Psalms 116:15

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

They sang a new song, saying, “You are worthy to take the book and to open its seals: for you were killed, and bought us for God with your blood out of every tribe, language, people, and nation,

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.

Yahweh said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood cries to me from the ground.

Yahweh, my God, I take refuge in you. Save me from all those who pursue me, and deliver me,

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;

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. To him who overcomes, to him I will give of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written, which no one knows but he who receives it.

I saw, and behold, the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with him a number, one hundred forty-four thousand, having his name, and the name of his Father, written on their foreheads.

I will make your offspring as the dust of the earth, so that if a man can count the dust of the earth, then your offspring may also be counted.

Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned; for I have transgressed the commandment of Yahweh, and your words, because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice.

David went out wherever Saul sent him, and behaved himself wisely; and Saul set him over the men of war. It was good in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul’s servants.

He said to David, “You are more righteous than I; for you have done good to me, whereas I have done evil to you.

At the return of the year, at the time when kings go out, David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed at Jerusalem.

‘For I will defend this city to save it, for my own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.’ ”

“Why aren’t times laid up by the Almighty? Why don’t those who know him see his days?

Mark the perfect man, and see the upright, for there is a future for the man of peace.

He will redeem their soul from oppression and violence. Their blood will be precious in his sight.

For you have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.

Praise Yahweh! Sing to Yahweh a new song, his praise in the assembly of the saints.

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.

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.

“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.

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:

I heard the number of those who were sealed, one hundred forty-four thousand, sealed out of every tribe of the children of Israel:

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.

Pharaoh sent and called for Moses and Aaron, and said to them, “I have sinned this time. Yahweh is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.

Who can count the dust of Jacob, or count the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous! Let my last end be like his!”

They brought the head of Ishbosheth to David to Hebron, and said to the king, “Behold, the head of Ishbosheth, the son of Saul, your enemy, who sought your life! Yahweh has avenged my lord the king today of Saul, and of his offspring.”

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.

Sing to Yahweh a new song! Sing to Yahweh, all the earth.

Sing to Yahweh a new song, for he has done marvelous things! His right hand and his holy arm have worked salvation for him.

I will sing a new song to you, God. On a ten-stringed lyre, I will sing praises to you.

rejoicing in his whole world. My delight was with the sons of men.

‘For I will defend this city to save it, for my own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.’ ”

For Yahweh says, “Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this time, and will distress them, that they may feel it.”

One of his disciples, whom Jesus loved, was at the table, leaning against Jesus’ breast.

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

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.

For this cause I also, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which is among you, and the love which you have toward all the saints,

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

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?

They sang the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, “Great and marvelous are your works, Lord God, the Almighty! Righteous and true are your ways, you King of the nations.

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

Your offspring will be as the dust of the earth, and you will spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south. In you and in your offspring, all the families of the earth will be blessed.

Balaam said to Yahweh’s angel, “I have sinned; for I didn’t know that you stood in the way against me. Now therefore, if it displeases you, I will go back again.”

You are happy, Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by Yahweh, the shield of your help, the sword of your excellency? Your enemies will submit themselves to you. You will tread on their high places.”

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

He will keep the feet of his holy ones, but the wicked will be put to silence in darkness; for no man will prevail by strength.

Then he said, “I have sinned; yet please honor me now before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and come back with me, that I may worship Yahweh your God.”

He said, “While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept; for I said, ‘Who knows whether Yahweh will not be gracious to me, that the child may live?’

“Isn’t a man forced to labor on earth? Aren’t his days like the days of a hired hand?

Yet he will be borne to the grave. Men will keep watch over the tomb.

Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity, for Yahweh has heard the voice of my weeping.

But those who seek my soul to destroy it shall go into the lower parts of the earth.

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.

In your loving kindness, cut off my enemies, and destroy all those who afflict my soul, For I am your servant.

“For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

He enters into peace. They rest in their beds, each one who walks in his uprightness.

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.”

See that you don’t despise one of these little ones, for I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven.

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also love one another.

Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.

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.

of whom are the fathers, and from whom is Christ as concerning the flesh, who is over all, God, blessed forever. Amen.

Don’t be unequally yoked with unbelievers, for what fellowship do righteousness and iniquity have? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness?

Paul, an apostle—not from men, nor through man, but through Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead—

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.

For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.

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

Since then the children have shared in flesh and blood, he also himself in the same way partook of the same, that through death he might bring to nothing him who had the power of death, that is, the devil,

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

But he, because he lives forever, has his priesthood unchangeable.

I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write, ‘Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.’ ” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “that they may rest from their labors; for their works follow with them.”

Then the princes of the Philistines went out; and as often as they went out, David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul, so that his name was highly esteemed.

Then Saul said, “I have sinned. Return, my son David; for I will no more do you harm, because my life was precious in your eyes today. Behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly.”

Behold, fire came down from the sky, and consumed the last two captains of fifty with their fifties. But now let my life be precious in your sight.”

I will add to your days fifteen years. I will deliver you and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city for my own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.” ’ ”

As for the saints who are in the earth, they are the excellent ones in whom is all my delight.

My times are in your hand. Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, and from those who persecute me.

“Go, and tell Hezekiah, ‘Yahweh, the God of David your father, says, “I have heard your prayer. I have seen your tears. Behold, I will add fifteen years to your life.

The beggar died, and he was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s bosom. The rich man also died, and was buried.

may be strengthened to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and height and depth,

Though men may rise up to pursue you, and to seek your soul, yet the soul of my lord will be bound in the bundle of life with Yahweh your God. He will sling out the souls of your enemies, as from the hollow of a sling.

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.

They sing a new song before the throne, and before the four living creatures and the elders. No one could learn the song except the one hundred forty-four thousand, those who had been redeemed out of the earth.