Bible Correspondence Course Lesson 10 Christian Holy Days Note: This file contains most of the verses for this Bible Correspondence Course lesson. THE OBSERVANCE OF DAYS Gal 4:8 (NKJV) - But then, indeed, when you did not know God, you served those which by nature are not gods. Gal 4:9 (NKJV) - But now after you have known God, or rather are known by God, how is it that you turn again to the weak and beggarly elements, to which you desire again to be in bondage? Gal 4:10 (NKJV) - You observe days and months and seasons and years. Gal 4:11 (NKJV) - I am afraid for you, lest I have labored for you in vain. Gal 4:4 (NKJV) - But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, Acts 2:1 (NKJV) - When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. Acts 20:6 (NKJV) - But we sailed away from Philippi after the Days of Unleavened Bread, and in five days joined them at Troas, where we stayed seven days. Acts 27:9 (NKJV) - Now when much time had been spent, and sailing was now dangerous because the Fast was already over, Paul advised them, Lev 23:27 (NKJV) - "Also the tenth day of this seventh month shall be the Day of Atonement. It shall be a holy convocation for you; you shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire to the LORD. Lev 23:28 (NKJV) - "And you shall do no work on that same day, for it is the Day of Atonement, to make atonement for you before the LORD your God. Lev 23:29 (NKJV) - "For any person who is not afflicted in soul on that same day shall be cut off from his people. Lev 23:30 (NKJV) - "And any person who does any work on that same day, that person I will destroy from among his people. Lev 23:31 (NKJV) - "You shall do no manner of work; it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings. Lev 23:32 (NKJV) - "It shall be to you a sabbath of solemn rest, and you shall afflict your souls; on the ninth day of the month at evening, from evening to evening, you shall celebrate your sabbath." Acts 18:21 (NKJV) - but took leave of them, saying, "I must by all means keep this coming feast in Jerusalem; but I will return again to you, God willing." And he sailed from Ephesus. Acts 20:16 (NKJV) - For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus, so that he would not have to spend time in Asia; for he was hurrying to be at Jerusalem, if possible, on the Day of Pentecost. 1 Cor 5:6 (NKJV) - Your glorying is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump? 1 Cor 5:7 (NKJV) - Therefore purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new lump, since you truly are unleavened. For indeed Christ, our Passover, was sacrificed for us. 1 Cor 5:8 (NKJV) - Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. Rom 7:1 (NKJV) - Or do you not know, brethren (for I speak to those who know the law), that the law has dominion over a man as long as he lives? Rom 11:18 (NKJV) - do not boast against the branches. But if you do boast, remember that you do not support the root, but the root supports you. Acts 20:6 (NKJV) - But we sailed away from Philippi after the Days of Unleavened Bread, and in five days joined them at Troas, where we stayed seven days. 1 Cor 11:20 (NKJV) - Therefore when you come together in one place, it is not to eat the Lord's Supper. Rom 14:5 (NKJV) - One person esteems one day above another; another esteems every day alike. Let each be fully convinced in his own mind. Rom 14:6 (NKJV) - He who observes the day, observes it to the Lord; and he who does not observe the day, to the Lord he does not observe it. He who eats, eats to the Lord, for he gives God thanks; and he who does not eat, to the Lord he does not eat, and gives God thanks. Col 2:16 (NKJV) - So let no one judge you in food or in drink, or regarding a festival or a new moon or sabbaths, Col 2:20 (NKJV) - Therefore, if you died with Christ from the basic principles of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to regulations; Col 2:21 (NKJV) - "Do not touch, do not taste, do not handle," Col 2:22 (NKJV) - which all concern things which perish with the using; according to the commandments and doctrines of men? Col 2:23 (NKJV) - These things indeed have an appearance of wisdom in self-imposed religion, false humility, and neglect of the body, but are of no value against the indulgence of the flesh. Luke 4:16 (NKJV) - So He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. And as His custom was, He went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read. John 2:13 (NKJV) - Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. John 2:23 (NKJV) - Now when He was in Jerusalem at the Passover, during the feast, many believed in His name when they saw the signs which He did. Acts 17:1 (NKJV) - Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews. Acts 17:2 (NKJV) - Then Paul, as his custom was, went in to them, and for three Sabbaths reasoned with them from the Scriptures, Luke 22:7 (NKJV) - Then came the Day of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover must be killed. Luke 22:8 (NKJV) - And He sent Peter and John, saying, "Go and prepare the Passover for us, that we may eat." Luke 22:9 (NKJV) - So they said to Him, "Where do You want us to prepare?" Luke 22:10 (NKJV) - And He said to them, "Behold, when you have entered the city, a man will meet you carrying a pitcher of water; follow him into the house which he enters. Luke 22:11 (NKJV) - "Then you shall say to the master of the house, 'The Teacher says to you, "Where is the guest room where I may eat the Passover with My disciples?"' Luke 22:12 (NKJV) - "Then he will show you a large, furnished upper room; there make ready." Luke 22:13 (NKJV) - So they went and found it just as He had said to them, and they prepared the Passover. Luke 22:14 (NKJV) - When the hour had come, He sat down, and the twelve apostles with Him. Luke 22:15 (NKJV) - Then He said to them, "With fervent desire I have desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer; Luke 22:16 (NKJV) - "for I say to you, I will no longer eat of it until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God." John 7:10 (NKJV) - But when His brothers had gone up, then He also went up to the feast, not openly, but as it were in secret. John 7:37 (NKJV) - On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, "If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. John 7:38 (NKJV) - "He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water." John 7:39 (NKJV) - But this He spoke concerning the Spirit, whom those believing in Him would receive; for the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified. Mal 4:2 (NKJV) - But to you who fear My name The Sun of Righteousness shall arise With healing in His wings; And you shall go out And grow fat like stall-fed calves. Luke 1:78 (NKJV) - Through the tender mercy of our God, With which the Dayspring from on high has visited us; Deu 12:29 (NKJV) - "When the LORD your God cuts off from before you the nations which you go to dispossess, and you displace them and dwell in their land, Deu 12:30 (NKJV) - "take heed to yourself that you are not ensnared to follow them, after they are destroyed from before you, and that you do not inquire after their gods, saying, 'How did these nations serve their gods? I also will do likewise.' Deu 12:31 (NKJV) - "You shall not worship the LORD your God in that way; for every abomination to the LORD which He hates they have done to their gods; for they burn even their sons and daughters in the fire to their gods. Deu 12:32 (NKJV) - "Whatever I command you, be careful to observe it; you shall not add to it nor take away from it. THE PASSOVER Exo 12:14 (NKJV) - 'So this day shall be to you a memorial; and you shall keep it as a feast to the LORD throughout your generations. You shall keep it as a feast by an everlasting ordinance. Exo 12:14 (NKJV) - 'So this day shall be to you a memorial; and you shall keep it as a feast to the LORD throughout your generations. You shall keep it as a feast by an everlasting ordinance. Exo 12:15 (NKJV) - 'Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread. On the first day you shall remove leaven from your houses. For whoever eats leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that person shall be cut off from Israel. John 6:31 (NKJV) - "Our fathers ate the manna in the desert; as it is written, 'He gave them bread from heaven to eat.'" John 6:32 (NKJV) - Then Jesus said to them, "Most assuredly, I say to you, Moses did not give you the bread from heaven, but My Father gives you the true bread from heaven. John 6:33 (NKJV) - "For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world." John 6:34 (NKJV) - Then they said to Him, "Lord, give us this bread always." John 6:35 (NKJV) - And Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst. John 6:36 (NKJV) - "But I said to you that you have seen Me and yet do not believe. John 6:37 (NKJV) - "All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will by no means cast out. John 6:38 (NKJV) - "For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me. John 6:39 (NKJV) - "This is the will of the Father who sent Me, that of all He has given Me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up at the last day. John 6:40 (NKJV) - "And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him may have everlasting life; and I will raise him up at the last day." John 6:41 (NKJV) - The Jews then complained about Him, because He said, "I am the bread which came down from heaven." John 6:42 (NKJV) - And they said, "Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How is it then that He says, 'I have come down from heaven'?" John 6:43 (NKJV) - Jesus therefore answered and said to them, "Do not murmur among yourselves. John 6:44 (NKJV) - "No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up at the last day. John 6:45 (NKJV) - "It is written in the prophets, 'And they shall all be taught by God.' Therefore everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to Me. John 6:46 (NKJV) - "Not that anyone has seen the Father, except He who is from God; He has seen the Father. John 6:47 (NKJV) - "Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me has everlasting life. John 6:48 (NKJV) - "I am the bread of life. John 6:49 (NKJV) - "Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and are dead. John 6:50 (NKJV) - "This is the bread which comes down from heaven, that one may eat of it and not die. John 6:51 (NKJV) - "I am the living bread which came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever; and the bread that I shall give is My flesh, which I shall give for the life of the world." John 6:4 (NKJV) - Now the Passover, a feast of the Jews, was near. John 6:5 (NKJV) - Then Jesus lifted up His eyes, and seeing a great multitude coming toward Him, He said to Philip, "Where shall we buy bread, that these may eat?" John 6:6 (NKJV) - But this He said to test him, for He Himself knew what He would do. John 6:7 (NKJV) - Philip answered Him, "Two hundred denarii worth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may have a little." John 6:8 (NKJV) - One of His disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, said to Him, John 6:9 (NKJV) - "There is a lad here who has five barley loaves and two small fish, but what are they among so many?" John 6:10 (NKJV) - Then Jesus said, "Make the people sit down." Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand. John 6:52 (NKJV) - The Jews therefore quarreled among themselves, saying, "How can this Man give us His flesh to eat?" John 6:53 (NKJV) - Then Jesus said to them, "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in you. John 6:54 (NKJV) - "Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. John 6:55 (NKJV) - "For My flesh is food indeed, and My blood is drink indeed. John 6:56 (NKJV) - "He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood abides in Me, and I in him. John 6:57 (NKJV) - "As the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, so he who feeds on Me will live because of Me. John 6:58 (NKJV) - "This is the bread which came down from heaven; not as your fathers ate the manna, and are dead. He who eats this bread will live forever." John 6:59 (NKJV) - These things He said in the synagogue as He taught in Capernaum. John 6:60 (NKJV) - Therefore many of His disciples, when they heard this, said, "This is a hard saying; who can understand it?" John 6:61 (NKJV) - When Jesus knew in Himself that His disciples complained about this, He said to them, "Does this offend you? John 6:62 (NKJV) - "What then if you should see the Son of Man ascend where He was before? John 6:63 (NKJV) - "It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life. John 6:64 (NKJV) - "But there are some of you who do not believe." For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who did not believe, and who would betray Him. John 6:65 (NKJV) - And He said, "Therefore I have said to you that no one can come to Me unless it has been granted to him by My Father." John 6:66 (NKJV) - From that time many of His disciples went back and walked with Him no more. John 6:67 (NKJV) - Then Jesus said to the twelve, "Do you also want to go away?" John 6:68 (NKJV) - But Simon Peter answered Him, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. John 6:69 (NKJV) - "Also we have come to believe and know that You are the Christ, the Son of the living God." John 6:70 (NKJV) - Jesus answered them, "Did I not choose you, the twelve, and one of you is a devil?" John 6:71 (NKJV) - He spoke of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, for it was he who would betray Him, being one of the twelve. Lev 17:14 (NKJV) - "for it is the life of all flesh. Its blood sustains its life. Therefore I said to the children of Israel, 'You shall not eat the blood of any flesh, for the life of all flesh is its blood. Whoever eats it shall be cut off.' Gen 31:44 (NKJV) - "Now therefore, come, let us make a covenant, you and I, and let it be a witness between you and me." Gen 31:45 (NKJV) - So Jacob took a stone and set it up as a pillar. Gen 31:46 (NKJV) - Then Jacob said to his brethren, "Gather stones." And they took stones and made a heap, and they ate there on the heap. Heb 12:24 (NKJV) - to Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better things than that of Abel. Gen 15:7 (NKJV) - Then He said to him, "I am the LORD, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans, to give you this land to inherit it." Gen 15:8 (NKJV) - And he said, "Lord GOD, how shall I know that I will inherit it?" Gen 15:9 (NKJV) - So He said to him, "Bring Me a three-year-old heifer, a three-year-old female goat, a three-year-old ram, a turtledove, and a young pigeon." Gen 15:10 (NKJV) - Then he brought all these to Him and cut them in two, down the middle, and placed each piece opposite the other; but he did not cut the birds in two. Gen 15:11 (NKJV) - And when the vultures came down on the carcasses, Abram drove them away. Gen 15:12 (NKJV) - Now when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and behold, horror and great darkness fell upon him. Gen 15:13 (NKJV) - Then He said to Abram: "Know certainly that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, and will serve them, and they will afflict them four hundred years. Gen 15:14 (NKJV) - "And also the nation whom they serve I will judge; afterward they shall come out with great possessions. Gen 15:15 (NKJV) - "Now as for you, you shall go to your fathers in peace; you shall be buried at a good old age. Gen 15:16 (NKJV) - "But in the fourth generation they shall return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete." Gen 15:17 (NKJV) - And it came to pass, when the sun went down and it was dark, that behold, there appeared a smoking oven and a burning torch that passed between those pieces. Gen 15:18 (NKJV) - On the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying: "To your descendants I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the River Euphrates; Mat 26:26 (NKJV) - And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to the disciples and said, "Take, eat; this is My body." Mat 26:27 (NKJV) - Then He took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, "Drink from it, all of you. Mat 26:28 (NKJV) - "For this is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins. 1 Cor 11:23 (NKJV) - For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you: that the Lord Jesus on the same night in which He was betrayed took bread; 1 Cor 11:24 (NKJV) - and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, "Take, eat; this is My body which is broken for you; do this in remembrance of Me." 1 Cor 11:25 (NKJV) - In the same manner He also took the cup after supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in My blood. This do, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me." 1 Cor 11:29 (NKJV) - For he who eats and drinks in an unworthy manner eats and drinks judgment to himself, not discerning the Lord's body. 1 Cor 11:30 (NKJV) - For this reason many are weak and sick among you, and many sleep. Mat 26:62 (NKJV) - And the high priest arose and said to Him, "Do You answer nothing? What is it these men testify against You?" Mat 26:63 (NKJV) - But Jesus kept silent. And the high priest answered and said to Him, "I put You under oath by the living God: Tell us if You are the Christ, the Son of God!" Mat 26:64 (NKJV) - Jesus said to him, "It is as you said. Nevertheless, I say to you, hereafter you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Power, and coming on the clouds of heaven." Mat 26:65 (NKJV) - Then the high priest tore his clothes, saying, "He has spoken blasphemy! What further need do we have of witnesses? Look, now you have heard His blasphemy! Mat 26:66 (NKJV) - "What do you think?" They answered and said, "He is deserving of death." Mat 26:67 (NKJV) - Then they spat in His face and beat Him; and others struck Him with the palms of their hands, Mat 26:68 (NKJV) - saying, "Prophesy to us, Christ! Who is the one who struck You?" Mat 27:26 (NKJV) - Then he released Barabbas to them; and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered Him to be crucified. Mat 27:27 (NKJV) - Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole garrison around Him. Mat 27:28 (NKJV) - And they stripped Him and put a scarlet robe on Him. Mat 27:29 (NKJV) - When they had twisted a crown of thorns, they put it on His head, and a reed