Luke 24:5

Watch! Stand firm in the faith! Be courageous! Be strong!

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.

knowing that Christ, being raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no longer has dominion over him!

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Then your light will break out as the morning, and your healing will appear quickly; then your righteousness shall go before you, and Yahweh’s glory will be your rear guard.

I will give to you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven; and whatever you release on earth will have been released in heaven.”

Therefore he is also able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, seeing that he lives forever to make intercession for them.

When the living creatures give glory, honor, and thanks to him who sits on the throne, to him who lives forever and ever,

I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand.

Haven’t I commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid. Don’t be dismayed, for Yahweh your God is with you wherever you go.”

Tell those who have a fearful heart, “Be strong! Don’t be afraid! Behold, your God will come with vengeance, God’s retribution. He will come and save you.

whom heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things, which God spoke long ago by the mouth of his holy prophets.

For to this end Christ died, rose, and lived again, that he might be Lord of both the dead and the living.

He died for all, that those who live should no longer live to themselves, but to him who for their sakes died and rose again.

who has been made, not after the law of a fleshly commandment, but after the power of an endless life;

And among the lamp stands was one like a son of man, clothed with a robe reaching down to his feet, and with a golden sash around his chest.

When I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead man. He laid his right hand on me, saying, “Don’t be afraid. I am the first and the last,

Yahweh said to him, “Peace be to you! Don’t be afraid. You shall not die.”

He touched my mouth with it, and said, “Behold, this has touched your lips; and your iniquity is taken away, and your sin forgiven.”

I will lay the key of David’s house on his shoulder. He will open, and no one will shut. He will shut, and no one will open.

“I saw in the night visions, and behold, there came with the clouds of the sky one like a son of man, and he came even to the ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.

When I, even I Daniel, had seen the vision, I sought to understand it. Then behold, there stood before me something like the appearance of a man.

They were all amazed and marveled, saying to one another, “Behold, aren’t all these who speak Galileans?

As he says also in another place, “You are a priest forever, after the order of Melchizedek.”

where as a forerunner Jesus entered for us, having become a high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.

looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

“To the angel of the assembly in Philadelphia write: “He who is holy, he who is true, he who has the key of David, he who opens and no one can shut, and who shuts and no one opens, says these things:

The fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star from the sky which had fallen to the earth. The key to the pit of the abyss was given to him.

He shall bring it to Aaron’s sons, the priests. He shall take his handful of its fine flour, and of its oil, with all its frankincense, and the priest shall burn its memorial on the altar, an offering made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to Yahweh.

“Be strong and courageous; for you shall cause this people to inherit the land which I swore to their fathers to give them.

But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives. In the end, he will stand upon the earth.

For you will not leave my soul in Sheol, neither will you allow your holy one to see corruption.

Yahweh lives! Blessed be my rock. Exalted be the God of my salvation,

God is to us a God of deliverance. To Yahweh, the Lord, belongs escape from death.

Then Yahweh stretched out his hand, and touched my mouth. Then Yahweh said to me, “Behold, I have put my words in your mouth.

So he came near where I stood; and when he came, I was frightened, and fell on my face; but he said to me, “Understand, son of man; for the vision belongs to the time of the end.”

Now as he was speaking with me, I fell into a deep sleep with my face toward the ground; but he touched me, and set me upright.

yes, while I was speaking in prayer, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening offering.

At the beginning of your petitions the commandment went out, and I have come to tell you; for you are greatly beloved. Therefore consider the matter, and understand the vision.

Then he said to me, “Don’t be afraid, Daniel; for from the first day that you set your heart to understand, and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard. I have come for your words’ sake.

Then one like the appearance of a man touched me again, and he strengthened me.

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.

Zacharias was troubled when he saw him, and fear fell upon him.

Jesus turned and saw them following, and said to them, “What are you looking for?” They said to him, “Rabbi” (which is to say, being interpreted, Teacher), “where are you staying?”

If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and will receive you to myself; that where I am, you may be there also.

Yet a little while, and the world will see me no more; but you will see me. Because I live, you will live also.

Again therefore he asked them, “Who are you looking for?” They said, “Jesus of Nazareth.”

They asked her, “Woman, why are you weeping?” She said to them, “Because they have taken away my Lord, and I don’t know where they have laid him.”

and he was seen for many days by those who came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses to the people.

He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Most gladly therefore I will rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest on me.

For he was crucified through weakness, yet he lives through the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we will live with him through the power of God toward you.

I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead: Jesus, who delivers us from the wrath to come.

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus.

For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with God’s trumpet. The dead in Christ will rise first,

His Son is the radiance of his glory, the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, who, when he had by himself purified us of our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high,

Aren’t they all serving spirits, sent out to do service for the sake of those who will inherit salvation?

For God is not unrighteous, so as to forget your work and the labor of love which you showed toward his name, in that you served the saints, and still do serve them.

so Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, without sin, to those who are eagerly waiting for him for salvation.

Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, including those who pierced him. All the tribes of the earth will mourn over him. Even so, Amen.

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

saying, “What you see, write in a book and send to the seven assemblies: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.”

Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire.

“Yahweh kills and makes alive. He brings down to Sheol and brings up.

Then I answered them, and said to them, “The God of heaven will prosper us. Therefore we, his servants, will arise and build; but you have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.”

They shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba. Men shall pray for him continually. They shall bless him all day long.

I, Daniel, fainted, and was sick for some days. Then I rose up, and did the king’s business. I wondered at the vision, but no one understood it.

You offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.

When the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, “It’s a ghost!” and they cried out for fear.

and then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky. Then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky with power and great glory.

“But when the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory.

Then Jesus said to them, “Don’t be afraid. Go tell my brothers that they should go into Galilee, and there they will see me.”

Then they will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory.

Then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.

But they were terrified and filled with fear, and supposed that they had seen a spirit.

Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Who are you looking for?” She, supposing him to be the gardener, said to him, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away.”

whom God raised up, having freed him from the agony of death, because it was not possible that he should be held by it.

because you will not leave my soul in Hades, neither will you allow your Holy One to see decay.

A certain man who was lame from his mother’s womb was being carried, whom they laid daily at the door of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask gifts for the needy of those who entered into the temple.

and said, ‘Cornelius, your prayer is heard, and your gifts to the needy are remembered in the sight of God.

Behold, one in the likeness of the sons of men touched my lips. Then I opened my mouth, and spoke and said to him who stood before me, “My lord, by reason of the vision my sorrows have overtaken me, and I retain no strength.

He said, “Greatly beloved man, don’t be afraid. Peace be to you. Be strong. Yes, be strong.” When he spoke to me, I was strengthened, and said, “Let my lord speak; for you have strengthened me.”

Jesus came and touched them and said, “Get up, and don’t be afraid.”

The angel answered the women, “Don’t be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus, who has been crucified.

But when she saw him, she was greatly troubled at the saying, and considered what kind of salutation this might be.

who also said, “You men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into the sky? This Jesus, who was received up from you into the sky, will come back in the same way as you saw him going into the sky.”

He, fastening his eyes on him, and being frightened, said, “What is it, Lord?” He said to him, “Your prayers and your gifts to the needy have gone up for a memorial before God.

Here people who die receive tithes, but there one receives tithes of whom it is testified that he lives.

and the Living one. I was dead, and behold, I am alive forever and ever. Amen. I have the keys of Death and of Hades.

“To the angel of the assembly in Smyrna write: “The first and the last, who was dead, and has come to life says these things: