the n co me upon the circu mcised only, or u pon the un ci rcumcised also? F or we say

that faith was accounted to Abraham for righteousn ess. 10 How then w as it accoun ted? While he was

circumcised, or u ncircumcis ed? Not while circum cised, but while u ncircumcis ed. 11 And he r eceived the sign

of circum ci sion, a seal of the ri ghteous ness of the faith whi ch he had whil e sti ll uncircum cised, that h e migh t

be the father of all those who believe, though th ey are uncircum cised, that rig hteousness might be imputed to

them also, 12 and the fath er of circumcisio n to thos e who not o nly ar e of the circumcision, bu t who also w alk

in the steps of th e faith w hich our father Abraha m had while still un circumcised.

The Promise Granted T hrough F aith

13 For the promise that he w ould be the h ei r of the worl d was not to Abra ham or to his se ed through th e

law, but through the righte ousnes s of faith. 14 F or if those who are of the law are heirs, faith is made void

and the pro mise mad e of no effec t, 15 b eca use the law brings about wr ath; for w here there is n o law there

is no transgre ssion.

16 Therefor e it is of f ai th that it migh t be according t o grace, so t hat th e promis e migh t be sure to

all the seed, no t only to thos e who ar e of the la w, but also to those who are of th e faith of Abra ham,

who is the fa ther of us all 17 (as i t is writ ten, “I h ave made you a f ather of man y nations” ) in the

presence of Him whom he believ ed—God, who gives life to the dead and calls those t hings which

do not exist as th ough they did; 18 who, c ontr ary to hop e, in hope believ ed, so that he became the

father of many na ti ons, according to what was sp oken, “So shall y our descendan ts be.” 19 And not

being weak in fai th, he did n ot consid er his o wn bo dy, already dead (since he was about a hundred

years old), a nd the d eadness of Sar ah’s w omb. 20 H e did not waver at the promise of G od through

unbelief, bu t was str engthened in fait h, giving g lory to God, 21 a nd being fully co nvinced that wh at

He had promis ed He was als o abl e to perfor m. 22 And ther efore “it was acc ounted to him f or

righteousn es s.”

23 Now i t w as not writte n for his sake alon e that i t was imput ed to him, 24 bu t also for us. I t shal l

be imputed to us who believe in Him who rais ed up Jesus our Lor d from th e dead, 25 w ho was

delivered up be caus e of our of fenses, and w as raised b ecause of our ju stification.

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Faith Trium phs in Tro uble

1 Therefor e, having b een justified by f aith, we hav e peace with God throug h our Lord Je sus

Christ, 2 through whom als o we have access b y faith into this g race in whic h we stand, and

rejoice in hop e of the glory of God. 3 And not only that, but we also glory i n tribulations,

knowing that tribula tion produces pers everance; 4 and perseveran ce, c har acter; and charact er,

hope. 5 Now hope does no t disa ppoin t, because the lov e of God has been poured ou t in our

hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

Christ i n O ur Place

6 For when we w ere sti ll without s trength, in due tim e Christ died for the ungodly. 7 F or scarcely for a

righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a goo d man so meone would even dar e to die. 8 But God

demonstra tes His ow n love toward us, in that while we were still sinn ers, Christ di ed for us. 9 Much mor e

then, having no w been justifi ed by His blood, we sh all be saved fr om wr ath through Him. 10 For if when we

were enemies we were recon ciled to God t hrough the death of His Son, muc h mor e, having b een reconcil ed,

we shall be saved by His lif e. 11 And not only tha t, but we also r ejoice in God t hrough our Lord J es us Christ,

through whom we have no w received the reconcili ation.

Death in A dam, L ife in Christ

12 Therefor e, just as through one man sin entered t he worl d, and death throug h sin, and thus d eath spre ad

to all men, b ecause all sinned— 13 (For until the l aw sin w as in the world, bu t sin is not im puted when

there is no la w. 14 Never thel ess death r eigned from Adam to Mos es, even ov er thos e who had n ot si nned

according to the l ikeness of the tra nsgression of Ada m, who is a type of Him w ho was to come. 15 But th e

free gif t i s not l ike the off ense. F or if by the one man’s offense many died, muc h mor e th e grace of G od

and the gift b y the gr ace of the one M an, Jesus Chr ist, ab ounded to many. 16 And th e g ift is not like t hat

which came through the one wh o sinned. For th e judgment whic h came from on e offense result ed in

condemnatio n, but the free gi ft which came fr om many off enses r es ulted in justif ication. 17 For if by the

one man’s off ens e death reig ned through th e one, much m ore those wh o receive abund ance of gr ace and

)

18 Therefor e, as through on e man’s of fense judgm ent came to all men, r esulting in cond emnation,

even so through one Man’s ri ghteous act th e free gift cam e to all m en, resulting in ju stific ation of life.

19 For as by one man’s disob edience man y were made sinn ers, so also by one M an’s obedienc e many

will be mad e righteous.

20 Mor eov er the la w entered tha t th e offense migh t abound. Bu t where sin abo unded, grace

abounded much more, 2 1 so that as sin r eigned in death, ev en so grace mig ht reign through

righteousn es s to eternal life through J esus Christ our Lord.

Dead to Sin, Alive to God

1 What sh all we say then? Sh all we continu e in sin that grac e may abound? 2 Certainl y no t! How

shall we who di ed to sin live a ny longer in it? 3 Or do you n ot know tha t as many of us as were

baptized into Christ Jesus w ere bapti zed into His de ath? 4 Th erefore we were bur ied with Him

through baptis m into death, that just as Christ was raised fro m the d ead by the glory of the

Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.

5 For i f we have be en u nited toge ther in the liken ess of His dea th, certainly we also shall be in the likeness

of His resurr ection, 6 knowing thi s, that our old ma n was crucif ied with Hi m, that the bod y of sin migh t be

done away with, that we shoul d no long er be slaves of sin. 7 For he who has die d has been free d from sin. 8

Now if we di ed wi th Chr ist, we believe tha t we shall also live with Him, 9 kn owing tha t Christ, having been

raised from t he d ead, dies n o more. Death no longer has d ominio n over Him. 10 For t he death that He died,

He died to si n once for all; bu t the lif e that H e l ives, He lives to God. 11 Like wise you also, reckon y ourselves

to be dead ind eed to sin, but aliv e to God i n Christ J esus our Lord.

12 Therefor e do not let sin r eign in your mort al body, that you s hould obey i t in i ts lusts. 13 And do no t

present your members as ins truments of unrigh teousness to sin, bu t presen t yours el ves to God as being

alive from t he d ead, and your m embers as ins truments of righteousness to God. 14 For sin shall no t have

dominion over y ou, for you are not un der law but und er grace.

15 What then? S hall we sin bec ause we are not u nder law bu t under grac e? Cer tainly no t! 16 Do you

not know tha t to who m you presen t yours elves slaves to ob ey, you are th at one’s slav es whom you

obey, wheth er of sin l eading to de ath, or of obedi ence leading t o rig hte ousness? 17 Bu t God be

thanked that thoug h you were slaves of sin, yet you obe yed from the he art that form of do ctrine to

which you wer e delivered. 18 And having b een set fr ee from sin, you bec ame slaves of righteousness.

19 I speak i n human terms becaus e of th e w eakness of your flesh. For just as you present ed your

members as sl aves of uncleann ess, and of la wlessn ess leading to more lawl essness, so now pr esent

our m embers as slav es of ri

hteousn ess for holi ness.

20 For when you were slaves of sin, you wer e free in r egard t o righteousness. 21 What fruit did

you have then i n the things of whi ch you are no w asham ed? For the end of those thi ngs is death. 22

But now havi ng been set free fr om sin, and having become slaves of God, you have your fr uit to

holiness, and t he end, everlasting l ife. 23 For t he wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is et er nal

life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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1 Or do you n ot know, br ethren (for I s peak to those who kno w th e law), that th e law has

dominion over a man as lo ng as he lives? 2 F or the woman who has a husba nd is bound b y the

law to her husband as long as h e lives. But if the husb and dies, she is r eleased from the la w of her

husband. 3 S o then if , while her husba nd lives, sh e m arries anoth er man, she will be called an

adulteress; but if her husband di es, she is fr ee f rom that la w, so tha t she is no adult eress, though

she has marrie d another ma n. 4 Therefore, m y brethren, you als o have b eco me dead to the law

through the b ody of Christ, t hat you may be married to another— to Him who was rais ed from

the dead, tha t we sh ould bear frui t to God. 5 For whe n we were in the f lesh, the sinful p assions

which were arous ed by the la w were at work in our members to b ear fruit to de ath. 6 B ut now we

have been deliver ed from the l aw, having died to what w e were held by, so that we sh ould serve

in the newne ss of the S

irit and not in th e ol dness of the le tter.

Sin’s Advantage in the Law

7 What shall we s ay then? I s the la w sin? Certainly n ot! On the contrar y, I would not h ave known si n ex cept

through the la w. For I would no t have kno wn cove tousness unless th e law had said, “Y ou shall not cov et.” 8

But sin, taking opportunity b y th e command ment, produced in me all mann er of evil desir e. For ap art from

the law sin was dead. 9 I w as alive once without t he law, bu t when the co mmandment ca me, sin r evived and I

died. 10 And t he comman dment, which w as to br ing life, I found t o bring death. 11 For sin, t aking oc cas ion by

the comman dment, deceived me, and by it kill ed me. 12 T her efore the la w is holy, and th e command ment h oly

and just and go od.

Law Ca nnot Sav e from S in

13 Has the n wh at is good b ecome d eath to me? C ertainly not! But si n, that it mig ht appear sin, was

producing d eath in m e through what is good, so tha t sin through t he com mandment might become

exceedingly sinful . 14 For we know that the law is spiri tu al, but I am carn al, sold und er sin. 15 For wha t I

am doing, I d o not understa nd. For what I will to do, that I d o not practice; bu t what I hate, th at I do. 16

If, then, I do what I will not to d o, I agree with th e law that it is g ood. 17 But now, i t is no longer I w ho do

it, but sin tha t d wells i n me. 18 For I k now that in me (that is, in my fles h) nothing goo d dwells; for to will

is present wi th me, bu t how to perfor m wha t is good I do n ot find. 19 For the good th at I will to do, I do

not do; but the evil I will n ot to do, that I pr actice. 20 No w if I do wha t I will not to d o, it is no longer I

who do it, bu t sin that dwells i n me.

21 I find th en a law, that evil is pr esen t with me, th e one who will s to do good. 22 For I delight in

the law of God acc ording to th e i nward man. 23 But I see ano ther l aw in my members, warri ng

against the l aw of my mind, a nd bringing m e into captivit y to th e law of si n which is in m y members.

24 O wretch ed man that I am! Wh o will deliver m e from this bod y of de ath? 25 I thank G od—

through Jesus Christ our Lord!

So then, wi th the mind I myself s erve the la w of God, but with th e flesh the la w of sin.

Free from I ndw elling Sin

1 There is th erefore now no condemnation to thos e who ar e i n Christ Jesus, who do not w alk

according to the f lesh, bu t ac cording to t he Spirit. 2 For t he law of the Spir it of lif e in C hrist Jesus

has made me fr ee from the l aw of sin and death. 3 For what th e law could not do i n that it was

weak through the f lesh, Go d did by sending His own Son in t he likeness of sinful flesh, on

account of s in: He condem ned si n in the flesh, 4 that the right eous r equirement of th e law might

be fulfill ed i n us who do no t walk according t o the flesh but according t o th e Spirit. 5 F or those

who live ac cording t o the flesh set their minds o n th e things of th e flesh, but t hose who live

according to the S pirit, th e t hings of th e S pirit. 6 For to be carnally mi nded is death, bu t to be

spiritually minded is life and peac e. 7 Be caus e the carnal mind is enmit y ag ainst God; for it is not

subject to th e law of God, nor indeed can be. 8 So then, th ose who are in the fl esh cann ot pl eas e

God.

9 But you are not in the f lesh bu t i n the Spirit, if indeed the Spiri t of God dw ells in you. No w if anyone

does not h ave the S pirit of Christ, he i s not His. 10 And if Christ is in you, the bod y is dead b ec ause of sin, but

the Spirit is li fe because of rig hteousness. 11 Bu t if the Spirit of Him who rais ed Jesus fro m th e dead dwells i n

you, He wh o raised Christ from th e dead will also give life to your mor tal bo dies through His S pirit who

dwells in you.

Sonship T hrough the S pirit

12 Therefor e, brethren, we are debtors—no t to th e flesh, to live a ccor ding to the fles h. 13 For if you liv e

according to the f lesh you will di e; but if b y t he Spirit you put to death th e d eeds of th e body, yo u will live. 14

For as man y as are led by th e Spirit of God, t hese are sons of God. 15 For y ou did not re ceiv e the spirit of

bondage again to fear, but you receiv ed the Spirit of adoption by whom w e cr y out, “ Abba, F ath er.” 16 The

Spirit Hims elf bears witness with o ur spirit that we are childr en of God, 17 and if children, the n heirs—heirs

of God and join t heirs with Christ, if indeed we suff er with Him, t hat we may als o be glori fied together.

From Sufferi ng to Glory

18 For I consid er that the sufferi ngs of this pres ent time ar e not wor thy to be compared with th e glory

which shall b e rev ealed in us . 19 For the earnes t expectation of the cre ation eagerly w aits for t he revealing

of the sons of G od. 20 For the cre ati on was subje cted to futility, not willi ngly, but beca use of Hi m who

subjected i t i n hope; 21 be caus e the cr eation its elf also will be d elivered from t he bondag e of corrup tion

into the glorious l iberty of th e chi ldren of G od. 22 For w e know that the whol e cr eation groans and labors

with birth p angs together until n ow. 23 Not only that, but we also who have th e f irstfruits of th e Spirit,

even we our selves groa n within our selves, eagerly waiting for the adoptio n, the redemp tion of our body.

24 For we were s aved in thi s hope, but h ope th at is seen is not hop e; for why do es one still h ope for wha t

he sees? 25 But if we hop e f or what we do no t see, we e ag erly wait for i t wi th persevera nce.

26 Li kewi se t he Spirit also helps in our w eak nesses. For we do not kno w what we should pray f or

as we ought, but the Spirit Hims elf makes int erc ess ion for us with gro anings w hich can not be

uttered. 27 No w He who se arches t he hearts kno ws what the mind of the Spirit is, b ecause He makes

intercession for the saints ac cording t o the will of God.

28 And we kn ow that all thing s work toge ther f or good to thos e w ho love God, to those wh o are th e

called according to His purp ose. 29 F or whom He for ek new, He also pr edes tined to be conf ormed

to the image of Hi s Son, that He might b e the fir stborn among many brethr en. 30 M oreover whom

He predesti ned, these He also called; whom He called, th ese He also justif ied; and whom He

justified, th ese He also glorified.

God’s Eve rlasting Love

31 What then s hall we say to th ese thi ngs? If God i s for us, who c an be against us? 3 2 He who did

not spare His own Son, bu t deliv ered Him up f or us all, how shall He no t with Him also freely giv e

us all things? 33 W ho shall br ing a charge ag ainst God’s elect? It is God who justifies. 34 Who is h e

who condemns ? It is Christ w ho died, and furt hermore is als o risen, who is even at the r ight hand of

God, who also makes interc ession for us. 35 W ho shall sep arate us from the l ove of Chri st? Sh all

tribulation, or distress, or perse cuti on, or fami ne, or nakedn ess, or p eril, or sword? 3 6 As it is wr itten:

“For Your sake we are killed all da y long;

We are a ccou nted as shee p for the slaugh ter.”

37 Yet in all t hese things we are more than conquerors through Him wh o loved us. 3 8 For I am

persuaded t hat neither dea th nor lif e, nor angels nor principaliti es nor powers, nor thi ngs present nor

things to co me, 39 nor h eight nor de pth, nor an y ot her created thing, shall be able to se para te us

from the lov e of God which is in Chris t

esus our Lord.

Israel’s Reject ion of Christ

1 I tell the truth i n Christ, I am not l ying, my conscie nce also bearing me witness in the Holy

Spirit, 2 tha t I hav e grea t sorrow and continual gr ief in my hear t. 3 For I could wish that I m yself

were accursed fr om Christ for my brethren, m y cou ntryme n according to the flesh, 4 who are

Israelites, to whom pertain the adop tion, the glor y, the covenants, t he giving of t he la w, the

service of God, a nd th e promises; 5 of whom are the fathers an d from whom, according to th e

flesh, Christ came, w ho is over all, the e ter nall y blessed God. Amen.

Israel’s Reject ion and God’ s Purpose

6 But it is not that the word of God has tak en no eff ect. For they are not all Isr ael who ar e of

Israel, 7 nor are they all childre n because the y are th e seed of Abrah am; but, “In Isaa c your se ed

shall be call ed.” 8 That is, thos e who are the children of th e flesh, these are not the childr en of

God; but th e childr en of the promise are counted as the s eed. 9 F or this is th e wor d of promise:

“At this tim e I will come and Sara h shall have a son.”

10 And not only this, bu t when Reb ecca also had co nceived by o ne m an, even by our f ather Isaa c 11 (for th e

children not yet bei ng born, nor having don e any good or evi l, that th e purpos e of G od according to election

might stand, n ot of works but of Him who calls ), 12 it was said to her, “The older s hall serv e th e younger.” 13

As it is writt en, “Jac ob I have lov ed, but Esau I have ha ted.”

Israel’s Reject ion and God’ s Justice

14 What shall we say then? Is t here unrighte ousness with G od? Certainly no t! 15 For H e says to Moses, “I will

have merc y on whomever I will h ave mercy, and I will have comp assion on whom ever I will have

compassion.” 16 So then it is not of him who will s, nor of him wh o runs, but of God who shows m ercy. 17

For the Scrip ture s ays to the Ph araoh, “F or this very purp ose I have r aised you u p, that I may s how My pow er

in you, and t hat M y name ma y be declare d in all the earth.” 18 Ther efore He has mer cy on w hom He wills , and

whom He will s He hardens.

19 You will say to me then, “ Why does He still fi nd fault? For who has resisted His will? ” 20 But

indeed, O m an, who ar e you to r epl y against God? Will the thing formed say to hi m who form ed it, “Wh y

have you m ade me lik e this?” 21 Do es not the pott er hav e po wer ov er the cl ay, from the same lum p to

make one v essel for h onor and anoth er for dishon or?

22 What if God, wanting to sh ow His wra th and to make His po wer known, endur ed wi th much

longsuff ering the vessels of wrath pr epar ed f or destruc ti on, 23 and t hat He might mak e known th e rich es

of His gl ory on the v essels of mer cy, which He had pr epared b eforehand for g lory, 24 even us whom He

called, not of the J ews only, b ut also of th e G entiles?

25 As He says also in Hos ea:

“I will call t hem My peopl e, who w ere not My pe ople,

And her bel oved, who was not beloved.”

26 “And it sh all come to pass in the place where it was s aid to th em,

‘You are not M y people,’

There they sh all be called sons of the living God.”

27 Isaiah also cries out concerning Isr ael:

“Though th e number of the childre n of Israel be as th e sand of th e sea, Th e remnant will b e saved.

28 For He will finish the work and cu t it short in right eousness,

Because the Lord will make a short work upo n the earth.”

29 And as Is aiah said b efore:

“Unless th e Lord of Sab aoth ha d left us a seed,

We would h ave become lik e Sodom,

And we would have been m ade lik e Gomor rah.”

Present C onditio n o f Israel

30 What shall we say then? Tha t Gentiles, wh o did not pursu e right eousness, hav e attain ed to

righteousn es s, even the rig hteousness of fait h; 31 but Isr ael, pursuing the law of righteousness, h as

not attained to the law of r ighteousness. 32 W hy? Because they did not seek i t by faith, bu t as it w ere,

by the works of the law. For they s tumbl ed at t hat stum bling stone. 33 As it is writt en:

“Behold, I la y in Zi on a s tumbli ng stone and rock of offense,

And whoever b elieves on Hi m will n ot be put to sha me.”

Israel Need s the Gospel

1 Brethren, m y heart’s desire a nd prayer to G od for Israel is that th ey may be save d. 2 For I bear

them witness that t hey have a zeal f or God, but n ot a ccording to k nowledge. 3 F or they being

ignorant of God’s righteousn ess, and seeking to establish their own righte ousness, hav e no t

submitted to t he righteousn ess of God. 4 For Chris t i s the end of the law for r ighteousness to

everyone who believes.

5 For M oses wr ites about the ri ghteou sness whi ch is of the l aw, “Th e man w ho does those thi ngs shall liv e

by them.” 6 Bu t the right eous ness of faith speaks in this w ay, “Do not say i n your hear t, ‘Who will as cend into

heaven?’ ” (t hat is, to bring C hrist down from above) 7 or, “ ‘Who will d escend into the abyss?’ ” (that is, to

bring Chri st u p from th e de ad). 8 But w hat does it say? “T he word is ne ar you, in your mouth and in y our

heart” (that is, t he word of fait h which we pr each): 9 that if you conf ess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and

believe in yo ur hear t th at God has r ais ed Hi m from the dead, you will be saved.

10 For with the he art one b elieves unto r ighteo usnes s, and wi th th e mou th confessio n is made u nto salv ation.

11 For the Scrip ture says, “Who ever believes on Him will not be pu t to sha me.” 12 For there is no dis tinction

between Je w and Gre ek, for the sa me Lord over all i s rich to all wh o call upon Him. 13 For “w hoev er cal ls on

the name of t he Lord shall be saved.”

Israel Rejec ts the Gospel

14 How th en shall th ey call on Him in wh om they have no t believed? A nd how shall th ey b elieve in Hi m

of whom th ey have not heard? And ho w s hall they hear without a prea ch er? 15 And ho w shall they preach

unless they are s ent? As it is writ ten:

“How beau tiful are the feet of those who pr each th e gosp el of peace, Wh o bring glad tidi ngs of good

things!”

16 But the y have no t all o beyed the gospel. F or Isaiah sa ys, “L ord, who has believ ed our report?” 17 So

then faith com es by hearing , and hearing b y the word of God.

say,

ave t

ey no t

ear

“Their sound h as gone ou t to all th e earth,

And their words t o th e ends of t he worl d.”

19 But I say, did I srael not kno w? First Mos es says:

“I will prov oke you t o jeal ousy by thos e who are not a nation,

I will move you to anger b y a foolish nation.”

20 But Isaia h is very bold and sa ys:

“I was found by those who did n ot seek M e;

I was mad e manif est to thos e who did n ot ask f or Me.”

21 But to Israel he says:

“All day long I have stretched out My hands

To a disobedi ent and con trary people.”

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Israel’s Reject ion Not Total

1 I say th en, has God cas t away His peopl e? Certainly no t! For I also am a n Israelite, of t he s eed

of Abraham, of t he tribe of B enjamin. 2 God has not cas t awa y His p eople w hom He for eknew.

Or do you no t know what th e Scrip ture says of Elijah, ho w he pleads with God ag ainst Isr ael,

saying, 3 “L ord, they have killed Your prophe ts and torn do wn Your altars, and I alon e am left,

and they se ek my life”? 4 Bu t what does th e divin e response say to hi m? “I hav e reserved for

Myself seven t housand men who have not b owed the knee to B aal.” 5 Eve n so then, at this

present ti me there i s a remnant acc ording to the ele ction of g race. 6 A nd if by grace, then i t is no

longer of works; otherwise gra ce is no longer gr ace. But if i t i s of works, it is no lo nger grace;

otherwise wor k is no longer w ork.

7 What th en? I srael has not obtained what i t seeks; but th e el ect have ob tain ed it, and t he rest were bl inded.

8 Just as it is written:

“God has give n them a spirit of stupor,

Eyes that they shoul d not see

And ears that they should no t hear,

To this v er y day.”

9 And David sa ys:

“Let their tabl e become a snar e and a trap,

A stumbling blo ck and a re com pense to th em.

10 Let their e yes be d arkened, so that they do not see,

And bow dow n their back alw ays .”

Israel’s Reject ion Not F inal

11 I say then, h ave they stumble d that they sho uld fall? Cer tainl y not! But through thei r fall, to prov oke

them to jealous y, salvation has come to the G enti les. 12 N ow if their fall is r iches for th e w orld, and their

failure riches for the Gentiles, h ow much mor e their fullness!

13 For I s peak to you Gentil es; inasmuch as I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnif y my ministr y, 14 if

by any mea ns I may provok e t o jealousy thos e who ar e m y flesh and sav e some of the m. 15 For if th eir

being cast awa y is the recon ci ling of the world, wh at wi ll their accepta nce be but life fro m the dead?

16 For if the f irstfruit is hol y, the lump is also holy; and if th e root is hol y, so are the bran ch es. 17 And if

some of the branches were brok en off, and you, b eing a wild olive tree, wer e grafted i n among them, and

with them b eca me a partak er of the root and f atness of th e ol ive tree, 18 do not boas t agains t t he

branches. But if you do boas t, remember t hat you do no t s upport the ro ot, bu t the root supp orts you.

19 You will say then, “Bran ches were broke n off that I migh t be grafted i n.” 20 Well said. B ecause

of unbelief they w er e brok en off, and you stand by faith. Do not be ha ughty, but fear . 21 For if God

did not spare the natural bra nches, He may not sp are you either. 22 Therefore consid er the good ness

and severity of God: on those who fell, severit y; but toward you, good ness, if you co ntinue in His

goodness. Oth erwise you also will be cut of f. 23 And the y also, if they do not continue in unbelief,

will be graft ed in, for Go d is able to gr aft th em in again. 2 4 For if you wer e cut ou t of the oliv e tre e

which is wild b y nature, and wer e grafted contrary to nature into a cul tivated olive tree, how mu ch

more will th ese, who ar e natural br anch es, be gr afted i nto their own ol ive tr ee?

25 For I do not desir e, bre thren, that you sh ould be ignoran t of this mys tery, l est you s hould be wise

in your own o pinion, that blindn ess in part h as happened to Isra el until the f ullness of the Ge ntiles

has come in. 26 And so all Isra el will be sav ed, as it is writte n:

“

e De

verer w

come ou t o

on,

And He wi ll turn away ungodlin ess from Ja cob;

27 For this is My c ovenant with th em,

When I tak e awa y their si ns.”

28 Concerning the gospel th ey are e nemies for your sake, but concerning the election they are

beloved for the sake of the fathers. 29 For the gi fts and the calling of God are irr ev ocable. 30 For as

you were onc e disobedient to God, y et have now obtained mer cy through their disobedi ence, 31 ev en

so these also hav e now been disobedient, th at through the mercy sh own you they also m ay o btain

mercy. 32 F or God has commi tted them all t o disobedience, that H e migh t hav e mercy on all.

33 Oh, the de pth of the riches bo th of the wisdom and k nowledg e of God! H ow u nsearcha ble are

His judgmen ts and His ways past fi nding out!

34 “F or who has kn own the mind of the L ord?

Or who has becom e His counselor? ”

35 “Or who h as first given to Hi m

And it shall b e rep aid to him?”

36 For of Him and throu

h Him a nd to Him are all thi n

to wh om be

lor

forev er. Amen.

Living Sacri fices t o God

1 I beseech y ou theref ore, brethren, b y the mercies of God, that you pr es ent your b odies a living

sacrifice, hol y, acceptable to God, which is your reason abl e s ervice. 2 And do not b e conformed

to this world, bu t be transf ormed by the r enewing of your mind, that you m ay prov e what is that

good and ac cep table and p erfect wi ll of God.

Serve G od w ith Spiritual Gifts

3 For I say, thr ough th e grac e given t o me, to everyone who is among yo u, not to think of himself m ore highly

than he oug ht to thi nk, but to think soberly, as God has dealt to each o ne a me asure of faith. 4 For as we hav e

many memb ers in one body, bu t all the me mber s do not hav e th e sa me functi on, 5 so we, b eing ma ny, are one

body in Christ, a nd individu ally members of on e another. 6 Havi ng then gi fts differing ac cording t o the grace

that is given t o us, let us use th em: if prophec y, le t us prop hes y i n proportion to o ur faith; 7 or ministry, l et us

use it in our mini stering; he who te aches, in teaching; 8 h e who exhorts, in exhortation; h e who gives, with

liberality; he who l eads, with dili gence; he who sho ws mercy, with cheerf ulness.

Behave Like a Christia n

9 Let love be without hypocri sy. Abhor what is evil. Cling to what is g ood. 10 B e kindly aff ection ate to one

another with bro therly love, in honor giving pr ef erence to on e another; 11 not lagging in diligence, ferv ent

in spirit, servi ng the Lord; 12 r ej oicing in h ope, p ati ent in tribula tion, continuing steadfastly in prayer; 13

distributing t o th e needs of the sain ts, given to hos pitali ty.

14 Bless those who persecu te you; ble ss and do n ot curse. 15 R ejoic e wi th those wh o rejoice, and w eep

with those w ho weep. 16 Be of the same mind tow ard one anoth er . Do not set your min d on high things,

but associa te with the hu mble. D o no t b e wise in your own opinion.

17 Repay no on e evil for evil. H ave regard f or good things in th e sight of all m en. 18 If it is

possible, as mu ch as depends o n you, live p eac eably with all men. 19 Bel oved, do not ave nge

yourselves, but r ather give place t o wr ath; for it is written, “Venge ance is Min e, I will rep ay,” sa ys the

Lord. 2 0 Therefore

“If your ene my i s hungry, f eed him;

If he is thirst y, giv e hi m a drink;

For in so doing you will heap coal s of fire on his head.”

21 Do not b e over come b

evil

but over come evil wi th

ood.

Romans 13

t to

overnme nt

1 Let every s oul be subject to the gov erning authoritie s. For ther e i s no authority except fro m

God, and th e authoriti es that exist are appointed by God. 2 Th er efore whoever resis ts the

authority resis ts the ordinan ce of God, a nd those who r esist will bring judgment on th ems elves. 3

For r ulers are not a terror to go od works, but to ev il. Do y ou want to be un afraid of the

authority? Do what is good, a nd you will have pr aise from the same.

4 For he is God’s minister to you for g ood. But if y ou do evil, be afraid; for he do es not bear the s word in

vain; for he is G od’s minister, a n avenger to ex ecute wrath o n him who pra ctices evil. 5 Therefor e you must be

subject, not only because of wr ath but also for co nsci ence’ sake. 6 F or because of this you als o pay t axes, for

they are God’s ministers atte nding continuall y t o this very thing. 7 Render ther efore to all their due: taxes to

whom tax es are du e, customs t o whom customs, f ear to who m fear, honor to whom h onor.

our

8 Owe no o ne anything ex cept t o love one ano ther, for he w ho loves anoth er has fulfilled t he l aw. 9 For

the comman dments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You s hall not murd er,” “ You shall not s teal,”

“You shall n ot b ear false wi tnes s,” “You shall not covet,” and if t here is any ot her com mandmen t, are all

summed up in this saying, na mel y, “You sh all love your neighbor as yourself.” 10 Love does no h arm to a

neighbor; th er efore l ove is the fulfi llment of the l aw.

ut on

11 And do thi s, knowing th e time, that now it is high time to a wake out of sleep; for n ow our

salvation is ne arer than when w e first believed. 12 The nig ht i s far spen t, the da y is a t ha nd. Therefor e

let us cast of f the works of d arkness, and le t us put on th e armor of light. 13 Let us walk prop erly, as

in the day, not i n revelry and drunkenness, n ot in lewdness and lus t, not in strife and env y. 14 B ut put

on the Lord J es us Christ, a nd make no provis ion for the fles h, to fulfill its lust s.

The Law of Liberty

1 Receive one who is weak in the f aith, bu t not t o disputes over doub tful things. 2 For one

believes he may eat all things, bu t he who is w eak eats only v egetables. 3 L et not him w ho eats

despise him who does not ea t, and let not hi m who does n ot eat ju dge him wh o eats; for Go d has

received him. 4 Who are you to judge anot her ’s servant? To his own mast er he s ta nds or falls.

Indeed, he will be mad e to stand, f or God is abl e to make him s tand.

ne person esteems one

y a

ove ano t

er; anot

er este ems every

ay a

et eac

y co nv

nce

in his own mind. 6 He who observ es the day, obs erves it to the L ord; and he who d oes n ot observe the da y, to

the Lord he d oes not observe i t. He who eats, e ats to the Lord, f or he gives G od thanks; and h e who does no t

eat, to the Lord h e does not eat, and g ives God tha nks. 7 For none of u s lives to himself , and no one dies to

himself. 8 F or if we live, we liv e to the Lord; and if we di e, we die to the Lord. T herefor e, whether w e l ive or

die, we are the Lor d’s. 9 For to this end Christ died and rose and lived agai n, that He migh t be Lord of bo th

the dead and the living. 10 But why do you judge your brother? Or why do you s how contemp t for your

brother? For we s hall all s tand befor e th e

ment s eat of Chri st. 11 For it is wr itten:

“As I live, sa ys the L ord,

Every knee s hall bo w to Me,

And every tong ue shall confess to God.”

12 So then eac h of us shall give account of hi mself to God. 13 Therefore le t us not judg e one another

anymore, bu t rather resolve t his, not to put a stumbling block or a cause to fall in our brother’ s way.

The Law of Love

14 I know and am convinced by the Lor d Jesus t hat th ere is n othing u nclean of itself ; but to him w ho

considers an ythi ng to be un clean, to him it is u nclean. 15 Yet if your bro th er is gri ev ed bec ause of

your food, y ou are no lo nger walking in lov e. D o no t des troy with your f ood the o ne f or whom

Christ died. 16 Therefore do not let your goo d be spoken of as ev il; 17 for th e kingdom of God is not

eating and drinking , but rig hte ousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spiri t. 18 For h e w ho serves

Christ in thes e thi ngs is ac ceptabl e t o God and ap proved by m en.

19 Therefor e let us pur sue the thing s which make for p eace and the things by which one may edify

another. 20 Do not destroy the work of G od for the sak e of food. All things inde ed are pure, bu t it is

evil for the man wh o ea ts with offe nse. 21 I t is good neit her t o eat meat nor drink wine nor do

anything by whi ch your brot her stumbles or i s offended or is made weak. 22 Do you hav e faith?

Have it to yourself before God. H appy is he who does no t conde mn himself in what he approv es. 23

But he who doub ts is cond emned if he eats, becaus e he does no t eat from fai th; for w hat ever is not

from faith is sin.

Romans 15

Bearing Others’ Burden s

1 We then w ho ar e str ong ought t o bear with the s cruples of th e weak, an d not to ple ase

ourselves. 2 L et each of us plea se his neighbor for his good, lea ding to edifica tion. 3 F or even

Christ did n ot pl ease Hims elf; but as it is written, “ The reproach es of t hose who reproa ched You

fell on Me.” 4 For whatever thi ngs were wri tte n before w ere wri tten for our learning, th at we

through the p ati ence and co mfort of the S criptures might have hop e. 5 Now m ay the God of

patience an d co mfort gran t you to be like-min ded to ward o ne a nother, a ccordi ng to Chr ist Jesus,

6 that you ma y wi th one mind and one m outh glori fy the God and Fa ther of our Lord Jesus

Christ.

Glorify God To gether

7 Therefore r eceive one anot her, just as Christ also re cei ved us, t o th e glory of God. 8 Now I s ay that Jesus

Christ has be come a servan t to th e circumcisio n for the tru th of God, to conf irm the pr omis es made to the

fathers, 9 a nd that the G entile s might glorify God for His mer cy, as it is writ ten: “For this reason I will confess

to You among the G entiles, And sing to Your nam e.”

10 And again h e says:

“Rejoice, O G enti les, wi th His people!”

11 And again:

“Pr aise the Lord, all you Gentiles!

Laud Him, all you peoples!”

12 And again, Isai ah says:

“There sh al l be a root of Jesse;

And He who sh all rise to r ei gn over th e Gentil es,

In Him the Gen tiles shall ho pe.”