in His right hand. And they bowed the knee before Him and mocked Him, saying, "Hail, King of the Jews!" Mat 27:30 (NKJV) - Then they spat on Him, and took the reed and struck Him on the head. Mat 27:31 (NKJV) - And when they had mocked Him, they took the robe off Him, put His own clothes on Him, and led Him away to be crucified. John 3:14 (NKJV) - "And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up, John 3:15 (NKJV) - "that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. John 12:32 (NKJV) - "And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all peoples to Myself." John 12:33 (NKJV) - This He said, signifying by what death He would die. John 12:34 (NKJV) - The people answered Him, "We have heard from the law that the Christ remains forever; and how can You say, 'The Son of Man must be lifted up'? Who is this Son of Man?" Isa 53:1 (NKJV) - Who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed? Isa 53:2 (NKJV) - For He shall grow up before Him as a tender plant, And as a root out of dry ground. He has no form or comeliness; And when we see Him, There is no beauty that we should desire Him. Isa 53:3 (NKJV) - He is despised and rejected by men, A Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him; He was despised, and we did not esteem Him. Isa 53:4 (NKJV) - Surely He has borne our griefs And carried our sorrows; Yet we esteemed Him stricken, Smitten by God, and afflicted. Isa 53:5 (NKJV) - But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed. Isa 53:6 (NKJV) - All we like sheep have gone astray; We have turned, every one, to his own way; And the LORD has laid on Him the iniquity of us all. Isa 53:7 (NKJV) - He was oppressed and He was afflicted, Yet He opened not His mouth; He was led as a lamb to the slaughter, And as a sheep before its shearers is silent, So He opened not His mouth. Isa 53:8 (NKJV) - He was taken from prison and from judgment, And who will declare His generation? For He was cut off from the land of the living; For the transgressions of My people He was stricken. Isa 53:9 (NKJV) - And they made His grave with the wicked; But with the rich at His death, Because He had done no violence, Nor was any deceit in His mouth. Isa 53:10 (NKJV) - Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise Him; He has put Him to grief. When You make His soul an offering for sin, He shall see His seed, He shall prolong His days, And the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in His hand. Isa 53:11 (NKJV) - He shall see the labor of His soul, and be satisfied. By His knowledge My righteous Servant shall justify many, For He shall bear their iniquities. Isa 53:12 (NKJV) - Therefore I will divide Him a portion with the great, And He shall divide the spoil with the strong, Because He poured out His soul unto death, And He was numbered with the transgressors, And He bore the sin of many, And made intercession for the transgressors. 1 Pet 2:24 (NKJV) - who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness; by whose stripes you were healed. Mark 2:3 (NKJV) - Then they came to Him, bringing a paralytic who was carried by four men. Mark 2:4 (NKJV) - And when they could not come near Him because of the crowd, they uncovered the roof where He was. So when they had broken through, they let down the bed on which the paralytic was lying. Mark 2:5 (NKJV) - When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, "Son, your sins are forgiven you." Mark 2:6 (NKJV) - And some of the scribes were sitting there and reasoning in their hearts, Mark 2:7 (NKJV) - "Why does this Man speak blasphemies like this? Who can forgive sins but God alone?" Mark 2:8 (NKJV) - But immediately, when Jesus perceived in His spirit that they reasoned thus within themselves, He said to them, "Why do you reason about these things in your hearts? Mark 2:9 (NKJV) - "Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, 'Your sins are forgiven you,' or to say, 'Arise, take up your bed and walk'? Mark 2:10 (NKJV) - "But that you may know that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins"; He said to the paralytic, Mark 2:11 (NKJV) - "I say to you, arise, take up your bed, and go to your house." Mark 2:12 (NKJV) - Immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went out in the presence of them all, so that all were amazed and glorified God, saying, "We never saw anything like this!" John 9:1 (NKJV) - Now as Jesus passed by, He saw a man who was blind from birth. John 9:2 (NKJV) - And His disciples asked Him, saying, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?" John 9:3 (NKJV) - Jesus answered, "Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but that the works of God should be revealed in him. John 9:4 (NKJV) - "I must work the works of Him who sent Me while it is day; the night is coming when no one can work. John 9:5 (NKJV) - "As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world." John 9:6 (NKJV) - When He had said these things, He spat on the ground and made clay with the saliva; and He anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay. John 9:7 (NKJV) - And He said to him, "Go, wash in the pool of Siloam" (which is translated, Sent). So he went and washed, and came back seeing. John 13:1 (NKJV) - Now before the feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that His hour had come that He should depart from this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end. John 13:2 (NKJV) - And supper being ended, the devil having already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray Him, John 13:3 (NKJV) - Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into His hands, and that He had come from God and was going to God, John 13:4 (NKJV) - rose from supper and laid aside His garments, took a towel and girded Himself. John 13:5 (NKJV) - After that, He poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel with which He was girded. John 13:6 (NKJV) - Then He came to Simon Peter. And Peter said to Him, "Lord, are You washing my feet?" John 13:7 (NKJV) - Jesus answered and said to him, "What I am doing you do not understand now, but you will know after this." John 13:8 (NKJV) - Peter said to Him, "You shall never wash my feet!" Jesus answered him, "If I do not wash you, you have no part with Me." John 13:9 (NKJV) - Simon Peter said to Him, "Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head!" John 13:10 (NKJV) - Jesus said to him, "He who is bathed needs only to wash his feet, but is completely clean; and you are clean, but not all of you." John 13:11 (NKJV) - For He knew who would betray Him; therefore He said, "You are not all clean." John 13:12 (NKJV) - So when He had washed their feet, taken His garments, and sat down again, He said to them, "Do you know what I have done to you? John 13:13 (NKJV) - "You call me Teacher and Lord, and you say well, for so I am. John 13:14 (NKJV) - "If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet. John 13:15 (NKJV) - "For I have given you an example, that you should do as I have done to you. John 13:16 (NKJV) - "Most assuredly, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his master; nor is he who is sent greater than he who sent him. John 13:17 (NKJV) - "If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them. Phil 2:5 (NKJV) - Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, Phil 2:6 (NKJV) - who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, Phil 2:7 (NKJV) - but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men. Phil 2:8 (NKJV) - And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross. 1 Cor 11:26 (NKJV) - For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death till He comes. 1 Cor 11:26 (NKJV) - For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death till He comes. Christ Fulfills the Law Mat 5:17 (NKJV) - "Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill. Mat 5:18 (NKJV) - "For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled. Mat 5:19 (NKJV) - "Whoever therefore breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. Mat 5:20 (NKJV) - "For I say to you, that unless your righteousness exceeds the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven. 1 Cor 11:20 (NKJV) - Therefore when you come together in one place, it is not to eat the Lord's Supper. Luke 22:13 (NKJV) - So they went and found it just as He had said to them, and they prepared the Passover. Luke 22:14 (NKJV) - When the hour had come, He sat down, and the twelve apostles with Him. Luke 22:15 (NKJV) - Then He said to them, "With fervent desire I have desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer; THE DAYS OF UNLEAVENED BREAD Lev 23:1 (NKJV) - And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, Lev 23:2 (NKJV) - "Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: 'The feasts of the LORD, which you shall proclaim to be holy convocations, these are My feasts. Lev 23:3 (NKJV) - 'Six days shall work be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation. You shall do no work on it; it is the Sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings. Lev 23:4 (NKJV) - 'These are the feasts of the LORD, holy convocations which you shall proclaim at their appointed times. Lev 23:5 (NKJV) - 