All the land will be changed into a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem but Jerusalem will rise and remain on its site from Benjamin’s Gate as far as the place of the First Gate to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the king’s wine presses. Fields will be bought in this land of which you say, “It is a desolation, without man or beast it is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.” Men will buy fields for money, sign and seal deeds, and call in witnesses in the land of Benjamin, in the environs of Jerusalem, in the cities of Judah, in the cities of the hill country, in the cities of the lowland and in the cities of the Negev for I will restore their fortunes,’ declares the Lord.”Īnd the Lord will be king over all the earth in that day the Lord will be the only one, and His name the only one. For thus says the Lord, ‘Just as I brought all this great disaster on this people, so I am going to bring on them all the good that I am promising them. I will rejoice over them to do them good and will faithfully plant them in this land with all My heart and with all My soul. I will make an everlasting covenant with them that I will not turn away from them, to do them good and I will put the fear of Me in their hearts so that they will not turn away from Me. They shall be My people, and I will be their God read more.Īnd I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear Me always, for their own good and for the good of their children after them. “Now therefore thus says the Lord God of Israel concerning this city of which you say, ‘It is given into the hand of the king of Babylon by sword, by famine and by pestilence.’ Behold, I will gather them out of all the lands to which I have driven them in My anger, in My wrath and in great indignation and I will bring them back to this place and make them dwell in safety. Blessed and holy is the one who has a part in the first resurrection over these the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with Him for a thousand years. The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were completed. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. Then I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them. And he laid hold of the dragon, the serpent of old, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years and he threw him into the abyss, and shut it and sealed it over him, so that he would not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were completed after these things he must be released for a short time.
Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand.
But these enemies of mine, who did not want me to reign over them, bring them here and slay them in my presence.” Did you know that I am an exacting man, taking up what I did not lay down and reaping what I did not sow? Then why did you not put my money in the bank, and having come, I would have collected it with interest?’ Then he said to the bystanders, ‘Take the mina away from him and give it to the one who has the ten minas.’ And they said to him, ‘Master, he has ten minas already.’ I tell you that to everyone who has, more shall be given, but from the one who does not have, even what he does have shall be taken away. The first appeared, saying, ‘Master, your mina has made ten minas more.’ And he said to him, ‘Well done, good slave, because you have been faithful in a very little thing, you are to be in authority over ten cities.’ The second came, saying, ‘Your mina, master, has made five minas.’ And he said to him also, ‘And you are to be over five cities.’ Another came, saying, ‘Master, here is your mina, which I kept put away in a handkerchief for I was afraid of you, because you are an exacting man you take up what you did not lay down and reap what you did not sow.’ He *said to him, ‘By your own words I will judge you, you worthless slave. And he called ten of his slaves, and gave them ten minas and said to them, ‘Do business with this until I come back.’ read more.īut his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We do not want this man to reign over us.’ When he returned, after receiving the kingdom, he ordered that these slaves, to whom he had given the money, be called to him so that he might know what business they had done. So He said, “A nobleman went to a distant country to receive a kingdom for himself, and then return. While they were listening to these things, Jesus went on to tell a parable, because He was near Jerusalem, and they supposed that the kingdom of God was going to appear immediately.
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