13 Now ma y t he God of h ope f ill you wi th all j oy and p eace in believing, that you ma y abound in hope b y th e

From Jerusa lem to Illyric um

14 Now I m yself a m conf ident concerni ng you, my brethr en, that you also ar e full of goodness, fil led wi th

all knowledg e, able also to admonish o ne another. 15 Neverthel ess, bre thren, I have written more boldly to

you on som e poin ts , as reminding you, because of the g race give n to me by God, 16 that I might be a

minister of Jesus Christ to th e Gentiles, minist ering the gosp el of God, that t he offering of the Gen tiles

might be acce ptable, sa nctified b y the Hol y Spirit. 17 Therefor e I have rea son to glory in Christ Jesus in

the things w hich pert ain to God. 18 For I will not d are to speak of an y of those things which Christ has

not accomplish ed through m e, in word and deed, t o mak e the Gentiles o bedi ent — 19 in mighty signs and

wonders, by the power of t he Spirit of God, so th at from J erusalem an d round abou t to Ill yr icum I hav e

fully preached the gospel of Christ. 20 And so I hav e made it my aim to preach th e gosp el, not where

Christ was na med, lest I should b uild on anot her man’s foun datio n, 21 but as i t is writ ten:

“To whom H e was not announ ced, they sh all see;

And thos e wh o have not h eard sh all understand. ”

Plan to Vis it Rome

22 For this reason I also have be en mu ch hinder ed from coming to you. 2 3 But now no long er

having a pl ace in these parts, and having a gr eat desire thes e many years to come t o you, 24 wh enev er

I journey to Sp ain, I shall co me to y ou. For I hop e to see you on m y journey, and t o be helped o n my

way there b y you, i f first I may enjo y your compa ny f or a whil e. 25 B ut now I am going to Jerus al em

to minister t o th e saints. 26 F or it pleas ed those fro m Macedoni a and A ch aia to m ake a certain

contribution for the poor among the saints wh o are in Jerusale m. 27 It pl eas ed them inde ed, and they

are their de btor s. For if th e Gentiles hav e be en partakers of their spiritual things, t heir duty is also to

minister to the m in material thi ngs. 28 Therefor e, when I have p erformed this and have s ealed to

them this fruit, I sh all go b y way of you to Spain. 29 But I know that w hen I come to you, I s hal l

come in the ful lness of the bl essing of the gosp el of Christ.

30 Now I beg yo u, brethren, t hrough the Lord J es us Christ, and through t he love of the Spir it, that

you strive toge ther with m e in pra yers to God f or me, 3 1 that I ma y be deliver ed from those in Judea

who do no t believe, a nd that my s er vice for Jeru salem m ay be acceptable to the saints, 3 2 that I m ay

come to you with j oy by the will of God, and ma y be refreshed tog ether with you. 33 Now th e G od

of peace be with you all. Am en.

Sister Phoebe Commende d

1 I commend t o you Phoebe our si ster, who is a servant of t he church i n Cenchr ea, 2 that you

may receive h er in the Lord in a manner wort hy of the s aints, and assist her in whatev er business

she has need of you; for inde ed sh e h as been a hel per of many and of myself also.

Greet ing Rom an Saints

3 Greet Pr iscilla and Aquil a, my f ellow work ers in Christ Je sus, 4 who r isked their own n eck s for my lif e, to

whom not only I give thanks, bu t also all th e c hurches of th e Gen tiles. 5 Likewis e greet the chur ch that is in

their house.

Greet my bel oved Epaenetus, w ho is the firstfr uits of Achaia to Christ. 6 Gre et Mary, who lab ored much f or

us. 7 Gree t Andronicu s and Junia, m y cou ntr ymen and m y fellow prisoners, who are of n ote am ong the

apostles, wh o al so were in C hrist before m e.

8 Greet Ampli as , my belove d in the Lord. 9 Gr eet Urbanus, ou r fellow worker in Christ, and St achys, m y

beloved. 10 Gr eet Apelles, a pproved in Christ. Greet those who are of the hous ehold of Aristo bulus. 11 Greet

Herodion, my coun tryman. Gree t those who ar e of the house hold of Narcissus who are in th e Lord.

12 Greet Try phena and Try phosa, who have labored in the Lord. Greet the belove d Persis, wh o labor ed

much in th e Lord. 13 Gr eet Rufus, ch osen in th e L ord, and his m other and min e. 14 Greet As yncritu s,

Phlegon, Herm as, Patrobas, H ermes, and the brethren who are wi th the m. 15 Gree t Philolog us and Julia,

Nereus and his sister, and Ol ympas, an d all the saints who are with them.

16 Greet on e a nother with a holy kiss. The churches of Chr ist greet you.

Avoid Div isive Per sons

17 Now I ur ge yo u, brethr en, note those who cause divisi ons and offens es, contrary to th e doctrin e

which you l earned, an d avoid them. 18 For those who are su ch do no t s er ve our Lor d Jesus Christ,

but their o wn belly, an d by smooth words and flat teri ng speech d eceive the hear ts of the simple. 19

For your obe dience has b eco me known to all. Therefore I a m glad on you r behalf; but I wan t you to

be wise in what is g ood, and simple con cerning evil. 20 And the God of peace will crush Satan under

your feet shor tly.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Chr ist be with you. Amen.

Greet ings from Pa ul’s Frie nd s

21 Timothy, m y fellow work er, and Lu cius, Jason, and Sosi pater, my cou ntr ymen, greet you.

22 I, Tertius, who wro te this epistle, gr eet you in th e Lord.

23 Gaius, m y host and the hos t of the whol e chur ch, gree ts you. Er as tu s, the treasurer of the city,

greets you, an d Quartus, a bro ther. 24 The gr ace of our Lord J esu s Christ be wit h you all. A men.

Benedictio n

25 Now to Hi m who is able t o es tablish you according t o my gospel and the prea ching of Jesus

Christ, according to the rev elation of t he mystery k ept secret sin ce the world bega n 26 but now mad e

manifest, and by the proph etic Scriptur es made k nown to all nations, accor ding to the

commandme nt of t he everlasting God, f or obedi ence t o th e faith— 27 to God, alon e wis e, be glor y

throu

esus Chri st forev er. Amen.

Revelation

The Book of Revelation, is the 66th book of the Bible and the final book of the New Testament. It's written by

John and is split into multiple sections outlined below. Revelation can be quite difficult to understand at times, so

if you would like some assistance on interpretation check out the "The Rapture > Addendum > Prominent

Figures" section. Alternatively check out Chuck Missler's commentary on Revelation.

New King James Version (NKJV)

1. The Revelation of Jesus Christ (1:1 - 1:20)

2. Messages for seven churches of Asia (2:1 - 3:22)

3. Before the Throne of God (4:1 - 5:14)

4. Seven Seals are opened (6:1 - 8:6)

5. Seven trumpets are sounded (8:6 - 11:19)

6. The Seven Spiritual Figures (12:1 - 15:8)

7. Seven bowls are poured onto Earth (16:1 - 16:16)

8. Aftermath: Vision of John given by "an angel who had the seven bowls" (17:1 - 18:24)

9. The Marriage Supper of the Lamb (19:1 - 19:10)

10. The Judgment of the two Beasts, the Dragon, and the Dead (19:11 - 20:15)

11. The New Heaven and Earth, and New Jerusalem (21:1 - 22:5)

12. Conclusion (22:6 - 22:21)

Introductio n and Benedict ion

1 The Revel ati on of Jesus C hrist, which God g av e Him to show His servants— things

which must shor tl y take pl ace. And He sen t an d signified it by His angel to His s ervan t

John, 2 who bore wi tness to the word of God, an d to th e testimony of Jesus Christ, to

all things that he s aw. 3 Bl essed is he who reads and thos e who hear the words of t his

prophecy, and k eep those thi ngs which ar e written in it; for the time is near.

4 John, to the seve n chur ches whi ch ar e in Asia:

Grace to you and peace from Him who is and who was and who is to com e, and f rom

the seven Spi rits who are befor e His throne, 5 and from J esus C hrist, the faithful

witness

the fir stborn from the dea

and th e ruler ov er the kin

s of the e arth.

To Him who l oved us and washed us fr om our sins in His own blo od, 6 and has made us kings

and priests t o His God and F ather, to Him be glory and dominion f orever and ev er . Amen.

7 Behold, H e is coming with clouds, and every ey e will s ee Hi m, even t hey who pierced Him. And

all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. Even so, A men.

8 “I am the Alpha and the Om ega, the Begi nning a nd the E nd,” says th e Lord, “ who i s and who

was and who is to come, th e Al mighty.”

9 I, John, both your broth er and compani on in the tribula tion and kingdo m and pa tience of Jesus

Christ, was on the isl and that is call ed P atmos f or the word of God and for the testimon y of Jesus Christ.

10 I was in th e Spirit on the Lor d’s Day, and I h eard behind me a loud voice, as of a trumpet, 1 1 saying, “ I

am the Alph a and th e Omega, the Fir st and the L ast,” and, “ What you see, write in a book and send it to

the seven chur ches which ar e in Asia: to Eph esus, t o Smyrna, to P er gamos, to T hya tira, to Sardis, to

Philadelphia, and to Laodi cea.”

12 Then I turn ed to see the voic e that spoke with m e. And having turned I saw seve n golden lam pstands,

13 and in th e mids t of th e s ev en lamps tands One lik e the S on of Man, clo thed with a garmen t down to the

feet and girded about the chest wi th a gol den band. 14 His h ead and h air were whit e like wool, as whit e as

snow, and His eyes like a f lame of f ire; 15 His fe et were like fi ne br ass, as if ref ined i n a furna ce, and His v oice

as the soun d of many waters; 16 He had in His ri ght hand sev en stars, out of His mouth we nt a sharp two-

edged sword, an d His coun ten ance was lik e the sun shini ng in its strength.

17 And wh en I saw Hi m, I fell at His f eet as dead. But He laid His rig ht hand on me, saying to me, “ Do

not be afraid; I a m the First and the Last. 18 I a m He who liv es, and was d ead, and behold, I am alive

forevermore. Amen. And I h ave the keys of Had es and of Death. 19 Writ e the things w hich you have s een,

and the things which are, a nd th e things whi ch will take pla ce after this. 20 Th e mystery of the s even stars

which you s aw in M y r ight hand, and the seve n golden lam psta nds: The sev en stars are the angels of the

seven churc hes , and the s even l ampstan ds whi ch you s aw are the s even churches.

The Loveles s Church

1 “To the ang el of the church of Ephesus write,

‘These things sa ys He who hol ds the seven s tar s in His ri ght hand, who w alks in t he

midst of the s even golden l amps tan ds: 2 “I k now your work s, your la bor, your pati ence,

and that you can not bear thos e who are evil. And you have t ested those wh o say they are

apostles and are not, and have fou nd them li ars; 3 and you h ave persevered and have

patience, and have labored for My name’s sake and have not become wear y. 4

Neverthel ess I hav e this ag ains t you, th at you h ave left your fir st love. 5 Re member

therefore fr om where you have f allen; repen t an d do the first works, or els e I will come

to you quickly and r emov e your lampsta nd from its pla ce—u nless you re pen t. 6 But this

you have, th at you hate the deeds of th e Ni colaitans, which I also hate.

7 “He who has an ear, let him hear what t he Spirit says to th e chur ches. To him who

overcomes I will give to ea t f rom the tree of life, which is in the midst of the P aradis e of

God.” ’

The Persecut ed Churc h

8 “And to th e ang el of the c hurch in Smyrn a write,

‘These things sa ys the First and the Last, who w as dead, and c ame to life: 9 “I know your w orks,

tribulation, and poverty (but you are rich ); and I kno w the blas phemy of thos e w ho say the y are

Jews and are not, but are a s ynagogue of Sa tan. 10 Do not f ear any of t hose things which you are

about to suffer. Indeed, the devi l is about to throw s ome of you int o prison, that you may be test ed,

and you will h ave tribulation t en days. Be faithful u ntil deat h, and I will gi ve you the crown of life.

11 “He who has an ear, l et him hear what the Spir it says to the churches. He w ho ov ercomes shall

not be hurt by the second d eath.” ’

The Comprom ising Churc h

12 “And to t he ang el of the churc h in Pergamos writ e,

‘These things sa ys He who h as the sh arp two-edge d sword: 13 “I know your works, and where you d well,

where Satan’s t hrone is. And you hold f ast to My n ame, and did no t deny My f aith even i n the days in

which Antipas was My faithful mar tyr, wh o was killed amo ng you, wher e Satan d wel ls. 14 B ut I h ave a f ew

things agains t you, be cause you hav e there those w ho hol d the do ctrin e of Balaam, who taugh t Balak to

put a stum bling block before the children of I srael, to eat things s acrifi ced to idols, and to commit s exual

immorality. 15 Th us you also h ave those who hol d the doctrin e of the Nicolai tans, which thing I hat e. 16

Repent, or else I will co me to you quickl y and will fight against them with the s word of My mouth.

17 “He who h as an ear, let hi m hear what the Spirit says to th e churches. To hi m who over com es I will

give some of the hidden mann a to ea t. And I will gi ve him a whi te stone, and on the stone a n ew na me

written which no one knows exce

t him w ho receives it.” ’

The Corr upt Ch urch

18 “And to t he ang el of the churc h in Thyatira writ e,

‘These things sa ys the Son of Go d, who has ey es like a flam e of fire, and Hi s feet like fine br ass: 19 “I know

your works, lov e, service, f aith, and y our patience; and as for your works, the last are mor e than the fi rst. 20

Neverthel ess I hav e a few things against you, because you allo w that woman J ezebel, who calls h erself a

prophetess, to teach and sedu ce My servants to commit s ex ual immoralit y a nd eat things sa crificed to idols. 2 1

And I gav e her time to r epe nt of her sexu al immorality, and s he di d not repe nt. 22 Ind eed I will cast h er into a

sickbed, and t hose who commi t adultery wit h her into gre at tri bulation, unl es s they re pen t of their de eds. 2 3 I

will kill her childr en with d ea th, and all the churches shall k now that I am He who s earches the minds and

hearts. And I will g ive to each one of you according to your works.

24 “Now to yo u I say, and to t he rest in T hyatira, as many a s do not have this do ctrin e, who hav e not

known the dep ths of Satan, as they say, I will pu t on you no o ther burd en. 25 Bu t hold fast wha t you have

till I come. 26 And he who over comes, and k eeps My works until th e end, to him I will give po wer ov er

the nations—

27 ‘He shall rule them with a rod of ir on;

They shall b e das hed to pi eces lik e t he potter’s vess els’—

as I also have r ecei ved from M y Father; 28 and I will gi ve him the m orning star.

29 “He wh o has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the chur ches.” ’

Reve lation 3

urc

1 “And to the angel of the churc h in Sardis write,

‘These things sa ys He who h as the sev en Spirits of God and the sev en stars: “I k now

your works, that you have a n ame that you are al ive, but you are dead. 2 B e watchful,

and strength en the things which r emain, th at are ready to die, for I have not found your

works perfe ct before God. 3 Rem emb er th er efore how you have received a nd heard;

hold fast and re pent. Therefor e if yo u will not wat ch, I will come up on you as a t hief,

and you will n ot know wha t hour I will co me upon you. 4 You h ave a few nam es ev en

in Sardis wh o hav e not defile d their garme nts; and the y shall walk with Me in white, for

they are wort hy. 5 H e who overco mes s hall b e clothe d in white garme nts, a nd I will not

blot out his n ame from the Bo ok of Life; but I will confess his name before My F ather

and before His angels.

6 “He who has an ear

let him hear what the S

irit sa

s to th e chur ches.” ’

The Faithful Church

7 “And to th e ang el of the c hurch in Phil adelphia write,

‘These things sa ys He who is h oly, He who is tru e, “He who has the key of David, H e who opens

and no one s huts , and shuts a nd no on e op ens”: 8 “I know your works. See, I have set before you

an open door , and no one c an shu t i t; for you h ave a li ttl e strength, h ave kept M y wor d, and have

not denied M y nam e. 9 Indeed I will make those of the s ynag ogue of Satan, who s ay they are Jews

and are no t, but li e—indeed I will m ake them come and worship befor e your feet, and t o know that

I have lov ed y ou. 10 B ecaus e you have ke pt My comm and to persever e, I also will kee p you from

the hour of trial which shall come up on the whol e world, to test those who dwell o n the earth.

11 Behold, I a m coming quickl y! Hold fast w hat you have, tha t no on e may take your cro wn. 12 He who

overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God, and he s hall go out no more. I will writ e on

him the n ame of M y God a nd the nam e of the ci ty of My G od, th e N ew Jerusale m, whi ch com es down

out of heave n from My God. And I will writ e on him M y new nam e.

13 “He who h as an ear, let hi m hear what the Spirit says to th e churches.” ’

The Lukew arm Church

14 “And to t he ang el of the churc h of the Laodi ce ans write,

‘These things sa ys the Amen, t he Faithful and True Witness, the Beginni ng of th e creatio n of God: 15 “ I

know your w orks, that you are neither cold nor h ot. I could wish you were cold or h ot. 16 So then, b ecause

you are luke warm, a nd neither cold nor hot, I will vo mit you out of M y mouth. 17 Because you s ay, ‘I am ri ch,

have become wealthy, and hav e need of not hing’—and do no t know tha t you are wretched, mis erable, p oor,

blind, and nak ed — 18 I counsel you to buy from Me gold refin ed in the fire, that yo u may be rich; and white

garments, tha t you m ay be clothed, t hat the shame of your nakedn ess may not be revealed; an d anoint your

eyes with e ye salve, t hat you may see.

19 As man y as I lov e, I rebuke and ch asten. Therefor e be zealous and r epent. 2 0 Behold, I s tand at th e

door and k nock. If an yone hears My v oice and ope ns the do or, I will come i n to him and din e with hi m,

and he wi th M e. 21 To him who over comes I will grant to sit with M e on My thr one, as I also overc ame

and sat do wn with My Fat her on His thr one.

22 “He wh o has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the chur ches.” ’ ”

Reve lation 4

The Throne R oom of Heave n

1 After th ese things I look ed, and be hold, a door st anding open i n heaven. And th e first

voice whic h I heard was like a trum pet spe aking with m e, saying , “Come up h er e, and I

will show you things which must t ake pl ace after this.”

2 Immediat ely I was in th e Spirit; and be hold, a throne se t in heaven, an d One sa t on the throne.

3 And He who s at there w as like a jasper and a sardius s tone in appe arance; a nd there was a rainbow

around the thron e, in appe arance like an e mer ald. 4 Aroun d the throne were twenty-four thrones,

and on th e thro nes I saw tw enty-four elders si tting, cloth ed in white rob es; and they had crowns of

gold on their heads. 5 And fr om the thron e pr oceeded li ghtnings, thund erings, and voi ces. Sev en

lamps of fire were burning befor e th e throne, whic h are the sev en Spirits of God.

ore t

e t

one t

ere was a sea o

ass,

e crysta

d i

n t

e m

t o

e t

one, an

aroun

throne, wer e four living crea tures full of eyes in fr ont and in back. 7 T he first living creature w as like a lion,

the second liv ing creature lik e a calf, th e third liv ing creature had a face like a man, and the four th li ving

creature was lik e a f lying eagle. 8 The four living creatures, e ach having six wings, were fu ll of eyes around

and within. And the y do not rest d ay or night, saying:

“Holy, holy, holy,

Lord God Almighty,

d i

”

9 Whenever t he living cr eatures gi ve glory and honor and thanks to Hi m who sits on the throne, who liv es

forever and ever, 10 the twenty- four elders fall down befor e Hi m who sits on th e throne and worship Him

who lives for ever and ever, and cas t their cr owns befor e the thron e, saying :

11 “You are worthy, O Lord,

To receive glor y and h onor and po wer ;

For You cre ated all things,

And by Your will t hey exist and wer e cre ated.”

The Lamb Take s the Scro ll

1 And I sa w in the right hand of Him who s at on t he thron e a scroll writ ten i nside and

on the back, se aled with seve n seals. 2 The n I saw a strong ang el proclaiming wi th a loud

voice, “Wh o is wor thy to open th e scroll and to loose its s eals?” 3 And no on e in heaven

or on the ear th or under the earth was a ble to op en the scroll, or to look at it.

4 So I wept much, because no one was foun d worthy to open and read th e scroll, or to

look at it. 5 B ut one of the elders s ai d to me, “Do n ot weep. Be hold, t he L ion of th e

tribe of Juda h, the Root of D avid, has prevail ed to open the scroll and to loose i ts sev en

seals.”

6 And I look ed, and b ehold, in th e midst of the t hrone and of the f our living creatures, a nd in the

midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as though i t had been slai n, having seven h orns and sev en eyes,

which are the seven Spirits of God sent out in to all the ear th. 7 Th en He cam e and took th e scroll

out of the rig ht hand of Him who sat on t he thron e.

8 Now wh en He ha d tak en the scroll, th e four living cre atures and th e twenty-four el ders fell do wn before

the Lamb, e ach having a harp, and gold en bowls full of incens e, whi ch are th e pra yers of the saint s. 9 And

they sang a new so ng, saying:

“You are wort hy to take the s croll,

And to open i ts seals;

For You w ere slai n,

And have re deemed us to Go d by Your bl ood

Out of every tribe and tongue and people a nd nation,

10 And have made us kings and prie sts to our God;

And we shall r eign o n the earth.”

11 Then I look ed, and I heard th e voice of many ang els around th e t hrone, the living creatures, a nd the

elders; and th e number of the m was ten thousand times ten thousan d, and thous ands of thous ands, 12 s aying

with a loud voi ce:

“Worthy is th e Lamb who w as slain

To receive p ower and riches and wisdom,

And strengt h and honor and glory and bl es sing!”

13 And ever y creature which is in heav en and o n th e earth and un der the eart h and such as ar e in the

sea, and all t hat are in th em, I heard saying:

“Blessing and h onor and glor y and pow er

Be to Him who si ts on th e thro ne,

And to the La mb, forever and ever!”

14 Then th e four li ving creatures s aid, “Am en!” A nd the twent y-f our elders fell d own and wor shiped Hi m

who lives for ever and ever.

on que ror

1 Now I sa w when the L amb op ened one of th e seals; and I heard one of th e four living

creatures saying wi th a voi ce like thund er, “Come and see.” 2 And I looked, a nd behold,

a white hors e. He who sa t on i t had a bow; and a cro wn w as given to hi m, and he we nt

out conquering and to conquer.

Second Seal: Conflict on Eart h

3 When He opened the second s eal, I heard the s econd living cre atur e saying, “Come

and see.” 4 An other horse, fier y red, went ou t. And it was gran ted to the one wh o sat on

it to take pe ace from the ear th, and tha t people s hould kill one a nother; and th ere was

ven to him a

reat s word.

Third Seal: Sca rcity on Ear th

5 When He opened the third s eal, I heard t he third living cr eature say, “C ome and see.” So I l ooked,

and behold, a black horse, and he who sat on it h ad a pair of scales in his ha nd. 6 And I h eard a

voice in the mids t of the four l iving creatures s ayi ng, “A quart of wheat fo r a denarius, a nd thr ee

quarts of b arley for a denarius; and do not harm t he oil and the wi ne.”

Fourth Sea l: Widesprea d Death on E arth

7 When He opened the four th s eal, I h eard the voi ce of the f ourth living cre atur e saying, “ Come and se e. ”

8 So I looked, and behold, a pale hors e. And the n ame of him who s at on it was Death, and Hade s

followed with him. And pow er was given to th em over a four th of the earth, to kill wi th sword, wi th

hunger, with de ath, and by the beas ts of t he earth.

Fifth Seal: T he Cry o f t he Martyrs

9 When He opened the fifth seal, I s aw u nder the alt ar the souls of those wh o had be en slain for th e wor d of

God and for th e testimon y whi ch they h eld. 10 And the y cried with a lou d voice, sa ying, “How long , O Lord,

holy and tru e, until You judge and aveng e our blood on thos e who dwell o n the e arth?” 11 Th en a white rob e

was given to each of t hem; and i t w as said to the m that they sh ould rest a little while longer, until both the

number of th eir fellow s er vants and th eir brethren, w ho woul d be killed as they wer e, was co mplete d.

Sixth Seal: C osmic Disturbances

12 I looked when H e opened the sixth seal, and behold, there was a gr eat earthquake; and the sun b ecame

black as sack cloth of hair, a nd the moon be came lik e bl ood. 13 And the stars of heav en fell to the earth, as

a fig tree dro ps its late figs w hen i t is shaken by a mighty wi nd. 14 Then the sk y r eceded as a scroll when it

is rolled up, an d every mount ain and island w as moved out of i ts place. 15 And the kings of the earth, th e

great men, t he r ich men, th e com manders, the might y men, every sl ave and every fr ee man, hid t hemselves

in the caves an d in the rocks of the m ountains, 16 and said to th e mountai ns and rocks, “F all on us and

hide us from the f ace of Him who s its o n the t hrone and from the wra th of the L amb! 17 For the gr eat day

of His wra th has co me, and who is able to s tand?”

The Bible Psalms

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The Sealed of I srael

1 After th ese things I saw four angels standing at the four c orners of the earth, holding

the four winds of the earth, th at the wind should n ot bl ow on th e earth, on t he s ea, or

on any tree. 2 T hen I saw anot her angel as cen ding from th e east, having th e seal of the

living God. And he cried with a loud v oice to the f our angels to whom it was gran ted to

harm the ear th and th e s ea, 3 saying , “Do not harm th e earth, the sea, or the trees till w e

have sealed th e serva nts of our God on t hei r foreheads.” 4 And I heard the number of

those who w ere sealed. On e hundr ed and forty-four thousand of all the tribes of the

children of Israel were seal ed:

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of the tribe of Gad twelve thous and were s eal ed;

6 of the tribe of Asher twelve thousand were sealed;

of the tribe of Naphtali tw el ve thousand wer e s ealed;

of the tribe of M anasseh tw elve thousand w ere s eale d;

7 of the tribe of S imeon t welve thous and were se aled;

of the tribe of L ev i twelve thous and were seal ed;

of the tribe of Iss achar twelve thous and wer e sealed;

8 of the tribe of Zebulun t welv e thousand were sealed;

of the tribe of Jos eph twelve thousand were s ealed;

of the tribe of B en

amin t wel ve thousa nd were sealed.

A Multitu de from the Great T ribulat ion

9 After thes e thing s I looked, and beh old, a grea t mul ti tud e w hich no one c ould number, of all nations,

tribes, peoples, and tongues, s tan ding befor e th e t hrone and befor e the L amb, clot hed with whi te rob es,

with palm branches in their hand s, 10 an d cr ying out wi th a loud v oice, saying, “ Salvation belong s to our

God who sits on the throne, an d to the Lamb!” 11 All the angels s tood aroun d the throne and the elders

and the four liv ing creatur es, and f ell on their faces b efore the thron e and worshiped God, 12 sayi ng:

“Amen! Blessing and glory a nd wisdom,

Thanksgiving and honor and power and might,

Be to our God forever and ev er.

Amen.”

13 Then one of the elders ans wer ed, saying to me, “ Who are th es e arrayed in white robes, and wh ere did they

come from?”

14 And I said t o him, “Sir, you k now.”

So he said to me, “These ar e the ones wh o come out of the gre at tribul ation, an d washed th eir robes

and made th em white in the bl ood of the L amb. 15 Therefore they are before the thron e of G od, and

serve Him da y and night in His t empl e. And H e who sits on the thron e wi ll dwell among them. 16 Th ey

shall neither h unger anymor e nor thirst any more; the sun sh all not strike them, nor a ny heat; 17 f or the

Lamb who is in the midst of th e throne will sh epherd them and lead them to living fountains of waters.

And God will wip e away every tear f rom their eyes.”

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Seventh Seal: Pre lude to t he Seven T rumpets

1 When H e opene d th e seventh se al, there was sile nce in heaven f or about half an hour .

2 And I saw the s even ang els who stand b efore G od, and to th em were giv en seven

trumpets. 3 Th en another a ngel, having a g olden ce nser, came and stood a t the altar. He

was given muc h incense, th at h e should off er it with the pr ayers of all the s aints upon

the golden al tar which w as bef ore the t hrone. 4 And the smok e of the incens e, wi th the

prayers of the saints, ascend ed before God f rom the angel’s h and.

5 Then the angel took the censer, filled it with f ire from the al tar , and threw i t to the earth. A nd

there were nois es, thunderings, l ightnings, and an earthquake.

6 So the seve n ang els who had th e sev en trump ets pr epared th ems elves to sou nd.

First Trumpet : Vegetation Struck

7 The first ang el sounded: And hail and fire follow ed, mingled with bloo d, and th ey were thrown t o the

earth. And a thir d of the trees were burned up, and all gr een gr ass was burned up.

Second Tr um pet: The Sea s Struck

8 Then the s econd angel sounded: And s omething like a gr eat mountain burning with f ire was thrown in to

the sea, and a third of the s ea b ecame bloo d. 9 And a thir d of the living cre atu res in the s ea died, and a

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Third Trum pe t: The Wat ers Struck

10 Then th e third angel so unded: And a gr eat st ar fell f rom heaven, burni ng like a tor ch, and i t fell o n a third

of the rivers and on the springs of water. 11 T he name of th e s tar is Wor mwood. A third of the waters b ecame

wormwood, and many m en di ed from the water, b ecause it was mad e bi tter.

Fourth Trum pet: T he Heav ens Struc k

12 Then th e fourth angel sounded: And a third of th e sun was s truck, a third of the moon, and a third of

the stars, so that a third of t hem were dark ened. A thi rd of the day did not shine, and l ikewise th e night.

13 And I looked, and I heard an angel flying t hrough the mi dst of h eav en, saying wi th a loud v oice, “Woe,

woe, woe to the inha bitants of the earth, be cause of the re maining blasts of th e trumpe t of the three ang el s

who are about to sound!”

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1 Then the f ifth ang el sounded: And I saw a st ar fallen fr om heav en to the ear th. T o him

was given th e key to the bo tto mless pit. 2 A nd he opened the bo tto mless pit, an d smoke

arose out of t he pi t like the s moke of a gr ea t furnace. So the s un and the air were

darkened be cause of t he smoke of the pit. 3 Then out of the s moke l ocu sts cam e u pon

the earth. An d to th em was given power, as the s corpions of th e earth have po wer. 4

They were co mmanded not t o harm the grass of t he earth, or an y green thing, or a ny

tree, but onl y those men who do not have the seal of God on their f oreheads. 5 And

they were n ot g iven authori ty to kill t hem, but to t orment them f or five months. T heir

torment was like the tormen t of a s corpion wh en i t strikes a m an. 6 In those days men

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7 The shape of the locusts was like horses prepar ed for battle. On thei r heads w ere cro wns of

something lik e g old, and t hei r faces were lik e the faces of m en. 8 They had hair like women’s h air,

and their t ee th were like li ons’ t ee th. 9 And t hey had breastpla tes lik e breastplates of i ron, and the

sound of their wi ngs was lik e th e sound of c hariots with ma ny hor ses run ning into ba ttle. 10 They

had tails like sc orpions, and t here wer e stings in th eir tails. Th eir power was t o hurt me n five

months. 11 And th ey had as ki ng over t hem the ang el of the bottomless pit, whose na me in Hebr ew

is Abaddon, bu t in Greek he h as the nam e A pollyon.

12 One woe is p ast. Behold, s till two mor e wo es are coming af ter these things.

Sixth Trum pet: T he An gels from the E uphrates

13 Then th e sixth angel sou nded: And I he ard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar whi ch is

before God, 14 s aying to th e sixth angel who had the trumpet, “R eleas e t he four ang el s who are bou nd at

the great river Euphrates.” 15 So the four angels, who had bee n prepared for the hour and da y and month

and year, were rel eased to kil l a third of mank ind. 16 Now th e number of t he army of the horse men was

two hundred million; I heard the number of th em.

17 And thus I s aw the horses in the vi sion: those w ho sat on them h ad breastplat es of fiery r ed, hyacinth

blue, and sulf ur yellow; and th e heads of the horses were lik e t he heads of l ions; and ou t of their mouths came

fire, smoke, an d brimstone. 18 By these thr ee plagues a t hird of mankind was killed—by the f ire and th e

smoke and t he brimstone which c ame out of th eir mouths. 19 For th ei r power is in their mouth an d in their

tails; for th eir tails ar e like serpents, having heads; and with them the y do harm.

20 But the res t of mankind, w ho were not kille d by these plag ues, did not repent of the work s of their

hands, that th ey s hould n ot worshi p demons, an d idols of gold, sil ver, brass, ston e, and wood, whi ch can

neither se e nor hear nor walk. 21 And th ey did not repent of their murders or their sor cer ies or their sexual

immorality or their t hef ts.

1 I saw still an oth er mighty angel co ming down from heaven, cl oth ed with a clou d. And

a rainbow w as on his head, his face was lik e the sun, and his f eet like pillars of fire. 2 H e

had a little book o pen in his h and. And he se t his rig ht f oot on th e sea a nd his left foot

on the land, 3 and cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roars. Wh en he cried out,

seven thund ers ut tere d their voic es. 4 Now when the seven thund ers uttered th eir

voices, I was a bout to write; but I heard a voic e from heav en saying to me, “S eal up the

thin

which the seve n thu nder s uttered, a nd do not write them.”

5 The angel w hom I saw sta nding on the sea and on the la nd raised up his hand to heav en 6 and

swore by Hi m who lives forev er and ever, who crea ted heaven and the things t hat are in it, t he earth

and the things th at are in i t, and th e sea and the thi ngs that are in it, that there shoul d be delay no

longer, 7 but in the days of th e sounding of th e seventh ang el, wh en h e is about to s ound, the

mystery of God would be finis hed, as He d eclar ed to His serv ants the proph ets .

8 Then the v oice which I h ear d from he aven spoke to m e agai n and said, “Go, take the littl e book which is

open in th e ha nd of the angel who stands on the sea and o n the earth.”

9 So I went to the angel and said to him, “Giv e me the l ittle book.”

And he said to me, “Tak e an d eat it; and i t will make your st omach bitt er , but it will b e as s weet as hone y

our m outh.”

10 Then I took the little bo ok out of the angel’s hand and ate it, and i t was as sw ee t as honey in my mouth.

But when I had ea ten i t, my sto mach b eca me bitter. 11 And he said to me, “ You must pro phes y again ab out

many peoples, n ations, tong ues, and kings.”

tne sse s

1 Then I w as given a reed lik e a mea suring rod. And the ang el stood, sa ying, “ Rise and

measure the t emple of God, th e al tar, and th ose who worship there. 2 But l eave out th e

court whic h is outsi de the temple, and do not me asure it, for i t has been given to the

Gentiles. And t hey will tread the holy city underfoot for forty-tw o months. 3 And I will

give power to my two witness es, and they wi ll prophesy one thousand tw o hundred and

sixty days, clo thed in sa ckcloth.”

4 These are the two olive trees and the two lampst ands standing befor e the God of the

earth. 5 And if a nyone wan ts t o harm them, f ire proceeds fr om their mout h and devour s

their enemies. And if anyon e want s to harm them, he mus t be kill ed in this m anner. 6

These have po wer to shut he aven, so that no rain falls in the days of th eir prophecy; an d

they have po wer over wat ers to turn them to blood, and to strike the earth wi th all

The Witne sses K illed

7 When th ey finish thei r testimon y, the b eas t that ascends ou t of the bot tomless pit will make war

against them, ov er come them, and kill them. 8 And their dead bodi es will lie in th e s treet of the

great city whic h spiritually is c alled Sodom and Eg yp t, where also our Lord was crucified. 9 Th en

those from th e peoples, tribes, tongues, and nations will see their dead bodies thr ee-and-a-half days,

and not allo w their d ead bodies to b e pu t into g raves. 10 And thos e w ho dwell on th e earth will

rejoice over t hem, mak e merry, and s end gifts to on e another, be caus e these t wo pro phets

tormented th ose who dwell on the eart h.

