Isaiah 65:13 Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: “My servants will eat, but you will go hungry; my servants will drink, but you will go thirsty; my servants will rejoice, but you will be put to shame. Isaiah 65:14 My servants will sing out of the joy of their hearts, but you will cry out from anguish of heart and wail in brokenness of spirit. God speaks through prophet Isaiah, the...
Luke 21:28 When these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.” Jesus tells the disciples how to respond when signs of the end of the world start showing. Jesus tells them that,the rest of the world will respond to these signs by panicking, worrying and fear. But believers should get excited because these signs mean your salvation is...
Ezekiel 7:19 They will throw their silver into the streets, and their gold will be treated as a thing unclean. Their silver and gold will not be able to deliver them in the day of the Lord’s wrath. It will not satisfy their hunger or fill their stomachs, for it has caused them to stumble into sin. Proper biblical interpretation requires that we first establish what it meant, before we try to...
Matthew 24:22 “If those days had not been cut short, no one would survive, but for the sake of the elect those days will be shortened. In Matthew 24 Jesus responds to the questions disciples asked on when is the end of Jerusalem and end of the world, and what are the signs. Jesus gives them a long comprehensive response. He tells them of suffering that will take place around the fall of Jerusalem...
Proverbs 12:11 Those who work their land will have abundant food, but those who chase fantasies have no sense. Working with the favor of God upon you is a sure way of progressing in whatever direction you wish to go. Fantasizing is a sure way of going no where and feeling good about it until it’s too late to do anything. I must make a choice. I either work or chase fantasies, it is not...
Hebrews 10:35 So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded. Hebrews 10:36 You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised. Hebrews 10:37 For, “In just a little while, he who is coming will come and will not delay.” At the beginning of any crisis, it’s just a beginning, we are always confident and least worried. At...
Joshua 13:1 When Joshua had grown old, the Lord said to him, “You are now very old, and there are still very large areas of land to be taken over. Joshua 13:6 “As for all the inhabitants of the mountain regions from Lebanon to Misrephoth Maim, that is, all the Sidonians, I myself will drive them out before the Israelites. Be sure to allocate this land to Israel for an inheritance, as I have...
Philippians 4:6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. Apostle Paul writes to the church at Philippi and he repeatedly tells them to rejoice (Philippians 3:1, 4:4). Rejoice comes as a prescription and command. You cannot properly represent your God if you do not rejoice. Even when things are difficult, he...
John 4:20 Our ancestors worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews claim that the place where we must worship is in Jerusalem.” John 4:21 “Woman,” Jesus replied, “believe me, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. John 4:23 Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they...
Numbers 21:8 The Lord said to Moses, “Make a snake and put it up on a pole; anyone who is bitten can look at it and live.” Numbers 21:9 So Moses made a bronze snake and put it up on a pole. Then when anyone was bitten by a snake and looked at the bronze snake, they lived. Jn 3:14 — Jn 3:15 Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, that everyone who...
