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     “As I looked,

      “thrones were set in place, and the Ancient of Days took his seat. His clothing was as white as snow; the hair of his head was white like wool. His throne was flaming with fire, and its wheels were ablaze. A river of fire was flowing, coming out from before him. Thousands upon thousands attended him; ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him. The court was seated, and the books were opened.

     “In my vision at night I looked, and there before me was one like a son of man, coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days and was led into his presence. He was given authority, glory and sovereign power; all peoples, nations and men of every language worshiped him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and his kingdom is one that will never be destroyed.

Daniel 7:9-10,13-14

 

      “I am the Alpha and the Omega ,” says the Lord God, who is and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.

Revelation 1:8

     As he was leaving the temple, one of his disciples said to him, “Look, Teacher!” What massive stones! What magnificent buildings!” “Do you see all these great buildings?” replied Jesus. “Not one here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.” As Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter, James, John and Andrew asked him privately, “Tell us, when will these things happen? And what will be the sign that they are all about to be fulfilled?” Jesus said to them: “Watch out that no one deceives you. Many will come in my name claiming, ‘I am he,’ and will deceive many. When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places, and famines. These are the beginning of birth pains.

Mark 13:1-8

     Day after day every priest stands and performs his religious duties; again and again he offers the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. But when this priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God. Since that time he waits for his enemies to be made his footstool, because by one sacrifice he has made perfect forever those who are being made holy.

      The Holy Spirit also testifies to us about this. First he says: “This is the convenant I will make with them after that time, says the Lord. I will put my laws in their hearts, and I will write them on their minds.” Then he adds: “Their sins and lawless acts I will remember no more.” And where these have been forgiven, there is no longer any sacrifice for sin.

      Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way opened for us through the curtain, that is, his body, and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near to God with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promisd is faithful. And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds. Let us not give up meeting together as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another — and all the more as you see the Day approaching.

Hebrews 10:11-14{15-18},19-25

     Keep me safe, O God, for in you I take refuge.

     I said to the Lord, “You are my Lord; apart from you I have no good thing.”

     As for the saints who are in the land, they are the glorious ones in whom is all my delight.

     The sorrows of those will increase who run after other gods. I will not pour out their libations of blood or take up their names on my lips.

     Lord, you have assigned me my portion and my cup; you have made my lot secure.

     The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; surely I have a delightful inheritance.

     I will praise the Lord, who counsels me; even at night my heart instructs me.

     I have set the Lord always before me. Because he is a my right hand, I will not be shaken.

     Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will rest secure,

      because you will not abandon me to the grave, nor will you let your Holy One see decay.

     You have made known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand.

Psalm 16

     “At that time Michael, the great prince who protects your people, wil arise. There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then. But at that time your people — everyone  whose name is found written in the book — will be delivered. Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake: some to everlasting life, others to shame and everlasting contempt. Those who are wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars for ever and ever.

Daniel 12:1-3

      Let us hold fast to the confession of our hope without wavering, for God who has promised is faithful.

Hebrews 10:23

      As he taught, Jesus sad, “Watch out for teachers of the law. They like to walk around in flowing robes and be greeted in the marketplaces, and have the most important seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets. They devour widows’ houses and for a show make lengthy prayers. Such men will be punished most severly.”

     Jesus sat down opposite the place where the offerings were put and watched the crowd putting their money into the temple treasury. Many rich people threw in large amounts. But a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins, worth only a fraction of a penny.

      Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, “I tell you the truth, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others. They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything — all she had to live on.”

Mark 12:38-44

      For Christ did not enter a man-made sanctuary that was only a copy of the true one; he entered heaven itself, now to appear for us in God’s presence. Not did he enter heaven to offer himself  again and again, the way the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood that is not his own. Then Christ would have had to suffer many times since the creation of the world. But now he has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of himself. Just as man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment, so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many people; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him.

Hebrews 9:24-28

     Praise the Lord. Praise the Lord, O my soul.

      I will praise the Lord all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.

     Do not put your trust in princes, in mortal men, who cannot save.

      When their spirit departs, they return to the ground; on that very day their plans come to nothing.

      Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord his God,

     the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them– the Lord, who remains faithful forever.

      He upholds the cause of the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The Lord sets prisoners free,

      the Lord gives sight to the blind, the Lord lifts up those who are bowed down, the Lord loves the righteous.

      The Lord watches over the alien and sustains the fatherless and the widow, but he frustrates the ways of the wicked.

      The Lord reigns forever, your God, O Zion, for all generations. Praise the Lord.

Psalm 146