Ezekiel 46:16

even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and without defect before him in love,

One thing I have asked of Yahweh, that I will seek after: that I may dwell in Yahweh’s house all the days of my life, to see Yahweh’s beauty, and to inquire in his temple.

This is what Yahweh, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, Yahweh of Armies, says: “I am the first, and I am the last; and besides me there is no God.

Blessed are those who have been persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.

Everyone who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, will receive one hundred times, and will inherit eternal life.

“Behold, I send an angel before you, to keep you by the way, and to bring you into the place which I have prepared.

For Yahweh knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish.

I confer on you a kingdom, even as my Father conferred on me,

“Most certainly I tell you, he who hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life, and doesn’t come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.

Listen, my beloved brothers. Didn’t God choose those who are poor in this world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the Kingdom which he promised to those who love him?

He who overcomes, I will give him these things. I will be his God, and he will be my son.

I call heaven and earth to witness against you today that I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. Therefore choose life, that you may live, you and your descendants,

Their father gave them great gifts of silver, of gold, and of precious things, with fortified cities in Judah; but he gave the kingdom to Jehoram, because he was the firstborn.

As for me, I shall see your face in righteousness. I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with seeing your form.

“The King will answer them, ‘Most certainly I tell you, because you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’

Don’t be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the Kingdom.

When Jesus heard these things, he said to him, “You still lack one thing. Sell all that you have, and distribute it to the poor. Then you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.”

This is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and him whom you sent, Jesus Christ.

Therefore, receiving a Kingdom that can’t be shaken, let’s have grace, through which we serve God acceptably, with reverence and awe,

All who dwell on the earth will worship him, everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who has been killed.

He dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his sons throughout all the lands of Judah and Benjamin, to every fortified city. He gave them food in abundance and he sought many wives for them.

Who is this King of glory? Yahweh of Armies is the King of glory!

I will be glad and rejoice in your loving kindness, for you have seen my affliction. You have known my soul in adversities.

The righteous shall inherit the land, and live in it forever.

Sing praises to God! Sing praises! Sing praises to our King! Sing praises!

You will guide me with your counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.

Whom do I have in heaven? There is no one on earth whom I desire besides you.

My flesh and my heart fails, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

But Yahweh’s loving kindness is from everlasting to everlasting with those who fear him, his righteousness to children’s children,

Though a sinner commits crimes a hundred times, and lives long, yet surely I know that it will be better with those who fear God, who are reverent before him.

This is the end of the matter. All has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man.

The portion of Jacob is not like these; for he is the maker of all things; and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance: Yahweh of Armies is his name.

“Yahweh is my portion,” says my soul. “Therefore I will hope in him.”

For whoever has, to him will be given, and he will have abundance, but whoever doesn’t have, from him will be taken away even that which he has.

Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the Kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

He said to them, “You will indeed drink my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with, but to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give; but it is for whom it has been prepared by my Father.”

For what does it profit a man, to gain the whole world, and forfeit his life?

but to sit at my right hand and at my left hand is not mine to give, but for whom it has been prepared.”

“But God said to him, ‘You foolish one, tonight your soul is required of you. The things which you have prepared—whose will they be?’

But seek God’s Kingdom, and all these things will be added to you.

saying, “Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven, and glory in the highest!”

but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never thirst again; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life.”

Father, I desire that they also whom you have given me be with me where I am, that they may see my glory, which you have given me, for you loved me before the foundation of the world.

But as it is written, “Things which an eye didn’t see, and an ear didn’t hear, which didn’t enter into the heart of man, these God has prepared for those who love him.”

Or don’t you know that the unrighteous will not inherit God’s Kingdom? Don’t be deceived. Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor male prostitutes, nor homosexuals,

But earnestly desire the best gifts. Moreover, I show a most excellent way to you.

If I give away all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but don’t have love, it profits me nothing.

For you are all children of God, through faith in Christ Jesus.

envy, murders, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these; of which I forewarn you, even as I also forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit God’s Kingdom.

and to make all men see what is the administration of the mystery which for ages has been hidden in God, who created all things through Jesus Christ,

who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the Kingdom of the Son of his love,

However God’s firm foundation stands, having this seal, “The Lord knows those who are his,” and, “Let every one who names the name of the Lord depart from unrighteousness.”

But now they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.

to an incorruptible and undefiled inheritance that doesn’t fade away, reserved in Heaven for you,

not rendering evil for evil, or insult for insult; but instead blessing, knowing that you were called to this, that you may inherit a blessing.

For thus you will be richly supplied with the entrance into the eternal Kingdom of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

He has on his garment and on his thigh a name written, “KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.”

There will be no night, and they need no lamp light or sun light; for the Lord God will illuminate them. They will reign forever and ever.

by the lot of their inheritance, as Yahweh commanded by Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half-tribe.

These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers’ houses of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed for inheritance by lot in Shiloh before Yahweh, at the door of the Tent of Meeting. So they finished dividing the land.

Yahweh knows the days of the perfect. Their inheritance shall be forever.

Let your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen your precepts.

For Yahweh is our judge. Yahweh is our lawgiver. Yahweh is our king. He will save us.

I am Yahweh, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your King.”

How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news, who proclaims salvation, who says to Zion, “Your God reigns!”

For from of old men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, nor has the eye seen a God besides you, who works for him who waits for him.

“Know therefore and discern that from the going out of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem to the Anointed One, the prince, will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks. It will be built again, with street and moat, even in troubled times.

Yahweh has taken away your judgments. He has thrown out your enemy. The King of Israel, Yahweh, is among you. You will not be afraid of evil any more.

that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying, “I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world.”

“His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’

Then the King will tell those on his right hand, ‘Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world;

They set up over his head the accusation against him written, “THIS IS JESUS, THE KING OF THE JEWS.”

but one thing is needed. Mary has chosen the good part, which will not be taken away from her.”

But he said, “On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God, and keep it.”

He called him, and said to him, ‘What is this that I hear about you? Give an accounting of your management, for you can no longer be manager.’

Nathanael answered him, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are King of Israel!”

they took the branches of the palm trees and went out to meet him, and cried out, “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, the King of Israel!”

Now, Father, glorify me with your own self with the glory which I had with you before the world existed.

God, having raised up his servant Jesus, sent him to you first to bless you, in turning away every one of you from your wickedness.”

“All of God’s works are known to him from eternity.

and if children, then heirs: heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with him, that we may also be glorified with him.

So you are no longer a bondservant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision amounts to anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith working through love.

or else he must have suffered often since the foundation of the world. But now once at the end of the ages, he has been revealed to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.

and made us kings and priests to our God, and we will reign on the earth.”

The beast that you saw was, and is not; and is about to come up out of the abyss and to go into destruction. Those who dwell on the earth and whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world will marvel when they see that the beast was, and is not, and shall be present.