Rejoicing in Heaven
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After these things a I heard a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, "Alleluia! b Salvation and glory and honor and power belong to the Lord our God!
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"For c true and righteous are His judgments, because He has judged the great harlot who corrupted the earth with her fornication; and He d has avenged on her the blood of His servants shed by her."
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Again they said, "Alleluia! e Her smoke rises up forever and ever!"
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And f the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who sat on the throne, saying, g "Amen! Alleluia!"
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Then a voice came from the throne, saying, h "Praise our God, all you His servants and those who fear Him, i both small and great!"
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Cross References
2 Corinthians 6:1
We then, as workers together with Him also plead with you not to receive the grace of God in vain.
Galatians 5:4
You have become estranged from Christ, you who attempt to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace.
Hebrews 4:1
Therefore, since a promise remains of entering His rest, let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short of it.
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Cross References
Deuteronomy 29:18
So that there may not be among you man or woman or family or tribe, whose heart turns away today from the LORD our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations, and that there may not be among you a root bearing bitterness or wormwood.
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Cross References
1 Corinthians 6:13 - 18
Foods for the stomach and the stomach for foods, but God will destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.
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Cross References
Genesis 25:33
Then Jacob said, "Swear to me as of this day." So he swore to him, and sold his birthright to Jacob.
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Cross References
Genesis 27:30 - 40
Now it happened, as soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, and Jacob had scarcely gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.
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Cross References
Exodus 19:12
You shall set bounds for the people all around, saying, 'Take heed to yourselves that you do not go up to the mountain or touch its base. Whoever touches the mountain shall surely be put to death.
Exodus 19:16
Then it came to pass on the third day, in the morning, that there were thunderings and lightnings, and a thick cloud on the mountain; and the sound of the trumpet was very loud, so that all the people who were in the camp trembled.
Exodus 20:18
Now all the people witnessed the thunderings, the lightning flashes, the sound of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking; and when the people saw it, they trembled and stood afar off.
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 5:22
These words the LORD spoke to all your assembly, in the mountain from the midst of the fire, the cloud, and the thick darkness, with a loud voice; and He added no more. And He wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me.
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Cross References
Exodus 20:18 - 26
Now all the people witnessed the thunderings, the lightning flashes, the sound of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking; and when the people saw it, they trembled and stood afar off.
Deuteronomy 5:25
Now therefore, why should we die? For this great fire will consume us; if we hear the voice of the LORD our God anymore, then we shall die.
Deuteronomy 18:16
"according to all you desired of the LORD your God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, 'Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my God, nor let me see this great fire anymore, lest I die.'
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Cross References
Exodus 19:12
You shall set bounds for the people all around, saying, 'Take heed to yourselves that you do not go up to the mountain or touch its base. Whoever touches the mountain shall surely be put to death.
Exodus 19:13
'Not a hand shall touch him, but he shall surely be stoned or shot with an arrow; whether man or beast, he shall not live.' When the trumpet sounds long, they shall come near the mountain."
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Cross References
Deuteronomy 9:19
For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure with which the LORD was angry with you, to destroy you. But the LORD listened to me at that time also.
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