The Witne sses R esurr ected

11 Now after t he three-and- a-half da ys the breath of life from God entered them, and they stood on their

feet, and gr ea t fear fell on th ose who saw th em. 12 And th ey heard a loud voice fr om heaven saying to

them, “Com e up here.” And t hey ascended to heaven in a cl oud, and their e nemies saw them. 13 In the

same hour t her e was a grea t earthquake, a nd a ten th of the city fell. In t he earthquake seven th ousand

people were kil led, and the r est were afraid and gave gl ory to the God of heaven.

14 The seco nd woe is past. B ehol d, the third wo e is coming quickly.

15 Then th e sev ent h angel sound ed: And there wer e loud voices i n heaven, saying, “ The kingdoms of this

world have b ecome the k ingdoms of our Lord and of His Christ, and He sh all reign for ev er and ev er!” 16 And

the twenty-f our elders who s at befor e God on th ei r thrones fell on their faces a nd worshiped God, 17 sa yi ng:

“We give Yo u thanks, O Lord God Almigh ty,

The One who is and who was and who is to come,

Because You h ave taken Your gr eat power and r eigned.

18 The natio ns were angry, and Your wrath has come,

And the tim e of the dead, tha t th ey s hould be judged,

And that Yo u should rewar d Your s ervants the prop hets and the sain ts,

And thos e wh o fear Your n ame, s mall a nd great,

And should d estroy those who destro y the earth. ”

19 Then th e templ e of Go d was opened in h eaven, and th e ark of Hi s covenan t was se en in His temple.

And ther e w ere lightnings , noises, thunderi ngs, an earthquake, and great h ail.

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The Woma n, the Child, and the Dragon

1 Now a gre at sign a ppeared in he aven: a woma n clo thed wi th the sun, with th e moon

under her f eet, and on h er head a garl and of twelv e stars. 2 Then being with child, s he

cried out in la bor and in pai n to g ive birth.

3 And another si gn appeared in heaven: behold, a great, f iery red dragon having seve n heads and

ten horns, an d seven diadems on his heads. 4 His tail dre w a third of the st ars of heaven and threw

them to th e earth. And the dragon st ood before the wo man who was r eady t o give birth, to d evour

her Child as soon as it was born. 5 Sh e bore a male Child who was to rule all nations wi th a rod of

iron. And her Chil d was caugh t up to God a nd His throne. 6 Then the woman fled in to the

wilderness, wh ere she has a pl ace prepared by God, that th ey should f eed her th ere on e t housand

two hundred and six ty d ays.

Satan Throw n Out of Heav en

7 And war brok e out in heaven: Mi chael and hi s angels fought with the dragon; and the drag on and his

angels fought, 8 b ut they did n ot prevail, nor was a place found for them in heav en any lo nger. 9 So t he

great dragon was cas t ou t, that s erpent of ol d, called th e Devil and Sat an, who d eceives the whol e worl d;

he was cast to the earth, and his angels w ere cast out with him.

10 Then I he ard a loud voic e saying in heave n, “Now salva tion, and streng th, and t he kingdom of our God,

and the pow er of His Chris t hav e co me, for the accuser of our brethren, w ho accused them b efore our God

day and nigh t, has been cast d own. 11 And they over came him by the bloo d of the La mb an d by th e w ord of

their testimon y, and they did not l ove their li ves to the d eath. 12 T herefore r ejoice, O heav ens, and you w ho

dwell in them! Woe to the inh abitants of th e earth and the sea! For t he devil has co me down to you, havi ng

great wrath, b ecause he knows that he has a shor t time.”

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13 Now wh en the dragon s aw that he had been cast to the earth, he per secuted the wo man who g ave birth

to the male Child. 14 But th e wom an was given tw o wings of a great eagl e, that she migh t fly into the

wilderness to her pl ace, wh ere she is nourish ed for a tim e and tim es and half a tim e, from the presence of

the serpent. 15 So the serp ent spe wed wa ter out of hi s mouth lik e a flood aft er the woman, that he might

cause her to b e carried a way by th e flood. 16 Bu t the ear th hel ped the wo man, and the earth op ened its

mouth and s wallowe d up the flood w hich the dragon h ad spewed ou t of his mout h. 17 And the dr agon

was enraged with th e woman, and he went to m ake war wi th the r est of h er off spring, who kee p th e

commandme nts of God and h ave the testimon

esus Chr ist.

Reve lation 13

The Beast from the Sea

1 Then I sto od on the sand of th e se a. And I sa w a beas t rising up out of the s ea, having

seven heads and ten horns, and on his horn s ten crowns, a nd on his heads a

blasphemous name. 2 Now the be ast whi ch I saw w as like a leopard, hi s feet were lik e

the feet of a b ear, and his m outh lik e th e m outh of a lion. Th e dragon g ave hi m his

power, his thron e, and grea t au thority. 3 An d I saw one of hi s heads as if i t h ad been

mortally wo unded, and his de adly wound w as healed. And all th e world m arveled and

followed the beast. 4 So the y worshiped th e drago n who gave aut hority to the be ast; a nd

they worshiped the beast, s aying, “Who is like the b eas t? Who is abl e to make war wi th

him?”

5 And he was g iven a mouth s peak ing g reat things a nd blasphemies, and he was g iven author ity

to continue for forty-two mon ths. 6 Then h e opened his m outh i n blas phemy against God, to

blaspheme His n ame, His t abernacle, and those w ho d well i n heaven. 7 I t was gr anted to him to

make war with the sain ts and to overcome th em. And authori ty was given him over ev er y tr ibe,

tongue, and n ation. 8 All who d well o n the earth will worship him, whose nam es hav e not been

written in the Book of Life of the La mb slain from t he foundation of t he world.

9 If anyone h as an ear, let him hear. 10 He who leads into captivit y shall go into cap tivity; he who kills

with the sword must be killed with th e sword. Her e is the p ati ence and th e faith of th e s ai nts .

The Beast from the Earth

11 Then I sa w anot her b eas t coming up ou t of the earth, and he had two horns like a lamb an d spoke like a

dragon. 12 A nd he exercises all the authorit y of the fi rst beast in his pr esence, and cau ses the earth and those

who dwell in i t to worship th e first b east, whose d eadly w ound was heal ed. 13 H e performs g reat sig ns, so that

he even makes f ire come do wn from heaven on t he earth in the sig ht of men. 14 And he de ceiv es those who

dwell on th e e arth by thos e signs which he was granted to d o in the sight of the b east, telling those who dwell

on the earth to make an im age to th e b eas t who was w ounded by th e sw ord and liv ed.

15 He was gran ted power to give bre ath to the i mage of the beast, tha t the im age of the beas t shoul d

both speak and caus e as man y as would not worship th e image of the b eas t to be kille d. 16 H e causes all,

both small a nd great, rich and po or, free and sl ave, to receiv e a mark on their right hand or on their

foreheads, 17 and th at no on e may buy or s ell except on e wh o has th e m ark or the na me of the be ast, or

the number of his name.

18 Here is wisdo m. Let him who has understanding c alculate th e nu mber of the beast, for it is the numb er

of a man: His nu mber is 666.

The Lamb a nd the 144,000

1 Then I looke d, and behold, a La mb standing on M ount Zion, and with Him one

hundred and for ty-four thous and, having His F ather’s name writ ten on t hei r foreheads.

2 And I heard a voice from h eav en, like the voi ce of many waters, and lik e th e voice of

loud thunder. A nd I heard the sound of harpists playi ng their harps. 3 They sang as i t

were a new so ng before th e thro ne, before the four li ving creatur es, an d th e elders; and

no one coul d lear n that so ng except the hundr ed and forty-f our thousa nd who were

redeemed fro m the earth. 4 T hese are the on es who were n ot d efiled with women, for

they are virgins. These are the o nes who follo w the L amb wherever H e goes. Thes e were

redeemed fro m among men, b eing firstfr uits to God and to the La mb. 5 And in thei r

mouth was f ound no decei t, for the y ar e withou t fault before the throne of G od.

The Proclama tions of Three Angels

6 Then I s aw ano ther ang el flying in the midst of heaven, h aving the ev erlasti ng gospel to pre ach to

those who dw ell on the ear th— to every n atio n, tribe, tongue, and peo ple— 7 saying with a loud

voice, “Fear G od and give glor y to Hi m, for the hour of His judg ment h as come; and worship Him

who mad e he aven and eart h, the sea and spr ings of water. ”

8 And another a ngel followed, sa ying, “Bab ylon is falle n, is fallen, that great city, b ecau se she h as

made all nations drink of th e wine of t he wrath of h er fornication.”

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the wrath of Go d, which is p oured out full stre ngth into the cup of His indignation. H e shall be tor mented

with fire and brims tone in the prese nce of the hol y a ngels and in t he pr esen ce of th e Lam b. 11 And the

smoke of their torment asc ends forever and ever; a nd they hav e no r est day or night, who wor ship the

beast and his i mage, and wh oev er r ecei ves the mark of his nam e.”

12 Here is th e patience of th e sain ts; her e are thos e who keep the commandm ents of God and th e faith of

Jesus.

13 Then I he ard a voice from heaven saying to me, “Write: ‘Bl essed are the d ea d who die i n the Lor d from

now on.’ ”

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Reaping the E arth’s Harve st

14 Then I look ed, and behol d, a white cloud, and on the cloud sa t One like th e Son of Man, having on His

head a golde n cro wn, and i n His hand a sh ar p sickle. 15 A nd another ang el came out of the temple, crying

with a loud voi ce to Him w ho sat on the clou d, “Thrust in Your sickl e and reap, for the time has come for

You to rea p, for the harves t of the earth is rip e.” 16 So H e who s at on the cloud t hrust in His si ck le on the

earth, and the eart h was reaped.

Reaping the Gr apes of Wrat h

17 Then ano ther ang el came ou t of the temple which is in heave n, he also having a sharp sickl e.

18 And ano ther angel cam e ou t from the altar, who had p ower over fir e, an d he cried with a loud cry to

him who ha d th e sharp sickle, s aying, “Thrust in your sharp si ckle and gat her the clusters of th e vine of the

earth, for h er gr apes are full y rip e.” 19 So the a ngel thrust his si ckle into the eart h and gathered the vi ne of

the earth, and threw it into the great winepress of the wra th of G od. 20 And th e winepress w as trampl ed

outside th e city, an d blood came out of the winepress, u p to the horses’ bridles, for on e thousand si x

hundred furlong s.

Reve lation 15

Prelude to the Bow l Judgments

1 Then I sa w an other sig n in heaven, gr eat and mar velous: seven angels having the s ev en

last plagues, f or in them the wra th of God is c ompl ete.

2 And I saw s omething like a sea of g lass mingled wi th fire, and those who have th e

victory over th e beast, over his i mage and ov er his mark and over the numb er of his

name, standing on the sea of glass, having h arps of G od. 3 They sing the song of Moses,

“Great and marvelous are Your wor ks,

Lord God Almighty!

Just and true are Your ways,

O King of th e sai nts!

4 Who shall not f ear You, O Lord, and glorify Y our name?

For You alon e ar e holy.

For all natio ns shall come and wor ship before You,

”

5 After thes e thing s I looked, and behol d, the temple of th e tabernacle of t he testimony in h eaven was

opened. 6 A nd out of the tem ple came the s even angels h aving th e sev en pl agues, cl othed in pure brig ht

linen, and having their ches ts girded with golden b ands. 7 T hen one of th e four livi ng creatures gav e to the

seven angels s even golden b owl s full of the wrath of God wh o lives forev er and ev er. 8 The templ e was

filled with s moke f rom the glory of God and from His power, and no one was able to ent er the t emple till

the seven plag ues of th e s ev en angels w ere completed.

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The Seven Bowls

1 Then I he ard a lou d voice from t he temple saying to the seven angels, “Go and pour

out the bowls of the wrath of G od on the e arth.”

First Bowl: Loat hsome Sores

2 So the fi rst went and poured out his bowl upon the ear th, and a f oul and lo athsome

sore came upon the men who h ad the mark of the b east and those who worship ed hi s

image.

Second Bow l: The Sea T ur ns to Blood

3 Then the s econd angel poured ou t his b owl o n the s ea, and it bec ame bloo d as of a

;

Third Bowl: The Waters T urn to Blood

4 Then the thi rd angel pour ed out his bowl o n the rivers a nd springs of wat er, and they b ecame

blood. 5 And I heard the angel of the waters s aying:

“You are right eous, O Lord,

The One who is and who was and who is to be,

Because You h ave judged th ese things.

6 For they hav e shed the bloo d of saints and pr ophets,

And You h ave given them blood t o drink.

For it is their jus t due.”

7 And I heard another from the alt ar sa ying, “ Even s o, Lord God Almigh ty, true and ri ghteous are

”

Fourth Bowl: Men Are Sc orched

8 Then the four th angel pour ed out his bowl o n the sun, and p ower was give n to him to s corch me n with

fire. 9 And m en were scorc hed with gr eat heat, a nd they blasphe med the name of God who has po wer

over these pl agues; and the y did not repen t and g ive Him glory.

Fifth Bowl: Dar kness and Pa in

10 Then th e fif th ang el poured out his bowl on th e thro ne of the be ast, a nd his kingdo m beca me full of

darkness; and t hey gnawed their tongues because of the p ain. 11 They blas phemed th e God of heaven

because of their pains a nd their sores, and did no t repent of their deeds.

Sixth Bowl: E uphrates Dr ied Up

12 Then th e sixth angel p oured out his bowl on t he great river Eu phrates, and its water was drie d up, so that

the way of th e kings f rom the eas t mig ht be prep ared. 13 And I s aw thr ee unclean spir its like frogs coming ou t

of the mout h of th e dr agon, out of the mouth of the beast, an d out of the m outh of the false prophe t. 14 For

they are spir its of d emons, performing signs, which go out to the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to

gather them to the battle of th at g reat day of God Almigh ty.

15 “Behold, I am coming as a thief. Blessed is he w ho watches, and k eeps his garm ents, lest he walk n aked and

they see his sh ame.”

16 And th ey gather ed them togeth er to the place call ed i n Hebre w, Armageddon.

Seventh Bow l: The Ear th Utt erly Shaken

17 Then th e sev ent h angel poured out his bowl into th e air, an d a loud voic e came out of the templ e of

heaven, fr om the thron e, saying, “I t is done! ” 18 And there were noises and thunderi ngs and lightnings;

and there was a great earthqu ake, such a mig hty and great eart hquake as had n ot occurred s ince men were

on the earth. 19 Now the gr eat ci ty was divid ed into thr ee parts, and the cities of the nations f ell. And great

Babylon w as remem bered before God, to give her th e cup of the wine of the f ierceness of His wrath. 2 0

Then every isl and fled away, a nd the moun tains wer e not found. 21 And great hail f rom heaven fell up on

men, each hails tone about the weigh t of a talent. M en blasphemed God be cause of the pl ague of the hail,

since that plagu e was exceedi ngly great.

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1 Then on e of the sev en angels who had t he s ev en bowls came and tal ked with m e,

saying to m e, “Come, I will sho w you the judg ment of the gr ea t harlot who si ts on man y

waters, 2 wit h whom the king s of the earth committ ed forni cation, and th e inhabit ants

of the earth w ere made drunk wi th the wine of her fornicatio n.”

3 So he carri ed me away in the S pirit into the wilderness. And I sa w a woman si tti ng on

a scarlet beas t whi ch was full of n ames of blasphe my, h aving seven heads and ten hor ns.

4 The wom an was arrayed i n purple and s carlet, an d adorned wi th gold and precious

stones and pe arls, having in h er hand a gold en cup f ull of abomina ti ons and the

5 And on her for ehead a nam e was written:

'MYSTERY, B ABYLON T HE GREAT,

THE MOTHE R OF HARLO TS

AND OF TH E ABOMINATI ONS

OF THE EA RTH.

6 I saw the woman, dru nk with th e blood of th e s ai nts and with the blood of th e mar tyrs of Jesus.

And when I sa w her, I marvel ed wi th grea t ama zemen t.

The Meanin g of t he Woma n and the Beast

7 But the a ngel said to me, “Wh y did you m arvel? I will tell you the mystery of th e woman and of th e beast

that carries her, which has the seve n heads and the ten hor ns. 8 The beast that you saw w as, and is no t,

and will asc end ou t of the bot toml ess pit and go to perdition. An d those who d well on the ear th will

marvel, whose names are no t writte n in the Book of L ife from the foun dation of t he world, when they see

the beast that was , and is not, and yet is.

9 “Here is t he mind which has wi sdom: The s even he ads are seven m ountains on whi ch the woman si ts. 10

There are also seven kings. F ive have fallen, o ne is, a nd the other has n ot yet come. And wh en he comes, he

must continue a short time. 11 T he beast t hat was, and is not, is himself als o the eigh th, and is of the seven,

and is going t o perdi tion.

12 “The ten h orns which you s aw are ten kings who have r eceived n o kingdom as y et, but t hey receive

authority for on e hour as king s wi th the beas t. 13 Th es e are of one mind, and they will gi ve their power and

authority to t he beast. 14 Th ese will mak e war wi th the Lamb, a nd th e Lamb will overcome th em, for He is

Lord of l ords and King of k ings; and those wh o are with Him are called, chos en, and faithful.”

15 Then he s aid to me, “The waters which you s aw, wher e th e harlot sits, are peoples, multi tudes,

nations, and tongu es. 16 And the ten horns which you s aw on the beas t, th es e will hate th e har lot, mak e

her desolat e and nak ed, eat her flesh and burn her with fire. 17 For God has pu t it into their h ear ts to

fulf ill His purpose, to be of o ne mind, and to giv e their ki ngdom to the beas t, until th e words of God are

fulf illed. 18 And the woman whom you sa w is that gre at city which reig ns over the king s of the eart h.”

1 After th ese things I saw a nother angel co ming do wn from heav en, h aving g reat

authority, a nd th e earth was illu minated wit h his glory. 2 And he cried mightil y with a

loud voice, s aying, “Ba bylon the gr eat is f allen, is fall en, and has become a dwelling place

of demons, a pri son for every foul spirit, and a cage for every u nclean and h ated bird! 3

For all the nati ons have drunk of the win e of the wrath of her forni cation, the ki ngs of

the earth hav e commi tted fornic ation wit h her , and the merchan ts of the earth have

become ri ch throug h the a bundance of h er luxury.”

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her sins, and l est you r eceive of h er plagues. 5 For h er sins have re ached to heave n, and God has

remember ed her i niquities. 6 Rend er to her just as sh e r en der ed to you, a nd repay her dou ble

according to her works; in th e cu p which sh e has mixed, mix double for her. 7 In the m easure that

she glorifi ed hers el f and lived luxu riously, in the s ame m eas ure give her torment and s orrow; for she

says in her h eart, ‘I sit as queen, and am no widow, and will n ot see sorro w.’ 8 Ther efore her plagues

will come in one day —death and mourning and famine. And she will be u tterly burned wi th fire, for

strong is th e L ord God w ho judges her.

The Worl d M ourns Ba bylon’s Fa ll

9 “The king s of the earth who committed forni cation and lived lux uriously wi th her will wee p and

lament for her, when they see the smok e of her burni ng, 10 standing at a distanc e for f ear of h er

torment, sa yi ng, ‘Alas, alas, t hat great city Ba bylon, that migh ty ci ty! For in one hour y our judgment

’

11 “And th e merch ants of the ear th will weep and mourn ov er her, for no one buys their mer chandise

anymore: 12 merc handi se of gold a nd silver, pre ci ous stones an d pearls, fine line n and purple, silk and

scarlet, every kind of citron wood, every kin d of object of ivory, every kind of object of most pr eci ous

wood, bronz e, iron, and marbl e; 13 and ci nnamon and incense, fr agrant oil and franki ncense, wine and oil,

fine flour and wheat, cattle and shee p, horses and chari ots, and bodi es and souls of men. 14 The fr uit that

your soul long ed for has gone fr om you, and all the things whi ch are rich a nd splendid have g one from

you, and you shall fi nd them no more at all. 15 Th e merchants of these things, wh o became ric h by her,

will stand a t a di stance for fe ar of her torme nt, weeping an d wailing, 16 and saying, ‘ Alas, alas, that gr ea t

city that was cl othed in fin e linen, purple, and scarl et, and adorned with gold a nd precious s tones and

pearls! 17 For i n one hour such gr eat riches came to nothing. ’ Every ship master, all who travel b y ship,

sailors, and a s many as trade o n the sea, stood a t a distance 18 and cried out when they sa w th e smoke of

her burning, sa ying, ‘What is li ke this great cit y?’

19 “They thre w dust on th eir heads and cried out, weeping and w ailing, and s aying , ‘Alas, alas, that great

city, in whi ch all who had ships on the sea beca me r ich by her weal th! For in o ne hour she is made desola te.’

20 “Rejoice over her, O h eave n, and you holy apostles and pr ophets, for God has av eng ed you on h er!”

Finality of Babylon’ s Fall

21 Then a migh ty angel took up a stone lik e a great mills tone and thre w it into th e sea, saying , “Thus with

violence the g reat city Babyl on shall be thro wn down, and sh all not be found an ymore. 22 The sound of

harpists, mus icians, flu tists, and trum peters shall not be heard i n you anymor e. No crafts man of any craft

shall be fou nd in you anymor e, and t he sound of a millstone shall no t be heard in y ou anymore. 2 3 The

light of a la mp shall not shine i n you anymor e, and the voic e of bridegr oom and bride s hall not b e he ard in

you anymor e. For your merc hants were the gre at men of th e earth, for b y your s orcery all the n ati ons were

deceived. 24 A nd in her was f ound the blood of prophets and s aints, and of all who were slain on the

earth.”

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1 After th ese things I heard a loud voice of a great multitude i n heaven, saying,

“Alleluia! Salva tion and glory and honor and pow er belong to the Lord our God! 2 For

true and rig hteous are His judgm ents, bec ause He has judged th e g reat harlot w ho

corrupted th e earth with her forni cation; and He has avenge d on her the blo od of His

servants shed by h er .” 3 Again the y said, “Alleluia! Her smoke rises up forever and

ever!” 4 And the twenty-four el ders and th e four living crea tures fell down and

worshiped Go d who sat on the thro ne, saying, “Am en! Alleluia!” 5 Then a voi ce came

from the thron e, saying, “P raise our God, all y ou His servants and those who f ear Him,

both small a nd great!”

6 And I heard, as it were, the v oice of a grea t mul titude, as the s ound of man y waters and as the

sound of migh ty thunderings , sayi ng, “Alleluia! For th e Lord God Omnipotent r eigns! 7 Let us be

glad and rej oice and giv e Him glory, for the marri age of the Lamb has come, and His wife has made

herself ready.” 8 And to her it was granted to be array ed i n fine linen, clean and bright, f or the fine

linen is the rig hteous acts of th e saints.

9 Then he said to me, “Writ e: ‘Bless ed are those who are c alled to the marr iage supper of the L amb!’

” And he said to me, “These ar e the true sa yi ngs of God.” 10 And I fell a t his feet to wor ship him.

But he said to me, “ See that you do not do that! I am your fello w serva nt, and of your brethren who

have the tes timony of J esu s. Worship God! F or the tes timony of J esus is the spirit of pro phecy.”

Christ o n a White Hor se

11 Now I sa w h eaven open ed, and behold, a white horse. A nd He who sa t on him was called F aithful and

True, and in righ teousness He j udges and mak es war. 12 His eyes were like a flame of fir e, and on His head

were many cro wns. He had a name written t hat no o ne knew exc ept Himself. 13 He was clothed with a

robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of G od. 14 And the armies i n heaven, clot hed i n

fine linen, white an d cl ean, follo wed Hi m on whi te horses. 15 Now out of His mouth goes a sharp sword,

that with it He shoul d strike the nations. And He Himself will r ule them with a rod of iron. He Hims elf

treads th e win epress of th e fierceness and wrath of Al might y God. 16 And H e has on His ro be and on His

thigh a nam e wr itten:

KING OF KINGS AND

The Beast a nd H is Armies Defeated

17 Then I saw an angel standi ng in the sun; a nd he cried wi th a l oud voice, saying to all the birds that fly in the

midst of heav en, “Come and g ather together f or the supper of t he great God, 18 that you may e at the fl esh of

kings, the fl es h of captai ns, the flesh of mighty men, th e flesh of horses and of those who sit on th em, and the

flesh of all pe ople, fr ee and slave, b oth small and gr eat.”

19 And I saw the be ast, the king s of the earth, a nd th eir armi es , gathered toge ther to make war ag ainst

Him who sa t on th e horse and agains t His army. 20 Then the beas t was captured, a nd with him th e false

prophet who w orked signs in his presence, b y whi ch he d eceived those wh o received th e mark of the be ast

and those who worshiped hi s imag e. These two were cast alive into the lake of f ire burning with

brimstone. 21 And the rest wer e killed wi th the sword which proc eeded from th e mouth of Him who sat

on the hors e. And all t he birds wer e filled with their f lesh.

Satan Bou nd 1,000 Years

1 Then I sa w an angel comi ng down from h eaven, having t he k ey to the b ottomless pit

and a great chain in his hand. 2 H e l aid hold of the dr agon, th at serpe nt of old, who is

the Devil a nd Satan, and bound hi m for a thous and years; 3 a nd he cast hi m into the

bottomless pit, a nd shut him up, and set a s eal on him, so th at he should de ceive the

nations no more till the thousan d years were fini shed. But after these things he must be

released for a lit tle while.

ears

4 And I saw thron es, and th ey s at on th em, and judgm ent w as commi tted to them. Th en I saw the

souls of thos e who h ad been beh ead ed for their wi tness to Jesus a nd for the w ord of God, wh o had

not worship ed the b eas t or his im age, and had no t received his mark o n their f oreheads or on t heir

hands. And they lived and reign ed with Chri st f or a thous and ye ars. 5 But the re st of t he d ead did

not live again un til the thousa nd years were finish ed. This is th e first resurrection. 6 Blessed and

holy is he w ho has part in t he f irst resurre ction. Ov er such the se cond death h as no power, but th ey

shall be

iests of God and of Chris t

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Satanic Rebell ion Crushed

7 Now wh en the thous and years have expired, S atan will b e released f rom his prison 8 and will go ou t to

deceive the n ati ons which are in the four cor ners of th e e arth, Gog and M agog, to ga ther the m together to

battle, whose number is as the sand of th e sea. 9 They went up o n the bre adth of the e arth and sur rounded

the camp of t he saints and the belov ed ci ty. And fire came do wn from God out of heav en and d evoured

them. 10 Th e dev il, who d eceived them, was cast in to the lake of fi re and brims ton e where th e beast and

the false prop het are. And the y will be torme nted day and nig ht forever a nd ev er.

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11 Then I sa w a gre at white throne and Him who s at on it, f rom whose f ace the earth and the heaven f led

away. And t here was fou nd no pla ce for t hem. 12 And I saw t he dead, s mall and grea t, standing befor e God,

and books w ere opened. And a nother book w as opened, whi ch is the Book of Life. And th e d ead were judg ed

according to thei r works, by the things whi ch were written in the books. 13 The sea g ave up th e dead who

were in it, an d Death and Ha des d elivered up the dead who were in the m. And th ey were judged, each one

according to his works. 14 T hen De ath and Hades were cas t into the lake of fire. This is th e second de ath. 15

And an

one not fou nd written in t he B ook of Lif e was cast into the l ake of fire.

All Things Made New

1 Now I sa w a ne w heaven and a n ew ear th, for the first heaven and t he f irst earth had

passed away. Also there was no more sea. 2 Th en I, John, saw th e hol y city, N ew

Jerusalem, comi ng down out of heaven from God, prepar ed as a bri de adorned for h er

husband. 3 And I heard a lou d voice from h eaven saying, “Behold, the ta ber nacle of

God is with men, and He will dwell with th em, and they shall be His peo ple. God

Himself will b e with them a nd be their God. 4 And God will wipe awa y every t ear from

their eyes; ther e shall be no mor e death, nor sor row, nor cryi ng. There shall b e no more

pain, for th e former things have p assed aw ay. ”

5 Then He who s at on th e throne said, “Behold, I make all things n ew.” And H e said to me,

“Write, for th ese words ar e tru e and faithful. ”

6 And He sai d to me, “It is done! I am th e Al pha and t he Omega, th e B eg inning and the End. I will

give of the fou ntai n of the water of life freely to him who thirsts. 7 H e who ov ercomes sh all inherit

all things, an d I will b e his God and h e shall be M y son. 8 Bu t the cow ardly, un believing,

abominable, murderers, sexually i mmoral, sor cerers , idolaters, and all l iars shall hav e their part i n th e

lake which burns with fire a nd brimstone, whi ch is the second d eath.”

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9 Then one of the seven ang els who had th e seven bowls fi lled with th e s ev en last plagu es came to me and

talked with me, s aying, “Co me, I will sho w yo u the bride, the Lamb’s wife.” 10 And he c arried me awa y in

the Spirit to a great and high mo untain, and sho wed me th e great cit y, the holy Jerusal em, descending ou t

of heaven fr om God, 11 having the glory of God. Her lig ht was like a m ost pr eci ous stone, l ike a jasper

stone, clear as cr ystal. 12 Also she had a gr ea t and high w all with t welv e gates, and twelve angels at the

gates, and na mes written on t hem, which ar e the n ames of the t welv e tribes of th e children of Isra el: 13

three gates on the eas t, three ga tes on the north, t hree gates on the s outh, and three gates on th e west. 14

Now the wall of the city had t wel ve found ations, and on them wer e the n ames of the t welv e apostles of

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16 The city i s laid out as a squar e; its length is as great as its br ea dth. And he measured the city with the

reed: twelv e th ousand fur longs. Its length, br eadth, and heig ht are equal. 17 Th en he measured its wall: o ne

hundred and for ty-four cubits, according to th e measure of a m an, that is, of an angel. 18 Th e constru ction of

its wall was of jasper; and the city was pure gold, li ke clear gl ass. 19 T he foundatio ns of the wall of th e city

were adorn ed with all kinds of pre cious s tones: the firs t f oundation was j asper, the second s apphire, th e thir d

chalcedony, t he fourt h emerald, 20 the fif th sardonyx, th e sixth sardiu s, the seventh chr ysolite, the eigh th

beryl, the nin th top az, the tenth chrysoprase, the elev enth jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst. 21 T he tw elve

gates were tw elve pearl s: each indivi dual gate was of one pearl. And the street of th e city was pur e gold, like

transparent g lass.

The Glory o f the New Jeru salem

22 But I sa w no te mple in it, for the Lord G od Almight y and the Lam b are i ts templ e. 23 The cit y h ad no

need of th e sun or of the moon to shine in it, for t he glory of God illumi nat ed it. The La mb is its light. 24

And the nati ons of those wh o are s aved s hall wal k in its lig ht, and th e kings of th e earth bring their g lory

and honor int o it. 25 Its gates s hall not be shu t at all by da y ( ther e shall be no nig ht there). 26 And they

shall bring th e glory and the h onor of the nati ons into it. 27 Bu t there shall by no means en ter i t anything

that defiles, or causes an abo mination or a lie, bu t only those who are written in th e Lamb’s Book of Life.

The River of L ife

1 And he show ed me a pure riv er of wa ter of life, clear as crystal, proceedi ng from the

throne of God and of the L amb. 2 I n the middle of its s treet, and on either side of the

river, was the tr ee of lif e, which bore twelve fruits, each tree yielding i ts fru it every

month. The l eav es of the tr ee were for the healing of the nations. 3 And th er e shall be

no more curse, but the thron e of G od and of the La mb shall be in i t, and His servants

shall serve Hi m. 4 Th ey shall see His f ace, and His name shall be on t heir foreh eads. 5

There shall be no night there: Th ey need no lamp nor light of the sun, for th e Lord God

gives them lig ht. And the y shal l reign f orever and ever.

The Time Is Nea r

6 Then he said to me, “Th es e words are f aithf ul and true.” And th e Lord God of the holy pro phets

sent His angel to s how His serva nts the things which must shortl y take place.

7 “Behold, I a m coming quickl y! Blessed is h e who keeps the words of the pr ophecy of this book.”

8 Now I, Joh n, saw and he ard these things. And when I he ard and saw, I f ell down to w orship

before the fe et of th e angel who sho wed me th ese things.

9 Then he said to me, “See t hat you d o not do tha t. For I am your f el low serv ant, and of your brethren

the prophets, an d of those who k eep the w ords of this book. W orship God. ” 10 And h e said to me, “ Do

not seal the words of the pr ophecy of this book, for the ti me is at h and. 11 H e who is unjus t, let hi m be

unjust still; h e who is filth y, let him be fil thy still ; he who is ri ghteo us, let him b e righteous still; h e who is

holy, let him be hol y s till.”

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12 “And behold, I am comi ng quickly, and My reward is wi th Me, to give to ev ery one acc ording to his work.

13 I am the Al pha and the Omeg a, the Beginning and the End, th e First and th e Last.”

14 Blessed are those who do His command men ts, that the y m ay have th e right to the tr ee of life, and m ay

enter through the gates into th e ci ty. 15 B ut outside are d ogs and sorcer ers and sexually i mmoral and

murderers and i dolaters, and whoever loves and practices a lie.

16 “I, J esus, have s ent My a ngel to testify to you these things in the chur che s. I am th e Root an d the Off spring

of David, th e Bright and Morning Star .”

17 And th e Spirit a nd the bride sa y, “Com e!” And let him who hears say, “Co me!” And le t him wh o thirsts

come. Who ev er d esires

let him tak e the wat er of life fr eel

A Warning

18 For I testif y to ev ery one wh o hears the wor ds of the prophe cy of this b ook: If anyone adds to thes e

things, God will ad d to hi m the plagues that are wr itten in this book; 19 and if an yon e takes aw ay f rom the

words of the b ook of this proph ecy, God shall take away his part from the Bo ok of Life, f rom the hol y

city, and from the things whic h are written i n this book.

I Am Comi ng Q uickly

20 He who t estifies to thes e things says, “Surely I am c oming qui ckly.”

Amen. Ev en so, come, L ord Jesus!

21 The gra ce of our Lor d Jesus Chris t be wi th you all. A men.

Psalms

This contains the first 41 Psalms in the Bible to be read, meditated on or used as praise and worship to God.

New King James Version (NKJV)

Psalm 1

The Way o f the Righteo us and t he End of the U ngodly

1 Blessed is th e man

Who walks no t in the couns el of the ungo dly,

Nor stands in the pat h of sinners ,

Nor sits in the seat of the s cornful;

2 But his d elight is in the l aw of the Lor d,

And in His la w he medita tes d ay and ni ght.

3 He shall be like a tree

Planted by the rivers of water,

That bring s forth its fruit in i ts season,

Whose leaf als o shall not with er;

And whatev er he does shall prosp er.

4 The ungodl y are no t so,

But are lik e th e chaff whi ch the wind drives away.

5 Therefore the ung odly shall not s tand i n th e judgment,

Nor sinners i n th e c ongregation of t he righteous.

6 For the Lord k nows the wa y of t he r ighteous,

But the way of the ungodl y shall p erish.

Psalm 2

The Messia h’s T rium ph and Ki ngdom

1 Why do the nati ons rage,

And the peo ple plo t a vain t hing?

2 The kings of t he earth set th emselves,

And the rul ers tak e counsel together,

Against th e Lord an d against His Anoi nted, sayi ng,

3 “L et us bre ak Their bonds in pieces

And cast aw ay Their cords from us.”

4 He who sits in the heavens sh all laugh;

The Lord sh all hold them in d erision.

5 Then He sh all speak to th em in Hi s wrath,

And distress them in His dee p displeasure:

6 “Yet I have s et M y King

On My holy hill of Zion.”

7 “I will decl are the decree:

The Lord h as said to Me,

‘You are M y S on,

Today I hav e beg otten You.

8 Ask of Me, a nd I will give You

The nations for Your inherita nce,

And the ends of the earth for Y our possession.

9 You shall break them with a r od of iron;

You shall dash them to pieces lik e a potter’s vess el.’ ”

10 Now th er efore, be wise, O ki ngs;

Be instruct ed, you ju dges of the eart h.