'On the fourteenth day of the first month at twilight is the Lord's Passover. Lev 23:6 (NKJV) - 'And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the Feast of Unleavened Bread to the LORD; seven days you must eat unleavened bread. Lev 23:7 (NKJV) - 'On the first day you shall have a holy convocation; you shall do no customary work on it. Lev 23:8 (NKJV) - 'But you shall offer an offering made by fire to the LORD for seven days. The seventh day shall be a holy convocation; you shall do no customary work on it.'" Jer 7:22 (NKJV) - "For I did not speak to your fathers, or command them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices. Jer 7:23 (NKJV) - "But this is what I commanded them, saying, 'Obey My voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be My people. And walk in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well with you.' Exo 12:15 (NKJV) - 'Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread. On the first day you shall remove leaven from your houses. For whoever eats leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that person shall be cut off from Israel. Exo 12:16 (NKJV) - 'On the first day there shall be a holy convocation, and on the seventh day there shall be a holy convocation for you. No manner of work shall be done on them; but that which everyone must eat; that only may be prepared by you. Exo 12:39 (NKJV) - And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they had brought out of Egypt; for it was not leavened, because they were driven out of Egypt and could not wait, nor had they prepared provisions for themselves. Exo 13:8 (NKJV) - "And you shall tell your son in that day, saying, 'This is done because of what the LORD did for me when I came up from Egypt.' Exo 13:9 (NKJV) - "It shall be as a sign to you on your hand and as a memorial between your eyes, that the Lord's law may be in your mouth; for with a strong hand the LORD has brought you out of Egypt. Exo 13:10 (NKJV) - "You shall therefore keep this ordinance in its season from year to year. Deu 16:3 (NKJV) - "You shall eat no leavened bread with it; seven days you shall eat unleavened bread with it, that is, the bread of affliction (for you came out of the land of Egypt in haste), that you may remember the day in which you came out of the land of Egypt all the days of your life. Exo 1:7 (NKJV) - But the children of Israel were fruitful and increased abundantly, multiplied and grew exceedingly mighty; and the land was filled with them. Exo 1:8 (NKJV) - Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who did not know Joseph. Exo 1:9 (NKJV) - And he said to his people, "Look, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we; Exo 1:10 (NKJV) - "come, let us deal shrewdly with them, lest they multiply, and it happen, in the event of war, that they also join our enemies and fight against us, and so go up out of the land." Exo 1:11 (NKJV) - Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh supply cities, Pithom and Raamses. Exo 1:12 (NKJV) - But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were in dread of the children of Israel. Exo 1:13 (NKJV) - So the Egyptians made the children of Israel serve with rigor. Exo 1:14 (NKJV) - And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage; in mortar, in brick, and in all manner of service in the field. All their service in which they made them serve was with rigor. Exo 6:6 (NKJV) - "Therefore say to the children of Israel: 'I am the LORD; I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, I will rescue you from their bondage, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great judgments. Rom 6:9 (NKJV) - knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no longer has dominion over Him. Rom 6:10 (NKJV) - For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God. Rom 6:11 (NKJV) - Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord. Rom 6:12 (NKJV) - Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts. Rom 6:13 (NKJV) - And do not present your members as instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but present yourselves to God as being alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God. Rom 6:14 (NKJV) - For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace. Rom 6:15 (NKJV) - What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? Certainly not! Rom 6:16 (NKJV) - Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves slaves to obey, you are that one's slaves whom you obey, whether of sin leading to death, or of obedience leading to righteousness? Rom 6:17 (NKJV) - But God be thanked that though you were slaves of sin, yet you obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine to which you were delivered. Rom 6:18 (NKJV) - And having been set free from sin, you became slaves of righteousness. Rom 6:19 (NKJV) - I speak in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you presented your members as slaves of uncleanness, and of lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves of righteousness for holiness. Rom 6:20 (NKJV) - For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. Rom 6:21 (NKJV) - What fruit did you have then in the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death. Rom 6:22 (NKJV) - But now having been set free from sin, and having become slaves of God, you have your fruit to holiness, and the end, everlasting life. Rom 6:23 (NKJV) - For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Rom 7:14 (NKJV) - For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am carnal, sold under sin. 1 Cor 5:6 (NKJV) - Your glorying is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump? 1 Cor 5:7 (NKJV) - Therefore purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new lump, since you truly are unleavened. For indeed Christ, our Passover, was sacrificed for us. Rom 5:1 (NKJV) - Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, Rom 5:2 (NKJV) - through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. Rom 5:3 (NKJV) - And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance; Rom 5:4 (NKJV) - and perseverance, character; and character, hope. Rom 5:5 (NKJV) - Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us. Rom 5:6 (NKJV) - For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. Rom 5:7 (NKJV) - For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die. Rom 5:8 (NKJV) - But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Rom 5:9 (NKJV) - Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him. Rom 5:10 (NKJV) - For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life. Rom 6:1 (NKJV) - What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? Rom 6:2 (NKJV) - Certainly not! How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it? Rom 6:3 (NKJV) - Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? Rom 6:4 (NKJV) - Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. Rom 6:5 (NKJV) - For if we have been united together in the likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His resurrection, Rom 6:6 (NKJV) - knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin. Rom 6:7 (NKJV) - For he who has died has been freed from sin. THE FIRSTFRUITS Lev 23:10 (NKJV) - "Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: 'When you come into the land which I give to you, and reap its harvest, then you shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest to the priest. Lev 23:11 (NKJV) - 'He shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be accepted on your behalf; on the day after the Sabbath the priest shall wave it. Lev 23:12 (NKJV) - 'And you shall offer on that day, when you wave the sheaf, a male lamb of the first year, without blemish, as a burnt offering to the LORD. Lev 23:13 (NKJV) - 'Its grain offering shall be two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil, an offering made by fire to the LORD, for a sweet aroma; and its drink offering shall be of wine, one-fourth of a hin. Lev 23:14 (NKJV) - 'You shall eat neither bread nor parched grain nor fresh grain until the same day that you have brought an offering to your God; it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings. 1 Cor 15:20 (NKJV) - But now Christ is risen from the dead, and has become the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. 1 Cor 15:21 (NKJV) - For since by man came death, by Man also came the resurrection of the dead. 1 Cor 15:22 (NKJV) - For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall be made alive. 