Psalms 107:18

He is the head of the body, the assembly, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things he might have the preeminence.

being built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief cornerstone;

Therefore the Lord Yahweh says, “Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious cornerstone of a sure foundation. He who believes shall not act hastily.

He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him, and said, “You are Simon the son of Jonah. You shall be called Cephas” (which is by interpretation, Peter).

but if I wait long, that you may know how men ought to behave themselves in God’s house, which is the assembly of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.

For my soul is full of troubles. My life draws near to Sheol.

No weapon that is formed against you will prevail; and you will condemn every tongue that rises against you in judgment. This is the heritage of Yahweh’s servants, and their righteousness is of me,” says Yahweh.

praising God, and having favor with all the people. The Lord added to the assembly day by day those who were being saved.

For no one can lay any other foundation than that which has been laid, which is Jesus Christ.

Have mercy on me, Yahweh. See my affliction by those who hate me, and lift me up from the gates of death,

many times they have afflicted me from my youth up, yet they have not prevailed against me.

You, Capernaum, who are exalted to heaven, you will go down to Hades. For if the mighty works had been done in Sodom which were done in you, it would have remained until today.

If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the assembly. If he refuses to hear the assembly also, let him be to you as a Gentile or a tax collector.

Yes, we ourselves have had the sentence of death within ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead,

to the intent that now through the assembly the manifold wisdom of God might be made known to the principalities and the powers in the heavenly places,

The wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them twelve names of the twelve Apostles of the Lamb.

that I will bless you greatly, and I will multiply your offspring greatly like the stars of the heavens, and like the sand which is on the seashore. Your offspring will possess the gate of his enemies.

Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it for their own. Let a cloud dwell on it. Let all that makes black the day terrify it.

Yahweh, you have brought up my soul from Sheol. You have kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.

As we have heard, so we have seen, in the city of Yahweh of Armies, in the city of our God. God will establish it forever.

For your loving kindness is great toward me. You have delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol.

His foundation is in the holy mountains.

Yes, of Zion it will be said, “This one and that one was born in her;” the Most High himself will establish her.

I said, “My God, don’t take me away in the middle of my days. Your years are throughout all generations.

Wisdom has built her house. She has carved out her seven pillars.

I will give them in my house and within my walls a memorial and a name better than of sons and of daughters. I will give them an everlasting name that will not be cut off.

They will call them “The Holy People, Yahweh’s Redeemed”. You will be called “Sought Out, A City Not Forsaken”.

and speak to him, saying, ‘Yahweh of Armies says, “Behold, the man whose name is the Branch: and he shall grow up out of his place; and he shall build Yahweh’s temple;

Walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers: Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew, his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen.

Now the names of the twelve apostles are these. The first, Simon, who is called Peter; Andrew, his brother; James the son of Zebedee; John, his brother;

But if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow it, and you would be found even to be fighting against God!”

For we are God’s fellow workers. You are God’s farming, God’s building.

and when they perceived the grace that was given to me, James and Cephas and John, those who were reputed to be pillars, gave to Barnabas and me the right hand of fellowship, that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcision.

This mystery is great, but I speak concerning Christ and of the assembly.

There is no creature that is hidden from his sight, but all things are naked and laid open before the eyes of him to whom we must give an account.

Jacob, their father, said to them, “You have bereaved me of my children! Joseph is no more, Simeon is no more, and you want to take Benjamin away. All these things are against me.”

He said, “My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he only is left. If harm happens to him along the way in which you go, then you will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol.”

Your house and your kingdom will be made sure forever before you. Your throne will be established forever.” ’ ”

The king said to them, “I will do what seems best to you.” The king stood beside the gate, and all the people went out by hundreds and by thousands.

and he said: “Yahweh is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer, even mine;

He set up the pillars at the porch of the temple. He set up the right pillar, and called its name Jachin; and he set up the left pillar, and called its name Boaz.