11 Serve th e Lord with fear,

And rejoice wi th trembling.

12 Kiss the Son, l est He be angr y,

And you p er ish in the wa y,

When His wr ath is kin dled but a li ttle.

Blessed are all those who pu t their trust in Him.

Psalm 3

The Lord He lps His Tro uble d People

A Psalm of David when he fle d from A bsalom his son.

1 Lord, how they h ave in creased who troubl e m e!

Many are t hey who rise up against me.

2 Many are t hey wh o say of me,

“There is no hel p for him in God.” Selah

3 But You, O L ord, are a shi eld for me,

My glory an d the O ne who li fts up m y head.

4 I cried to th e Lord with my voi ce,

And He heard me from His hol y hill. Selah

5 I lay down and slept;

I awoke, f or the L ord sustained me.

6 I will not be afraid of t en thousa nds of people

Who have s et themselves ag ains t me all aro und.

7 Arise, O Lord;

Save me, O my God!

For You hav e str uck all m y enemi es on the cheek bone;

You have brok en the teeth of the ungodly.

8 Salvation belo ngs to the Lord.

Your blessi ng is upon Your p eople. Selah

The Safety of the Faithful

To the C hief M usician . Wit h stri nge d instrume nts. A Psalm of Davi d.

1 Hear me wh en I call, O God of my right eousness!

You have reli eved me in my distress;

Have merc y on me, and h ear my prayer.

2 How long , O you sons of men,

Will you tur n my glory to sha me?

How long will you love wort hlessness

And seek fals ehood? Selah

3 But kno w that the Lord has set apar t for Hims el f him who is godl y;

The Lord will hear when I c all to Him.

4 Be angry, and do not sin.

Meditate withi n your heart on your bed, and be still. Selah

5 Offer the s acrific es of righteousness,

And put your trust i n the L ord.

6 There are m any who sa y,

“Who will sh ow us any good?”

Lord, l ift up the li ght of Y our countenan ce u pon us.

7 You have pu t gladness in my heart,

More than in the s eas on that th eir gr ain and win e increased.

8 I will bot h lie down in pe ace, and sl eep;

For You alon e

O Lor

make me dw ell in safet

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Psalm 5

A Prayer for G uidance

To the C hief M usician . Wit h flutes. A Psalm of Davi d.

1 Give ear t o my words, O Lor d,

Consider my meditation.

2 Give h eed to the voice of my cr y,

My King and my God,

For to You I will pra y.

3 My voice You s hall hear in the morning, O Lord;

In the morning I will direct it to You,

And I will look u p.

4 For You are not a God w ho takes pl easure in wickedness,

Nor shall evil dw ell with Yo u.

5 The boastful sh all not stand in Your sight;

You hate all w orkers of iniquit y.

6 You shall des troy thos e who sp eak false hood;

The Lord a bhors t he bloodthirsty and dec eitful man.

7 But as for m e, I will come int o Your hous e in the multitu de of Your mercy;

In fear of Yo u I will worship toward Your holy temple.

8 Lead me, O Lor d, in Your ri ghteousness b eca use of my enemies;

Make Your wa y str aight before my f ace.

9 For there is no faithfulness in their mouth;

Their inward par t is destruc tion;

Their throat is an open tom b;

They flatter wit h their tongu e.

10 Pr onounce th em guilt y, O God!

Let them fall by their own couns els;

Cast them ou t in the multitu de of their tr ansgression s,

For they hav e rebelled against You.

11 But let all th ose rejoic e who pu t their tr ust in You;

Let them ever sh out for jo y, because You def end them;

Let those also w ho love You r name

Be joyful in You.

12 For You, O Lord, wi ll bless the ri ghteous;

With favor You will surround him as with a shiel d.

Psalm 6

A Prayer of Fa ith in Time o f Distres s

To the C hief M usician . Wit h stri nged i nstrume nts. On an ei ght-stri nged harp. A

Psalm of Davi d.

1 O Lord, do not r ebuke me in Your anger,

Nor chast en me in Your hot displ eas ure.

2 Have merc y on me, O Lord, for I am we ak;

O Lord, he al me, for my b ones are trouble d.

3 My soul also is greatly trou bled;

But You, O Lor d—how long ?

4 Return, O Lord, deliv er me!

Oh, save me for Your merci es’ sake!

5 For i n deat h there is no re membrance of You;

In the gr ave who will give You tha nks?

6 I am wear y wi th my groaning;

All night I mak e my bed s wim;

I drench my couch with my tears.

7 My eye wastes a wa y because of gr ief;

It grows old because of all my enemi es.

8 Depart fr om me, all you workers of iniquity;

For the Lord h as heard the voi ce of my weeping.

9 The Lord h as heard my suppli cation;

The Lord will receive my pra yer .

10 Let all my enemies be asha med and gre atl y troubled;

Let them turn b ack and be ash amed suddenl

Psalm 7

Prayer and Praise f or Delivera nc e from Enemie s

A Meditat ion of Dav id, which he sang to the L ord concernin g the words of

Cush, a Be njamite.

1 O Lord m y G od, in You I pu t my trust;

Save me fr om all those who p ersecute me;

And deliver m e,

2 Lest they te ar me like a lio n,

Rending me in pieces, while t here is none to deliver.

3 O Lord m y God, if I have done this:

If there is iniqui ty i n my hands,

4 If I have rep aid evil to hi m wh o was a t pe ace with me,

Or have plund ered my ene my with out caus e,

5 Let the ene my pursu e me and over take me;

Yes, let him tr ample my life to the earth,

And lay my ho nor in the dust. S el ah

6 Arise, O Lord, i n Your ang er;

Lift Yourself u p because of the rag e of my enemies;

Rise up for m e to the judgm ent You have comma nded!

7 So the co ngregation of th e peoples shall surroun d You;

For their sak es, therefore, re turn on high.

8 The Lord sh all judge the p eopl es;

Judge me, O Lord, according t o my righteousne ss,

And according to my integri ty within me.

9 Oh, let th e wicked ness of the wick ed come to an end,

But establish the just;

For the right eous God tests th e hearts and mi nds.

10 My def ense is of God,

Who saves t he uprigh t in heart.

11 God is a jus t judge,

And God is a ngry with the wick ed ev ery day.

12 If he do es not turn back,

He will sharpe n His sword;

He bends His bow and mak es it r ead y.

13 He also pre pares for Himself instruments of d eath;

He makes His arrows into fier y shafts.

14 Behold, th e wicked brings f orth iniquit y;

Yes, he conc eives tro uble and brings f orth falsehood.

15 He mad e a pit an d dug it out,

And has falle n into the ditch which he mad e.

16 His troubl e shall return u pon his own head,

And his viol ent de aling shall com e do wn on his o wn crown.

17 I will prais e th e L ord accordi ng to His righteousness,

And will sing praise to the nam e of the Lord M ost High.

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The Glory o f the Lord in Creation

To the C hief M usician . On the instr ument o f Gath. A Psa lm o f David.

1 O Lord, our L ord,

How excell ent is Your n ame in all the ear th,

Who have s et Your glory a bove the heavens!

2 Out of the mouth of b abes and nursing infants

You have ord ained streng th,

Because of Your e nemi es,

That You may silence the enemy and th e ave nger.

3 When I consi der Your he avens, the work of Your fing ers,

The moon and the s tars, which You have ordain ed,

4 What is ma n that You are mindf ul of him,

And the son of m an that Yo u visit him?

5 For You hav e made him a li ttle low er than the angels,

And You h ave crown ed him with gl ory and honor.

6 You have m ade hi m to h ave dominion over the works of Your hands;

You have pu t al l things und er his feet,

7 All sheep a nd oxen—

Even the be asts of the f ield,

8 The birds of the air,

And the fish of the sea

That pass thr ough the paths of the seas.

9 O Lord, our Lord,

How excell ent is Your n ame in all the ear th!

Psalm 9

Prayer and Thank sgivin g for t he Lord’s Rig hteo us J ud gments

To the C hief M usician . To the tune o f “Death of t he So n.” A Psalm of Davi d.

1 I will prais e You, O Lord, wi th my whole heart;

I will tell of all Your marvelous works.

2 I will be glad and rejoice in Y ou;

I will sing pr aise to Your name, O M ost High.

3 When my enemies turn back,

They shall fall a nd perish at Your presence.

4 For You hav e maintained my righ t and my cause;

You sat on th e throne judging in righteousn ess.

5 You have reb uked the nati ons,

You have d estr oyed the wick ed;

You have blo tted out their na me for ever and ev er.

6 O enem y, des tructions ar e finished for ever!

And you h ave destro yed ci ti es;

Even their memor y h as perished.

7 But the Lord sh all endure f orever;

He has prep ared His thro ne for judg ment.

8 He shall j udge the world in ri ghteousness,

And He sh all ad minist er judg ment for th e peoples in upri ghtness.

9 The Lord als o will be a r efuge f or the oppressed,

A refuge in tim es of trouble.

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n You;

For You, L ord, have not fors aken those who s eek You.

11 Sing praise s to th e Lord, wh o dwells in Zion!

Declare His deeds a mong the peopl e.

12 When H e aveng es blo od, He rememb ers them;

He does no t f orget the cry of the humble.

13 Have mer cy on m e, O Lord!

Consider my trouble from th ose who hate me,

You who lift m e up from th e gates of d eath,

14 That I ma y tell of all Your praise

In the gat es of the da ughter of Zion.

I will rejoic e in Your salvation.

15 The natio ns hav e sunk d own in the pi t which they made;

In the net w hich the y hid, their o wn foo t is caug ht.

16 The Lord is kn own by th e judgment He execu tes;

The wicked is snared in the work of hi s own hands.

Meditation. S elah

17 The wick ed shall be turned into hell,

And all th e nations that forget God.

18 For the needy shall not al ways be forgo tten;

The expecta tion of the poor sh all no t perish for ever.

19 Arise, O Lord,

Do not le t ma n prevail;

Let the nation s be judged in Your sight.

20 Pu t the m in fear, O Lord,

That the na tions may know th emselves to be but me n. Selah

Psalm 10

A Song of Co nfidence i n Go d’s T riumph ov er Evil

1 Why do You stand afar off, O Lor d?

Why do You hide i n times of tr ouble?

2 The wicked i n his pride pers ecu tes the poor ;

Let them be caugh t in the plots whi ch they have devise d.

3 For the wicked boa sts of his hear t’s desire;

He blesses the gre ed y and renou nces the Lord.

4 The wicked i n his proud cou ntenance does not seek God;

God is in none of his thoughts.

5 His ways ar e always prospering;

Your judgme nts are far a bove, ou t of his sig ht;

As for all his enemies, he sn eer s at them.

6 He has said in his heart, “I s hal l not be moved;

I shall nev er be i n adv ersity.”

7 His mou th is full of cursing and de cei t and oppr ession;

Under his t ongue is trouble and ini quity.

8 He sits in th e lurking pla ces of the villag es;

In the secr et places he murd ers the innoce nt;

His eyes ar e secretly fixed on the hel pless.

9 He lies in wai t secretly, as a lion in his den;

He lies in wai t to catch the po or;

He catches th e poor when h e draws him into his net.

10 So he crouc hes, he lies l ow,

That the helpl ess may fall by his s trength.

11 He has s aid in his heart,

“God has forgo tten;

He hides His fa ce;

He will never s ee.”

12 Arise, O Lord!

O God, lift u p You r hand!

Do not forg et the humble.

13 Why do t he wicked ren ounce God?

He has said in his heart,

“You will no t r equire an ac count.”

14 But You h ave seen, for Y ou observe trouble and grief,

To repay it by Your hand.

The helpless commits himself to Y ou;

You are th e h elper of the fa therless.

15 Break the arm of the wick ed and the evil man;

Seek out his wickedness until You find none.

16 The Lord is Ki ng forever an d ever;

The nations hav e perished ou t of His land.

17 Lord, You h ave heard the desire of the humble;

You will pr epare th eir he art;

You will caus e You r ear to hear,

18 To do jus tice to the fatherl ess and the oppressed,

That the ma n of the earth may oppr ess no more.

Psalm 11

Faith in the L ord’s Righte ousne ss

To the C hief M usician . A P sa lm of David.

1 In the Lord I pu t my trus t;

How can you s ay to my soul,

“Fl ee as a bird to your mount ain”?

2 For l ook! The wi cked ben d their bow,

They mak e ready t hei r arrow on the string ,

That they m ay shoo t secretly at th e u pright in he art.

3 If the found atio ns are des troyed,

What can th e right eous do?

4 The Lord is in His holy templ e,

The Lord’s t hrone is in heaven;

His eyes b ehold,

His eyelids t est the sons of men.

5 The Lord t ests th e righteous,

But the wi ck ed and th e one who loves vi olence His soul hates.

6 Upon the wicked He will rain coals;

Fire and brims tone and a burni ng wind

Shall be the por tio n of th eir cu p.

7 For the Lord i s righteous,

He loves ri ghteous ness;

His counte nan ce beholds th e upright.

Psalm 12

Man’s Tre achery and Go d’s Constancy

To the C hief M usician . On an eight- stringed harp. A P salm of Dav id.

1 Help, Lord, for the godly m an ceases!

For the faithf ul disappear from among the sons of men.

2 They spe ak idly everyone with his neig hbor;

With flattering li ps and a doubl e heart they sp eak.

3 May the Lord cut off all fla ttering lips,

And the tongu e that speaks proud things,

4 Who have sai d,

“With our t ongue we will pr ev ail;

Our lips are our own;

Who is lord ov er us?”

5 “F or the op pression of th e poor, for t he s ighing of t he n eedy,

Now I will arise,” says the Lord;

“I will set hi m in the safety for whi ch he y earns.”

6 The words of the L ord are pure words,

Like silv er tried in a furnac e of earth,

Puri fied seven times.

7 You shall keep th em, O Lord,

You shall preserv e them fro m this g enera tion forev er.

8 The wicked prowl on every sid e,

When vileness is exalted amo ng the sons of men.

Psalm 13

Trust in t he Salvat ion of the L ord

To the C hief M usician . A P sa lm of David.

1 How long, O L ord? Will You for get me for ev er?

How long will You hide Your fa ce from me?

2 How long shall I t ake couns el in my soul,

Having sorrow in my heart d aily?

How long will my enemy b e exalted over me?

3 Consider and hear me, O Lord my God;

Enlighten m y eyes,

Lest I sleep t he sl eep of de ath;

4 Lest my en emy sa y,

“I have prev ailed against him” ;

Lest those who trouble m e rejoice when I am moved.

5 But I hav e trus ted in Your mercy;

My heart sh all rejoice in Your salva tion.

6 I will sing to the Lord,

Because He h as dealt bountifully with me.

Psalm 14

Folly of the Go dless, and G od’s Final Tri um ph

To the C hief M usician . A P sa lm of David.

1 The fool has s aid in his hear t,

“There is no God.”

They are cor rupt,

They have don e abominable works,

There is none who does good.

2 The Lord looks down fr om heave n upon the chil dren of men,

To see if ther e are any wh o understand, wh o seek God.

3 They have all turn ed as ide,

They have toge ther becom e corrupt;

There is none who does good,

No, not on e.

4 Have all th e work ers of iniquit y no k nowledge,

Who eat up m y people as the y eat bre ad,

And do no t call on t he Lord?

5 There the y ar e i n great fear,

For God is wi th the genera ti on of the r ighteous.

6 You shame the co unsel of the poor,

But the Lord is his refuge.

7 Oh, that the salva tion of Israel wo uld come out of Zion!

When the L ord brings back t he cap tivity of His pe ople,

Let Jacob rejoi ce and Isra el b e glad.

Psalm 15

The Charac ter of Those W ho May Dw ell with the Lord

A Psalm of David.

1 Lord, who may abide in Your tabernacle?

Who may dw ell in Your holy hill?

2 He who wal ks uprightl y,

And works ri ghteousness,

And speaks the trut h in his heart;

3 He who do es n ot b ackbite with his tongue,

Nor does evil t o his neighbor,

Nor does he tak e up a reproa ch against his f riend;

4 In whose e yes a vil e person is despised,

But he hon ors those who fe ar the Lord;

He who s wears to his own hurt and do es not chang e;

5 He who do es n ot pu t out his m oney at usury,

Nor does he tak e a bribe again st the innoc ent.

He who does t hese things shall n ever be mov ed.

The Hope of t he Faithful, an d the Messia h’s Vict ory

A Michtam o f David.

1 Preserve m e, O God, for in You I put m y tru st.

2 O my soul, yo u have said to the Lord, “You are my L ord, M y good ness

is nothing apart fro m You.”

3 As for th e saints w ho ar e on th e earth,

“They are t he excellent ones, in whom is all my del ight.”

4 Their sorrows s hall be mul tiplied who has ten after another g od;

Their drink of ferings of blood I will not off er ,

Nor take up thei r names on my lips.

5 O Lord, You are the portion of my inherit ance and my c up; You

maintain my lo t.

6 The lines hav e fallen to me in pleas ant places;

Yes, I have a go od inheritanc e.

7 I will bless the L ord wh o has given m e counsel;

My heart also instructs me in the night seaso ns.

8 I have s et the Lord always before me;

Because He is a t my right h and I s hall no t be mov ed.

9 Therefore my heart is gl ad, and m y glory rejoi ces;

My flesh als o wi ll rest in h ope.

10 For You will not leave my soul in Sheol,

Nor will You allo w Your Holy One to see corrup tion.

11 You will sho w me the pat h of life;

In Your pres en ce is fulln ess of joy;

At Your rig ht h and are ple asures for evermore.

Prayer with Conf idence i n Final Salvati on

A Prayer of David.

1 Hear a just cause, O Lor d,

Attend to my cry;

Give ear to my pr ayer whi ch is n ot from d eceitful lips.

2 Let my vindic ation come from Your presen ce;

Let Your ey es look on the things t hat are uprig ht.

3 You have t ested m y heart;

You have visit ed me in the night;

You have tri ed me and hav e found nothi ng;

I have purposed that my mouth shall not tr ansgress.

4 Concerning th e works of men,

By the word of Your lips,

I have kept away from th e pa ths of the destro yer.

5 Uphold m y steps in Your p aths,

That my foo tsteps may not slip.

6 I have called upon You, for Y ou will hear me, O God;

Incline Your e ar to me, and h ear my spee ch.

7 Show Your m arvelous lovingk indness by Y our right hand,

O You wh o save thos e who trust in You

From thos e who ris e u p against th em.

8 Keep me as the apple of Your eye;

Hide me und er the sh adow of Your wings,

9 Fr om the wicked who oppress me,

From m

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enemi es who surroun d me.

10 They hav e cl osed up th eir fat h ear ts;

With their m ouths they s peak proudly.

11 They have n ow surrounded us in our steps;

They have set their eyes, crou ching do wn to the eart h,

12 As a lion is e ager to tear his pr ey,

And like a y oung lion lurking i n secret places.

13 Arise, O Lord,

Confront hi m, cast hi m down;

Deliver my lif e from the wi ck ed with Your sword,

14 With Your h and from me n, O Lord,

From men of the world wh o hav e their portio n in this lif e,

And whos e b elly You fill with Your hid den tre asure.

They are s atisfied with childr en,

And leave th e rest of their possessi on for their ba bes.

15 As for m e, I will s ee Your face in ri ghteousness;

I shall be satisfi ed when I awak e in Your li keness.

Psalm 18

God the Sove reign Savior

To the C hief M usician . A P sa lm of David the servant o f t he Lord, w ho spoke to the

Lord the w ords of this son g on the day t hat t he Lor d delive red him from t he hand of all

his enemie s and from the hand of Saul. And he said:

1 I will love You, O Lord, my stre ngth.

2 The Lord is m y rock and my fortr ess and my deliv erer;

My God, my s trength, in w hom I wi ll trust;

My shield and the horn of my salvation, my s tronghold.

3 I will call up on the Lord, who is worthy to be praised;

So shall I b e sav ed from m y enemies.

4 The pangs of death surr ounded me,

And the floo ds of ungodlin es s made me af raid.

5 The sorro ws of Sheol surr ounded me;

The snares of d eath confront ed me.

6 In my dis tr ess I called upon the Lord,

And cried ou t to my God;

He heard m y v oice from His temple,

And my cry c ame before Him, even to His ears.

7 Then the ear th shook and trembled;

The foundatio ns of the hills als o quaked and w ere shaken,

Because He was ang ry.

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And devouring fire from His mouth;

Coals were kin dled by it.

9 He bowed th e heavens also, and came do wn

With darkness un der His f eet.

10 And He ro de upon a ch erub, and flew;

He flew upon the wings of the wind.

11 He made d arkness His se cret place;

His canopy ar ound Him was d ark waters

And thick clouds of the ski es.

12 From th e brightn ess before Hi m,

His thick clouds passed with h ailstones and c oals of fire.

13 The Lord thundered fro m heaven,

And the M ost Hi gh uttered His voice,

Hailstones and c oals of fire.

14 He sent out His arrows and s cattered the fo e,

Lightnings in abu ndan ce, and He va nquished th em.

15 Then th e chann els of t he s ea were seen,

The foundatio ns of the worl d were uncover ed

At Your rebuk e, O Lord,

At the blast of the breath of Your n ostrils.

16 He sent fro m above, H e to ok me;

He drew m e ou t of many wa ters.

17 He delivered me from m y str ong enemy,

From thos e who h ated m e,

18 They conf ronted me in the d ay of my cala mity,

But the Lord was my support.

19 He also broug ht me out i nto a broad pla ce;

He delivered me because He d elighted in me.

20 The Lord r ewarded me a ccor ding to m y right eousness;

According to the cl eanness of my hands

He has recomp ensed me.

21 For I have k ept the ways of the Lord,

And have not wickedly depar ted f rom m y God.

22 For all His judgments were before me,

And I did not put away His sta tutes from me.

23 I was als o blameless befor e Him,

And I kept mys elf from m y iniquity.

24 Therefore the L ord has r ecompensed me according to m y righteousness,

According to the cl eanness of my hands in His sight.

25 With the merciful Y ou will show Yourself merciful;

With a blam el es s man You will show Yourself bla meless;

26 With the p ure You will sh ow Your self pur e;

And with th e devious You will sho w Your self shre wd.

27 For You will sav e the humble peo ple,

But will bring do wn haugh ty looks.

28 For You will lig ht my lamp;

The Lord m y God will enlighten m y d arkness.

29 For by You I ca n run against a troop,

By my God I can le ap over a wall.

30 As for God, His way is p erfec t;

The word of th e Lord is prov en;

He is a shield to all who tr ust in Him.

31 For who is God, except t he L ord?

And who is a rock, except our God?

32 It is God who ar ms me with strength,

And makes my wa y perf ect.

33 He makes my feet like th e feet of deer,

And sets me o n my high pl aces.

34 He tea ches my hands to make war,

So that my arm s can bend a bow of bronze.

35 You hav e also g iven me the shi eld of Y our salvation;

Your right ha nd has held m e up,

Your gen tl en ess has ma de me great.

36 You enlar ged my path under me,

So my feet di d not slip.

37 I have pursu ed my ene mies and ov ertaken them;

Neither did I turn back agai n ti ll they w er e destroyed.

38 I have wounded t hem,

So that the y coul d not ris e;

They have f allen under my fe et.

39 For You hav e ar med me with s trength for th e battl e;

You have sub dued under me thos e wh o rose up again st me.

40 You hav e also g iven me the necks of my enemies,

So that I d estro yed those who h ate d me.

41 They cried out, b ut there was non e to save;

Even to the Lor d, but He did n ot answer th em.

42 Then I b eat them as fine as the dus t before the wind;

I cast them ou t like dirt in t he s treets.

43 You hav e deliv ered me from the striv ings of the p eopl e;

You have m ade me the he ad of the nations;

A people I have not kno wn sh all serve me.

44 As soon as t hey hear of m e they obey me;

The foreigners su bmit to me.

45 The foreig ner s fade awa y,

And come fr ightened from their hi deou ts .

46 The Lord li ves!

Blessed be my R ock!

Let the God of my salvation be exalted.

47 It is God who aveng es me,

And subdues the peoples under me;

48 He deliv ers me fro m my enemi es.

You also lif t me up a bove those w ho rise against me;

You have d elivered me from the viol en t man.

49 Therefore I will give thanks to You, O Lord, a mong the Gentiles,

And sing pr aises to Your name.

50 Great delivera nce He gi ves to His king,

And shows mer cy to His anoin ted,

To David and his descendan ts forevermore.

Psalm 19

The Perfect Revelat ion of the L ord

To the C hief M usician . A P sa lm of David.

1 The heav ens d eclare the glor y of God;

And the firm ament shows His handiwork.

2 Day unto day utt er s speech,

And night un to night reve als kno wledge.

3 There is n o speech nor lang uage

Where th ei r voice is not he ard.

4 Their line h as gone out through all the earth,

And their words t o th e end of the world.

In them H e ha s set a tab ernacle for the sun,

5 Which is lik e a bridegroom comi ng out of his ch amber,

And rejoices like a strong m an to ru n its r ace.

6 Its rising is from one end of heaven,

And its circui t to the other e nd;

And ther e i s nothing hidd en from i ts heat.

7 The law of t he Lord is perf ect, co nverting the soul ;

The testimon y of the Lord is sur e, making wise the simple;

8 The statu tes of the Lord are right, r ejoicing the hear t;

The command ment of the Lord is pure, enl ighteni ng the eyes;

9 The fear of the Lord is cl ean, enduring for ever;

The judgm ents of the Lord are true and right eous altoge th er.

10 More to be desired are the y than gold,

Yea, than mu ch fine gold;

Sweeter also t han honey and the h oneyc omb.

11 Moreov er by th em Your serva nt is warned,

And in keepi ng them ther e is gr eat reward.

12 Who can unders tand his er rors?

Cleanse me f rom secret faults.

13 Keep ba ck Your servan t also fro m presumptuous sins;

Let them not have dominion ov er me.

Then I shall b e blameless,

And I shall be innocent of gr eat tra nsgression.

14 Let the wor ds of my mouth and the meditation of my heart

Be accept able in Your si ght,

O Lord, my s treng th and my Rede emer.

The Assura nce of God’s Saving Work

To the C hief M usician . A P sa lm of David.

1 May the L ord answer you in the day of trouble;

May the nam e of the God of J acob defend you;

2 May He se nd you hel p from t he s anctuary,

And strengt hen you o ut of Zion;

3 May He rem ember all your of ferings,

And accep t your bur nt s acrifice. S elah

4 May He gr ant you according to your hear t’s desire,

And fulfill all your purpose.

5 We will r ejoice in your salva tion,

And in th e name of our God we will s et up our ban ners!

May the Lord f ulfill all your petitions.

6 Now I know that the Lord s aves His anoi nte d;

He will answ er him from His h oly heav en

With the savi ng strength of His ri ght hand.

7 Some trust in chariots, an d some in horses;

But we will re member the na me of the L ord our Go d.

8 They have bowed down and f allen;

But we hav e r isen and stan d upright.

9 Save, Lord!

the Kin

answer us when we call.

Psalm 21

Joy in the Salva tion of the L ord

To the C hief M usician . A P sa lm of David.

1 The king sh all hav e joy in Your streng th, O Lord;

And in Your salv ation ho w g reatly shall he r ejoice!

2 You have gi ven him his hear t’s desire,

And have not withheld the r equest of hi s lips. Selah

3 For You m eet him with the blessi ngs of goodn ess;

You set a crow n of pure gol d upon his h ead.

4 He asked lif e from You, a nd You gave i t to him—

Length of d ays forever and ever.

5 His glor y is gr eat i n Your salvati on;

Honor and m ajesty You h ave plac ed upon him.

6 For You hav e made him m ost bl essed f orever;

You have m ade him exceedingly gla d wi th Your presence.

7 For the king trus ts in the Lord,

And through t he mercy of t he M ost High h e sh all no t be move d.

8 Your hand will f ind all Your enemies;

Your right ha nd will find thos e who hat e Yo u.

9 You shall mak e th em as a fier y oven in t he time of Your anger;

The Lord sh all swallow them up in His wrath,

And the fire s hall devour th em.

10 Their offspr ing You shall d estroy from the earth,

And their d escenda nts from am ong th e s ons of men.

11 For they in ten ded evil agains t You;

They devise d a plo t which they are not a ble to perfor m.

12 Therefor e You will make them turn their back;

You will make ready Your arr ows on Your string t oward their faces.

13 Be exalte d, O Lord, in Your own strength!

We will sing and pr aise Your power.

Psalm 22

The Sufferi ng , Praise, an d Posterity of the Messiah

To the C hief M usician . Set to “The Deer o f the Dawn. ” A Psalm o f Dav id.

1 My God, M y God, w hy have You for saken Me?

Why are You s o far from helping Me,

And from th e words of My groani ng?

2 O My God, I cr y in the daytime, but You do not hear;

And in th e night s eason, and am not sil ent.

3 But You are holy,

Enthroned i n the prais es of Israel.

4 Our fath ers trust ed in You;

They trust ed, and You deliver ed them.

5 They cried to You, and w ere d el ivered;

They trust ed i n You, and w ere not ashamed.

6 But I am a worm, and no ma n;

A reproach of men, and despis ed by the peopl e.

7 All those who s ee Me ri dicule Me;

They shoo t out th e lip, th ey shak e the head, sa yi ng,

8 “He trust ed i n the Lord, let Him rescue Him;

Let Him deliver Him, since H e delights in Hi m!”

9 But You are He who took M e out of the w omb;

You made M e tr ust while on My mother’s breasts.

10 I was cas t upon Yo u from birth.

From My mo ther’s womb

You have b een My G od.

11 Be not far fr om Me,

For trouble is n ear;

For there is none to help.

12 Many bull s hav e surround ed Me;

Strong bulls of Bas han have encircled M e.

13 They gap e at M e with their mouths,

Like a raging and ro aring lion.

14 I am pour ed out like wa ter ,

And all My bo nes are out of join t;

My heart is lik e wax;

It has melted within Me.

15 My str ength is dri ed up like a p ots herd,

And My to ngue clings to My jaws;

You have brough t Me to the d ust of dea th.

16 For dog s have s urrounded Me;

The congregati on of the wicke d has enclose d Me.

They pierc ed M y hands and My feet;

17 I can cou nt all M y bones.

They look an d stare at Me.

18 They divide M y garments among them,

And for My clo thi ng they cast lots.

19 But You, O Lor d, do no t be f ar fr om Me;

O My Strength, hasten to h elp Me!

20 Deliver Me fr om the swor d,

My precious li fe from the pow er of the dog.

21 Save M e from t he lion’s mouth

And from th e horns of the wild ox en!

You have a nswered Me.

22 I will decl are Your name to My br ethren;

In the midst of the assembl y I will praise You.

23 You who f ear the Lord, praise Him!

All you des cend ants of Jac ob, glorify Him,

And fear Him, all you off spring of Israel!

24 For He has not despis ed nor abhorre d the affliction of the affl icted;

Nor has He hi dden His face f rom Him;

But when He cried to Him, He heard.

25 My praise s hall be of You in the great ass em bly;

I will pay My vo ws before t hose who fear Him.

26 The poor shall eat and be sa tisfied;

Those who s eek Hi m wi ll praise the Lor d.

Let your he art live forever!

27 All the en ds of the world

Shall rememb er and turn to t he Lord,

And all th e families of the nations

Shall worshi p bef ore You.

28 For the kingdo m is the Lord’s,

And He rules over the natio ns.

29 All the prosp erous of the earth

Shall eat and w orship;

All those who go d own to the dust

Shall bow befor e Him,

Even he who cann ot k eep hims elf alive.

30 A posterit y shall s erve Him.

It will be rec ounted of the Lord to the next g ener ation,

31 They will come and declare His righteousness to a people who will b e born,

That He has do ne this.

Psalm 23

The Lord t he Shepherd of H is People

A Psalm of David.

1 The Lord is my s hep herd;

I shall no t w ant.

2 He makes me to l ie d own in green pas tures;

He leads m e b eside the still w aters.

3 He restores my soul;

He leads m e i n the paths of r ighteousn es s

For His nam e’s sake.

4 Yea, though I walk through t he valley of th e shad ow of death,

I will fear no evil;

For You are with m e;

Your rod a nd Your staff, th ey comfor t me.

5 You prepare a table before me in th e presen ce of my enemies;

You anoint my he ad wi th oil;

My cup runs ov er.

6 Surely goodn ess and merc y shall follo w me

All the days of m y life;

And I will dw ell in the house of the Lord

Forever.

The King of Glory and H is King dom

A Psalm of David.

1 The earth is th e Lord’s, an d all its full ness,

The world and those who d well therein.

2 For He has fou nded it up on the s eas,

And established it upon the waters.

3 Who may ascend into the hill of the Lord?

Or who ma y stand in His hol y place?

4 He who h as cl ean hands and a pure he art,

Who has no t lifted up his soul to an idol,

Nor sworn de ceitf ully.

5 He shall r eceive bl essing from the Lor d,

And righteousn ess from the God of his salvation.

6 This is Jaco b, the generatio n of those who s eek Him, W ho seek Your

face. Selah

7 Lif t up your heads, O you gates!

And be lifte d up, you everl asting d oors!

And the King of glory shall come in.

8 Who is this King of glory?

The Lord stro ng and might y, The Lord mighty in b attle.

9 Lif t up your heads, O you gates!

Lift up, you ev erlasting doors!

And the King of glory shall come in.

10 Who is thi s King of glory? The Lord of hosts ,

He is the Kin

lory. Selah

Psalm 25

A Plea for Del iverance an d F or giv eness

A Psalm of David.

1 To You, O Lor d, I lift up my s oul.

2 O my God, I trust in You;

Let me no t be ashamed;

Let not m y en emies triumph ov er me.

3 Indeed, l et no one who waits on Y ou be asham ed;

Let those be a shamed who deal treacherously with out cause.

4 Show me Your ways, O Lor d;

Teach me Yo ur paths.

5 Lead me in Your truth and t each me,

For You are the God of my salva tion;

On You I w ait all th e day.

6 Rememb er, O Lord, Your tender mercies and Your l ovingkindness es,

For they are fr om of old.

7 Do not rem ember the sins of my youth, nor my transgressio ns;

According to Your mercy remember m e,

For Your g oodness’ sake, O L ord.

8 Good and upri ght is the Lor d;

Therefore He teaches sinners in the way.

9 The humble He guides in justi ce,

And the humbl e He teaches His way.

10 All the p aths of th e Lord are mer cy and truth,

To such as ke ep His covenant and His testimonies.

11 For Your n ame’s sake, O L ord,

Pardon my i niquity, for it is g reat.

12 Who is the man that fe ars the L ord?

Him shall He teach in the way He choos es .

13 He himself sh all dwell in prosp erity,

And his des cend ants shall in herit the ear th.

14 The secre t of the Lor d is with thos e who fear Him,

And He wi ll show them His cov enant.

15 My eyes are ev er toward the Lord,

For He shall pluck my feet ou t of t he n et.

16 Turn Yours elf to me, and hav e mercy on me,

For I am des olate and afflict ed.

17 The troubles of my heart h ave enlarged;

Bring me ou t of my distresses!

18 Look on my afflic tion and my p ain,

And forgive all my sins.

19 Consid er my enemies, f or they are many;

And they ha te me with cruel hatred.

20 Keep my s oul, and deliver m e;

Let me no t be ashamed, f or I put my trust in You.

21 Let integri ty and uprig htness pres erve me,

For I wait for Y ou.

22 Redeem Isra el, O God,

Out of all th eir troubles!

A Prayer for Divine Scruti ny and Redem ptio n

A Psalm of David.

1 Vindica te me, O Lord, F or I have walk ed in my integrity. I have also trus ted in th e Lord;

I shall no t sl ip.

2 Examine m e, O Lord, and prov e me;

Try my mind and my heart.

3 For Your lovingkindness i s bef ore my ey es ,

And I have walked i n Your truth.

4 I have not s at with idolatrous mortals,

Nor will I go in with hypocrit es.

5 I have hat ed the assembly of evildoers,

And will not sit with the wick ed.

6 I will was h my hands in in nocence;

So I will go ab out Your altar, O L ord,

7 That I ma y procl aim with the voic e of thanksgiv ing,

And tell of all Your wondrous works.

8 Lord, I have lov ed th e habitation of Your house,

And the plac e where Your glory dw ells.

9 Do not gat her m y soul with si nner s,

Nor my lif e wit h bloodthirst y men,

10 In whose h ands is a sinist er scheme,

And whos e r ight hand is full of bribes.

11 But as for m e, I will walk in m y integrity;

Redeem me and be merciful to me.

12 My foot s ta nds in an ev en pl ace;

In the con

ations I will bl ess the Lord.

Psalm 27

An Exubera nt Declaratio n of Faith

A Psalm of David.

1 The Lord is my ligh t and my salva tion;

Whom shall I f ear?

The Lord is t he s trength of m y life;

Of whom sh all I be afraid?

2 When th e wicked came ag ainst me

To eat up my fles h,

My enemies and fo es,

They stumbl ed and fell.

3 Though an army may enc amp ag ainst me,

My heart sh all not f ear;

Though war may ris e against me,

In this I wi ll be confident.

4 One thing I h ave desired of the Lord,

That will I se ek:

That I ma y dwell in t he house of th e Lord

All the days of m y life,

To behold t he beau ty of the Lor d,

And to inquire i n His temple.

5 For i n the time of troubl e

He shall hide me in His pavilion;

In the secr et place of His taberna cle

He shall hide me;

He shall set me high upon a ro ck.

6 And now my h ead shall b e lifte d up above my enemies all around m e;

Therefore I wi ll offer sa cr ifices of joy in His tabernacle;

I will sing, yes, I will sing pr aises to the Lord.

7 Hear, O Lord, when I cr y wi th my voi ce!

Have merc y also upon me, and answer m e.

8 When You s aid, “Seek M y f ace,”

My heart said to You, “Your f ace, Lord, I will seek.”

9 Do not hid e Your fa ce from m e;

Do not turn Your s ervant away in ang er ;

You have b een my hel p;

Do not le ave me nor for sake me,

O God of my salvation.

10 When m y father an d my mother fors ak e me,

Then the Lord will take care of me.

11 Teach me Your way, O Lord,

And lead me in a sm ooth path, b ecaus e of my enemies.

12 Do not d eliver me to th e will of my adversaries;

For f alse witness es hav e r isen against me,

And such as breathe out viol en ce.

13 I would hav e l ost heart, u nless I had b elieved

That I would s ee the goodn ess of the Lord

In the land of the living.

14 Wait on t he L ord;

Be of good courage,

And He sh all stre ngthen your he art;

Wait, I say, on the Lord!

Psalms 28-30

Psalm 28

Rejoicing i n Answered Pra yer

A Psalm of David.

1 To You I will cry, O Lord my Rock:

Do not be si lent to me,

Lest, if You are silent to m e,

I become lik e th ose who go down to the pit.

2 Hear the voi ce of my su pplications

When I cry to You,

When I lift u p my hands tow ard Your holy s anctuar y.

3 Do not t ake me a way wi th the wicked

And with th e work ers of iniquit y,

Who speak p eace to their n eighbors,

But evil is in their h earts.

4 Give them according to th eir de eds,

And according to th e wickedness of t heir endeavor s;

Give them ac cording to the w ork of their han ds;

Render to them w hat they deserv e.

5 Because they do not r egard the works of the Lor d,

Nor the op eration of His hands,

He shall des troy them

And not build them up.

6 Blessed be the L ord,

Because He h as heard the voi ce of my su pplications!

7 The Lord is m y strength and my shield;

My heart trus ted i n Him, and I am h elped;

Therefore my hear t grea tly rejoi ces,

And with my s ong I will pr aise Hi m.

8 The Lord is t heir strength,

And He is the s aving refuge of Hi s anointed.

9 Save Your peo ple,

And bless Y our inheritan ce;

Shepherd th em also,

And bear them up for ev er.

Psalm 29

Praise to Go d in His Holi ness and Majesty

A Psalm of David.

1 Give unto the L ord, O you migh ty o nes,

Give unto t he L ord glory and strengt h.

2 Give un to the Lord the glory due to His name;

Worship the Lor d in the beaut y of holiness.

3 The voice of t he Lord is ov er the waters;

The God of g lory thunders;

The Lord is ov er many waters.

4 The voice of t he Lord is pow erful;

The voice of t he Lord is f ull of majes ty.

5 The voice of t he Lord breaks the cedars,

Yes, the Lord spli nters the c edars of L ebano n.

6 He makes them also skip li ke a calf,

Lebanon an d Sirion like a you ng wild ox.

7 The voice of t he Lord divid es the flames of fi re.

8 The voice of t he Lord shakes the wilderness;

The Lord sh akes the Wildern ess of Kadesh.

9 The voice of t he Lord make s the deer give bir th,

And strips th e forests bar e;

And in His t empl e everyon e says, “Glory!”

10 The Lord s at ent hroned at th e Flood,

And the Lord si ts as King f orever.

11 The Lord will give strength to Hi s people;

The Lord will bless His

le with

ace.

Psalm 30

The Ble ssed ness of Answere d Prayer

A Psalm. A S ong at the de dicatio n of the house of Dav id.

1 I will extol Yo u, O Lord, for You hav e lifted me u p,

And have not l et my foes rejoic e over me.

2 O Lord m y God, I cried out to Y ou,

And You h ealed m e.

3 O Lord, You brought my so ul up from the grav e;

You have ke pt me aliv e, that I should no t go down to the pit.

4 Sing pr aise to th e Lord, yo u saints of His,

And give tha nks at the rem embrance of His holy name.

5 For Hi s anger is bu t for a mom ent,

His favor is f or life;

Weeping ma y endur e f or a night,

But joy co mes i n the morni ng.

6 Now in my prosperity I s aid,

“I shall never be moved.”

7 Lord, by Your f avor You have made m y m ountain stand s trong;

You hid Your f ace, and I w as trou bled.

8 I cried ou t to You, O Lord;

And to the Lord I made suppli cati on:

9 “What pr ofit is there in my blood,

When I go do wn to the pit?

Will the dust pr aise You?

Will it declare Your truth?

10 Hear, O L ord, and hav e mercy on me;

Lord, be m y helper! ”

11 You hav e tur ned for m e my mourning into dan cing;

You have pu t off my sack cloth and clo the d me with gladn ess,

12 To the end t hat my glor y may sing pr aise to You and not be silent.

O Lord m y God, I will gi ve thanks to You f orever.

Psalms 30-32

Psalm 31

The Lord a F ortr ess in Advers ity

To the C hief M usician . A P sa lm of David.

1 In You, O L ord, I put m y trust;

Let me nev er be ashame d;

Deliver me in Your righteousne ss.

2 Bow down Your ear to me,

Deliver me sp eedil y;

Be my rock of r ef uge,

A fortress of defense to sav e me.

3 For You are my rock and m y fortress;

Therefore, for Y our name’s s ake,

Lead me and g uide me.

4 Pull me out of the net which th ey h ave secr etl y l aid for m e,

For You are my s trength.

5 Into Your ha nd I commi t m y spirit;

You have red eemed me, O Lor d God of tru th.

6 I have hat ed those who reg ard us eless idols;

But I trus t i n the Lord.

7 I will be glad and rejoice in Y our mercy,

For You hav e co nsidered m y trou ble;

You have kno wn my soul in adv ersities,

8 And have n ot s hut me up into the ha nd of the enemy;

9 Have merc y on me, O Lord, for I am i n tr ouble;

My eye wast es awa y with gr ief,

Yes, my soul and my body!

10 For my lif e i s spent wi th grief,

And my years with sighing;

My streng th f ails because of my iniquity,

And my bones was te aw ay.

11 I am a re proach among all my enemies,

But especially a mong my neig hbors,

And am re pulsive to my a cquaintan ces;

Those who s ee me outsid e flee fro m me.

12 I am forgot ten l ike a d ea d man, out of mind;

I am like a brok en vessel.

13 For I hear the sl ander of many;

Fear is on ev ery sid e;

While the y t ake counsel toge ther agains t m e,

They schem e to tak e away my life.

14 But as f or me, I trust in You, O Lord;

I say, “You ar e my God.”

15 My times are in Your hand;

Deliver me fr om the hand of my enemies,

And from thos e who perse cute me.

16 Make Your fac e shin e u pon Your serv ant;

Save me for Your mercies’ sak e.

;

Let the wicked be ashamed;

Let them be sil ent in the gr ave.

18 Let the l ying lips b e put to sil enc e,

Which speak i nsolent things pr oudly and co ntemptuously agains t the right eous.

19 Oh, how gr eat is Y our goodness,

Which You h ave l aid up for those wh o fear You,

Which You h ave prepar ed for th ose who trust in You

In the pres ence of t he sons of m en!

20 You shall hide them in the secr et pl ace of Your presence

From the plots of man;

You shall kee p th em s ecretly in a p avilion

From the stri fe of tongues.

21 Blessed be the Lord,

For He has s hown me His mar velous kindne ss in a strong ci ty!

22 For I said in my haste,

“I am cut off from before Your eyes”;

Neverthel ess You he ard the voi ce of my supplica tions

When I cried out to You.

23 Oh, love the L ord, all you His saints!

For the Lord pr eserves th e faithful,

And fully r epays th e prou d perso n.

24 Be of good courage,

And He sh all stre ngthen your he art,

All you who hope in the Lord.

Psalm 32

The Joy o f For givene ss

A Psalm of David. A Conte mplati on.

1 Blessed is he whose transgr ess ion is for given,

Whose sin is c overed.

2 Blessed is the ma n to whom the Lor d does not i mpute iniqui ty,

And in whos e spirit there is no de ceit.

3 When I k ep t silent, my bon es grew old

Through my groaning all the day long.

4 For day a nd night Your h and was heav y upon m e;

My vitality w as tur ned i nto the dr ought of summ er. Selah

5 I acknowledg ed my sin to Y ou,

And my iniqui ty I have not hidden.

I said, “I will co nfess my tra nsgressions to t he L ord,”

And You forg ave the iniqui ty of my sin. Sel ah

6 For this caus e ev eryone who is godl y shall pray to You

In a time when You may be found;

Surely in a flo od of great w aters

They shall no t com e near him.

7 You ar e my hiding place;

You shall preserv e me from trou ble;

You shall sur round me with so ngs of deliver ance. Selah

8 I will instruc t you and t eac h you in the way you should go;

I will guide y ou wi th My ey e.

9 Do not be like the horse or lik e the mule,

Which have no understanding,

Which must be harness ed with bit a nd bridle,

Else they will n ot come near yo u.

10 Many sor rows shall be to the wi cked;

But he who trusts in the Lord, m ercy shall surroun d him.

11 Be glad in t he Lord and rejoi ce, you rig hteous;

And shout for jo y, all you uprig ht in heart!

Psalm 33

The Sovere ignty of t he Lord i n Crea tion and History

1 Rejoice in the Lor d, O you right eous!

For praise fr om the uprig ht is beautiful .

2 Pr aise the Lord wi th the harp;

Make melody to Hi m wi th an ins trument of ten string s.

3 Sing to Him a new song;

Play skillf ully with a sh out of joy.

4 For the word of t he Lord is r ight,

And all His w ork is done in tru th.

5 He loves r ighteousness and jus tice;

The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord.

6 By the wor d of the Lord the heav ens were made,

And all th e host of th em by the br ea th of His mou th.

7 He gathers t he wa ters of the s ea together as a h eap;

He lays up the de ep in s torehouses.

8 Let all the ear th fear the Lord;

Let all the in habi tan ts of the world s tand in awe of Hi m.

9 For He spok e, and it was do ne;

He command ed, and it stood fas t.

10 The Lord brings the cou nsel of the nati ons to nothing;

He makes the plans of the peoples of no effect.

11 The counsel of the Lord s ta nds forever,

The plans of His h eart to all g enerations.

12 Blessed is th e nation who se God is t he Lord,

The peopl e He has chosen as His o wn inheritanc e.

13 The Lord lo oks from h eave n;

He sees all the sons of men.

14 From th e place of His dwelling He looks

On all the i nhabi tants of t he earth;

15 He fashions their hearts i ndividually;

He considers all their works.

16 No king is sav ed by the m ultitud e of a n arm y;

A mighty m an is n ot d elivered by gr eat strength.

17 A horse is a v ain hope for saf ety;

Neither shall i t del iver an y by its gr eat strength.

18 Behold, th e eye of the Lord is on those wh o fear Him,

On those who hope in His mer cy,

19 To deliv er their soul from d eath,

And to keep them alive in f amine.

20 Our soul w aits for the Lord;

He is our h el p and our shi eld.

21 For our hear t shall r ej oice in Him,

Because we h ave tr usted in His holy name.

22 Let Your mercy, O L ord, be up on us,

Just as we h ope i n You.

The Hap pi ness of Tho se W ho T rust in Go d

A Psalm of David when he pret ended ma dness befor e Abimelech, w ho drove him

away, and he departed.

1 I will bless th e Lord at all ti mes ;

His praise s hal l continually be in my mout h.

2 My soul sh all make its boas t in the Lord;

The humble s hall hear of it and be gl ad.

3 Oh, magnif y the Lord with me,

And let us exalt His name together.

4 I sought t he L ord, and H e heard me,

And delivered me fro m all my fears.

5 They looked to Him and w ere radiant,

And their fa ces were not ash amed.

6 This poor m an cried out, and the Lord h eard hi m,

And saved hi m out of all his troubles.

7 The angel of the Lor d encamps all aroun d th ose who fear Him,

And delivers t hem.

8 Oh, taste and s ee that the Lord i s good;

Blessed is the man who trus ts in Him!

9 Oh, fear the Lor d, you His s aints!

There is no w ant to thos e w ho fear Him.

10 The young lions lack and suff er hunger;

But those who s eek the L ord shall not l ack an

ood thin

11 Come, you c hildren, listen to me;

I will teach you the fear of the Lor d.

12 Who is the man who desir es life,

And loves m any days, that h e may see goo d?

13 Keep you r tongu e from evil,

And your lips f rom speaking d eceit.

14 Depart from evil and do good;

Seek peace a nd pursue it.

15 The ey es of the Lord ar e on th e righteous,

And His ears are open to their cr y.

16 The face of the Lord is agains t those who do ev il,

To cut off the rem embra nce of them fro m the e arth.

17 The right eous cry out, an d the Lord h ear s,

And delivers t hem out of all th eir troubles.

18 The Lord is near to those who hav e a broken hear t,

And saves su ch as have a contri te spirit.

19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous,

But the Lord d elivers him out of them all.

20 He guards all his bones;

Not one of them is brok en.

21 Evil shall sla y the wick ed,

And thos e wh o hate th e r ighteous shall be condemned.

22 The Lord r edee ms the soul of His serva nts,

And none of those who trust in Him sh all be cond emned.

Psalms 35-36

Psalm 35

The Lord t he Aven ger o f His People

A Psalm of David.

1 Plead my caus e, O Lord, wi th those wh o str ive with me;

Fig ht ag ainst thos e who fight ag ainst me.

2 Take hold of shield and buckler,

And stand up f or my help.

3 Also dra w ou t the spear,

And stop thos e who pursu e me.

Say to my soul,

“I am your s alvati on.”

4 Let those be put t o shame and bro ught to dishonor

Who seek aft er m y life;

Let those be turned back and brought to conf usion

Who plot m y hurt.

5 Let them be l ike chaff before the wind,

And let the angel of the Lord chase the m.

6 Let their w ay be d ark and slippery,

And let the angel of the Lord pursue the m.

7 For withou t cause they h ave hidden their net for me i n a pit,

Which they h ave dug without cause for my life.

8 Let destruc tion come upo n him u nex pectedl y,

And let his net that he h as hidd en cat ch hi mself;

Into that very d estru ctio n let him f all.

9 And my soul shall be joyful in the Lord;

10 All my bo nes sh all sa y, “L ord, who is like You,

Delivering t he p oor from him who is too stro ng for him, Y es, the poor and the needy

from him w ho plu nders hi m?”

11 Fierce wit ness es rise up;

They ask m e thing s that I d o not kno w.

12 They rew ard m e evil for g ood,

To the sorrow of my soul.

13 But as f or me, when th ey wer e sick,

My clothing w as sackcloth;

I humbled m yself wi th fasting;

And my pr ayer would return to my own h eart.

14 I paced abou t as though he were my fri end or brother;

I bowed do wn heavily, as one who m ourns for his m other.

15 But in my adversity they r ejoiced

And gather ed tog eth er;

Attackers g ath ered agains t me,

And I did not know it;

They tore at me and did not cease;

16 With ung odly mockers a t feasts

They gnash ed at me with their teeth.

17 Lord, how lo ng will You look o n?

Rescue me f rom their destruc tions,

My precious li fe from the lio ns.

18 I will giv e You th anks in the gre at asse mbly;

I will praise You among man y peopl e.

19 Let the m not rejoi ce over me wh o are wrongfull y my enemies;

Nor let th em wink wi th the eye w ho h ate me wit hout a cause.

20 For they do no t s peak peace,

But they devise deceitful matters

Against th e quiet on es in the land.

21 They also opened their mouth wid e agai nst me,

And said, “ Ah a, aha! Our e yes have seen it.”

22 This You h ave seen, O Lord; Do not kee p silence.

O Lord, do no t be far from m e.

23 Stir up Yours elf, and awak e to my vi ndication,

To my caus e, my God and my L ord.

24 Vindicat e me, O Lord my G od, according to Your righte ousness;

And let the m not rejoice ov er me.

25 Let them not s ay in th eir hearts, “Ah, s o we would hav e it!”

Let them not s ay, “W e have swallo wed him up.”

26 Let them be asha med and broug ht to mu tual confusion

Who rejoice at my hurt;

Let them be clothed with sha me and dishonor

Who exalt the mselves agains t me.

27 Let them s hout for joy a nd be glad,

Who favor m y right eous cause;

And let the m say continually,

“Let the Lor d be magnified,

Who has ple asure in the prosp erity of His serva nt.”

28 And my t ongue shall sp eak of Your righteousness

And of Your pr ais e al l the day l ong.

Psalm 36

Man’s Wicke dness and G od’s Perfect ions

To the C hief M usician . A P sa lm of Dav id the ser vant of the L ord.

1 An oracl e within my heart concerni ng the transgre ssion of the wick ed:

There is no f ear of God b ef ore his eyes.

2 For he fl atters hims elf in his own eyes,

When he finds out his iniquit y and wh en he hates.

3 The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit;

He has cease d to be wise and to do good.

4 He devises wickedness on his b ed;

He sets hi msel f in a way t hat is not good;

He does no t a bhor evil.

5 Your m ercy, O L ord, is in the heav ens;

Your faithfuln ess reaches t o th e clouds.

6 Your rig hteo usness is li ke th e great m ountains;

Your judgme nts are a great d eep;

O Lord, You preserve man an d beast.

7 How precious is Your lovingki ndness, O Go d!

Therefore th e childr en of men put t heir trus t under the sha dow of Your wings.

8 They are a bundantly satisf ied wi th the fulln ess of Your hous e,

And You giv e them drink f rom the river of Your pleasures.

9 For with Y ou is the fountain of life;

In Your light we s ee ligh t.

10 Oh, conti nue Your lovingk indness to those who know You,

And Your rig hteousness to th e upright in hear t.

11 Let not th e foot of pride come against m e,

And let not t he hand of th e wi cked drive me away.

12 There th e workers of iniqui ty have fallen;

They have be en cast down an d are not able to r ise.

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Psalm 37

The Herit age o f t he Righteo us and t he Calamity of t he Wicked

A Psalm of David.

1 Do not fre t because of evildo ers,

Nor be envious of the work ers of iniquity.

2 For they shall so on be cu t do wn like th e grass,

And wither as the green herb.

3 Trust in th e L ord, and do goo d;

Dwell in th e land, and feed o n His faithful nes s.

4 Delight your self also in t he Lord,

And He sh all giv e you th e desir es of your heart.

5 Commit y our way to the Lor d,

Trust also in Him,

And He sh all bring it to pas s.

6 He shall br ing forth your r ighteousness as t he light,

And your justi ce as the no onday.

7 Rest in th e Lord, and wai t pa tiently for Him;

Do not fret b ecause of him who pr ospers in his way,

Because of the man who br ings wicked s chemes to pass.

8 Cease fr om ang er , and forsake wrath;

Do not fret—i t only causes har m.

9 For evi ldoers shall be cut off;

But those who wait on the Lord,

They shall inh erit the earth.

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e no m ore;

Indeed, you will look carefully for his place,

But it shall be no more.

11 But th e m eek shall inheri t the e arth,

And shall deligh t themselves in the abundan ce of pe ace.

12 The wick ed plots against t he jus t,

And gnashes at him with his teeth.

13 The Lord l aughs at him,

For He se es th at his day is c oming.

14 The wick ed hav e drawn the sword

And have ben t their bow,

To cast do wn the poor and n eedy,

To slay thos e who ar e of upright condu ct.

15 Their swor d shall enter their o wn heart,

And their b ows shall be brok en.

16 A little that a right eous man has

Is better than the riches of ma ny wicked.

17 For the arms of t he wick ed shall be br oken,

But the Lord up holds the right eous.

18 The Lord kn ows the da ys of the upri ght,

And their inh eritanc e shall be forev er.

19 They shall not be ashamed in the evil time,

And in th e days of f amin e the y shal l be satisfi ed.

20 But the wi cked shall peri sh;

And the en emies of the L ord,

Like the splend or of the m ead ows, shall vanish.

Into smoke the

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es not rep ay,

But the right eous shows merc y and gives.

22 For those blesse d by Hi m sh all inh erit the earth,

But those cur sed by Him sh all be cut off .

23 The steps of a good man are ordered by t he Lord,

And He d el ights in his way.

24 Though he f all, he shall no t be u tt erly cast dow n;

For the Lord up holds him wi th His hand.

25 I have b een you ng, and now am old;

Yet I have no t seen the right eous forsak en,

Nor his desce ndants beggi ng bread.

26 He is ev er mer ciful, and lends;

And his des cend ants are bl es sed.

27 Depart f rom evil, a nd do good;

And dwell forev ermore.

28 For the Lord lov es justice,

And does n ot f orsake His s aints;

They are pr eser ved forever,

But the d esc endants of the wick ed shall be cut off .

29 The rig hte ous shall inherit the land,

And dwell in i t forever.

30 The mouth of the righteou s speaks wisdom,

And his tongu e talks of justic e.

31 The law of his God is in his h eart;

None of his st eps shall slide.

32 The wicked watches the rig hteous,

And seeks to sla

him.

33 The Lord will n ot leave him in his hand,

Nor conde mn him wh en he is judge d.

34 Wait on th e Lord,

And keep Hi s way,

And He sh all exal t you to i nherit the land;

When the wi cked are cut off, you s hal l see it.

35 I have s een the wicked in gr eat power,

And spreading hi mself like a native gr een tree.

36 Yet he p assed a way, and behold, he was no mor e;

Indeed I sought him, but h e coul d not be fou nd.

37 Mark the blam eless man, and o bserve the upri ght;

For the futur e of that man is peace.

38 But the tra nsgressors sh all be destro yed togeth er;

The future of the wi cked shall be cu t off.

39 But the salva tion of th e righteo us is from the Lord;

He is their str ength in the ti me of trouble.

40 And the Lord s hall help t hem and deliver them;

He shall deliver them from t he wicked,

And save the m,

Because the y trus t in Hi m.

Psalm 38

Prayer in Time o f Cha stening

A Psalm of David. To brin g to rem embrance.

1 O Lord, do not r ebuke me in Your wrath,

Nor chast en me in Your hot displ eas ure!

2 For Your arrows pierce me deeply,

And Your ha nd presses me d own.

3 There is n o soun dness in my f lesh

Because of Your ang er,

Nor any health in my bones

Because of my s in.

4 For my iniquiti es have gon e over my head;

Like a heavy b urden they ar e to o heavy for m e.

5 My wounds ar e foul and f estering

Because of my f oolishness.

6 I am troubl ed, I am bow ed down greatly;

I go mourning all the day long .

7 For my loins are full of inf lammation,

And ther e i s no soundness in my flesh.

8 I am fe ebl e and severel y broken;

I groan be caus e of the tur moil of m y heart.

9 Lord, all my desir e i s before You;

And my sighing i s not hidden fr om You.

10 My heart p ants, my streng th fails me;

As for the lig ht of my ey es, it also has go ne from me.

11 My loved on es and my fr iends s tand aloof f rom my plag ue,

And my rel atives sta nd afar off.

12 Those also who seek my life l ay snares for m e;

Those who s eek my hurt speak of d estruction,

And plan d eceptio n al l the day l ong.

13 But I, like a deaf man, do no t hear;

And I am like a mute who does not open his m outh.

14 Thus I a m like a man who do es not hear,

And in whos e mouth is no respons e.

15 For in You, O Lord, I hop e;

You will hear, O Lord my God.

16 For I s aid, “Hear me, le st they rejoi ce ov er me,

Lest, when my f oot slips, t hey exalt thems el ves against me.”

17 For I am re ady to fall,

And my sorro w is continually before me.

18 For I will declare my iniqui ty;

I will be in angu ish over m y sin.

19 But my e nemies are vigor ous, and they ar e s tr ong;

And thos e wh o hate me wrong fully have multiplied.

20 Those als o who render evil f or good,

They are my adversaries, because I f ollow what is good.

21 Do not fors ak e me, O Lor d;

O my God, be not far from me!

22 Make has te to h elp me,

O Lord, my s alvati on!

Psalms 39-40

Psalm 39

Prayer for Wisd om an d F orgive ne ss

To the C hief M usician . To Jeduthun. A P salm of Dav id.

1 I said, “I will g uard my wa ys,

Lest I sin wi th my tongue;

I will restrain my mouth with a mu zzl e,

While the wi ck ed are befor e me.”

2 I was mute wi th silence,

I held my p eac e even from go od;

And my sorro w was stirred up.

3 My heart w as hot within me;

While I was musing, the fir e burne d.

Then I spoke with my tongu e:

4 “L ord, make me to kno w my en d,

And what is t he measure of m y days,

That I ma y kno w ho w frail I am.

5 Indeed, You have made m y days as handbreadths,

And my ag e is as nothing bef ore You;

Certainly ev ery man at his bes t s tate is but vapor. Sel ah

6 Surely ev ery man walks about lik e a shado w;

Surely they busy themselves in vai n;

He heaps up r iches,

And does n ot k now who wi ll gather them.

7 “And now, L ord, what do I w ait for?

My hope is in You.

8 Deliver m e f rom all my tr ansgressions;

Do not m ake me t he r eproach of t he foolis h.

9 I was mute, I did not open m y mouth,

Because it wa s You who di d it.

10 Remove Your plague fr om me;

I am consum ed by t he bl ow of Your h and.

11 When wi th r ebukes You corr ect man for iniqui ty,

You make his beauty melt a way like a moth;

Surely every m an is vapor. Sela h

12 “Hear my pra yer, O Lord,

And give ear t o my cry;

Do not be si lent at my te ars;

For I am a s tranger with You,

A sojourner, as all my f athers wer e.

13 Remove Your gaze from me, tha t I may regain stre ngth,

Before I go a way and am no more.”

Psalm 40

Faith Perseve ring in Trial

To the C hief M usician . A P sa lm of David.

1 I waited pati ently for the Lord;

And He in clined to me,

And heard my cry.

2 He also broug ht me up ou t of a horrible pit,

Out of the miry cl ay,

And set my fe et u pon a r ock ,

And established my steps.

3 He has put a new song in m y mouth—

Praise to our God;

Many will see it and fear,

And will trust i n the Lord.

4 Blessed is that m an who makes the Lor d his trust,

And does n ot r es pect the proud, nor su ch as turn aside to lies.

5 Many, O L ord my God, ar e Y our wonderfu l works

Which You h ave d one;

And Your th oughts toward us

Cannot be rec ounted to You in or der;

If I would de clare and s peak of th em,

They are more than can be numbered.

6 Sacrifice and offering You did n ot d esire;

My ears You h ave opened.

Burnt offering and sin offering You did not require.

7 Then I s aid, “Behol d, I come;

In the scroll of t he book it is writ ten of me.

8 I delight t o do Your will, O my God,

And Your la w is within my h eart.”

9 I have pro claimed the go od news of r ighteousness

In the gr eat assembly;

Indeed, I do no t restrain my lips,

O Lord, You Yourself know.

10 I have not hidden Your r ighteousness withi n my heart;

I have decl ared Your faithfuln ess and Your s alva tion;

I have not conceal ed Your lovingkindn es s and Your truth

From the gre at assembly.

11 Do not wit hhold Your tend er mercies from me, O Lord;

Let Your lov ingkindness and Your truth conti nually preserv e me.

12 For innumer able evils hav e surrounded m e;

My iniquities hav e overtake n me, s o that I am not able to look up;

They are more than the hairs of my head;

Therefore my hear t fails m e.

13 Be please d, O Lord, to deliv er me;

O Lord, mak e has te to help me!

14 Let them be asha med and broug ht to mu tual confusion

Who seek t o des troy my life;

Let them be driv en backwar d and br ought to dishonor

Who wish m e ev il.

15 Let the m be confou nded becaus e of t hei r shame,

Who say to m e, “Aha, aha!”

16 Let all thos e who seek You r ejoice and b e glad in You;

Let such as lov e Your salva tion say continually,

“The Lord be magnifi ed!”

17 But I am po or and needy;

Yet the Lord thi nks upon me.

You are my help and my deliverer;

Do not del ay, O m y God.

The Ble ssi ng and Suffer ing o f t he Godly

To the C hief M usician . A P sa lm of David.

1 Blessed is he who considers the poor;

The Lord will deliver him in ti me of trouble.

2 The Lord will preserve him and keep him aliv e,

And he wi ll be blessed on the earth;

You will not d eliver him to th e will of his enemies.

3 The Lord will strengthen him o n his bed of il lness;

You will sus tain him on his sick bed.

4 I said, “ Lord, be merciful to me;

Heal my sou l, for I have sinned against You.”

5 My enemie s speak evil of m e:

“When will he di e, and his n ame perish?”

6 And if h e comes to s ee me, he speaks lies;

His heart gat hers iniquit y to itself ;

When he go es out, he tells it.

7 All who ha te me whisp er toge ther ag ains t me;

Against me th ey devise my h urt.

8 “An evil dis ease, ” they sa y, “clings to him.

d n

”

9 Even my o wn fa miliar friend in who m I trusted,

Who ate my bread,

Has lifted up his h eel agains t me.

10 But You, O Lor d, be mercif ul to me, and rais e me up,

That I ma y repay them.

11 By this I kn ow that You are well pl eas ed wi th me,

Because my enemy does not triumph over m e.

12 As for m e, You uphold me in my integ rity,

And set me b efore Your fac e forever.

13 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel

From everlas ting to everlas ti ng!

Amen and A men.

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Jeremiah 29:11

"For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to

harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."

Romans 6:23

"For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord."

1 Corinthians 15:58

"Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give

yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labour in the Lord is not

in vain."

Psalm 5:3

"In the morning, LORD, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you and

wait expectantly."

James 1:2-4

"Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds,

because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish

its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything."

1 Corinthians 16:13

"Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong."

Lamentations 3:22-23

"Because of the LORD’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They

are new every morning; great is your faithfulness."

Romans 15:13

"May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may

overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit."

Proverbs 21:20

"The wise store up choice food and olive oil, but fools gulp theirs down."

Matthew 6:9-13

“This, then, is how you should pray: ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your

kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us today our daily bread.

And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into

temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’"

Joshua 1:7

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"“Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you;

do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go."

Matthew 7:15

"Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are

ravenous wolves."

1 Timothy 5:8

"Anyone who does not provide for their relatives, and especially for their own household, has

denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever."

Matthew 10:28

"And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. But rather fear Him who is

able to destroy both soul and body in hell."

1 Corinthians 6:9-11

"Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be

deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who have sex

with men nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit

the kingdom of God. And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were

sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of God."

Luke 21:21

"Then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains, and those who are in the midst of

the city must leave, and those who are in the country must not enter the city;"

Revelation 20:15

"And if anyone was found whose name was not written in the book of life, he was thrown into

the lake of fire."

Colossians 3:23

"Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human

masters."

Genesis 2:16-17

"But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat

of it you shall surely die."

2 Corinthians 4:16-18

"Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are

being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an

eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what

is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal."

1 Timothy 4:10

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"That is why we labour and strive, because we have put our hope in the living God, who is the

Savior of all people, and especially of those who believe."

Philippians 4:13

"I can do all this through him who gives me strength."

Proverbs 27:12

"A prudent person foresees the danger ahead and takes precautions. The simpleton goes

blindly on and suffers the consequences."

Deuteronomy 31:6

"Be strong and of good courage, do not fear nor be afraid of them; for the Lord your God, He

is the One who goes with you. He will not leave you nor forsake you."

Isaiah 40:28-31

"Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of

the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can

fathom. He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Even youths

grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the LORD will

renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary,

they will walk and not be faint."

Psalm 27:4

"One thing I ask from the LORD, this only do I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the

LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the LORD and to seek him in his

temple."

Psalm 23:4

"Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your

rod and your staff, they comfort me."

Philippians 4:19

"And my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus."

Romans 8:31

"What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against

us?"

Hebrews 12:1-2

"Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off

everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance

the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the

joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of

the throne of God."

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Luke 12:13-21

"The Parable of the Rich Fool

“And He told them this parable: “The ground of a certain rich man yielded an abundant

harvest. He thought to himself, ‘What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.’ Then he

said, ‘This is what I’ll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will

store my surplus grain. And I’ll say to myself, “You have plenty of grain laid up for many

years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.” But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very

night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for

yourself?’ This is how it will be with whoever stores up things for themselves but is not rich

toward God.”"

John 3:16

"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in

Him should not perish but have everlasting life."

Deuteronomy 15:10

"Give generously to them and do so without a grudging heart; then because of this the LORD

your God will bless you in all your work and in everything you put your hand to."

Proverbs 22:3

"The prudent sees the evil and hides himself, but the naive go on, and are punished for it."

Deuteronomy 31:6

"Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the LORD your

God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you.”"

Romans 8:38-39

"For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the

present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all

creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord."

Psalm 37:23-24

"The LORD makes firm the steps of the one who delights in him; though he may stumble, he

will not fall, for the LORD upholds him with his hand."

Proverbs 28:19

"Those who work their land will have abundant food but those who chase fantasies will have

their fill of poverty."

John 15:13

"Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends."

Proverbs 22:3

"The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty."

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Deuteronomy 31:6

"Be strong and of good courage, do not fear nor be afraid of them; for the Lord your God, He

is the One who goes with you. He will not leave you nor forsake you."

Ecclesiastes 11:2

"Divide your portion to seven, or even to eight, for you do not know what misfortune may

occur on the earth."

Proverbs 13:16

"A wise man thinks ahead; a fool doesn’t, and even brags about it!"

2 Thessalonians 3:10

"For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: “The one who is unwilling to work

shall not eat.”"

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Common Questions

The following are some answers to the most commonly asked questions about Christianity and the Bible. Below is

a list of the questions so you can find what you’re looking for quickly.

1. Are natural disasters literally “acts of God”?

Does he cause them?

2. How do we know the Bible is true?

3. What does it mean to have faith?

4. What are angels, and how do they interact

with the world today?

5. Who is God, what does he value, and how

can we approach him?

6. How much influence does Satan have in the

world today?

7. How do I balance concern for the poor with

the needs of my family?

8. Can our prayers cause God to change his

mind?

9. How are these laws relevant to us today?

10. Does obedience bring prosperity?

11. Which is better, spiritually speaking, to be

rich or poor?

12. Is there a connection between spiritual and

physical health?