1 Cor 15:23 (NKJV) - But each one in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, afterward those who are Christ's at His coming. John 20:17 (NKJV) - Jesus said to her, "Do not cling to Me, for I have not yet ascended to My Father; but go to My brethren and say to them, 'I am ascending to My Father and your Father, and to My God and your God.'" Acts 2:29 (NKJV) - "Men and brethren, let me speak freely to you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his tomb is with us to this day. Acts 2:30 (NKJV) - "Therefore, being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that of the fruit of his body, according to the flesh, He would raise up the Christ to sit on his throne, Acts 2:31 (NKJV) - "he, foreseeing this, spoke concerning the resurrection of the Christ, that His soul was not left in Hades, nor did His flesh see corruption. Acts 2:32 (NKJV) - "This Jesus God has raised up, of which we are all witnesses. Acts 2:33 (NKJV) - "Therefore being exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He poured out this which you now see and hear. Acts 2:34 (NKJV) - "For David did not ascend into the heavens, but he says himself: 'The LORD said to my Lord, "Sit at My right hand, Mat 28:9 (NKJV) - And as they went to tell His disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, "Rejoice!" So they came and held Him by the feet and worshiped Him. Lev 23:10 (NKJV) - "Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: 'When you come into the land which I give to you, and reap its harvest, then you shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest to the priest. Lev 23:11 (NKJV) - 'He shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be accepted on your behalf; on the day after the Sabbath the priest shall wave it. James 1:18 (NKJV) - Of His own will He brought us forth by the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures. Rev 14:4 (NKJV) - These are the ones who were not defiled with women, for they are virgins. These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever He goes. These were redeemed from among men, being firstfruits to God and to the Lamb. THE FEAST OF WEEKS Lev 23:15 (NKJV) - 'And you shall count for yourselves from the day after the Sabbath, from the day that you brought the sheaf of the wave offering: seven Sabbaths shall be completed. Lev 23:16 (NKJV) - 'Count fifty days to the day after the seventh Sabbath; then you shall offer a new grain offering to the LORD. Lev 23:17 (NKJV) - 'You shall bring from your dwellings two wave loaves of two-tenths of an ephah. They shall be of fine flour; they shall be baked with leaven. They are the firstfruits to the LORD. Lev 23:18 (NKJV) - 'And you shall offer with the bread seven lambs of the first year, without blemish, one young bull, and two rams. They shall be as a burnt offering to the LORD, with their grain offering and their drink offerings, an offering made by fire for a sweet aroma to the LORD. Lev 23:19 (NKJV) - 'Then you shall sacrifice one kid of the goats as a sin offering, and two male lambs of the first year as a sacrifice of a peace offering. Lev 23:20 (NKJV) - 'The priest shall wave them with the bread of the firstfruits as a wave offering before the LORD, with the two lambs. They shall be holy to the LORD for the priest. Lev 23:21 (NKJV) - 'And you shall proclaim on the same day that it is a holy convocation to you. You shall do no customary work on it. It shall be a statute forever in all your dwellings throughout your generations. Exo 34:22 (NKJV) - "And you shall observe the Feast of Weeks, of the firstfruits of wheat harvest, and the Feast of Ingathering at the year's end. Deu 16:9 (NKJV) - "You shall count seven weeks for yourself; begin to count the seven weeks from the time you begin to put the sickle to the grain. Deu 16:10 (NKJV) - "Then you shall keep the Feast of Weeks to the LORD your God with the tribute of a freewill offering from your hand, which you shall give as the LORD your God blesses you. Deu 16:16 (NKJV) - "Three times a year all your males shall appear before the LORD your God in the place which He chooses: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, at the Feast of Weeks, and at the Feast of Tabernacles; and they shall not appear before the LORD empty-handed. Acts 2:1 (NKJV) - When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. Acts 20:16 (NKJV) - For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus, so that he would not have to spend time in Asia; for he was hurrying to be at Jerusalem, if possible, on the Day of Pentecost. Mat 9:36 (NKJV) - But when He saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were weary and scattered, like sheep having no shepherd. Mat 9:37 (NKJV) - Then He said to His disciples, "The harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Mat 9:38 (NKJV) - "Therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest." John 4:35 (NKJV) - "Do you not say, 'There are still four months and then comes the harvest'? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are already white for harvest! Mat 13:24 (NKJV) - Another parable He put forth to them, saying: "The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field; Mat 13:25 (NKJV) - "but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat and went his way. Mat 13:26 (NKJV) - "But when the grain had sprouted and produced a crop, then the tares also appeared. Mat 13:27 (NKJV) - "So the servants of the owner came and said to him, 'Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have tares?' Mat 13:28 (NKJV) - "He said to them, 'An enemy has done this.' The servants said to him, 'Do you want us then to go and gather them up?' Mat 13:29 (NKJV) - "But he said, 'No, lest while you gather up the tares you also uproot the wheat with them. Mat 13:30 (NKJV) - 'Let both grow together until the harvest, and at the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, "First gather together the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into my barn."' " Mat 13:36 (NKJV) - Then Jesus sent the multitude away and went into the house. And His disciples came to Him, saying, "Explain to us the parable of the tares of the field." Mat 13:37 (NKJV) - He answered and said to them: "He who sows the good seed is the Son of Man. Mat 13:38 (NKJV) - "The field is the world, the good seeds are the sons of the kingdom, but the tares are the sons of the wicked one. Mat 13:39 (NKJV) - "The enemy who sowed them is the devil, the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are the angels. Mat 13:40 (NKJV) - "Therefore as the tares are gathered and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of this age. Mat 13:41 (NKJV) - "The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all things that offend, and those who practice lawlessness, Mat 13:42 (NKJV) - "and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth. Mat 13:43 (NKJV) - "Then the righteous will shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear! Acts 2:1 (NKJV) - When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. Acts 2:2 (NKJV) - And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. Acts 2:3 (NKJV) - Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them. Acts 2:4 (NKJV) - And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. Acts 2:5 (NKJV) - And there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men, from every nation under heaven. Acts 2:6 (NKJV) - And when this sound occurred, the multitude came together, and were confused, because everyone heard them speak in his own language. Acts 2:7 (NKJV) - Then they were all amazed and marveled, saying to one another, "Look, are not all these who speak Galileans? Acts 2:8 (NKJV) - "And how is it that we hear, each in our own language in which we were born? Acts 2:9 (NKJV) - "Parthians and Medes and Elamites, those dwelling in Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, Acts 2:10 (NKJV) - "Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya adjoining Cyrene, visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes, Acts 2:11 (NKJV) - "Cretans and Arabs; we hear them speaking in our own tongues the wonderful works of God." Acts 2:12 (NKJV) - So they were all amazed and perplexed, saying to one another, "Whatever could this mean?" Acts 2:13 (NKJV) - Others mocking said, "They are full of new wine." Acts 2:14 (NKJV) - But Peter, standing up with the eleven, raised his voice and said to them, "Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and heed my words. Acts 2:15 (NKJV) - "For these are not drunk, as you suppose, since it is only the third hour of the day. Acts 2:16 (NKJV) - "But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel: Acts 2:17 (NKJV) - 'And it shall come to pass in the last days, says God, That I will pour out of My Spirit on all flesh; Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, Your young men shall see visions, Your old men shall dream dreams. Acts 2:18 (NKJV) - And on My menservants and on My maidservants I will pour out My Spirit in those days; And they shall prophesy. Acts 2:19 (NKJV) - I will show wonders in heaven above And signs in the earth beneath: Blood and fire and vapor of smoke. Acts 2:20 (NKJV) - The sun shall be turned into darkness, And the moon into blood, Before the coming of the great and awesome day of the LORD. Acts 2:21 (NKJV) - And it shall come to pass That whoever calls on the name of the LORD Shall be saved.' Acts 2:22 (NKJV) - "Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a Man attested by God to you by miracles, wonders, and signs which God did through Him in your midst, as you yourselves also know; Acts 2:23 (NKJV) - "Him, being delivered by the determined purpose and foreknowledge of God, you have taken by lawless hands, have crucified, and put to death; Acts 2:24 (NKJV) - "whom God raised up, having loosed the pains of death, because it was not possible that He should be held by it. Acts 2:25 (NKJV) - "For David says concerning Him: 'I foresaw the LORD always before my face, For He is at my right hand, that I may not be shaken. Acts 2:26 (NKJV) - Therefore my heart rejoiced, and my tongue was glad; Moreover my flesh also will rest in hope. Acts 2:27 (NKJV) - For You will not leave my soul in Hades, Nor will You allow Your Holy One to see corruption. Acts 2:28 (NKJV) - You have made known to me the ways of life; You will make me full of joy in Your presence.' Acts 2:29 (NKJV) - "Men and brethren, let me speak freely to you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his tomb is with us to this day. Acts 2:30 (NKJV) - "Therefore, being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that of the fruit of his body, according to the flesh, He would raise up the Christ to sit on his throne, Acts 2:31 (NKJV) - "he, foreseeing this, spoke concerning the resurrection of the Christ, that His soul was not left in Hades, nor did His flesh see corruption. Acts 2:32 (NKJV) - "This Jesus God has raised up, of which we are all witnesses. Acts 2:33 (NKJV) - "Therefore being exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He poured out this which you now see and hear. Acts 2:34 (NKJV) - "For David did not ascend into the heavens, but he says himself: 'The LORD said to my Lord, "Sit at My right hand, Acts 2:35 (NKJV) - Till I make Your enemies Your footstool."' Acts 2:36 (NKJV) - "Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly that God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ." Acts 2:37 (NKJV) - Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, "Men and brethren, what shall we do?" Acts 2:38 (NKJV) - Then Peter said to them, "Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. Acts 2:39 (NKJV) - "For the promise is to you and to your children, and to all who are afar off, as many as the Lord our God will call." Acts 2:40 (NKJV) - And with many other words he testified and exhorted them, saying, "Be saved from this perverse generation." Acts 2:41 (NKJV) - Then those who gladly received his word were baptized; and that day about three thousand souls were added to them. Acts 2:42 (NKJV) - And they continued steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in prayers. Acts 2:43 (NKJV) - Then fear came upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were done through the apostles. Acts 2:44 (NKJV) - Now all who believed were together, and had all things in common, Acts 2:45 (NKJV) - and sold their possessions and goods, and divided them among all, as anyone had need. Acts 2:46 (NKJV) - So continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they ate their food with gladness and simplicity of heart, Acts 2:47 (NKJV) - praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved. Joel 2:28 (NKJV) - "And it shall come to pass afterward That I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh; Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, Your old men shall dream dreams, Your young men shall see visions. Joel 2:29 (NKJV) - And also on My menservants and on My maidservants I will pour out My Spirit in those days. Joel 2:30 (NKJV) - "And I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth: Blood and fire and pillars of smoke. Joel 2:31 (NKJV) - The sun shall be turned into darkness, And the moon into blood, Before the coming of the great and awesome day of the LORD. Joel 2:32 (NKJV) - And it shall come to pass That whoever calls on the name of the LORD Shall be saved. For in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be deliverance, As the LORD has said, Among the remnant whom the LORD calls. Acts 2:41 (NKJV) - Then those who gladly received his word were baptized; and that day about three thousand souls were added to them. Lev 25:1 (NKJV) - And the LORD spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai, saying, Lev 25:2 (NKJV) - "Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: 'When you come into the land which I give you, then the land shall keep a sabbath to the LORD. Lev 25:3 (NKJV) - 'Six years you shall sow your field, and six years you shall prune your vineyard, and gather its fruit; Lev 25:4 (NKJV) - 'but in the seventh year there shall be a sabbath of solemn rest for the land, a sabbath to the LORD. You shall neither sow your field nor prune your vineyard. Lev 25:5 (NKJV) - 'What grows of its own accord of your harvest you shall not reap, nor gather the grapes of your untended vine, for it is a year of rest for the land. Lev 25:6 (NKJV) - 'And the sabbath produce of the land shall be food for you: for you, your male and female servants, your hired man, and the stranger who dwells with you, Lev 25:7 (NKJV) - 'for your livestock and the beasts that are in your land; all its produce shall be for food. Lev 25:8 (NKJV) - 'And you shall count seven sabbaths of years for yourself, seven times seven years; and the time of the seven sabbaths of years shall be to you forty-nine years. Lev 25:9 (NKJV) - 'Then you shall cause the trumpet of the Jubilee to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month; on the Day of Atonement you shall make the trumpet to sound throughout all your land. Lev 25:10 (NKJV) - 'And you shall consecrate the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a Jubilee for you; and each of you shall return to his possession, and each of you shall return to his family. Lev 25:11 (NKJV) - 'That fiftieth year shall be a Jubilee to you; in it you shall neither sow nor reap what grows of its own accord, nor gather the grapes of your untended vine. Lev 25:12 (NKJV) - 'For it is the Jubilee; it shall be holy to you; you shall eat its produce from the field. Lev 25:13 (NKJV) - 'In this Year of Jubilee, each of you shall return to his possession. Lev 25:14 (NKJV) - 'And if you sell anything to your neighbor or buy from your neighbor's hand, you shall not oppress one another. Lev 25:15 (NKJV) - 'According to the number of years after the Jubilee you shall buy from your neighbor, and according to the number of years of crops he shall sell to you. Lev 25:16 (NKJV) - 'According to the multitude of years you shall increase its price, and according to the fewer number of years you shall diminish its price; for he sells to you according to the number of the years of the crops. Lev 25:17 (NKJV) - 'Therefore you shall not oppress one another, but you shall fear your God; for I am the LORD your God. THE FEAST OF TRUMPETS Lev 23:23 (NKJV) - Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, Lev 23:24 (NKJV) - "Speak to the children of Israel, saying: 'In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a sabbath-rest, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation. Lev 23:25 (NKJV) - 'You shall do no customary work on it; and you shall offer an offering made by fire to the LORD.'" Exo 19:16 (NKJV) - Then it came to pass on the third day, in the morning, that there were thunderings and lightnings, and a thick cloud on the mountain; and the sound of the trumpet was very loud, so that all the people who were in the camp trembled. Exo 19:17 (NKJV) - And Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet with God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain. Exo 19:18 (NKJV) - Now Mount Sinai was completely in smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire. Its smoke ascended like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked greatly. Exo 19:19 (NKJV) - And when the blast of the trumpet sounded long and became louder and louder, Moses spoke, and God answered him by voice. Exo 20:18 (NKJV) - Now all the people witnessed the thunderings, the lightning flashes, the sound of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking; and when the people saw it, they trembled and stood afar off. Two Silver Trumpets Num 10:1 (NKJV) - And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying: Num 10:2 (NKJV) - "Make two silver trumpets for yourself; you shall make them of hammered work; you shall use them for calling the congregation and for directing the movement of the camps. Num 10:3 (NKJV) - "When they blow both of them, all the congregation shall gather before you at the door of the tabernacle of meeting. Num 10:4 (NKJV) - "But if they blow only one, then the leaders, the heads of the divisions of Israel, shall gather to you. Num 10:5 (NKJV) - "When you sound the advance, the camps that lie on the east side shall then begin their journey. Num 10:6 (NKJV) - "When you sound the advance the second time, then the camps that lie on the south side shall begin their journey; they shall sound the call for them to begin their journeys. Num 10:7 (NKJV) - "And when the assembly is to be gathered together, you shall blow, but not sound the advance. Num 10:8 (NKJV) - "The sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow the trumpets; and these shall be to you as an ordinance forever throughout your generations. Num 10:9 (NKJV) - "When you go to war in your land against the enemy who oppresses you, then you shall sound an alarm with the trumpets, and you will be remembered before the LORD your God, and you will be saved from your enemies. Num 10:10 (NKJV) - "Also in the day of your gladness, in your appointed feasts, and at the beginning of