RSVP: The Prophets!
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(Malachi 4:5, Joel 2:1, Matthew 22:2, Revelation 19:7, Revelation 19:8, Hosea 2:19, Malachi 2:16, Revelation 22:17, Hosea 3:3, Joel 2:16, Revelation 21:2, Revelation 21:27, Daniel 2:29, Revelation 17:6, Joel 3:3, Hosea 3:1, Revelation 19:2, Revelation 18:7, Revelation 16:6, Revelation 18:7, Revelation 18:24, Revelation 17:1, Revelation 17:15, Hosea 7:4, Revelation 21:8, Revelation 18:20, Revelation 19:1, Matthew 22:9, Revelation 19:9, 2 Corinthians 11:23-27)
Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord. Blow the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in My holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble; for the day of the Lord is coming, for it is at hand…
“The kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who arranged a marriage for his son, Let us be glad and rejoice and give Him glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has made herself ready,
And to her it was granted to be arrayed in fine linen, clean and bright, for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints.
“I will betroth you to Me forever; Yes, I will betroth you to Me In righteousness and justice, in loving kindness and mercy; “For the Lord God of Israel says That He hates divorce, for it covers one’s garment with violence,”
And the Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let him who hears say, “Come!” And let him who thirsts come. Whoever desires, let him take the water of life freely.
And I said to her, “You shall stay with me many days; you shall not play the harlot, nor shall you have a man—so, too, will I be toward you For true and righteous are His judgments, because He has judged the great harlot who corrupted the earth with her fornication; and He has avenged on her the blood of His servants shed by her.
Gather the people, Sanctify the congregation, Assemble the elders, Gather the children and nursing babes; Let the bridegroom go out from his chamber, And the bride from her dressing room.
Then I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband and 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.
And He who reveals secrets has made known to you what will be.
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. They have cast lots for My people, Have given a boy as payment for a harlot, And sold a girl for wine, that they may drink.
Then the Lord said to me, “Go again, love a woman who is loved by a lover and is committing adultery, In the measure that she glorified herself and lived luxuriously, in the same measure give her torment and sorrow; For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, for she says in her heart, ‘I sit as queen, and am no widow, and will not see sorrow.
And in her was found the blood of prophets and saints, and of all who were slain on the earth. Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and talked with me, saying to me, “Come, I will show you the judgment of the great harlot who sits on many waters. Then he said to me, “The waters which you saw, where the harlot sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations, and tongues “They are all adulterers. 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.
“Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you holy apostles and prophets, for God has avenged you on her!
After these things I heard a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, “Alleluia! Salvation and glory and honor and power belong to the Lord our God!
Therefore go into the highways, and as many as you find, invite to the wedding.’
...Then he said to me, “Write: ‘Blessed are those who are called to the marriage supper of the Lamb!’” And he said to me, “These are the true sayings of God.”
Selah!!
The Apostle Paul
Are they ministers of Christ?—I speak as a fool—I am more: in labors more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequently, in deaths often. From the Jews five times I received forty stripes minus one. Three times I was beaten with rods; once I was stoned; three times I was shipwrecked; a night and a day I have been in the deep; in journeys often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils of my own countrymen, in perils of the Gentiles, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren; in weariness and toil, in sleeplessness often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness--
Paul met his death at the hands of the Roman Emperor Nero when he was beheaded in Rome.
Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord. Blow the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in My holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble; for the day of the Lord is coming, for it is at hand…
“The kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who arranged a marriage for his son, Let us be glad and rejoice and give Him glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has made herself ready,
And to her it was granted to be arrayed in fine linen, clean and bright, for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints.
“I will betroth you to Me forever; Yes, I will betroth you to Me In righteousness and justice, in loving kindness and mercy; “For the Lord God of Israel says That He hates divorce, for it covers one’s garment with violence,”
And the Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let him who hears say, “Come!” And let him who thirsts come. Whoever desires, let him take the water of life freely.
And I said to her, “You shall stay with me many days; you shall not play the harlot, nor shall you have a man—so, too, will I be toward you For true and righteous are His judgments, because He has judged the great harlot who corrupted the earth with her fornication; and He has avenged on her the blood of His servants shed by her.
Gather the people, Sanctify the congregation, Assemble the elders, Gather the children and nursing babes; Let the bridegroom go out from his chamber, And the bride from her dressing room.
Then I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband and 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.
And He who reveals secrets has made known to you what will be.
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. They have cast lots for My people, Have given a boy as payment for a harlot, And sold a girl for wine, that they may drink.
Then the Lord said to me, “Go again, love a woman who is loved by a lover and is committing adultery, In the measure that she glorified herself and lived luxuriously, in the same measure give her torment and sorrow; For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, for she says in her heart, ‘I sit as queen, and am no widow, and will not see sorrow.
And in her was found the blood of prophets and saints, and of all who were slain on the earth. Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and talked with me, saying to me, “Come, I will show you the judgment of the great harlot who sits on many waters. Then he said to me, “The waters which you saw, where the harlot sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations, and tongues “They are all adulterers. 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.
“Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you holy apostles and prophets, for God has avenged you on her!
After these things I heard a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, “Alleluia! Salvation and glory and honor and power belong to the Lord our God!
Therefore go into the highways, and as many as you find, invite to the wedding.’
...Then he said to me, “Write: ‘Blessed are those who are called to the marriage supper of the Lamb!’” And he said to me, “These are the true sayings of God.”
Selah!!
The Apostle Paul
Are they ministers of Christ?—I speak as a fool—I am more: in labors more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequently, in deaths often. From the Jews five times I received forty stripes minus one. Three times I was beaten with rods; once I was stoned; three times I was shipwrecked; a night and a day I have been in the deep; in journeys often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils of my own countrymen, in perils of the Gentiles, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren; in weariness and toil, in sleeplessness often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness--
Paul met his death at the hands of the Roman Emperor Nero when he was beheaded in Rome.
References and external links
- Patterson, Steven, and Marvin Meyer. "The Gospel of Thomas Collection - Translations and Resources." The Gospel of Thomas Collection - Translations and Resources. Gnostic Society Library Nag Hamadi, n.d. Web. 18 July 2016. <http://www.gnosis.org/naghamm/gosthom.html>. Selection from Robert J. Miller, ed., The Complete Gospels: Annotated Scholars Version. (Polebridge Press, 1992, 1994)
- "BibleGateway." Thomas Nelson, 1982. Web. 18 July 2016. <https://www.biblegateway.com/quicksearch/?quicksearch=goliath&qs_version=NKJV>.
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