13. Why does God allow bad things to happen?

14. What values does a Christian family hold?

15. Does it matter when and where we pray?

16. How can we handle guilt and regret over

our past decisions?

17. Should Christians today observe the

Sabbath?

18. Are people just pawns in God’s chess game?

19. Is God responsible for Satan’s actions or

people’s sins?

20. If we are treated unfairly, is God still good?

21. Why does it sometimes seem like God is far

away?

22. Why do our prayers seem ineffective at

times?

23. Does God send troubles?

24. Does anything prevent God from

responding to our prayers?

25. Is there any secular evidence to support the

Bible’s claims?

26. Does the Bible define when human life

begins?

27. Does God approve of war?

28. How do I show love to people who violate

God’s standards without endorsing their

sin?

29. How should children be disciplined?

30. How can parents prepare their children to

impact the world?

31. What does the Bible say about sex?

32. What does the Bible say about the dangers

of pornography?

33. What is hell like?

34. How can I tell if I have too much “stuff”?

35. What does it mean to love my neighbour?

36. What are demons, and how do they interact

with the world today?

37. Does God expect me to forgive someone

who keeps hurting me?

38. What about those who have never heard

about Jesus?

39. What is the value of baptism?

40. Does God expect me to keep my mind and

body pure in today’s culture?

41. How do Christians practice evangelism in a

culture that frowns on “proselytizing”?

42. What is my purpose in life? And how can I

be certain of it?

43. Is there value in other religions like Islam,

Buddhism and Hinduism?

44. What is spiritual warfare, and how does it

affect me?

45. What can Christians do to become more

like Jesus?

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1.Arenatural disastersliterally“acts ofGod”?Doeshecausethem?(Mark 13:8) 

When a volcano erupts, a hurricane devastates a city or lightning ignites a vast forest fire, it is natural for us to

ponder God’s relationship to the events. How should we regard such tragic occurrences? Are they really “acts of

God,” as insurance companies still label them? Jesus asked his disciples a similar question. In Luke 13:4, Jesus

asked, Those eighteen who died when the tower in Siloam fell on them—do you think they were more guilty than

all the others living in Jerusalem?

Jesus was apparently referring to a well-known disaster of his time that had killed 18 people. His point was simple:

events and tragedies beyond our control are part of life. There is not necessarily a direct cause and effect between

the people who suffer and the tragedies themselves. The Bible offers two reasons for natural disasters.

First, the world itself is beautiful but broken. All of creation suffers as a consequence of the entry of sin, death

and decay into the world (Ro 5:12; 8:19-22). Second, all of human history takes place within the context of the

cosmic battle between the forces of God and the forces of Satan. Job did not know that the Lord was using his

life as an example of faithfulness when Satan afflicted him with sores and sadness. Thankfully, Jesus left his

disciples (and us) with this encouragement: In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome

the world (Jn 16:33).

2.How doweknowtheBibleis true?(Hebrews4:12) 

According to the Bible, all Scripture is God-breathed (2Ti 3:16). Peter confirmed this when he said that those who

wrote the Bible were not speaking on their own but spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit

(2Pe 1:21). Many parts of Scripture are directly attributed to God through use of phrases like This is what the

LORD says (e.g., Ex 4:22). Finally, Jesus often quoted from the Old Testament and affirmed it as being God’s

Word. Prophecies that were later fulfilled are corroboration of the accuracy of the Bible’s claim to be God’s

Word.

For example, the vision recorded in Daniel 7 correctly predicted the rise of the Medo-Persian Empire, the Greek

Empire under Alexander the Great, and the Roman Empire. Archaeological discoveries are also important

evidence of the Bible’s accuracy. For example, for many years King David was believed by some to be a fictional

character. But recently a composition from a king of Syria referring to the “house of David” was discovered at Tel

Dan. This writing provides tangible evidence that ancient rulers indeed recognized the dynasty of David in Judah.

Another reason for confidence in the Bible’s authenticity is its internal consistency.

The Bible is actually a compilation of 66 books written over a period of 2,000 years by more than 40 different

authors, and yet there is a unified message and a striking theological coherence—something that clearly speaks of

God’s guidance throughout the process of writing, transmitting and assembling the Biblical texts. It is important

to remember that the original Biblical documents no longer exist. We are dependent on copies, and copyists can

make mistakes.

However, scholars have carefully tracked the accuracy of ancient manuscripts from different centuries, and their

consistency gives us good reason to be confident in the Bibles we read today. Furthermore, rigorous standards

were applied to determine the canon—both by the Jews, who determined the collection of books that make up

the Old Testament Scriptures, and by the early church, which decided the books to be included in the New

Testament.

3.What doesitmeantohavefaith?(Hebrews11:1) 

In the Bible, faith is always tied to an active trust in God and his Word. For the believer, there is no such thing as

“blind faith.” Faith is the sensible response to the revealed will of God and the privileges he has promised his

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people. Biblical faith does not mean that people can believe in any unlikely thing and God, in response, must

bring it to pass. In other words, faith that is not directly attached to God’s Word is merely positive thinking. At its

core, faith (trusting God) is how people access the salvation God has provided in Christ Jesus. Abraham, the

father of all who have saving faith (Ro 4:16), believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness (Jas 2:23).

Faith is not righteousness, but it is how we access Jesus’ saving righteousness, something we could never access

on our own (Eph 2:8). Faith, God’s gift to his followers (Eph 2:8), is fortified by paying careful attention to the

Bible and practicing the spiritual disciplines. Romans 10:17 says, Faith comes from hearing the message, and the

message is heard through the word about Christ. Throughout the Christian life, faith continues to be how

believers receive the privileges and necessities for serving Christ. We trust God to give what he has promised,

whether it is gifts and abilities to do the work of Jesus in the world and in our own hearts (Jn 14:12-13) or whether

it is carrying us through our spiritual journey and into our eternal home in heaven.

4.What are angels,andhowdotheyinteractwiththeworldtoday?(Genesis28:12) 

Along with the creation of the physical world, God also fashioned and populated a spiritual realm we call heaven.

Little is known about heaven, which is the place where God dwells, because it is beyond human observation. But

the Bible identifies some of its inhabitants as cherubim, or “winged beings” (Ex 25:18-22; Eze 10:1-22); others as

seraphim, or “burning ones” (Isa 6:2; Rev 4:6-8); and many simply as messengers (Ge 16:7-11; Ex 23:20-24; Mt

1:20-24), from which the term “angel” is derived.

Together, the whole company of angelic beings is called the multitudes of heaven or the heavenly host (1Ki 22:19;

Lk 2:13). In the Bible, angels and humans interacted primarily when these spiritual beings delivered messages from

God to his people. But sometimes God sent angels to intervene in human affairs. For example, God sent an angel

to guide the Israelites through the desert (Ex 23:20-23), provide food for Elijah (1Ki 19:5-8) and execute his

divine judgment against the people of Israel (2Sa 24:16-17). For example, God sent an angel to guide the Israelites

through the desert (Ex 23:20-23), provide food for Elijah (1Ki 19:5-8) and execute his divine judgment against the

people of Israel (2Sa 24:16-17).

While the ministry of angels occurred most specifically in supervising the redemptive history outlined in the Bible,

angels also communicated God’s divine will directly to individuals (Ac 10:3-5) and provided them with protection

(Ac 12:11; 27:23). Throughout subsequent history many people have reported the presence of angelic beings who

have communicated specific messages from God or intervened in specific situations. The mysterious and

transcendent character of angels has sometimes nurtured cultic obsessions, but such worship is clearly contrary to

the Bible’s teaching (Col 2:18-19).

5.WhoisGod, what doeshevalue, andhowcanwe approachhim?(Exodus3:13 14)

The Bible doesn’t explain who God is or try to prove his divine existence. It assumes God is eternally present (Ge

1:1) and depicts creation as a result of his divine thought and action (Ge 1:1-2:25). God has, however, offered us a

glimpse of who he is through creation (Ps 19:1-6), his Word (Ps 18:30-31), and especially through the incarnation

of his Son, Jesus Christ, who is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being (Heb 1:3).

Jesus demonstrated God’s compassion, grace and glory in his life, death and resurrection. From this and from the

empowering presence of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost (Ac 2:1-13), our awareness of God as Trinity (one God in

three persons) was formed.

While God’s being is beyond comprehension or perception (Ex 33:20; Jn 1:18), both the physical world and the

human conscience clearly attest to his values and purposes. In addition, God revealed what he values through the

Sinai covenant (Ex 20:1-24:18). The Ten Commandments (Ex 20:2-17; Dt 5:6-21) were affirmed by Jesus as a

faithful summary of God’s moral values (Mt 5:17-47), and they continue to shape social values and legal systems

today. God also revealed what he values through the dietary regulations (Lev 11:1-47) and worship regulations

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(Lev 1:1-9:24; 16:1-34; 21:1-25:55) that were given to the ancient Israelites. Those regulations emphasized God’s

holiness and his desire for his people to be holy (Lev 11:44).

When Jesus came to earth, he taught that while actions are important, God is more concerned with the heart (Mt

5:17-47; 15:18-20). God desires that we love him, trust him, obey him and imitate his character in our interactions

with others by being compassionate, loving and forgiving. So how can we approach such a holy God? Access to

God is only through faith in Jesus Christ (Jn 14:6; Ro 5:1-2; Eph 2:13-18; 3:12). Christ suffered once for sins, the

righteous for the unrighteous, to bring (us) to God (1Pe 3:18). Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with

confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need (Heb 4:16).

6.Howmuchinfluencedoes Satanhavein theworld today?(1Peter 5:8) 

Enormous influence! Jesus called him the prince of this world (Jn 12:31), and Paul called him the god of this age

(2Co 4:4). Satan controls a vast hierarchical network of fallen angels (Eph 6:12), also called demons. Revelation

12:9 says that Satan … leads the whole world astray. He manipulates nations, rulers, economies and cultures. He

remains disguised behind all the idolatries and false religions of the world. In the end, according to Revelation,

Satan will orchestrate a vast, worldwide rebellion against Christ and the church, but he will be defeated and suffer

eternal punishment (Rev 20:7-10). At the root of all Satan’s efforts on earth is his desire to usurp God’s glory.

Satan is insanely jealous of God. Created as a mighty and good angel, he fell due to his arrogant desire to take the

place of God (Isa 14:12-15; Eze 28:11-19). Satan works in this world primarily through deceit (Jn 8:44). He is

skillful beyond our imagination at tempting people to sin. He is also ruthless and willing to spare no one in his

pursuit of glory. However, Satan is no match for Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all. Christians will certainly face

Satan’s attacks as he tempts, tests and accuses them (Job 1:8-12; Rev 12:10). But Christians may always take refuge

in Jesus, for by the power of his name (Lk 10:17-20) they are successfully able to resist Satan (1Pe 5:8-10).

7.HowdoIbalanceconcernforthepoorwiththeneed sofmyfamily?(Exodus 23:10

11)

The poor mentioned in these verses are those who are in need of basic necessities (e.g., food, clothing, shelter).

But elsewhere the Bible mentions other types of people who are poor. Whereas Matthew recorded Jesus saying

that the poor in spirit are blessed (Mt 5:3), Luke’s account states that the poor are blessed by God (Lk 6:20). The

poor in spirit referred to in Matthew 5 are those who are spiritually bankrupt and desperate for God. The poor of

Luke 6 are those who are desperate because they have no one to care for them. And the apostle Paul admonished

Timothy to care for the widows in his congregation, saying, Give proper recognition to those widows who are

really in need (1Ti 5:3).

The fundamental principle here is that God provides for the needs of the poor (Mt 6:25-34). But the question is,

How does God do this? The answer is that he does this in a variety of ways. He often meets tangible needs

through the generosity of his people, who want to give out of the abundance they have been given. And God is

able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every

good work (2Co 9:8). But God also assigns responsibilities to certain individuals who are close to people with

material needs. In 1 Timothy 5 Paul said that local needs ought to be met by institutions and individuals who are

in closest proximity to those in need. So in the case of widows, Paul said that children or grandchildren bear the

first line of responsibility to care for a widow’s material needs (1Ti 5:4). But if the widow is all alone and remains

upright in her loneliness, then she is to be cared for by the deacons (1Ti 5:5, 16). Give the people these

instructions, so that no one may be open to blame. Anyone who does not provide for their relatives, and

especially for their own household, has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever (1Ti 5:7-8). So how do we

balance concern for the poor with the needs of our own family?

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There is no one-size-fits-all answer. We should begin by examining the stance of our own heart in relation to the

apostle’s admonition to the Corinthians: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows

generously will also reap generously. Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not

reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver (2Co 9:6-7). God has given his people ample

resources to supply every imaginable need.

8.CanourprayerscauseGodtochangehismind?(Exod us32:14)

Scripture teaches that God sometimes adjusts his plans in response to our actions or requests. The Bible contains

several examples of this: the Hebrews on the outskirts of Canaan (Nu 14:11-23); Hezekiah’s repentance on behalf

of Israel (Am 7:1-7) and the sparing of Nineveh (Jnh 3:1-10). Experiencing God’s will is dynamic. As with any

interpersonal relationship, God’s relationship with humanity involves complex twists and turns. God modifies his

responses based on ours, and we adjust our responses to God’s. So, in a sense, it can be said that God sometimes

changes his mind in response to our prayers. At the same time, God’s will is determined.

There are decrees and promises he has made that do not change. He kept his covenant with the forefathers of the

Israelites (Dt 7:7-8), and he keeps his new covenant with those who believe in Jesus (Jn 6:37-40, 44). God wants

us to live out his will obediently. He has predetermined ways he expects us to respond, but he has made us

capable of resisting him (Ps 143:10; 1Th 5:16-18; Heb 10:35-39; 2Pe 3:9). These aspects of God’s will work

together. While it is not possible for us to fully understand how they work together, we know that God is

ultimately in control.

9.Howarethese lawsrelevanttoustoday?(Leviticus19:1928)

Though some of the laws in Leviticus seem readily applicable today, others do not. It can be unsettling to see a

general principle (Love your neighbour, v. 18) alongside what seems to be a culture-specific rule (Do not cut the

hair at the sides of your head, v. 27) The result can be an apparent inconsistency in how we obey these laws. For

example, how can we continue to view homosexual intercourse as sin (20:13) if we no longer care about blended

fabrics of cotton and wool (19:19)? People attempt to resolve this problem in different ways.

Some believe the laws fit into different categories of behaviour: moral laws are still binding, but ceremonial and

civil laws were superseded when Jesus came. The distinction between a moral, civil and ceremonial law is not

always clear, however. Others believe that only those laws mentioned or repeated in the New Testament remain

binding. We can gain some insight into the problem by seeing what Jesus said about the law. He told his disciples

that not a single letter of the law would disappear until everything is accomplished (Mt 5:17-20). Continued Below.

Yet because Jesus followed the true spirit of the law rather than the legalistic views of the religious teachers, he

was accused of violating the law (Lk 6:1-2). Because the Bible is God’s Word, we may assume that each law

expresses some aspect or enduring principle of God’s revealed will. Some details, written specifically for Israel’s

situation, will not fit ours today. But many of the regulating principles behind them are timeless. Matthew 5

provides several examples where Jesus upheld the deeper, spiritual principles of the law.

The relevance of Old Testament laws may elude our understanding today because the content often addressed

Israel’s particular call to be God’s distinct people. However, by seeking the timeless principle behind the letter of

the law, we can still apply God’s standards to the details of our lives within the context of our culture.

10. Doesobediencebring prosperity?(Leviticus26:339)

There is no question that righteous living has its own rewards. When the people of Israel served God, they

enjoyed good social and economic climates. People who live disciplined lives of moderation generally enjoy the

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benefits of good health and finances. Even insurance companies formulate their premium rates according to the

risks of certain lifestyles. However, these are general principles and cannot be expected to apply in every situation.

The New Testament agrees with the Old Testament that God honours obedience and disdains disobedience, but

the New Testament differs in its application of that principle. Where the Old Testament insists that a person’s

character, speech and actions immediately determine the resulting consequences, the New Testament teaches that

by faith, righteous living will eventually be rewarded. The Old Testament says the faithful experience the good life

now; the New Testament says they will one day. At the heart of the New Testament is Jesus, the only perfect

human being, a man whose life ended in the suffering and disgrace of the cross.

Even though he was sinless, he was abandoned by God. Hardly the picture of prosperity and blessing! Yet his

obedience provided righteousness for those who believe and resulted in his exaltation as Christ the Lord (Ro 5:19;

Php 2:8). Romans 8:35-39 lists a number of things that cannot separate the believer from Christ: trouble, famine,

nakedness, etc. Many items listed match items from the “curse” texts of Leviticus 26 and Deuteronomy 28.

Therefore, the New Testament teaches that to obey does not guarantee an absence of material problems. Rather,

the guarantee concerns spiritual security despite material troubles.

11.Whichisbetter,spirituallyspeaking,toberichor poor?(Deuteronomy8:10  18)

The relationship between spirituality and wealth in the Bible is complicated. On the one hand, riches can be a sign

of God’s blessing (Ge 24:35; Dt 8:18), while poverty can symbolize divine judgment (Jer 8:10, 13). Abraham, Isaac

and Jacob were God’s friends and were very wealthy, as was Job, one of the most godly figures of the Old

Testament. David, a man after God’s own heart (1Sa 13:13-14), was also very rich. On the other hand, the luxuries

and benefits wealth afforded altered Solomon’s early devotion to God (1Ki 11:4).

Through the prophet Amos, God blamed wealth for leading Israel into idolatry and moral decay (Am 3:13-4:1).

On a number of occasions, Jesus spoke harshly about the rich who ignored God and the poor (e.g., Lk 12:13-21)

and compromised their commitment to God (e.g., Mt 19:16-23). Jesus declared that the love of wealth can steal

hearts away from God (Mt 6:24). Paul told Timothy to warn people about the temptations of wealth (1Ti 6:6-10,

17-19), and James wrote stern words on the same topic (Jas 2:5-7).

It can’t be said that people who are poor are necessarily in a better spiritual condition than those who are rich.

Rather, our spiritual health depends on how we steward our blessings, view our possessions, and serve God and

others with them. The Bible commands, Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth … But store up for

yourselves treasures in heaven (Mt 6:19-20). We are to work so that we will have resources to share with those

who are poor (Eph 4:28). We are also to give quietly, generously, thoughtfully and cheerfully (Mt 6:3; 2Co 9:6-7).

12.Isthereaconnectionbetweenspiritualandphysicalhealth?(Deuteronomy

28:58 63)

Generally, we must acknowledge that our Creator knows what is best for us, so in that regard our physical health

and spiritual well-being are closely connected. The Hebrew word used most often to describe humans in the Old

Testament is nephesh, translated person. It described the wholeness of life and was not easily reduced to the

“body” and “soul” distinctions that emerged later in the Greek world of the New Testament. As part of God’s

design to make Israel a spiritually vibrant nation, long sections of the social codes in Leviticus were devoted to

dietary regulations and hygiene as well as acceptable responses to illnesses, injuries and blood flow.

The psalmist David clearly connected the blight of his physical condition to spiritual distress, noting that when he

failed to confess his sins and remained at odds with God and others, his bones wasted and his strength was

sapped (Ps 32:3-4). Paul recognized the connection between spiritual laxity and physical sickness (1Co 11:27-30)

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as well as the need for physical sustenance to maintain spiritual strength (1Ti 5:23). Still, care must be taken not to

completely equate spiritual righteousness and physical health.

The psalmist Asaph observed that many wicked people were models of vibrant strength (Ps 73:3-5). And the

apostle Paul struggled constantly with at least one, if not several, physical ailments (2Co 12:1-10; Gal 4:13-15) that

were by no means a result of spiritual deficiency. Humans are complex beings, and although we know there are

connections between our physical and spiritual health, we can’t always pinpoint what those connections are. Our

task is to nurture our souls so that we maximize our spiritual health and take the best possible care of our bodies

to maximize our physical health. We are to consider our bodies temples of the Holy Spirit (1Co 3:16; 6:19-20).

13.WhydoesGod allowbadthingstohappen?(Deuteronomy31:16 21)

No one knows the mind of God, except for God himself. He is infinite; we are finite. We are not entirely clueless

about his character, however, because God speaks to us through his Word. According to the Bible, one reason

bad things happen is because the whole world is under the control of the evil one (1Jn 5:19). That’s why Jesus

taught us to ask God to deliver us from the evil one when we pray (Mt 6:13). Even in the Garden of Eden, in

paradise, before Adam and Eve partook of the forbidden fruit, Satan was already there, waiting to tempt them to

disobey God (Ge 3:1-6). Another reason bad things happen is because people sin.

The reason why God allows people to sin and be tempted to sin is not for us to know, at least for now (Dt 29:29).

What we do know is that when bad things happen, we should not rage against God. To revolt against God is to

fall prey to the devil. The devil is a liar (Jn 8:44) and wants us to believe that God is blameworthy. But the Bible

says that God is light; in him there is no darkness at all (1Jn 1:5). God is not the enemy; Satan is the enemy.

Through his Spirit God empowers us to war against the enemy by following Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior,

during good times and bad times.

14.WhatvaluesdoesaChristianfamilyhold?(Joshua24:15)

A Christian is someone who knows there is nothing he or she can do to deserve God’s love but who gratefully

accepts and trusts in what God has done through the sacrifice of his Son, Jesus Christ. This faith translates into a

life lived in love, gratitude and service. A Christian family, then, reflects these same values. While the members of

a Christian family are not perfect people and are not without problems, they do believe that God has their best

interests at heart. The Bible and the commandments from God found in it serve as their rules for living.

They strive to live according to God’s Word and make God the foundation of their beliefs as a family unit.

However, the modern family unit has changed since the days of Leave It to Beaver. Whether comprised of a

husband and wife with no children, a husband and wife with children, a single parent raising a child or children

alone, or any number of other scenarios—the goal of a Christian family is to love God and love people. With that

in mind, the definition of “family” can extend beyond blood relatives and those related by marriage.

One Biblical illustration of what a Christian family can look like may be found in Matthew 12:48-50, where Jesus

said that his “family” is comprised of those who do the will of his Father in heaven. Jesus’ answer emphasizes the

great importance of our spiritual family—those with whom we may not share blood but with whom we share a

common and strong faith in God and his Son, Jesus Christ. It should be noted, however, that being a Christian

doesn’t necessarily mean that every member of your family will also be a Christian. It’s possible that only one

spouse may believe (1Co 7:12-14; 1Pe 3:1) or that some children won’t believe. After all, even Satan rebelled

against the perfect Father.

15. Doesitmatterwhenand where wepray?(1Kings8:29 30)

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When Jesus introduced prayer by saying, Our Father (Mt 6:9), he reminded us that prayer is more personal than

prescriptive. Prayer is a “divine dialogue” between God and those who have a relationship with him. Therefore,

we are welcome to come to God anytime and anywhere. Like Jesus, we may pray early in the morning (Mk 1:35)

or in the evening (Mk 14:32). We may pray when we are afraid (Ps 119:145-146), when we are in need (Mt 7:7-12)

or when we lack wisdom (Jas 1:5). We may also pray to express the joy (Php 1:4) and the gratitude (1Th 5:16-18)

we feel when we see God at work around us. And while many of our prayers include requests for our personal

needs, it is right to pray for others (1Th 5:25), including those in authority (1Ti 2:1-2) and even our enemies (Mt

5:44).

We should pray on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests (Eph 6:18). Our prayers at any time may

also be offered in any place. Hannah’s prayer in the temple (1Sa 1:9-11) was no more spiritual than Moses’ prayer

in the desert (Ex 32:11-14). Jesus prayed in a garden (Mk 14:32-42). Jonah prayed in the belly of a fish (Jnh 2:1-

10). Paul prayed in prison (Ac 16:22-25). Nehemiah prayed in the king’s court (Ne 2:4). No matter where we are,

we can always be assured of great reception with God when we pray.

16. Howcanwehandleguilt and regretoverourpastdecisions?(Ezra9:6) 

As every psychiatrist knows, unresolved guilt and brooding regret are significant blocks to healthy living. The

Bible emphasizes self-analysis and awareness (Ps 139:1-24), confession and repentance (Ps 32:1-11; 51:1-19; Jas

5:16), and forgiveness (Mt 6:14) as elements of a sound spiritual lifestyle. But the past cannot be altered. Therefore

it is also important to accept what has happened and learn how to live with the consequences of our choices and

decisions.

Once the consequences are acknowledged and dealt with (Ps 51:1-19), and the lessons are learned (Ps 107:1-43),

we must be able to forgive ourselves because God forgives us. We need to forgive ourselves so that we can move

ahead with hope into the future. Forgiving ourselves is not always easy, nor is it a matter only of individual

concern. The teachings of the Bible indicate that self-forgiveness is a spiritual journey that takes place best in

community. It is often within the faith community that we come to understand that there is no condemnation for

those who are in Christ Jesus (Ro 8:1).

It is there that we find the grace, forgiveness and comfort of both God and others (2Co 1:3-7; 2:7). It is there that

we can confess our sins to God and others and be healed (Jas 5:16; 1Jn 1:9). And “community” isn’t limited to

church congregations. There are many communities of faith working to help people heal from the consequences

of their past choices. The “Twelve Steps” of Alcoholics Anonymous were formed on the basis of Biblical

teachings and spiritual insights; as such, they often help people respond constructively to the tortures of an

imperfect past.

17.ShouldChristians todayobservetheSabbath?(Nehemiah13:15 22)

The rules of the Sabbath, which in Hebrew means “rest,” are based on two specific principles. First, in the Ten

Commandments (Ex 20:2-17), a sabbath rest on the seventh day of each week was patterned after the events of

the creation story (Ge 2:1-3), which describes God ceasing from creative activity on the seventh day after bringing

humankind into being. In that teaching, the Sabbath was a time for reflection on good things done and the

enjoyment of important relationships.

Second, when Moses repeated the Ten Commandments in Deuteronomy 5:6-21, he noted that the Israelites had

recently been rescued from the bondage of slavery in Egypt. In that teaching the Sabbath was a celebration of

freedom from an existence solely devoted to work. For the Israelites, the Sabbath was both a rhythm of life bred

into human understanding from the very beginning and a celebration of freedom from oppression.

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Jesus emphasized the former value of the Sabbath in his own teachings (Mk 2:23-28), while his followers focused

on the latter value of the Sabbath—especially once they realized the great deliverance from the bondage of sin

brought by Jesus’ death and resurrection (Ac 20:7; Rev 1:9-10). This understanding was amplified by the writer of

Hebrews 4:1-11 as a forwardlooking anticipation of the renewal of all things. Even though the Bible makes it clear

that Sabbath observance is not mandatory (Col 2:14, 16), the practices of both Jesus and the early Christian

community testify to its enduring value in a believer’s spiritual life.

18. Are people just pawnsinGod’schessgame?(Job1:1319)

It sometimes seems that people are caught in events beyond their control, events manipulated by God or Satan.

They may feel forced into situations they would not choose if they were given a choice. While this seems unfair,

there is another way, a higher way, to interpret the circumstances of life. We can see them as Godgiven

opportunities to cooperate with God’s purposes and plans that allow us to participate in something far more

significant than our own schemes. We are more than pawns in a chess game.

We can honour Almighty God by the way we live and die. Still, many unanswered questions remain. Only God

knows why dozens of bystanders had to die in this unfolding drama between Satan and God. We struggle with the

fact that some who are righteous have short, tragic lives, while others who are wicked enjoy wealth and long life.

There is one thing we can affirm, however: what seems unfair in this life will be made right in eternity. Our

problems will be resolved and many of our questions answered. God has permitted Satan certain freedoms. Satan

is called the prince of this world (Jn 14:30) and the ruler of the kingdom of the air (Eph 2:2), for he sometimes

uses sicknesses, plagues, wicked people and the forces of nature.

Though God dealt a fatal blow to Satan through Jesus’ death and resurrection, Satan continues to struggle against

God and will do so until the end (Ro 16:20). There are two sides to the suffering of the righteous: the earthly and

the heavenly. The apostle Paul understood the tension of living in a corrupt world. He placed his trust in God and

things eternal—God’s justice, mercy and love—not in the temporary things of this world—success, wealth and

fame. Paul recognized that our struggle is not against flesh and blood (Eph 6:12) and took courage in knowing

that our citizenship is in heaven (Php 3:20).

19.IsGodresponsibleforSatan’s actions orpeople’ssins?(Job19:8  12)

We know that evil exists in this world. Its origins are personified in a cruel being identified in the Bible as Satan

(“adversary”) or the devil (“slanderer”), but this creature’s origin is never tied to the Creator who made all things

good (Ge 1:31). Satan first appears in the creation story (Ge 3:1), with no explanation of how he got there or

where he came from. Some think the poetic imagery of Isaiah 14, which describes the power and demise of the

king of Babylon, alludes to Satan’s origins. But this is only theological speculation.

A cryptic scene in the drama of Job shows Satan as part of the company of angels who presented themselves

before God (Job 1:6-2:7). While this being had the power to wreak havoc on Job’s life in an attempt to make him

sin, Satan’s power was limited by God’s permissions and prohibitions. This limitation of Satan’s power by God is

echoed by Jesus (Lk 10:17-21) in the New Testament and is pictured graphically in Revelation (Rev 20:7-10). We

also know that the Bible does not absolve humans of their guilt for sinful choices and behaviours (Jas 1:13-18).

20.If wearetreatedunfairly,isGodstill good?(Job 34:19) 

Because of the intrusion of sin and evil into our world, it seems to us that life is often not fair or just (Ps 73:3-12).

Events occur that we do not cause or desire, and all our best efforts are not able to produce perfect results. Yet

the Bible consistently declares that God is good, fair and just (Ps 9:7-12; 101:1; 145:1-21; 1Th 1:5-7; Rev 19:1-2,

11). Sometimes we find this truth difficult to grasp because of the complexity of this world and its evils. We have

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limited ability to clearly interpret it. But once we have spiritual insight about the truth, we can conform our

behaviours more fully to reflect God’s fairness, goodness and righteousness (Php 4:8-9).

Even when things happen that contradict our expressed efforts and knowledge of God’s ultimate designs, we can

have confidence that God’s purposes will prevail (2Co 3:7-5:10); he will restore the fortunes of earth and

humankind to his original desires (2Pe 3:13). Both Peter (1Pe 1:6-7; 2:19-25) and Paul (Ro 8:18-39) insisted that

when we experience unfairness in life, we are gaining insights into what Jesus went through. We are also learning

how to hope for the fullness of God’s goodness to renew our world.

21.WhydoesitsometimesseemlikeGodisfaraway?(Psalm10:1) 

God promised his people, The LORD will deliver them to you, and you must do to them all that I have

commanded you (Dt 31:5). Yet sometimes God seems distant. During such times, the ever-present God hasn’t

gone anywhere. Instead, specific obstacles we create or experience can make God seem far away. One obstacle is

busyness. Our overloaded schedules can crowd out time with God and make it difficult to sense his presence in

our lives.

When Jesus arrived for dinner at the home of friends, Martha chose to busy herself with kitchen duties while her

sister sat at the feet of Jesus and was commended for doing what was better (Lk 10:38-42). Busyness isn’t next to

godliness. In fact, our crammed calendars can cause us to miss connecting with God daily. A second obstacle is

“stuff,” or possessions. In Matthew 19:16-22, Jesus urged a man to sell all he had and to follow him, but the man

went away sad, because he had great wealth (Mt 19:22).

Unfortunately, possessions and wealth can prevent people from pursuing Jesus. He warned, Where your treasure

is, there your heart will be also (Mt 6:21). So, if our hearts wander after more and more stuff, we will have little

room for God. A third obstacle is sin. Christians can be secure in their relationship with God because their sins

have been forgiven through Jesus’ death on the cross. But lingering sin in our lives can still stand in the way of

present fellowship with God. Fortunately, when we confess our sin, repent and obey God, we will feel the

Father’s love and personal presence once again (Jn 14:23, 25-27).

22.Whydoourprayersseemineffectiveattimes?(Psalm39:12) 

One of the differences between the personal God of the Bible and all other so-called gods is that the Lord is near

us whenever we pray to him (Dt 4:7). However, anyone who has ever prayed has surely experienced a time when

their prayers didn’t seem to make it higher than the ceiling. Sometimes God is silent when we harbour sin in our

lives. The psalmist understood that the Lord would not listen to his prayers if he cherished sin in (his) heart (Ps

66:18).

Indeed, if Jesus experienced separation from the Father when he took our sin on himself at the cross (Mt 27:46),

we should not be surprised to experience a sense of distance from God when we have unconfessed sin in our

lives. When we rebel against God, he does not listen to our prayers (Isa 1:2, 15; 1Pe 3:7; cf. Heb 5:7) Similarly, our

prayers may go unanswered if we ask with self-centred intentions (see Simon’s story in Ac 8:9-25). Jesus’ model of

prayer, the Lord’s Prayer (Mt 6:9-13), included not only personal requests but also praise, thanksgiving and

intercession. Selfish requests made with insincere motives will fall on deaf ears (Jas 4:3).

At other times, our prayers may seem ineffective when, in fact, the silence of God is intended to bolster our faith.

In Luke 18:1-8, Jesus told a parable about a woman who sought help from a judge who initially refused her

request but eventually gave her what she asked for because of her persistence. The lesson of the story is that God,

a just judge who cares for us, will see to it that our needs are met, but we must exercise faith in his sovereign

goodness (Lk 18:8). And while our praying may not produce immediate results, praying with persistence changes

us and moves us toward greater dependence on God.

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23. DoesGodsendtroubles?(Psalm71:20) 

We have trouble in the world and in our lives because of humanity’s sinful nature. But the book of Job shows that

troubles do not necessarily come in direct proportion to our sin. Troubles may come not because we have

committed a particular sin but because of someone else’s sin against us.

In this psalm the writer looked back on his life and admitted that God had allowed him to experience some bitter

troubles. God is not the blameworthy cause or originator of evil in the world, and he is neither capricious nor a

mere passive observer. Sometimes God permits trouble in people’s lives; other times he seems to deliberately

bring people to a place where they will experience difficulties.

The Bible says that God has many reasons for allowing the godly to experience suffering. Suffering may:

1. Lead someone away from sin and closer to God (Heb 12:4-11),

2. Build up a person’s character (Jas 1:2-6) or (3) provide a means to glorify God (Jn 9:1-3). Then again,

there is the lesson of Job: explanations cannot always be found. At times we may not understand why

God allows us to experience troubles, but even without answers it is good to say with the psalmist, You

will restore my life again … you will again bring me up.

24. Doesanythingprevent Godfromrespondingto our prayers?(Psalm102:1 2)

No entity has the power to stop God from responding to our prayers. Nor does anyone have the power to force

God to reveal what his answer to a prayer might be. In fact, God might choose not to answer our prayers—

especially if our requests are selfish. James 4:3 says, When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with

wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures. It is solely God’s prerogative to answer

prayer or not. Sometimes God might test us to see if we will trust him even without clear answers to our prayers.

God wants us to know and love him personally; he doesn’t want us to merely ask him for things.

Because God is relational, it is possible even for Christians to quench the Spirit (1Th 5:19) or grieve the Holy

Spirit (Eph 4:30), who intercedes on our behalf when we pray (Ro 8:26). We can do so through repeated sin, for

example, which means it is possible for us to make our own prayers ineffective (e.g., 1Pe 3:7). At the same time,

God assures us that he is not far away: If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray

and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and

will heal their land (2Ch 7:14).

25.Isthere anysecularevidencetosupporttheBible’sclaims?(Psalm 119:160) 

Although the Bible is not an ancient history textbook, it does report events that have been confirmed by other

historical works. Consider the following examples:

 Archeological digs and ancient Assyrian records confirm the Bible’s portrayal of King Sennacherib’s

invasion of Judah (2Ki 18:13-19:37).

 Until recent excavations at Tell Mardikh uncovered tablets mentioning Sodom and Gomorrah (Ge 19:1-

29), scholars dismissed the existence of both cities as a Biblical legend.