Nevertheless for David’s sake, Yahweh his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem;

It stood on twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east; and the sea was set on them above, and all their hindquarters were inward.

Asa cried to Yahweh his God, and said, “Yahweh, there is no one besides you to help, between the mighty and him who has no strength. Help us, Yahweh our God; for we rely on you, and in your name are we come against this multitude. Yahweh, you are our God. Don’t let man prevail against you.”

What is my strength, that I should wait? What is my end, that I should be patient?

Oh remember that my life is a breath. My eye will no more see good.

the land dark as midnight, of the shadow of death, without any order, where the light is as midnight.’ ”

He uncovers deep things out of darkness, and brings out to light the shadow of death.

Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Or have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?

Behold, and answer me, Yahweh, my God. Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death;

He delivered me from my strong enemy, from those who hated me; for they were too mighty for me.

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me. Your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

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

But my enemies are vigorous and many. Those who hate me without reason are numerous.

Have mercy on me, God, according to your loving kindness. According to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.

My heart is severely pained within me. The terrors of death have fallen on me.

For you have delivered my soul from death, and prevented my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living.

Those who sit in the gate talk about me. I am the song of the drunkards.

Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron,

He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke away their chains.

The cords of death surrounded me, the pains of Sheol got a hold of me. I found trouble and sorrow.

Turn to me, and have mercy on me, as you always do to those who love your name.

Consider my affliction, and deliver me, for I don’t forget your law.

Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them. They won’t be disappointed when they speak with their enemies in the gate.

Yahweh builds up Jerusalem. He gathers together the outcasts of Israel.

When the whirlwind passes, the wicked is no more; but the righteous stand firm forever.

If she is a wall, we will build on her a turret of silver. If she is a door, we will enclose her with boards of cedar.

What will they answer the messengers of the nation? That Yahweh has founded Zion, and in her the afflicted of his people will take refuge.

In that day, this song will be sung in the land of Judah: “We have a strong city. God appoints salvation for walls and bulwarks.

and a spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment, and strength to those who turn back the battle at the gate.

Look at Zion, the city of our appointed festivals. Your eyes will see Jerusalem, a quiet habitation, a tent that won’t be removed. Its stakes will never be plucked up, nor will any of its cords be broken.

In those days Hezekiah was sick and near death. Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, came to him, and said to him, “Yahweh says, ‘Set your house in order, for you will die, and not live.’ ”

I said, “In the middle of my life I go into the gates of Sheol. I am deprived of the residue of my years.”

He was despised and rejected by men, a man of suffering and acquainted with disease. He was despised as one from whom men hide their face; and we didn’t respect him.

You saw until a stone was cut out without hands, which struck the image on its feet that were of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces.

He shall stand, and shall shepherd in the strength of Yahweh, in the majesty of the name of Yahweh his God: and they will live, for then he will be great to the ends of the earth.

“The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house. His hands shall also finish it; and you will know that Yahweh of Armies has sent me to you.

the people who sat in darkness saw a great light, to those who sat in the region and shadow of death, to them light has dawned.”

for I tell you, I will not drink at all again from the fruit of the vine, until God’s Kingdom comes.”

Now there were six water pots of stone set there after the Jews’ way of purifying, containing two or three metretes apiece.

Afterward Jesus found him in the temple, and said to him, “Behold, you are made well. Sin no more, so that nothing worse happens to you.”

“Now my soul is troubled. What shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this time?’ But I came to this time for this cause.

Saul was consenting to his death. A great persecution arose against the assembly which was in Jerusalem in that day. They were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except for the apostles.

“Death, where is your sting? Hades, where is your victory?”

(but how could someone who doesn’t know how to rule one’s own house take care of God’s assembly?)

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

The seventh angel sounded, and great voices in heaven followed, saying, “The kingdom of the world has become the Kingdom of our Lord, and of his Christ. He will reign forever and ever!”

I also tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my assembly, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.