Isaiah 51:5

Inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once, and after this, judgment,

I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and they opened books. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged out of the things which were written in the books, according to their works.

Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth, and in your heart;” that is, the word of faith which we preach:

This book of the law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it; for then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall have good success.

But you go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’ for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”

knowing that whatever good thing each one does, he will receive the same good again from the Lord, whether he is bound or free.

From that time, Jesus began to preach, and to say, “Repent! For the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.”

But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

God exalted him with his right hand to be a Prince and a Savior, to give repentance to Israel, and remission of sins.

The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked. But now he commands that all people everywhere should repent,

Yahweh is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit.

Many peoples shall go and say, “Come, let’s go up to the mountain of Yahweh, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths.” For the law shall go out of Zion, and Yahweh’s word from Jerusalem.

The Good News must first be preached to all the nations.

and has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David

For the Father judges no one, but he has given all judgment to the Son,

There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven that is given among men, by which we must be saved!”

But you, why do you judge your brother? Or you again, why do you despise your brother? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.

Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and reveal the counsels of the hearts. Then each man will get his praise from God.

“Behold, I come quickly. My reward is with me, to repay to each man according to his work.

For the work of a man he will render to him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.

Also to you, Lord, belongs loving kindness, for you reward every man according to his work.

For God will bring every work into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether it is good, or whether it is evil.

It will happen that whoever will call on Yahweh’s name shall be saved; for in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be those who escape, as Yahweh has said, and among the remnant, those whom Yahweh calls.

Let your Kingdom come. Let your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

“Enter in by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many are those who enter in by it.

For the Son of Man will come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then he will render to everyone according to his deeds.

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you. You will be witnesses to me in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the uttermost parts of the earth.”

He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that this is he who is appointed by God as the Judge of the living and the dead.

for God’s Kingdom is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.

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The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs. To him will the obedience of the peoples be.

You shall break them with a rod of iron. You shall dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.”

Reproach has broken my heart, and I am full of heaviness. I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; for comforters, but I found none.

But my faithfulness and my loving kindness will be with him. In my name, his horn will be exalted.

for all the ships of Tarshish, and for all pleasant imagery.

It will happen in that day that the Lord will set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant that is left of his people from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.

I bring my righteousness near. It is not far off, and my salvation will not wait. I will grant salvation to Zion, my glory to Israel.

Behold, you shall call a nation that you don’t know; and a nation that didn’t know you shall run to you, because of Yahweh your God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he has glorified you.”

to provide for those who mourn in Zion, to give to them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness, that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of Yahweh, that he may be glorified.

Behold, Yahweh has proclaimed to the end of the earth, “Say to the daughter of Zion, ‘Behold, your salvation comes! Behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him!’ ”

“Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you. Before you were born, I sanctified you. I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.”

“I sought for a man among them who would build up the wall and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I would not destroy it; but I found no one.

“In the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which will never be destroyed, nor will its sovereignty be left to another people; but it will break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it will stand forever.

“Seventy weeks are decreed on your people and on your holy city, to finish disobedience, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most holy.

For I,’ says Yahweh, ‘will be to her a wall of fire around it, and I will be the glory in the middle of her.

As you go, preach, saying, ‘The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!’

This Good News of the Kingdom will be preached in the whole world for a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.

Before him all the nations will be gathered, and he will separate them one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.

and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and God’s Kingdom is at hand! Repent, and believe in the Good News.”

Heal the sick who are there, and tell them, ‘God’s Kingdom has come near to you.’

Peter said to them, “Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Be it known to you therefore, brothers, that through this man is proclaimed to you remission of sins,

according to the Good News of the glory of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.

Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, of the offspring of David, according to my Good News,

They will give account to him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.

I saw the heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and he who sat on it is called Faithful and True. In righteousness he judges and makes war.

As Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines came near to battle against Israel; but Yahweh thundered with a great thunder on that day on the Philistines, and confused them; and they were struck down before Israel.

The king rejoices in your strength, Yahweh! How greatly he rejoices in your salvation!

This is what Yahweh who made you, and formed you from the womb, who will help you says: “Don’t be afraid, Jacob my servant; and you, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.

Sing, you heavens, for Yahweh has done it! Shout, you lower parts of the earth! Break out into singing, you mountains, O forest, all of your trees, for Yahweh has redeemed Jacob, and will glorify himself in Israel.

For from the rising of the sun even to its going down, my name is great among the nations, and in every place incense will be offered to my name, and a pure offering: for my name is great among the nations,” says Yahweh of Armies.

When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, “Then God has also granted to the Gentiles repentance to life!”

But when it was the good pleasure of God, who separated me from my mother’s womb and called me through his grace

if it is so that you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the Good News which you heard, which is being proclaimed in all creation under heaven, of which I, Paul, was made a servant.

Therefore glorify Yahweh in the east, even the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel, in the islands of the sea!

He will not fail nor be discouraged, until he has set justice in the earth, and the islands wait for his law.”

Surely the islands will wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring your sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, for the name of Yahweh your God, and for the Holy One of Israel, because he has glorified you.

how will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation—which at the first having been spoken through the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard,

Of these were the islands of the nations divided in their lands, everyone after his language, after their families, in their nations.

But the word is very near to you, in your mouth and in your heart, that you may do it.

Those who strive with Yahweh shall be broken to pieces. He will thunder against them in the sky. “Yahweh will judge the ends of the earth. He will give strength to his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.”

By awesome deeds of righteousness, you answer us, God of our salvation. You who are the hope of all the ends of the earth, of those who are far away on the sea.

Oh let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you will judge the peoples with equity, and govern the nations on earth.

Surely his salvation is near those who fear him, that glory may dwell in our land.

before Yahweh; for he comes, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, the peoples with his truth.

Yahweh reigns! Let the earth rejoice! Let the multitude of islands be glad!

Let them sing before Yahweh, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with equity.

He will judge among the nations. He will heap up dead bodies. He will crush the ruler of the whole earth.

Behold, the Lord Yahweh will come as a mighty one, and his arm will rule for him. Behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him.

Sing to Yahweh a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth, you who go down to the sea, and all that is therein, the islands and their inhabitants.

Listen, islands, to me. Listen, you peoples, from afar: Yahweh has called me from the womb; from the inside of my mother, he has mentioned my name.

Awake, awake, put on strength, arm of Yahweh! Awake, as in the days of old, the generations of ancient times. Isn’t it you who cut Rahab in pieces, who pierced the monster?

so he will cleanse many nations. Kings will shut their mouths at him; for they will see that which had not been told them, and they will understand that which they had not heard.

Yahweh says, “Maintain justice and do what is right, for my salvation is near and my righteousness will soon be revealed.

I looked, and there was no one to help; and I wondered that there was no one to uphold. Therefore my own arm brought salvation to me. My own wrath upheld me.

“I will set a sign among them, and I will send those who escape of them to the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, who draw the bow, to Tubal and Javan, to far-away islands, who have not heard my fame, nor have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the nations.

“Let the nations arouse themselves, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat; for there I will sit to judge all the surrounding nations.

and he will judge between many peoples, and will decide concerning strong nations afar off. They will beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not lift up sword against nation, neither will they learn war any more.

Yahweh will be awesome to them, for he will famish all the gods of the land. Men will worship him, everyone from his place, even all the shores of the nations.

“Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!”

Jesus came to them and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth.

He said to them, “Go into all the world, and preach the Good News to the whole creation.

and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name to all the nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spoke, “Lord, who has believed our report? To whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”

because he has appointed a day in which he will judge the world in righteousness by the man whom he has ordained; of which he has given assurance to all men, in that he has raised him from the dead.”

in the day when God will judge the secrets of men, according to my Good News, by Jesus Christ.

For we must all be revealed before the judgment seat of Christ that each one may receive the things in the body according to what he has done, whether good or bad.