 The Hittites were also considered a Biblical legend until their capital and records were discovered in

modern-day Turkey.

 The palace of King Sargon, an Assyrian ruler mentioned in Isaiah, was uncovered in Iraq. The events

recorded in Isaiah 20 were even recorded on the palace walls.

 In 1947, the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls (which are copies of the Old Testament) confirmed how

accurately the Bible was copied from 200 BC to AD 1200.

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26. DoestheBibledefinewhenhumanlifebegins?(Psalm139:13) 

A simple assumption undergirds the entire Bible: God, the author of life, creates each and every human being.

Therefore, every person is sacred to him. Psalm 100:3 says, Know that the LORD is God. It is he who made us,

and we are his. The Bible also assumes that life begins in the womb. God declared to the prophet Jeremiah,

Before I formed you in the womb I knew you (Jer 1:5). And Job 31:15 refers to God forming us in the womb. So,

medically speaking, God knows us and shapes us even minutes after conception, when our most primitive cells

begin to separate; even at the fifth week of life, when our cerebral cortex starts to form; even at the sixth week,

when our heart chambers converge; even at the seventh week, when our fingers and toes grow distinct; and even

at the tenth week, when we become sensitive to touch.

Perhaps Dr. Seuss captured the Bible’s view on this issue best in his children’s classic Horton Hears a Who:

“After all, a person’s a person no matter how small.” In the Biblical story, all human beings, no matter how small

or vulnerable—unborn babies and overwhelmed mothers, the weak and the frail, the imprisoned and the

traumatized, the disabled and the diseased, the righteous and the sinners—are valuable to God, the author of all

life.

27. DoesGodapproveofwar?(Psalm144:1) 

The Old Testament seems to say yes. The New Testament seems to say the opposite. This apparent contradiction

must be understood within its historical context. Old Testament Israel conquered the sinful Canaanites as part of

God’s judgment. Israel was a theocracy, a nation-state in which God was King. But New Testament followers of

Jesus Christ knew only the oppressive rule of the Roman state. Jesus introduced a whole new paradigm

concerning violence, resistance and peace in his teachings regarding the kingdom of God.

In fact, some early Christians did experience tension between loving one’s enemy and serving in the military, while

others such as the Roman centurion in Matthew 8:5-13 were encouraged by Jesus for their faith and their witness

to those around them. At the end of the second century, soldiers began converting to Christianity, and by the time

of Augustine (fourth century), Christians in the military were recognized as an essential component to carrying out

warfare in a just manner. In Romans 13:1-7, we read that God gives governments the right to bear the sword, the

power of retributive justice to punish evildoers.

Any nation has a God-given responsibility to exercise just and appropriate force to protect its citizens from evil.

The Bible does not detail how this is to be carried out, but the principles of punishing wrongdoers and protecting

the innocent are the basis of our system of law enforcement today, on both a national level (police, FBI, etc.) and

an international level (the military). This does not mean that God approves of everything that is done in the name

of law enforcement or war (e.g., torture, wars of conquest, use of nuclear weapons). But the basic principles of

punishing wrongdoers and protecting the innocent are in keeping with the character of God.

28. HowdoIshow love to peoplewhoviolateGod’sstandardswithoutendorsing

theirsin?(Proverbs 1:15) 

Nobody likes the stereotypical judgmental “religious” person who condemns others for their sinful ways.

Fortunately, the Bible provides advice on how to deal constructively with the faults and sins of other people: Be

personal. Jesus had a very realistic view of the damage caused by sin. So if we see someone betraying God, others

or their deepest selves, we should deal with it by approaching the person personally (Mt 18:15-20). This means

that we should not complain or gossip about the person. Be humble.

The Bible instructs us to consider our own lives before judging others. Jesus used a humorous illustration about

the person who sees the speck in someone else’s eye but fails to see the plank protruding from his or her own eye

(Mt 7:3-5). The point is this: Don’t project blame and shame on others. We’re all sinners. We must be humble

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enough to admit our own mistakes first. Be humble. The Bible instructs us to consider our own lives before

judging others. Jesus used a humorous illustration about the person who sees the speck in someone else’s eye but

fails to see the plank protruding from his or her own eye (Mt 7:3-5).

The point is this: Don’t project blame and shame on others. We’re all sinners. We must be humble enough to

admit our own mistakes first. Be gentle. The Bible directs us to address people’s sins with a gentle attitude (Gal

6:1-2). There is no reason to deal harshly with people for their faults. Be truthful. Spiritually speaking, we all have

a lot of growing up to do. Honest people can help us grow by gently but firmly pointing out areas in our lives that

could use work.

The Bible refers to this process as speaking the truth in love (Eph 4:15). It takes courage to do this, but most of us

know that this kind of tough love helps us grow. Be hopeful. After we’ve approached someone personally—with

humility, gentleness and truth-filled love—we can leave it in God’s hands. We can’t force someone to change and

grow, but we can hope and pray that Jesus will continue to work in that person’s life (Php1:6).

29. Howshouldchildren bedisciplined?(Proverbs 19:18) 

Proverbs begins with the assumption that children are born in need of correction. They enter the world with a

bent toward doing wrong. Fathers and mothers are expected to lovingly but firmly train children in the ways of

wisdom, responsibility and righteousness. The direction children receive at home sets the course for their entire

lives: Start children of on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it (22:6).

This isn’t a blanket promise that godly parents won’t have wayward children, but it does underscore the general

principle that good parenting can have a life-long impact. Parents who fail in their duty to discipline their children

bear a heavy responsibility. The writer sees them as a willing party to (their child’s) death (19:18). In ancient Israel

the penalty for several crimes was death, so failing to properly control a child could indirectly lead to his death.

Parents who ignore their children or fail to give them the discipline they need consign them to a bleak and dismal

future. There is disagreement today over disciplinary methods. Proverbs appears to favor the stronger forms of

discipline: Whoever spares the rod hates their children, but the one who loves their children is careful to discipline

them (13:24). Taken to an extreme, of course, such punishment is abuse, which the Bible never encourages. The

other side of the coin is that children who never learn that their actions carry consequences will eventually face

even more grief.

30. Howcanparents preparetheirchildrentoimpactthe world?(Proverbs 22:6) 

There is an old saying that ships were meant for the sea, not for the harbour. While the harbour is safe, the ship

never fulfills its purpose until it is tested in deep waters. We face a similar dilemma in overseeing the lives of our

children. Our natural instinct and primary duty while they are young is to protect them. But just as important, we

must prepare them to face the risky, even dangerous, situations that life inevitably presents.

Parents can find a healthy balance by working to develop three interrelated qualities in their children that will bear

much fruit when their children grow to be adults. First, parents should raise their children to desire wisdom. What

parent would not desire for his or her child to follow Solomon’s example and ask God for wisdom above wealth

and honour (1Ki 3:6-9)? The pursuit of wisdom will help children stay out of harm’s way and equip them with the

skills needed for effective leadership in any calling.

Second, parents need to teach their children how to distinguish between right and wrong. Moral discernment and

wisdom complement each other. Solomon, in fact, joined them together in his prayer for wisdom: So give your

servant a discerning heart to govern your people and to distinguish between right and wrong. For who is able to

govern this great people of yours? (1Ki 3:9). Finally, parents should look for opportunities to vest maturing

children with significant responsibilities that impact other people. This is one way to put into practice the

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stewardship principle found in Matthew 25:23: You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge

of many things.

31.WhatdoestheBible say aboutsex?(SongofSong s2:37)

The Bible has a lot to say about sex. In fact, God’s creation of sex is recorded at the very beginning of his written

Word, and God’s first instruction to humankind was to have sex: Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth

and subdue it (Ge 1:28). No one who studies the Bible can say that it is prudish about sexuality. Song of Songs is

such a steamy account of sexual love that Jewish boys were forbidden to read it until they were 14 years old.

However, as our creator, God knew that people needed committed love to protect them. He knew that outside of

a God-ordained marriage, sex can cause many emotional, physical and spiritual problems. The Bible says: Can a

man scoop fire into his lap without his clothes being burned? Can a man walk on hot coals without his feet being

scorched? So is he who sleeps with another man’s wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished (Pr 6:27-29).

This instruction isn’t just for adultery. In fact, any sexual relationship outside of marriage is outside of God’s good

plan for us. Sex was meant to be the intimate bond that holds a marriage together, as Jesus noted in Mark 10: For

this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh

(vv. 7-8). Paul said that we are to honour God with our bodies (1Co 6:20). That means sex is essential between a

husband and wife (1Co 7:3-5) but prohibited under any other circumstance. All people should flee from sexual

immorality (1Co 6:18).

32.WhatdoestheBible say aboutthedangers ofpornography?(Ezekiel23:14 16)

Because of the time and culture in which the Bible was written—no Internet, printed page or video, pornography

isn’t directly discussed in the Bible. However, the parable of Israel’s unfaithfulness in Ezekiel 23:1-49 provides an

interesting commentary on how images can seduce and corrupt. Verse 14 describes a woman, who represents

Jerusalem, who saw figures of men drawn on a wall.

As soon as she saw them, she lusted after them (v. 16). Not only did these depictions stir up lust, they also led her

to seek out men with whom to have sex. That is exactly what pornography does; it arouses within people impure

and unhealthy sexual desires and intensifies sexual temptation. Pornographic images—and the idea of instant

sexual pleasure—can dominate the way a person thinks about God’s gift of sex. Here’s the bottom line:

pornography takes something beautiful, which is meant to be shared intimately between two married people, and

twists it into something selfish and demeaning.

Furthermore, there are two other Biblical principles that can be applied to the issue of pornography:

1. We should fill our minds only with true, noble and pure thoughts (Php 4:8).

2. No matter what sins we’ve committed in the past, we’re never too dirty to be forgiven and cleansed by

God (1Co 6:9-11).

33.Whatishelllike?(Matthew5:2130)

The Bible offers a variety of disturbing pictures of hell. Hell is described as a place of unquenchable fire (Mk

9:43); condemnation (Mt 23:33); darkness, weeping and gnashing of teeth (Mt 8:11-13); chains and judgment (2Pe

2:4). While some of these images create an apparent conflict (e.g., fire and darkness), together they are a picture of

misery. The clearest picture we have of hell comes from Jesus’ parable of the rich man and Lazarus in Luke 16:19-

31. In this parable, Jesus warned that the boundaries between heaven and hell are permanently fixed.

While Lazarus entered a place of comfort (Lk 16:25), the rich man existed in torment, longing for even a drop of

cool water (Lk 16:24). Jesus' description of hell also leads to several observations. People are recognizable there,

and it is a place of agony and torment (Lk 16:23). The chasm between heaven and hell prevents escape or

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movement from hell to heaven (Lk 16:26). And it is not possible for anyone in hell to warn loved ones alive on

earth about the reality of hell (Lk 16:31).

34. HowcanI tellifIhavetoomuch“stuff”?(Matthew 6:19 20)

When we have too many material possessions, we often hold on to them too tightly; we overemphasize their

importance and purpose in our lives, and this causes us anxiety. A good way to find out if we have a healthy view

of material possessions is to ask ourselves, Am I actively seeking first God’s kingdom and his righteousness or am

I worrying about losing or increasing my stuff? Jesus said, Do not worry about your life, what you will eat or

drink; or about your body, what you will wear (Mt 6:25).

The remedy to our anxiety and acquisitiveness is to seek first (God’s) kingdom and his righteousness, and all these

things will be given to (us) as well (Mt 6:33). So what’s needed is the cultivation of a right frame of reference

concerning material possessions. What we have (or do not have) should not define who we are (or are not).

Furthermore, we should be looking for creative ways to share what we have with others—especially those who

cannot repay us in monetary or material ways. Have you ever stopped to wonder why God entrusts us with all this

stuff in the first place? It is certainly not because we deserve it more than anybody else.

The answer, in large part, goes back to what God said to Abram in Genesis 12:2-3: you’ve been blessed to be a

blessing to others. We should never lose sight of the fact that we’ve been called to use what God has given us to

serve others (Mt 20:25-28; 1Pe 4:10). We should acknowledge the reality that sometimes those with the least give

the most materially (giving the shirt off their back) and relationally (giving from the heart), and that is the

sacrificial giving the apostle Paul praised so highly in 2 Corinthians 8-9.

So the issue is not simply how much we have or don’t have; the issue is what we do with what we have. That core

issue makes all the difference in the love we develop for stuff. We know we have too much stuff when anxiety or

greed, which is idolatry (Col 3:5), keeps us from sharing with others; when we find our contentment in what we

buy and own rather than in whom we love; and when we find our identity in what we possess rather than in our

relationships. Seek first his kingdom, and everything else will fall into line.

35.Whatdoesitmeantolovemyneighbour?(Matthew22:37 40)

Henri Nouwen once said that true community is the place where the individual we least like always lives next

door. This is certainly a Biblical principle. Jesus taught that our neighbour might be the person least like us—

consider the parable of the Good Samaritan (Lk 10:25-37). We are called to be like the Samaritan rather than the

religious leaders who passed by their Jewish countryman who had been beaten, robbed and left for dead along the

road. They didn’t lift a hand to help him. In contrast, the despised Samaritan did not walk past the Jewish man but

cared for him—paying out of his own pocket for the man’s needs, not expecting repayment.

This Samaritan loved radically, sacrificially and at great risk to himself. He acted decisively; he didn’t question what

his fellow Samaritans would think or what might happen if the robbers were still nearby. Loving our neighbour

involves caring for those in need who cross our path. This applies certainly to friends, but especially to those least

like us and to those we like the least. Those who experience eternal life with Jesus must love like Jesus loves. So,

just as Jesus loves his neighbour—like the Samaritan loved the Jewish man who was attacked by robbers—we too

must love our neighbour, even though they might not like us or be able to pay us back. Jesus loves

unconditionally and we should too.

36.Whataredemons,andhow do theyinteract withtheworldtoday?(Luke9:37 43)

Demons are called deceiving spirits (1Ti 4:1). They are also called impure spirits (Mt 10:1; see Lk 4:33). The origin

of demons is not described in the Scriptures, but Jesus’ reference to the devil and his angels (Mt 25:41) suggests

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that demons are angels who fell when Satan rebelled (Rev 12:4). Demons can speak and can possess people and

animals (Mk 5:9, 12; Ac 19:15). Deceitful spirits are also capable of appearing as angels of light (2Co 11:14). Yet

despite their apparent beauty and power, their influence is ultimately destructive (Mk 5:2-5). Demonic

manifestation during the New Testament era often resulted in symptoms similar to those of mental or physical

illness (e.g., Mt 9:33; 17:15, 18; Mk 5:15).

Demonic influence is also a source of false religion (Dt 32:17; 1Co 10:19-21). The fact that demons are rarely

mentioned in the Old Testament has caused some Bible scholars to conclude that the high frequency of demonic

activity in the New Testament era was unique and may have been a response to the presence of Jesus. Others

believe that demons are just as active today. In either case, Jesus gave his disciples authority over evil spirits (Mk

6:7). This power is rooted in Jesus the Messiah’s kingdom authority (Mt 10:1, 7-8), which remains very much in

effect today.

37. DoesGodexpectme toforgivesomeonewhokeepshurtingme?(Luke17:1  4)

The entire Christian understanding of forgiving others is based on God’s forgiveness of us through Jesus Christ.

We are to forgive each other just as in Christ God forgave (us) (Eph 4:32). Peter once asked Jesus how many

times he was supposed to forgive someone who continued to sin against him (Mt 18:21). Jesus responded with a

chilling statement and a story that teaches us the limitless nature of forgiveness. We should not set limits on our

forgiveness, because God has forgiven us a far greater debt (Mt 18:23-35). So does God expect you to forgive

someone who keeps hurting you? Yes, because we have been shown such abundant forgiveness. Yes, because we

have a new nature—a new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness (Eph 4:24). But steps

should also be taken in difficult relationships to establish boundaries and to encourage true reconciliation.

One person can bring forgiveness to a relationship, but it takes two people to bring reconciliation. You are

responsible to forgive others because Christ has forgiven you. However, you cannot bring reconciliation to a

relationship if the other person does not want to make peace with you. Consider Paul’s counsel in Romans 12:18:

If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone. Relationships can only be healed through

forgiveness and repentance. Where repentance is not present, reconciliation cannot take place.

38.Whatabout those whohaveneverheardaboutJesus?(Acts4:12) 

Jesus was clear about the rules for receiving salvation when he said, I am the way and the truth and the life. No

one comes to the Father except through me (Jn 14:6). And when speaking about Jesus, the apostle Peter said in

this passage, Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by

which we must be saved. Further, all people have to answer to God whether or not they have “heard” about him

(Heb 9:27).

The Bible states that God has clearly revealed himself in creation (Ro 1:19-20) and that he has set eternity in the

human heart (Ecc 3:11). This means that people see all around them the evidence of God and sense within

themselves the truth that they are meant for more than this world. God is not the problem; humankind is.

Because of sin, people reject this knowledge of God and rebel against his will (Ro 1:21-23). It is only because of

God’s grace (Eph 2:8-9) that he saves people from their own sinful desires (Ro 1:24-32).

How God works out his plan is mysterious and complicated. We have our ideas of what it means for Jesus to be

“the way,” but he is not bound by our understanding. God works to accomplish his goals in ways that we will

never see or comprehend. The wideness of God’s mercy and the tenacity of his love is beyond our intellectual

capacity. Jesus is central in the redemption story.

But God rewards those who seek him (Heb 11:6). It is our mission to help those who seek him and make sure

that those who have yet to answer God’s call hear and understand the gospel (Mt 28:19-20; Ac 1:8). God always

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acts justly; he never acts unfairly or wrongly (Dt 32:4). We might be surprised at the final roll call of heaven.

Fortunately, it is God—not us—who will sort out the details in each person’s case.

39.Whatisthevalueofbaptism?(Acts19:17)

Jesus’ final instructions to his disciples were to go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of

the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you

(Mt 28:19-20). For centuries, brilliant minds have debated whether baptism is a symbol or a sacrament, whether it

is for believers or infants. But clearly, baptism is a crucial step in a Christian’s faith journey. The real question is,

When precisely does our faith journey begin?

Scripture is clear that baptism points to the fact that a person has already begun a relationship with God.

However, it is God who initially draws us to himself (Jn 6:44). We don’t create our own spiritual sensitivity, and

this aspect of our faith journey is poignantly illustrated in the baptism of helpless, dependent infants. The disciples

Paul met in Ephesus were adults who had a way to go in learning how to imitate and trust in Jesus the Messiah.

They were becoming the kind of people who consistently obey Jesus. Baptism into the name of the Lord Jesus

was the key for enabling them to living a Spirit-filled and empowered life.

In a world where individualism and privacy are cherished values, baptism publicly and boldly proclaims our

allegiance to Jesus. Through baptism, we fly our colours— declaring we are unashamedly committed to following

Jesus, and proclaiming our union with Christ in his death and resurrection. Life is hard. Sin is enticing. Our

identity is often uncertain. Our faith is sometimes weak. Baptism is a reference point during challenging times that

helps us rediscover “true north.” We remember our baptism.

We remember to whom we belong. We remember that we are part of the body of Jesus Christ. And we also

remember that, spiritually speaking, we are like helpless, dependent infants who can’t live on their own without

the sustaining grace and power of their Father in heaven. Finally, baptism immerses us into the reality of the

Trinity (Mt 28:19). The precise meaning of this may elude us, but complete understanding is not a prerequisite to

rejoicing. We are no longer on our own. We have fellowship with the Trinity.

40. DoesGodexpectme tokeepmymind andbodypurein today’sculture?(1 

Corinthians6:18)

In his Word, God calls his people to a life of holiness. Peter wrote, As obedient children, do not conform to the

evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance. But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; for

it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy” (1Pe 1:14-16). When we read a passage like this, we might think, How

can God expect me to live a holy life in a culture that bombards me every day with the very antithesis of holiness?

When we’re tempted to respond this way, we must keep three things in mind. First, the culture of the Old and

New Testament writers was every bit as decadent as ours is today. Sinful human nature hasn’t changed, nor has

our adversary, the devil. We cannot excuse lowering our standards on the basis of the changing conditions in

which we live.

Second, the moral standards in the Word of God are no less applicable and binding today than they were when

the Old and New Testament writers recorded in written words what God had previously made known to

countless generations before through the witness of conscience and creation. God’s moral standards are as

unalterable as the holy nature of God himself. His moral standards reflect his holy nature, and Peter calls us to

mimic God as obedient children (1Pe 1:14).

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And third, God hasn’t left us alone in our fight against sin. He has given us the gift of the indwelling Holy Spirit.

While no one will achieve sinless perfection on this side of heaven, the Spirit within is a powerful resource to aid

us in becoming increasingly conformed in mind and body to the image of the holy God we love and serve.

41. HowdoChristianspracticeevangelism inaculture thatfrownson

“proselytizing”?(1Corinthians9:19 23)

Ever since Jesus charged his disciples to go and make disciples of all nations (Mt 28:19), Christians have

understood that it’s our privilege and responsibility to share the gospel. The early Christians obeyed this charge in

a culture that frowned on proselytizing even more than our own culture does. When Peter and John were

threatened and commanded by the Jewish authorities to stop preaching, they responded by saying, We must obey

God rather than human beings! (Ac 5:29).

Despite the consequences, our commitment today should be no less than theirs was. The charge to proclaim the

gospel in a culture that frowns on doing so requires both courage and sensitivity. Paul modelled both of these

qualities when he preached to the Athenians at the Areopagus (Ac 17:16-34). In that sermon, he showed

remarkable fluency in Greek literature and religion, communicating the unchanging gospel of Jesus Christ in a way

that the Athenians could understand and appreciate.

At the same time, he didn’t shrink from proclaiming the resurrection—a doctrine that flew in the face of their

preconceived ideas and philosophical commitments. When sharing the gospel, we, like Paul, must be mindful of

our culture, yet never shrink away from those eternal truths that may rub people the wrong way. And we must

always season our words with acts of compassion so that unbelievers may see [our] good deeds and glorify [our]

Father in heaven (Mt 5:16). Paul’s wise counsel to the Colossians sums it up best: Be wise in the way you act

toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity. Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned

with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone (Col 4:5-6).

42.Whatismy purposeinlife?AndhowcanIbecertainofit?(1Corinthians10:31) 

Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven (Mt 6:10). This is the essence of our purpose.

We are to honour God and advance his kingdom through who we are and in everything we do. Through our

cooperation with God’s Spirit who is at work within us, we can grow to the point that what we want aligns with

what God wants—our passions and purposes are his passions and purposes; we think, speak, act and relate in a

Christ-like way. We will never be perfect or without struggle in this life, but we can be inwardly connected to Jesus

(Jn 15:1-8). We listen for the Spirit’s guidance. We cultivate our gifts. We live our lives pursuing God’s kingdom

interests (1Co 10:31-11:1).

But often this isn’t enough for us. We want to know our specific, individual purpose with certainty. We want the

mystery solved. We want to find a unique purpose that focuses our energies and convinces us that our life counts.

Perhaps our feverish search for the specific is misguided. Maybe our need for certainty reflects our addiction to

control and what Eugene Peterson calls “insiders’ pride.” God wants us to trust him, and sometimes knowing too

much leads to trusting too little. Maybe letting go of the pressure to find our purpose—and instead following hard

after God each new day—will centre us squarely in the target.

How can we identify our spiritual gifts? (1 Corinthians 12:1-11)

Every believer has been blessed with at least one spiritual gift (a God-given ability to be used in building up the

body of Christ). See the article What are spiritual gifts? (1Co 12:1-31). But how can we discover what our gifts are?

Here are several guidelines that will prove helpful in answering this question:

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 Learn: Scripture mentions dozens of spiritual gifts. In order to recognize the gifts in our lives, we should

know what they are (Ro 12:6-8; Eph 4:11-12; 1Pe 4:10-11).

 Pray: We should go to God in prayer and ask him what our gifts are. We should remain open. God the

Holy Spirit chooses our gifts (1Co

 12:11), and he is able and willing to reveal them to us.

 Serve: We should not wait for God to tell us what our gifts are before we begin serving in ministry. As

we get more involved, patterns will emerge that will give us a clue as to what our gifts are.

 Ask: We should go to other believers who know us well and ask them what they think our gifts are. It is

hard to imagine God giving us gifts that no one else recognizes but us!

43.Istherevalueinother religionslikeIslam,BuddhismandHinduism?(Galatians

1:9)

Yes, there is value, especially ethical value, in other religions. But the more significant question is, Is there eternal

value in other religions? No. Islam, Buddhism and Hinduism all provide very different answers to questions

concerning the nature of God, sin, who Jesus Christ is, what the purpose of life is, the afterlife and the eternal

significance of being a good person. We should acknowledge the diversity of religions and the diversity of their

answers to such basic questions. The writer of Hebrews tells us that God rewards those who earnestly seek him

(Heb 11:6).

God wants to be found, and traces of him can be found throughout the world’s religions. But much about God’s

revelation of himself through nature and the world’s religions has also been distorted through sin, ignorance,

falsehood and superstition (Ro 1:18-32). This is why we all need a more definitive form of revelation. In the

Christian faith, the most rudimentary issues concern who Jesus Christ is and whether he actually has the authority

to speak on God’s behalf. The Gospels record Jesus’ teachings and the rest of the New Testament corroborates,

clarifies and applies his teachings.

While world religions help to express the human soul’s longing to know its Creator, all religions must wrestle with

the question of truth about Jesus Christ. Was he a charismatic leader, a prophet, a martyr or the way and the truth

and the life (Jn 14:6)? The Bible teaches that believing in Jesus and following his way is the only path to finding a

personal relationship with God and receiving eternal life. Jesus said, No one comes to the Father except through

me (Jn 14:6). And the apostle Peter said, when speaking about Jesus, Salvation is found in no one else, for there is

no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved (Ac 4:12).

It is logically impossible for the various religions of the world to all be correct. Everyone can’t be right. The

common practice of picking and choosing from each of the religions creates a self-made spirituality governed by a

god made with our own hands and in our own image. All roads do not lead to God. But all roads can be a way to

get started on the quest to find him.

44.Whatisspiritualwarfare,andhow doesitaffectme?(Ephesians 6:12) 

Spiritual warfare is the unseen battle of believers against Satan and his army of demons, or fallen spirits. It is not a

physical battle, says the apostle Paul, but a spiritual struggle against the dark forces of evil in the world and in the

heavenly realms. The battleground for spiritual warfare is in our hearts and minds. The apostle Paul urges us to

resist being taken captive by worldly philosophies (Col 2:8). Spiritual battles take place as the enemy attacks our

thoughts about the truths of God and our relationship with God (Dt 13:13). We are encouraged to remember that

Satan and his forces have already been defeated and disarmed by Christ (Col 2:15). Paul tells believers that they

have access to spiritual authority, knowledge and power in the Lord Jesus Christ (Eph 1:18-21). Believers in

Christ, therefore, need not fear God’s enemies—spiritual or physical.

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Satan may still have limited freedom to harass followers of Jesus, but he has no direct authority over them. The

armour of God (6:10-17) is a picture of the protection Jesus gives us against spiritual attack. Believers who fill

their minds with God’s truth and remain alert through prayer will guard their hearts and minds against attack,

resulting in a peaceful spirit (Php 4:6-7). Two passages which serve as marching orders for those in God’s army

are Romans 12:1-21 and James 4:1-12. The best way to avoid being frightened by darkness is to walk in the light

(1Jn 1:5-7).

45.WhatcanChristiansdotobecomemorelikeJesus?(Philippians3:7 11)

Changes in behaviour always start with a radically new way of thinking, because what we believe shapes what we

do. The same is true of becoming more like Jesus (Ro 12:2). Therefore, in order for us to change our thinking, we

must learn about the spiritual treasures that are part of our salvation—things like freedom in Christ, free access to

God’s rich spiritual resources, the work of the Holy Spirit in our lives and the immeasurable love of God. The

Bible says that as followers of God, we have every spiritual blessing in Christ (Eph 1:3).

As Christians we become more like Jesus by drawing on these Christ-given riches to enable us to behave like the

new creations that we are (2Co 5:17). We determine to be humble, loving, pure, grace-giving people. When we

make mistakes and bad decisions, we confess our sins and repent, which keeps our relationship with the Lord

strong. When we discover our weaknesses, we draw on God’s wisdom and power for help. No one can become

more like Jesus without having close relationships with other believers. As the body of Christ, Christians need one

another to grow.

We need a church in which fellow believers are speaking the truth in love (Eph 4:15) and in which the Bible is

being preached so we know how to do works of service in Jesus’ name (Eph 4:12). In addition, Christians have

always found that practicing spiritual disciplines—such as regular Bible reading, prayer, fasting, solitude and

giving, among others—provide deep insights into their own souls and open pathways into Christlikeness. Finally,

we must reckon with God’s discipline (Heb 12:6). As a loving Father, God sometimes invests in our growth by

allowing us to experience painful situations that arrest us in our sinfulness, reveal our weaknesses and build into

our lives a deeper reliance on Christ and his Word (Heb 12:4-13).

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Biblical Timeline

This is an overview of the history of the Bible. Some dates are not precisely known and are therefore estimated.

Read down the left column first.

Old Testament

Date

Descr

tion

Bible Verses

Date

Descr

tion

Bible Verses

Before Time

In the Be

innin

was the Word

ohn 1

976 BC

Absalom's Cons

irac

2 Samuel 15

< 4000 BC

The Creation Genesis 1

976 BC

David Flees Jerusalem 2 Samuel 15:13

< 4000 BC

The Garden of Eden Genesis 2

972 BC

David and Ziba, Shimei 2 Samuel 16

< 4000 BC

The Fall of Man Genesis 3

972 BC

Shimei Curses David 2 Samuel 16:5

< 3000 BC Cain kills Abel Genesis 4 972 BC

David's Psalm of Thirst for God (2Sa

16)

Psalm 63

< 3000 BC

From Adam to Noah Genesis 5

972 BC

Hushai's Warnin

Saves David 2 Samuel 17

< 2500 BC

Wickedness Provokes God's wrath Genesis 6

972 BC

David Psalms of Deliverance

(

2Sa 17

)

Psalms 41

< 2500 BC

The Great Flood Genesis 7

972 BC

Absalom Slain by

oab 2 Samuel 18

< 2500 BC

The Flood Subsides Genesis 8

972 BC

oab Comforts David 2 Samuel 19

< 2500 BC

Covenant of the Rainbow Genesis 9

972 BC

Sheba Rebels A

ainst David 2 Samuel 20

< 2500 BC

Shem, Ham and Japheth Genesis 10

970 BC

The Gibeonites Avenged 2 Samuel 21

< 2100 BC

ob's Sufferin

and Faith

ob 1 - 42

970 BC

David's Son

of Deliverance 2 Samuel 22

< 2100 BC

The Tower of Babel Genesis 11

970 BC

David's Last Son

2 Samuel 23

2091 BC

God Sends Abram to E

t Genesis 12

970 BC

David's Psalm of Steadfastness

(

2Sa 23

)

Psalm 108

2090 BC

The Famine in Canaan Genesis 12:10

970 BC

David Counts the Fighting Men 2 Samuel 24

2085 BC Abram and Lot Part Ways Genesis 13 970 BC David's Last Days

1 Chronicles 28, 29, 1

Kings 1, 2

2085 BC

Abram Promised Man

Descendants Genesis 13:14

970 BC

David's Psalm of Salvation

(

1Ki 2

)

Psalm 37

2084 BC

Abram Rescues Lot Genesis 14

967 BC

Psalm for Solomon

(

2Ch 1

)

Psalm 72

2081 BC

God's Covenant with Abram Genesis 15

967 BC

Solomon Asks for Wisdom 2 Chronicles 1

1 Kin

s 3

2081 BC

Sarai and Hagar Genesis 16

967 BC

Psalm of Korah (1Ki 3) Psalm 45

2080 BC

Ishmael Born Genesis 16:15

967 BC

Solomon's Wisdom 1 Kin

s 4

2067 BC

The Covenant of Circumcision Genesis 17

967 BC

Solomon's Pre

arations for the Tem

le 1 Kin

s 5

2067 BC

God Promises the Birth of Isaac Genesis 18

966 BC

The Buildin

of Solomon's Tem

le 1 Kin

s 6

2067 BC

The Destruction of Sodom Genesis 19

966 BC

The Building of Solomon's Palace 1 Kings 7

2067 BC

Abraham, Sarah and Abimelech Genesis 20

966 BC

The Ark Brou

ht to the Tem

le 1 Kin

s 8

2066 BC

Isaac Born Genesis 21

966 BC

God's covenant with Solomon 1 Kin

s 9

2064 BC Hagar and Ishmael Sent Away Genesis 21:8 966 BC

Solomon Prepares for a Temple and

Palace

2 Chronicles 2

2057 BC The Treaty at Beersheba Genesis 21:22 966 BC

Solomon Builds the Temple in

erusalem

2 Chronicles 3

2054 BC

The Offerin

of Isaac Genesis 22

966 BC

Tem

le Furnishin

s 2 Chronicles 4

2030 BC

Death and Burial of Sarah Genesis 23

959 BC

Ark Brought into the Temple 2 Chronicles 5

2026 BC

Isaac Marries Rebekah Genesis 24

959 BC

Solomon's Prayer of Tem

le Dedication 2 Chronicles 6

2006 BC

Birth of

acob and Esau Genesis 25

959 BC

God's Glor

in the Tem

le 2 Chronicles 7

1991 BC

Death of Abraham Genesis 25:5

959 BC

Psalms of Solomon

(

2Ch 7

)

