Final Judgment and Glory of the Lord
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o For behold, the LORD will come with fire
And with His chariots, like a whirlwind,
To render His anger with fury,
And His rebuke with flames of fire.
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For by fire and by p His sword
The LORD will judge all flesh;
And the slain of the LORD shall be q many.
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"Those r who sanctify themselves and purify themselves,
To go to the gardens
After an idol in the midst,
Eating swine's flesh and the abomination and the mouse,
Shall be consumed together," says the LORD.
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"For I know their works and their s thoughts. It shall be that I will t gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come and see My glory.
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u "I will set a sign among them; and those among them who escape I will send to the nations: to Tarshish and Pul and Lud, who draw the bow, and Tubal and Javan, to the coastlands afar off who have not heard My fame nor seen My glory. v And they shall declare My glory among the Gentiles.
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"Then they shall w bring all your brethren x for an offering to the LORD out of all nations, on horses and in chariots and in litters, on mules and on camels, to My holy mountain Jerusalem," says the LORD, "as the children of Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel into the house of the LORD.
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"And I will also take some of them for y priests and Levites," says the LORD.
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"For as z the new heavens and the new earth
Which I will make shall remain before Me," says the LORD,
"So shall your descendants and your name remain.
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And a it shall come to pass
That from one New Moon to another,
And from one Sabbath to another,
b All flesh shall come to worship before Me," says the LORD.
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"And they shall go forth and look
Upon the corpses of the men
Who have transgressed against Me.
For their c worm does not die,
And their fire is not quenched.
They shall be an abhorrence to all flesh."
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Cross References
Isaiah 9:5
For every warrior's sandal from the noisy battle, And garments rolled in blood, Will be used for burning and fuel of fire.
2 Thessalonians 1:8
In flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know God, and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Cross References
Isaiah 27:1
In that day the LORD with His severe sword, great and strong, Will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent, Leviathan that twisted serpent; And He will slay the reptile that is in the sea.
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Cross References
Isaiah 34:6
The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, It is made overflowing with fatness, With the blood of lambs and goats, With the fat of the kidneys of rams. For the LORD has a sacrifice in Bozrah, And a great slaughter in the land of Edom.
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Cross References
Isaiah 65:3 - 8
A people who provoke Me to anger continually to My face; Who sacrifice in gardens, And burn incense on altars of brick.
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Cross References
Isaiah 59:7
Their feet run to evil, And they make haste to shed innocent blood; Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; Wasting and destruction are in their paths.
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Cross References
Isaiah 45:22 - 25
Look to Me, and be saved, All you ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is no other.
Jeremiah 3:17
At that time Jerusalem shall be called The Throne of the LORD, and all the nations shall be gathered to it, to the name of the LORD, to Jerusalem. No more shall they follow the dictates of their evil hearts.
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Cross References
Luke 2:34
Then Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary His mother, "Behold, this Child is destined for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign which will be spoken against
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Cross References
Malachi 1:11
For from the rising of the sun, even to its going down, My name shall be great among the Gentiles; In every place incense shall be offered to My name, And a pure offering; For My name shall be great among the nations," Says the LORD of hosts.
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Cross References
Isaiah 49:22
Thus says the Lord GOD: "Behold, I will lift My hand in an oath to the nations, And set up My standard for the peoples; They shall bring your sons in their arms, And your daughters shall be carried on their shoulders.
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Cross References
Isaiah 18:7
In that time a present will be brought to the LORD of hosts From a people tall and smooth of skin, And from a people terrible from their beginning onward, A nation powerful and treading down, Whose land the rivers divide - To the place of the name of the LORD of hosts, To Mount Zion.
Romans 15:16
That I might be a minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering of the Gentiles might be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
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Cross References
Exodus 19:6
'And you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.' These are the words which you shall speak to the children of Israel."
Isaiah 61:6
But you shall be named the priests of the LORD, They shall call you the servants of our God. You shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, And in their glory you shall boast.
1 Peter 2:9
But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
Revelation 1:6
And has made us kings and priests to His God and Father, to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
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Cross References
Isaiah 65:17
For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; And the former shall not be remembered or come to mind.
Hebrews 12:26
Whose voice then shook the earth; but now He has promised, saying, "Yet once more I shake not only the earth, but also heaven.
Hebrews 12:27
Now this, "Yet once more," indicates the removal of those things that are being shaken, as of things that are made, that the things which cannot be shaken may remain.
2 Peter 3:13
Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.
Revelation 21:1
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.
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Cross References
Zechariah 14:16
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.
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Cross References
Zechariah 14:17 - 21
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.
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Cross References
Isaiah 14:11
Your pomp is brought down to Sheol, And the sound of your stringed instruments; The maggot is spread under you, And worms cover you.
Mark 9:44
"where 'Their worm does not die, And the fire is not quenched.'
Mark 9:46
"where 'Their worm does not die, And the fire is not quenched.'
Mark 9:48
"where 'Their worm does not die, And the fire is not quenched.'
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