Psalms 135

136

1978 BC

Esau sells his birthright Genesis 25:29

959 BC

Solomon's buildings 2 Chronicles 8

1977 BC

Isaac and Abimelech Genesis 26

950 BC

Solomon Psalm of Blessin

Psalm 127

1929 BC

acob Gets Isaac's Blessin

Genesis 27

950 BC

The Proverbs of Solomon Proverbs 1 - 29

1928 BC

acob Flees to Laban Genesis 28

950 BC

The Words of A

ur Proverbs 30

1928 BC

Jacob's vision of a ladder Genesis 28:10

950 BC

King Lemuel's Proverb Proverbs 31

1928 BC

acob Serves Laban Genesis 29

950 BC

Solomon's Son

of Son

s Son

s 1 - 8

1921 BC

acob Marries Rachel Genesis 29:28

946 BC

Mutual Presents of Solomon and Hiran 1 Kin

s 9:10

1921 BC

acob and His Sons Genesis 30

946 BC

The

ueen of Sheba Visits Solomon 1 Kin

s 10

2 Chronicles 9

1916 BC

Rachel Bears Joseph Genesis 30:22

939 BC

Solomon's Wives and Idolatry 1 Kin

s 11

1908 BC

acob Leaves for Canaan Genesis 31

937 BC

Ecclesiastes Words of the Preacher Ecclesiastes 1 - 12

1906 BC

acob Wrestles with God Genesis 32

931 BC

Solomon's Death 1 Kin

s 11:40

1906 BC

acob Meets Esau Genesis 33

931 BC

The Kin

dom is Divided 1 Kin

s 12

1906 BC

acob Settles in Shechem Genesis 33:18

930 BC

Israelites Rebel a

ainst Rehoboam 2 Chronicles 10

1906 BC

Shechem Defiles Dinah Genesis 34

930 BC

Rehoboam's Rei

n over

udah 2 Chronicles 11

1906 BC

acob Returns to Bethel Genesis 35

927 BC

Rehoboam's sin 2 Chronicles 12

1906 BC

acob Named Israel Genesis 35:10

925 BC

Ahi

ah's Pro

hecies a

ainst

eroboam 1 Kin

s 14

1906 BC

Descendants of Esau Genesis 36

913 BC

Rehoboam's Wicked Reign 1 Kings 14:21

1903 BC

Rachel Dies Genesis 35:18

913 BC

Abi

am's wicked rei

n 1 Kin

s 15

1898 BC

ose

h's Dreams and Betra

al Genesis 37

913 BC

Civil War a

ainst

eroboam 2 Chronicles 13

1898 BC

ose

h Sold into Slaver

Genesis 37:25

913 BC

Asa Destro

s Idolatr

2 Chronicles 14

1898 BC

Tamar deceives Judah Genesis 38

909 BC

Jehu's prophecy against Baasha 1 Kings 16

1898 BC

ose

h Pros

ers Under Poti

har Genesis 39

895 BC

Asa's Reforms 2 Chronicles 15

1889 BC

Poti

har's Wife Accuses

ose

h Genesis 39:7

894 BC

Hanani's rebuke 2 Chronicles 16

1889 BC

ose

h Im

risoned Genesis 39:20

886 BC

Elah

Zimri

Omri 1 Kin

s 16:5

1887 BC

The Cupbearer and the Baker's

Dreams

Genesis 40 874 BC Ahab's wicked reign 1 Kings 16:27

1886 BC

Joseph Interprets Pharaoh's Dreams Genesis 41

869 BC

Jehoshaphat Succeeds Asa 2 Chronicles 17

1886 BC

ose

h Put in Char

e Genesis 41:33

863 BC

Eli

ah Pra

s for Drou

ht 1 Kin

s 17

1886 BC

Seven Years of Plent

in Genesis 41:47

863 BC

Eli

ah Fed b

Ravens 1 Kin

s 17:3

1875 BC

Famine Be

ins Genesis 41:53

863 BC

The Widow at Zare

hath 1 Kin

s 17:7

1875 BC

Joseph's Brothers Sent to Egypt Genesis 42

863 BC

Elijah on Mount Carmel 1 Kings 18

1875 BC

Simeon Detained b

ose

h Genesis 42:24

858 BC

Eli

ah Flees

ezebel 1 Kin

s 19

1875 BC

The Return with Ben

amin Genesis 43

858 BC

Elisha Called 1 Kin

s 19:19

1875 BC

Ben

amin and the Silver Cu

Genesis 44

857 BC

Ben-Hadad Attacks Samaria 1 Kin

s 20

1875 BC

Joseph Reveals His Identity Genesis 45

857 BC

Ahab Defeats Ben-Hadad 1 Kings 20:14

1875 BC

ose

h Sends for

acob Genesis 45:9

855 BC

Ahab Takes Naboth's Vine

ard 1 Kin

s 21

1875 BC

acob and Famil

to E

t Genesis 46

853 BC

Israel and

udah a

ainst

ria 1 Kin

s 22

1875 BC

acob to Goshen Genesis 47

853 BC

The Vision of Obadiah Obadiah 1

1859 BC

acob's Illness Genesis 48

853 BC

ehosha

hat Allies with Ahab 2 Chronicles 18

1859 BC

acob's Blessin

and Death Genesis 49

853 BC

ehosa

hat's deeds 2 Chronicles 19

1859 BC

The Burial of

acob Genesis 50

853 BC

War with Ammon and Moab 2 Chronicles 20

1806 BC

The Death of Joseph Genesis 50:26

852 BC

Jehoram's Wicked Reign in Judah 2 Chronicles 21

1800 BC

acob's Famil

Sta

s in E

t Exodus 1

852 BC

Moab Rebels 2 Kin

s 1

1700 BC

Israelites Multi

in E

t Exodus 1:6

851 BC

Eli

ah Taken u

to Heaven 2 Kin

s 2

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1600 BC

Israelites O

ressed b

New Kin

Exodus 1:8

851 BC

Elisha Succeeds Eli

ah 2 Kin

s 2:12

1539 BC

Pharaoh's Order to Kill Firstborn Exodus 1:22

850 BC

ehoram Meets Moab Rebellion 2 Kin

s 3

1525 BC

The Birth and Ado

tion of Moses Exodus 2

849 BC

The Widow's Oil 2 Kin

s 4

1486 BC

Moses Flees into Midian Exodus 2:11

849 BC

Elisha Raises The Shunammite boy 2 Kings 4:8

1446 BC

Israelites Groan in Slaver

Exodus 2:23

849 BC

The Healin

of Naaman 2 Kin

s 5

1446 BC

Moses Sent to Deliver Israel Exodus 3 - 6

848 BC

Elisha Floats an Axhead 2 Kin

s 6

1446 BC

The Ten Pla

ues on E

t Exodus 7 - 12

848 BC

Elisha Promises Plent

in Samaria 2 Kin

s 7

1446 BC

The Exodus Be

ins Exodus 13 - 18

847 BC

The Shunammite's Land 2 Kin

s 8

1446 BC

The Israelites At Mount Sinai Exodus 19

841 BC

ehu Rei

ns in Israel 2 Kin

s 9

1446 BC

Moses Receives the Commandments Exodus 20

841 BC

ehu Kills

oram 2 Kin

s 9:11

1446 BC

Moses Receives the Law Exodus 21 - 24

841 BC

Ahab's Famil

Killed 2 Kin

s 10

1446 BC

Preparations for the Tabernacle Exodus 25 - 31

841 BC

Baal Worshipers killed 2 Kings 10:18

1446 BC

The Golden Calf and Moses' An

er Exodus 32

841 BC

oash esca

es Athaliah 2 Kin

s 11

1446 BC

The

ourne

Resumes Exodus 33 - 39

841 BC

Ahaziah Succeeds

ehoram in

udah 2 Chronicles 22

1445 BC

The Tabernacle is Erected and Filled Exodus 40

841 BC

ehoiada Makes

oash Kin

2 Chronicles 23

1445 BC

Laws for Sacrifices and Offerings Leviticus 1 - 7

835 BC

Joash Reigns Well 2 Chronicles 24, 2 Kings 12

1445 BC

Aaron and His Sons Consecrated Leviticus 8, 9

835 BC

The Word of the LORD to

oel

oel 1 - 3

1445 BC

The Sin of Nadab and Abihu Leviticus 10

812 BC

oash Orders Tem

le re

airs 2 Kin

s 12:6

1445 BC

Laws of Purit

Leviticus 11 - 19

812 BC

ehoahaz's wicked rei

n 2 Kin

s 13

1445 BC

Punishments and Regulations Leviticus 20 - 22

796 BC

Amaziah's good reign 2 Kings 14, 2 Chronicles 25

1445 BC

Feasts and

ubilee Leviticus 23

790 BC

Azariah's

ood rei

n 2 Kin

s 15

1445 BC

Census, Tribes, Duties Numbers 1 - 6

790 BC

Uzziah Rei

ns in

udah 2 Chronicles 26

1445 BC

Tabernacle Dedication Numbers 7 - 10

766 BC

The Words of Amos Amos 1 - 9

1445 BC

The People Complain Numbers 11, 12

760 BC

Jonah Sent to Nineveh Jonah 1 - 4

1445 BC

The Twelve

ies Numbers 13

753 BC

Hosea's Pro

hecies Hosea 1 - 14

1445 BC

Peo

le Murmur at the

ies' Re

ort Numbers 14, 15

750 BC

otham Succeeds Uzziah 2 Chronicles 27

1426 BC

Korah's Rebellion Numbers 16

742 BC

Wicked Rei

n of Ahaz 2 Chronicles 28

2 Kin

s 16

1426 BC

Aaron's Staff Buds Numbers 17

739 BC

Isaiah Com

lains of Zion's Corru

tion Isaiah 1 - 5

1426 BC

Priests, Red Heifer, Cleansin

Numbers 18, 19

739 BC

Isaiah's Vision and Commission Isaiah 6

1407 BC

Water from the Rock at Meribah Numbers 20

735 BC

Isaiah's Pro

hes

of Immanuel Isaiah 7

1407 BC

Aaron's Death Numbers 20:22

735 BC

The Word of the LORD to Micah Micah 1 - 7

1407 BC

The Bronze Snake Numbers 21

734 BC

Uriah and Zechariah Isaiah 8

1407 BC

Balaam and the An

el Numbers 22 - 25

730 BC

Isaiah Pro

hesies a Child Is Born Isaiah 9

1407 BC The Second Census Numbers 26 730 BC

Isaiah Prophesies Judgments Upon

Israel

Isaiah 9:8

1407 BC

The Dau

hters of Zelo

hehad Numbers 27

730 BC

Isaiah Pro

hesies

ment on Ass

ria Isaiah 10

1407 BC

oshua Chosen to Succeed Moses Numbers 27:18

730 BC

Isaiah Pro

hesies The Root of

esse Isaiah 11

1407 BC

ecial sacrifices and holy days Numbers 28, 29

730 BC

Isaiah's

oyful Thanks

ivin

Isaiah 12

1407 BC

Vows of women Numbers 30

725 BC

Isaiah Pro

hesies a

ainst the Nations Isaiah 13 - 22

1407 BC

Con

uest of Midian Numbers 31

725 BC

Isaiah's Valle

of Vision Isaiah 22

1407 BC

Division of Trans

ordan Numbers 32

725 BC

Isaiah's Burden of T

re Isaiah 23

1407 BC

Summar

of Israel's

ourne

Numbers 33

725 BC

Devastation on the Earth Isaiah 24

1407 BC

ortionment of Canaan Numbers 34

725 BC

Isaiah's Son

s of Praise Isaiah 25 - 27

1407 BC

Borders and Cities of Refu

e Numbers 35

725 BC

Isaiah's Further Warnin

s Isaiah 28 - 32

1407 BC

Zelo

hehad's Dau

hters Marr

Numbers 36

725 BC

Isaiah Pro

hesies a Kin

Shall Rei

n Isaiah 32

1407 BC

Psalm of Moses Psalm 90

725 BC

Isaiah Declares God's Judgments Isaiah 33, 34

1407 BC Moses' Summary of Israel's History Deuteronomy 1 - 4 725 BC

Isaiah Declares the Joyful Will Flourish

in Zion

Isaiah 35

1406 BC

Reca

itulation of the Law Deuteronom

4:44 - 31

725 BC

Hoshea the Last Kin

of Israel 2 Kin

s 17

1406 BC

The Son

of Moses Deuteronom

722 BC

Israel Led into Ca

tivit

2 Kin

s 17:6

1406 BC Moses Blesses the Twelve Tribes Deuteronomy 32:48 721 BC

Strange Nations Transplanted into

Samaria

2 Kings 17:24

1406 BC

Blessin

s of Moses Deuteronom

716 BC

Hezekiah's Good Rei

n 2 Chronicles 29

1406 BC

The Death of Moses Deuteronomy 34

715 BC

Hezekiah

roclaims a solemn Passover 2 Chronicles 30

1406 BC

God Commissions

oshua

oshua 1

715 BC

Idolatr

is Destro

ed 2 Chronicles 31

1406 BC

Rahab Welcomes the

ies

oshua 2

712 BC

Hezekiah's Illness and Healin

2 Kin

s 20, Isaiah 38

1406 BC

The Israelites Cross the Jordan Joshua 3 - 5

711 BC

Hezekiah Shows Treasures 2 Kings 20:12, Isaiah 39

1406 BC Conquer of Jericho and Ai Joshua 6 - 8 711 BC

Isaiah Prophesies Captivity and

Restoration

Isaiah 40 - 66

1405 BC Kings Join against Israel Joshua 9 701 BC Sennacherib Threatens Jerusalem

2 Kings 18, Isaiah 36, 2

Chronicles 32

1405 BC

The Sun Stands Still Joshua 10

701 BC

Korah's Psalms of Refuge (2Ch 32) Psalms 46 - 48

1405 BC

Northern Palestine Defeated

oshua 11, 12

701 BC

Hezekiah's Pra

er 2 Kin

s 19, Isaiah 37

1399 BC

Land allotted amon

the Tribes

oshua 13 - 22

697 BC

The Vision of Nahum Nahum 1 - 3

1375 BC

oshua's Farewell Address

oshua 23

687 BC

Manasseh's Wicked Rei

n 2 Kin

s 21

2 Chronicles 33

1375 BC

Micah's Idolatry Judges 17

640 BC

Josiah's good reign 2 Kings 22, 2 Chronicles 34

1375 BC

Danites Settle in Laish, Take Micah's

Idols

Judges 18 638 BC The Word of the LORD to Zephaniah Zephaniah 1 - 3

1375 BC

A Levite's Concubine De

raded

es 19

627 BC

The Call of

eremiah

eremiah 1

1375 BC

Israelites Defeat the Ben

amites

es 20

627 BC

eremiah Declares

udah Forsakes God

eremiah 2 - 6

1375 BC

Wives for the Ben

amites

es 21

627 BC

eremiah's Messa

e at the Tem

le Gate

eremiah 7 - 10

1374 BC

Israelites Capture Jerusalem, Hebron Judges 1

625 BC

The Oracle to Habakkuk Habakkuk 1 - 3

1374 BC

Israel Rebuked and Defeated

es 2

622 BC

eremiah Proclaims God's Covenant

eremiah 11, 12

1374 BC

Israel

s idolatry and Servitude;

Othniel

Judges 3 621 BC Josiah Prepares for Temple Repair 2 Kings 22:3

1334 BC

lon

es 3:12

621 BC

Hilkiah finds the lost Book of the Law 2 Kin

s 22:8

1316 BC

Ehud

es 3:15

621 BC

osiah Celebrates the Passover 2 Kin

s 23

2 Chronicles 35

1235 BC

Deborah and Barak

es 4

609 BC

ehoiakim's wicked rei

n 2 Chronicles 36

1235 BC

The Son

of Deborah and Barak

es 5

609 BC

eremiah Proclaims Covenant Is Broken

eremiah 13 - 20

1169 BC

Gideon and the Midianites

es 6 - 8

609 BC

eremiah Pro

hesies a

ainst E

eremiah 46

1140 BC

Naomi

Ruth and Boaz Ruth 1 - 4

609 BC

eremiah Pro

hesies a

ainst Philistia

eremiah 47

1129 BC

Abimelech Conspires to Become

King

Judges 9 605 BC Daniel Refuses the King's Portion Daniel 1

1126 BC Plot against Abimelech Judges 9:22 604 BC

Daniel Interprets Nebuchadnezzar

Dream

Daniel 2

1126 BC

Abimelech is Slain

es 9:50

601 BC

Rebellion of

ehoiakim 2 Kin

s 24

1118 BC

Tola,

air

es 10

597 BC

ehoiachim exiled 2 Kin

s 24:10

1100 BC

Birth of Samuel 1 Samuel 1

597 BC

Zedekiah rei

ns in

udah 2 Kin

s 24:18

1100 BC

Hannah's Song 1 Samuel 2

594 BC

Jeremiah Prophesies against Moab Jeremiah 48

1097 BC

Jephthah's Covenant with the

Gileadites

Judges 11 594 BC Jeremiah Prophesies against Ammon Jeremiah 49

1090 BC

Jephthah, Ephraim, Ibzan, Elon,

Abdon

Judges 12 593 BC Ezekiel's Prophecy at Chebar Ezekiel 1

1090 BC

Israel O

ressed b

the Philistines

es 13

593 BC

Ezekiel's Callin

and Instruction Ezekiel 2

1075 BC

Samson's Marria

e and Riddle

es 14

593 BC

Ezekiel Eats the Scroll Ezekiel 3

1075 BC

Samson Burns the Philistine Cro

es 15

593 BC

Ezekiel Foretells Sie

e of

erusalem Ezekiel 4

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1075 BC

Samson and Delilah

es 16

593 BC

Ezekiel's Vision of the End Ezekiel 6, 7

1070 BC

Battle of Shiloh 1 Samuel 3

592 BC

Ezekiel's First Tem

le Vision Ezekiel 8 - 19

1070 BC

Philistines Take the Ark 1 Samuel 4

591 BC

Ezekiel Sees God Refuse the Elders Ezekiel 20

1070 BC

Philistines Return the Ark to Israel 1 Samuel 6

591 BC

Ezekiel Prophesies against Jerusalem Ezekiel 21, 22

1070 BC

Ark brou

ht to Abinadab's House 1 Samuel 7

591 BC

Ezekiel Pro

hesies a

ainst two Sisters Ezekiel 23

1050 BC

Israelites Re

ent at Miz

eh 1 Samuel 7:3

588 BC

Sie

e of

erusalem Be

ins 2 Kin

s 25

1043 BC

Saul Becomes Kin

1 Samuel 8 - 10

588 BC

eremiah's Conflicts

eremiah 21 - 33

1042 BC

Saul Defeats the Ammonites 1 Samuel 11, 12

588 BC

eremiah Pro

hesies

ment on

udah

eremiah 34 - 45

1041 BC

Saul's War with the Philistines 1 Samuel 13

588 BC

Sie

e of

erusalem Be

ins Ezekiel 24

1041 BC Jonathan's Miraculous Victory 1 Samuel 14 587 BC

God's Vengeance on Ammon and

Edom

Ezekiel 25

1028 BC

Saul's Disobedience and Samuel's

Rebuke

1 Samuel 15 586 BC The Fall of Jerusalem 2 Kings 25, Jeremiah 52

1024 BC

Samuel Anoints David at Bethlehem 1 Samuel 16

586 BC

Psalms of Desolation

(

er. 52

)

Psalms 74

1024 BC

David Kills Goliath 1 Samuel 17

586 BC

eremiah Pro

hesies a

ainst Bab

lon

eremiah 50

1015 BC

Jonathan's Friendship with David 1 Samuel 18

586 BC

Jeremiah's Lamentations Lamentations 1 - 5

1014 BC

David Protected from Saul 1 Samuel 19

586 BC

Ezekiel Pronounces

ment on T

re Ezekiel 26 - 28

1013 BC

David and

onathan's Covenant 1 Samuel 20

586 BC

Ezekiel Pro

hesies a

ainst E

t Ezekiel 29 - 32

1013 BC

David's Psalm of Deliverance (1Sa

20)

Psalm 59 586 BC Ezekiel the Watchman Ezekiel 33

1012 BC

David at Nob and Gath 1 Samuel 21

585 BC

Ezekiel Ex

lains

erusalem's Fall Ezekiel 33:21

1012 BC David's Psalm Fleeing Saul (1Sa 21) Psalm 52 585 BC

Ezekiel Foresees Reproof and

Restoration

Ezekiel 34 - 36

1012 BC

David's Psalm Before Ahimelech

(

1Sa 21

)

Psalm 34 585 BC Ezekiel Sees Resurrection of Dry Bones Ezekiel 37

1011 BC

David's Psalm at Gath (1Sa 21) Psalm 56

585 BC

Ezekiel Sees Future battle Ezekiel 38

1011 BC

Saul Sla

s the Priests of Nob 1 Samuel 22

585 BC

Ezekiel Sees God's

ment u

on Go

Ezekiel 39

1011 BC

David's Psalms in the Cave

(

1Sa 22

)

Psalms 57, 142

585 BC

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abedne

o Daniel 3

1011 BC

David Flees Saul 1 Samuel 23

582 BC

Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream Daniel 4

1011 BC David's Psalm at Keilah (1Sa 23) Psalm 54 582 BC

Daniel Interprets Nebuchadnezzar’s

Dream

Daniel 4:19

1011 BC

David Spares Saul's Life 1 Samuel 24

573 BC

Ezekiel's Second Temple Vision Ezekiel 40 - 48

1011 BC Samuel Dies 1 Samuel 25 539 BC

Daniel Interprets Handwriting on the

Wall

Daniel 5

1011 BC

David

ares Saul a Second Time 1 Samuel 26

539 BC

Daniel Survives the Lions' Den Daniel 6

1010 BC

David Flees to the Philistines 1 Samuel 27

539 BC

Daniel's Vision of Four Beasts Daniel 7

1010 BC

Saul and the Witch of Endor 1 Samuel 28

539 BC

Daniel's Vision of the Ram and Goat Daniel 8

1010 BC

Achish Sends David Away 1 Samuel 29

539 BC

Daniel's Prayer and Gabriel's Answer Daniel 9

1010 BC

David Destro

s the Amalekites 1 Samuel 30

539 BC

Daniel Comforted b

the An

el Daniel 10

1010 BC

Saul and His Sons Killed 1 Samuel 31

539 BC

Daniel Pro

hesies Overthrow of Persia Daniel 11

1010 BC

David Mourns for Saul and

onathan 2 Samuel 1

539 BC

Daniel Pro

hesies Deliverance for Israel Daniel 12

1010 BC

David Made King over Judah 2 Samuel 2

537 BC

The Proclamation of Cyrus Ezra 1

1008 BC

Civil War Between Abner and

oab 2 Samuel 2:12

537 BC

The Exiles Return Ezra 2

1006 BC

House of David Stren

thened 2 Samuel 3

535 BC

Tem

le Work Be

ins Ezra 3

1005 BC

oab murders Abner 2 Samuel 3:22

534 BC

Adversaries Hinder Tem

le Work Ezra 4

1004 BC

The Murder of Ish-bosheth 2 Samuel 4

534 BC

Artaxerxes Orders Work Sto

ed Ezra 4:17

1003 BC

Genealo

ies of the Israelites 1 Chronicles 1 - 9

520 BC

Tattenai's Letter to Darius Ezra 5

1003 BC

Saul's Overthrow and Defeat 1 Chronicles 10

520 BC

The Word of the LORD b

ai Ha

ai 1, 2

1003 BC

David Reigns over All Israel 2 Samuel 5, 1 Chronicles 11

520 BC

The Word of the LORD to Zechariah Zechariah 1 - 14

1002 BC David's Army Grows 1 Chronicles 12 520 BC

Temple Work Resumed by Darius'

Decree

Ezra 6

1000 BC David fetches the ark 1 Chronicles 13 515 BC

Completion and Dedication of the

Tem

Ezra 6:16

1000 BC

David's Family Grows 1 Chronicles 14

483 BC

Queen Vashti Deposed Esther 1

1000 BC

The Ark is Brou

ht to

erusalem 2 Samuel 6, 1 Chronicles 15

478 BC

Esther Becomes

ueen Esther 2

1000 BC

David Plans a Tem

le 2 Samuel 7

478 BC

Mordecai Thwarts a Cons

irac

Esther 2:21

998 BC

David Defeats the Philistines 2 Samuel 8

474 BC

Haman Seeks Reven

e on the

ews Esther 3

998 BC David's Psalm of Victory (2Sa 8) Psalm 60 473 BC

Mordecai Informs Esther of Haman's

Plot

Esther 4

998 BC

David's Psalm of Zion Psalm 15

473 BC

Esther Pre

ares a Ban

uet Esther 5

998 BC

David's Psalm of Glor

to God Psalm 24

473 BC

The Kin

Honors Mordecai Esther 6

998 BC

David's festival sacrifice 1 Chronicles 16

473 BC

Haman Is Han

ed Esther 7

998 BC Psalms of Praise (1Ch 16) Psalms 96, 105, 106 473 BC

Xerxes' Edict on Behalf of Esther and

ews

Esther 8

997 BC

David Purposes to build a Temple 1 Chronicles 17

472 BC

Purim Instituted Esther 9

996 BC

David Stren

thens His Kin

dom 1 Chronicles 18

472 BC

Xerxes' Tribute to Mordecai Esther 10

995 BC

David and Me

hibosheth 2 Samuel 9

458 BC

Ezra

ourne

s to

erusalem Ezra 7

995 BC David Defeats Ammon and Aram

2 Samuel 10, 1 Chronicles

458 BC Ezra Commissioned by Artaxerxes Ezra 7:11

995 BC

The Ca

ture of Rabbah 1 Chronicles 20

457 BC

Families Return to

erusalem with Ezra Ezra 8

993 BC

David and Bathsheba 2 Samuel 11

457 BC

Ezra's reforms Ezra 9

991 BC

Nathan Rebukes David 2 Samuel 12

456 BC

Ezra's Pra

er About Intermarria

e Ezra 10

991 BC

David's Psalm of Repentance (2Sa

12)

Psalm 51 445 BC Nehemiah's Prayer for the Exiles Nehemiah 1

990 BC Solomon is Born 2 Samuel 12:24 444 BC

Artaxerxes Sends Nehemiah to

erusalem

Nehemiah 2

990 BC

Amnon and Tamar 2 Samuel 13

444 BC

Builders of the Walls Named Nehemiah 3

990 BC

Amnom Killed b

Absalom 2 Samuel 13:23

444 BC

Builders Overcome Ridicule Nehemiah 4

988 BC

The Widow of Tekoa 2 Samuel 14

444 BC

Nehemiah Abolishes Debt and Bonda

e Nehemiah 5

980 BC

Absalom Recalled 2 Samuel 14:21

444 BC

Sanballat's Plot Nehemiah 6

979 BC

Psalms of David Psalms 2 - 145

(

Assorted

)

444 BC

Com

letion of the Wall Nehemiah 6:15

979 BC Psalms of Korah

Psalms 42 - 44, 84, 85, 87,

444 BC Census of Returned Exiles Nehemiah 7

979 BC Psalms of Asaph

Psalm 50, 73, 75 - 78, 80 -

83, 89

444 BC Ezra Reads the Law Nehemiah 8

979 BC

Psalms of Unknown Authors Psalms 1 - 150

(

Assorted

)

444 BC

Israelites Fast and Re

ent Nehemiah 9

979 BC

David Forces a Census 1 Chronicles 21

444 BC

Israelites Seal the Covenant Nehemiah 10

979 BC

Pre

aration for buildin

the Tem

le 1 Chronicles 22

444 BC

Peo

le Settle in

erusalem Nehemiah 11, 12

979 BC

Pre

aration of Priesthood 1 Chronicles 23

432 BC

Nehemiah Restores Laws Nehemiah 13

979 BC

Divisions of Levites 1 Chronicles 24

430 BC

The Word of the LORD b

Malachi Malachi 1-4

979 BC Preparation of sanctuary singers 1 Chronicles 25 167 BC

Antiochus Epiphanes (The first

Abomination of Desolation

)

979 BC

Preparation of gatekeepers,

treasurers

1 Chronicles 26 165 BC The Maccabean Revolt

979 BC

Pre

aration of

overnment 1 Chronicles 27

63 BC

The Roman Con

uest

New Testament

6 BC

Birth of

ohn the Ba

tist Luke 1,

ohn 1:6

30 AD

ostles Preach and Heal Acts 5:11

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6 BC

ustus Taxes the Roman Em

ire Luke 2

31 AD

Ste

hen's

eech, Stonin

and Death Acts 6, 7

5 BC Birth of Jesus

Matthew 1, Mark 1, Luke

2:6,

ohn 1:14

31 AD Saul Persecutes the Church Acts 8

5 BC

Visit of the Ma

i Matthew 2

31 AD

Phili

in Samaria Acts 8:3

5 BC

Esca

e to E

t Matthew 2:13

31 AD

Simon the Sorcerer Acts 8:9

4 BC

Slaughter of Infants Matthew 2:16

31 AD

Philip and the Ethiopian Acts 8:26

4 BC

Return to Nazareth Matthew 2:23

34 AD

Saul's Conversion Acts 9

8 AD

The Bo

esus at the Tem

le Luke 2:41

37 AD

Peter Preaches to the Gentiles Acts 10, 11

26 AD John the Baptist Prepares the Way

Matthew 3, Mark 1:4, Luke

ohn 1:15

42 AD Barnabas Sent to Antioch Acts 11:22

26 AD The Baptism of Jesus

Matthew 3:13, Mark 1:9,

Luke 3:21

42 AD Peter Led from Prison by the Angel Acts 12

27 AD Temptation of Jesus

Matthew 4, Mark 1:12, Luke

44 AD Herod Agrippa Dies Acts 12:20

27 AD Jesus Calls his First Disciples

Matthew 4:18, Mark 1:16,

Luke 5

45 AD James Writes his Letter James 1 - 5

27 AD

Weddin

at Cana

ohn 2

48 AD

Paul's First Missionar

ourne

Acts 13

27 AD

Jesus Teaches Nicodemus John 3

48 AD

Paul preaches in Pisidian Antioch Acts 13:14

27 AD

Jesus Testifies to the Samaritan

Woman

John 4 48 AD Paul and Barnabas in Iconium Acts 14

27 AD

Sermon on the Mount Matthew 5 - 7

48 AD

Paul and Barnabas in L

stra and Derbe Acts 14:8

28 AD Instructions on Prayer Luke 11 48 AD

Paul and Barnabas Return to Syrian

Antioch

Acts 14:21

28 AD Jesus Ministers in Galilee

Matthew 8, Mark 2, Luke

4:14

48 AD Return to Syrian Antioch Acts 14:24

28 AD

The Pool of Bethesda

ohn 5

48 AD

The Council at

erusalem Acts 15

28 AD

esus Lord of the Sabbath Matthew 12

Mark 3

Luke 6

49 AD

Paul's Second Missionar

ourne

Acts 15:36

28 AD

Jesus Answers John's Disciples Matthew 11, Luke 7

49 AD

Paul in Philippi Acts 16

28 AD

esus

eaks Man

Parables Matthew 13, Mark 4, Luke 8

49 AD

Paul in Thessalonica, Berea, Athens Acts 17

28 AD Jesus Heals a Demoniac

Matthew 8:28, Mark 5, Luke

8:26

51 AD Paul in Corinth Acts 18

28 AD

esus Heals a Paral

tic Matthew 9

51 AD

Paul Writes to the Thessalonians 1 Thess. 1 - 5

29 AD

esus Sends out His Twelve A

ostles Matthew 10

Mark 6

52 AD

Paul Writes a

ain to the Thessalonians 2 Thess. 1 - 3

29 AD

John the Baptist Beheaded Matthew 14, Mark 6:14

54 AD

Paul in Ephesus Acts 19

29 AD Jesus Feeds the 5,000

Matthew 14:15, Mark 6:30,

Luke 9,

ohn 6

54 AD Paul Writes to the Corinthians 1 Corinthians 1 - 16

29 AD

Teachin

s on Clean and Unclean Matthew 15, Mark 7

54 AD

Paul Writes to the Galatians Galatians 1 - 6

29 AD Peter's Confession of Christ

Matthew 16, Mark 8, Luke

9:18

57 AD Paul in Macedonia and Greece Acts 20

29 AD The Transfiguration

Matthew 17, Mark 9, Luke

9:28

57 AD Paul Writes to the Romans Romans 1 - 16

29 AD

Greatest and Least in the Kin

dom Matthew 18

57 AD

Paul Writes a

ain to the Corinthians 2 Corinthians 1 - 13

29 AD

esus Sends out the Sevent

-two Luke 10

59 AD

Paul Returns to

erusalem Acts 21 - 23

29 AD

Jesus Teaches at the Feast of

Tabernacles

John 7 60 AD Paul imprisoned in Caesarea Acts 24

29 AD

The Woman Caught in Adultery John 8

62 AD

Paul Before Festus Acts 25

29 AD

esus Affirms He is the Son of God

ohn 9

62 AD

Paul Before A

a Acts 26

29 AD

The She

herd and His Flock

ohn 10

62 AD

Paul Sails for Rome Acts 27

30 AD

esus

eaks More Parables Luke 12 - 16

62 AD

The Shi

wreck Acts 27:13

30 AD

Jesus Cleanses the Ten Lepers Luke 17

62 AD

Paul Ashore at Malta Acts 28

30 AD

esus Raises Lazarus

ohn 11

62 AD

Paul Preaches at Rome Acts 28:11

30 AD Final Journey to Jerusalem

Matthew 19, 20, Mark 10,

Luke 18

62 AD Paul Writes to the Ephesians Ephesians 1 - 6

30 AD The Triumphal Entry

Matthew 21, Mark 11, Luke

19,

ohn 12

62 AD Paul Writes to the Philippians Philippians 1 - 4

30 AD Closing Ministry in Jerusalem

Matthew 22-25, Mark 12,

13, Luke 20, 21

62 AD Paul Writes to the Colossians Colossians 1 - 4

30 AD Thursday Before Passover

Matthew 26, Mark 14, Luke

22,

ohn 13

62 AD Paul Writes to Philemon Philemon 1

30 AD

esus Comforts His Disci

les

ohn 14

63 AD

Paul Writes to Timoth

1 Timoth

1 - 6

30 AD

esus the True Vine

ohn 15

64 AD

Peter Writes his First Letter 1 Peter 1 - 5

30 AD

Jesus Promises the Holy Spirit John 16

66 AD

Paul Writes to Titus Titus 1 - 3

30 AD

esus' Intercessor

ers

ohn 17

67 AD

Paul Writes A

ain to Timoth

2 Timoth

1 - 4

30 AD Jesus' Betrayal, Trial, Crucifixion

Matthew 27, Mark 15, Luke

23,

ohn 18, 19

67 AD Peter Writes his Second Letter 2 Peter 1 - 3

30 AD Jesus' Resurrection

Matthew 28, Mark 16, Luke

24,

ohn 20, 21

68 AD Letter to the Hebrews Hebrews 1 - 13

30 AD

The Ascension Acts 1

68 AD

ude Writes his Letter

ude 1

30 AD

Matthias Chosen by Lot Acts 1:12

70 AD

The Temple Destruction

30 AD

The Hol

irit Comes at Pentecost Acts 2

90 AD

ohn Writes his First Letter 1

ohn 1 - 5

30 AD

Peter Heals and Preaches Acts 3

92 AD

ohn Writes his Second Letter 2

ohn 1

30 AD

Peter and John Arrested and

Released;

Acts 4 94 AD John Writes his Third Letter 3 John 1

30 AD

Believers Share All Acts 4:32

95 AD

ohn's Revelation on Patmos Revelation 1 - 22

30 AD

Deaths of Ananias and Sa

hira Acts 5

The Gap

360

Mon

ols invade Euro

1900

Pentecostalism Founded

380

Ori

in of Catholicism

1914

World War 1 Starts

431

The Council of Ephesus

1918

World War 1 Ends

451

The Council of Chalcedon

1933

Start of the Holocaust

476

Fall of Rome

1939

World War II Starts

610 Origin of Islam 1945

World War II Ends, End of the

Holocaust

1054

The East-West Schism

1947

The Cold War Starts

1095 First Crusades 1948

Israeli Declaration of Independence

(

)

1348

The Black Death

1948

War of Israel's Inde

endence

1415

Battle of Agincourt

1955

Origins of Scientology

1455

War of the Roses

1956

Sinai War & Suez Crisis

1499 Origin of Sikhism 1967

Six Day War, Start of the War of

Attrition

1509

Rei

n of Henr

VIII

1973

Yom Ki

ur War

1517

The Protestant Reformation

1977

Cam

David Accord

1534

lican Communion Founded

1982

First Lebanon War

1534

Calvinism Founded

1989

Berlin Wall Comes Down

1560

Presb

terianism Founded

1991

The Cold War Ends

1605

tist Churches Founded

1991

eration Solomon

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1665

The Great Pla

1993

Oslo Declaration in Ethio

1739

Methodism Founded

2001

tember 11 Terrorist Attacks

1830

Mormonism Founded

2005

Israel's Withdrawal from Gaza

1830

Latter-day Saints Founded

2006

Israel's Second Lebanon War

1860

Seventh Da

Adventists Founded

2008

Israel's Gaza War

1865

Salvation Arm

Founded

2014

eration Protective Ed

1870 Jehovah's Witnesses Founded 2020

Jews flock back to Israel due to

COVID-19 and lawlessness

1879

Christian Science Founded

20xx?

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Aloha Bible Prophecy (by J.D. Farag)

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Get a Life Ministries (by Billy Crone)

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 www.olivetreeviews.org (Website)

 www.youtube.com/user/OliveTreeMinistries (YouTube)

Jack Hibbs (by Jack Hibbs)

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 www.jackhibbs.com (Website)

 www.youtube.com/user/RealLifeJackHibbs (YouTube)

Fellowship Bible Chapel (by John Haller)

John puts out weekly prophecy updates and Bible commentary with a very lawyer-based real-world emphasis.

 www.fbchapel.com/ (Website)

 https://www.youtube.com/user/KoinoniaABF (YouTube)

Hal Lindsey

Hal Lindsay wrote the book "The Late Great Planet Earth" and was a close friend of the late Chuck Missler.

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Agenda Weekly (by Curtis Bowers)

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 www.cslewis.com/us/

 (Book) Mere Christianity

 (Book) The Screwtape Letters

 (Book) The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Narnia)

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