your months, you shall blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; and they shall be a memorial for you before your God: I am the LORD your God." Psa 81:3 (NKJV) - Blow the trumpet at the time of the New Moon, At the full moon, on our solemn feast day. Isa 27:12 (NKJV) - And it shall come to pass in that day That the LORD will thresh, From the channel of the River to the Brook of Egypt; And you will be gathered one by one, O you children of Israel. Isa 27:13 (NKJV) - So it shall be in that day: The great trumpet will be blown; They will come, who are about to perish in the land of Assyria, And they who are outcasts in the land of Egypt, And shall worship the LORD in the holy mount at Jerusalem. Isa 27:12 (NKJV) - And it shall come to pass in that day That the LORD will thresh, From the channel of the River to the Brook of Egypt; And you will be gathered one by one, O you children of Israel. Isa 27:13 (NKJV) - So it shall be in that day: The great trumpet will be blown; They will come, who are about to perish in the land of Assyria, And they who are outcasts in the land of Egypt, And shall worship the LORD in the holy mount at Jerusalem. Jer 4:5 (NKJV) - Declare in Judah and proclaim in Jerusalem, and say: "Blow the trumpet in the land; Cry, 'Gather together,' And say, 'Assemble yourselves, And let us go into the fortified cities.' Ezek 33:1 (NKJV) - Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Ezek 33:2 (NKJV) - "Son of man, speak to the children of your people, and say to them: 'When I bring the sword upon a land, and the people of the land take a man from their territory and make him their watchman, Ezek 33:3 (NKJV) - 'when he sees the sword coming upon the land, if he blows the trumpet and warns the people, Ezek 33:4 (NKJV) - 'then whoever hears the sound of the trumpet and does not take warning, if the sword comes and takes him away, his blood shall be on his own head. Ezek 33:5 (NKJV) - 'He heard the sound of the trumpet, but did not take warning; his blood shall be upon himself. But he who takes warning will save his life. Ezek 33:6 (NKJV) - 'But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet, and the people are not warned, and the sword comes and takes any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at the watchman's hand.' Joel 2:1 (NKJV) - Blow the trumpet in Zion, And sound an alarm in My holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble; For the day of the LORD is coming, For it is at hand: Joel 2:15 (NKJV) - Blow the trumpet in Zion, Consecrate a fast, Call a sacred assembly; 1 Cor 15:50 (NKJV) - Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does corruption inherit incorruption. 1 Cor 15:51 (NKJV) - Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed; 1 Cor 15:52 (NKJV) - in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 1 Th 4:16 (NKJV) - For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Rev 8:1 (NKJV) - When He opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour. Rev 8:2 (NKJV) - And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and to them were given seven trumpets. Rev 8:3 (NKJV) - Then another angel, having a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all the saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne. Rev 8:4 (NKJV) - And the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, ascended before God from the angel's hand. Rev 8:5 (NKJV) - Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and threw it to the earth. And there were noises, thunderings, lightnings, and an earthquake. Rev 8:6 (NKJV) - So the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound. Rev 8:7 (NKJV) - The first angel sounded: And hail and fire followed, mingled with blood, and they were thrown to the earth. And a third of the trees were burned up, and all green grass was burned up. Rev 8:8 (NKJV) - Then the second angel sounded: And something like a great mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea, and a third of the sea became blood. Rev 8:9 (NKJV) - And a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed. Rev 8:10 (NKJV) - Then the third angel sounded: And a great star fell from heaven, burning like a torch, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water. Rev 8:11 (NKJV) - The name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters became wormwood, and many men died from the water, because it was made bitter. Rev 8:12 (NKJV) - Then the fourth angel sounded: And a third of the sun was struck, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of them were darkened. A third of the day did not shine, and likewise the night. Rev 8:13 (NKJV) - And I looked, and I heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, "Woe, woe, woe to the inhabitants of the earth, because of the remaining blasts of the trumpet of the three angels who are about to sound!" Rev 9:1 (NKJV) - Then the fifth angel sounded: And I saw a star fallen from heaven to the earth. To him was given the key to the bottomless pit. Rev 9:13 (NKJV) - Then the sixth angel sounded: And I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God, Rev 11:15 (NKJV) - Then the seventh angel sounded: And there were loud voices in heaven, saying, "The kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our Lord and of His Christ, and He shall reign forever and ever!" THE DAY OF ATONEMENT Lev 23:26 (NKJV) - And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying: Lev 23:27 (NKJV) - "Also the tenth day of this seventh month shall be the Day of Atonement. It shall be a holy convocation for you; you shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire to the LORD. Lev 23:28 (NKJV) - "And you shall do no work on that same day, for it is the Day of Atonement, to make atonement for you before the LORD your God. Lev 23:29 (NKJV) - "For any person who is not afflicted in soul on that same day shall be cut off from his people. Lev 23:30 (NKJV) - "And any person who does any work on that same day, that person I will destroy from among his people. Lev 23:31 (NKJV) - "You shall do no manner of work; it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings. Lev 23:32 (NKJV) - "It shall be to you a sabbath of solemn rest, and you shall afflict your souls; on the ninth day of the month at evening, from evening to evening, you shall celebrate your sabbath." Lev 23:29 (NKJV) - "For any person who is not afflicted in soul on that same day shall be cut off from his people. Lev 23:30 (NKJV) - "And any person who does any work on that same day, that person I will destroy from among his people. Ezra 8:21 (NKJV) - Then I proclaimed a fast there at the river of Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek from Him the right way for us and our little ones and all our possessions. Lev 16:25 (NKJV) - "The fat of the sin offering he shall burn on the altar. Lev 16:29 (NKJV) - "This shall be a statute forever for you: In the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether a native of your own country or a stranger who dwells among you. Heb 9:1 (NKJV) - Then indeed, even the first covenant had ordinances of divine service and the earthly sanctuary. Heb 9:2 (NKJV) - For a tabernacle was prepared: the first part, in which was the lampstand, the table, and the showbread, which is called the sanctuary; Heb 9:3 (NKJV) - and behind the second veil, the part of the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of All, Heb 9:4 (NKJV) - which had the golden censer and the ark of the covenant overlaid on all sides with gold, in which were the golden pot that had the manna, Aaron's rod that budded, and the tablets of the covenant; Heb 9:5 (NKJV) - and above it were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat. Of these things we cannot now speak in detail. Heb 9:6 (NKJV) - Now when these things had been thus prepared, the priests always went into the first part of the tabernacle, performing the services. Heb 9:7 (NKJV) - But into the second part the high priest went alone once a year, not without blood, which he offered for himself and for the people's sins committed in ignorance; Heb 9:8 (NKJV) - the Holy Spirit indicating this, that the way into the Holiest of All was not yet made manifest while the first tabernacle was still standing. Lev 16:15 (NKJV) - "Then he shall kill the goat of the sin offering, which is for the people, bring its blood inside the veil, do with that blood as he did with the blood of the bull, and sprinkle it on the mercy seat and before the mercy seat. Lev 16:16 (NKJV) - "So he shall make atonement for the Holy Place, because of the uncleanness of the children of Israel, and because of their transgressions, for all their sins; and so he shall do for the tabernacle of meeting which remains among them in the midst of their uncleanness. Lev 16:17 (NKJV) - "There shall be no man in the tabernacle of meeting when he goes in to make atonement in the Holy Place, until he comes out, that he may make atonement for himself, for his household, and for all the assembly of Israel. Rom 5:6 (NKJV) - For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. Rom 5:7 (NKJV) - For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die. Rom 5:8 (NKJV) - But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Rom 5:9 (NKJV) - Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him. Rom 5:10 (NKJV) - For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life. Rom 5:11 (NKJV) - And not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation. Heb 9:11 (NKJV) - But Christ came as High Priest of the good things to come, with the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands, that is, not of this creation. Heb 9:12 (NKJV) - Not with the blood of goats and calves, but with His own blood He entered the Most Holy Place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption. Heb 9:13 (NKJV) - For if the blood of bulls and goats and the ashes of a heifer, sprinkling the unclean, sanctifies for the purifying of the flesh, Heb 9:14 (NKJV) - how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? Lev 16:18 (NKJV) - "And he shall go out to the altar that is before the LORD, and make atonement for it, and shall take some of the blood of the bull and some of the blood of the goat, and put it on the horns of the altar all around. Lev 16:19 (NKJV) - "Then he shall sprinkle some of the blood on it with his finger seven times, cleanse it, and consecrate it from the uncleanness of the children of Israel. Lev 16:20 (NKJV) - "And when he has made an end of atoning for the Holy Place, the tabernacle of meeting, and the altar, he shall bring the live goat. Lev 16:21 (NKJV) - "Aaron shall lay both his hands on the head of the live goat, confess over it all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions, concerning all their sins, putting them on the head of the goat, and shall send it away into the wilderness by the hand of a suitable man. Lev 16:22 (NKJV) - "The goat shall bear on itself all their iniquities to an uninhabited land; and he shall release the goat in the wilderness. Rev 19:11 (NKJV) - Now I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse. And He who sat on him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and makes war. Rev 19:12 (NKJV) - His eyes were like a flame of fire, and on His head were many crowns. He had a name written that no one knew except Himself. Rev 19:13 (NKJV) - He was clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God. Rev 19:14 (NKJV) - And the armies in heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and clean, followed Him on white horses. Rev 19:15 (NKJV) - Now out of His mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it He should strike the nations. And He Himself will rule them with a rod of iron. He Himself treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. Rev 19:16 (NKJV) - And He has on His robe and on His thigh a name written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS. Rev 20:1 (NKJV) - Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, having the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. Rev 20:2 (NKJV) - He laid hold of the dragon, that serpent of old, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years; Rev 20:3 (NKJV) - and he cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal on him, so that he should deceive the nations no more till the thousand years were finished. But after these things he must be released for a little while. Heb 9:24 (NKJV) - For Christ has not entered the holy places made with hands, which are copies of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us; Heb 9:25 (NKJV) - not that He should offer Himself often, as the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood of another; Heb 9:26 (NKJV) - He then would have had to suffer often since the foundation of the world; but now, once at the end of the ages, He has appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself. Heb 9:27 (NKJV) - And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment, Heb 9:28 (NKJV) - so Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many. To those who eagerly wait for Him He will appear a second time, apart from sin, for salvation. Heb 10:1 (NKJV) - For the law, having a shadow of the good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with these same sacrifices, which they offer continually year by year, make those who approach perfect. Heb 10:2 (NKJV) - For then would they not have ceased to be offered? For the worshipers, once purified, would have had no more consciousness of sins. Heb 10:3 (NKJV) - But in those sacrifices there is a reminder of sins every year. Heb 10:4 (NKJV) - For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and goats could take away sins. Heb 10:18 (NKJV) - Now where there is remission of these, there is no longer an offering for sin. Heb 10:19 (NKJV) - Therefore, brethren, having boldness to enter the Holiest by the blood of Jesus, Heb 10:20 (NKJV) - by a new and living way which He consecrated for us, through the veil, that is, His flesh, Heb 10:21 (NKJV) - and having a High Priest over the house of God, Heb 10:22 (NKJV) - let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. Heb 10:23 (NKJV) - Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful. Heb 10:24 (NKJV) - And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, Heb 10:25 (NKJV) - not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching. THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES Lev 23:33 (NKJV) - Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, Lev 23:34 (NKJV) - "Speak to the children of Israel, saying: 'The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the Feast of Tabernacles for seven days to the LORD. Lev 23:39 (NKJV) - 'Also on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you have gathered in the fruit of the land, you shall keep the feast of the LORD for seven days; on the first day there shall be a sabbath-rest, and on the eighth day a sabbath-rest. Deu 16:13 (NKJV) - "You shall observe the Feast of Tabernacles seven days, when you have gathered from your threshing floor and from your winepress. Deu 16:14 (NKJV) - "And you shall rejoice in your feast, you and your son and your daughter, your male servant and your female servant and the Levite, the stranger and the fatherless and the widow, who are within your gates. Deu 16:15 (NKJV) - "Seven days you shall keep a sacred feast to the LORD your God in the place which the LORD chooses, because the LORD your God will bless you in all your produce and in all the work of your hands, so that you surely rejoice. Deu 16:16 (NKJV) - "Three times a year all your males shall appear before the LORD your God in the place which He chooses: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, at the Feast of Weeks, and at the Feast of Tabernacles; and they shall not appear before the LORD empty-handed. Deu 16:17 (NKJV) - "Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD your God which He has given you. Deu 14:22 (NKJV) - "You shall truly tithe all the increase of your grain that the field produces year by year. Deu 14:23 (NKJV) - "And you shall eat before the LORD your God, in the place where He chooses to make His name abide, the tithe of your grain and your new wine and your oil, of the firstborn of your herds and your flocks, that you may learn to fear the LORD your God always. Deu 14:24 (NKJV) - "But if the journey is too long for you, so that you are not able to carry the tithe, or if the place where the LORD your God chooses to put His name is too far from you, when the LORD your God has blessed you, Deu 14:25 (NKJV) - "then you shall exchange it for money, take the money in your hand, and go to the place which the LORD your God chooses. Deu 14:26 (NKJV) - "And you shall spend that money for whatever your heart desires: for oxen or sheep, for wine or similar drink, for whatever your heart desires; you shall eat there before the LORD your God, and you shall rejoice, you and your household. Deu 14:27 (NKJV) - "You shall not forsake the Levite who is within your gates, for he has no part nor inheritance with you. Lev 23:40 (NKJV) - 'And you shall take for yourselves on the first day the fruit of beautiful trees, branches of palm trees, the boughs of leafy trees, and willows of the brook; and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God for seven days. Lev 23:41 (NKJV) - 'You shall keep it as a feast to the LORD for seven days in the year. It shall be a statute forever in your generations. You shall celebrate it in the seventh month. Lev 23:42 (NKJV) - 'You shall dwell in booths for seven days. All who are native Israelites shall dwell in booths, Lev 23:43 (NKJV) - 'that your generations may know that I made the children of Israel dwell in booths when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.'" Gen 12:1 (NKJV) - Now the LORD had said to Abram: "Get out of your country, From your family And from your father's house, To a land that I will show you. Gen 12:2 (NKJV) - I will make you a great nation; I will bless you And make your name great; And you shall be a blessing. Gen 12:3 (NKJV) - I will bless those who bless you, And I will curse him who curses you; And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed." Gen 12:4 (NKJV) - So Abram departed as the LORD had spoken to him, and Lot went with him. And Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran. Gen 12:5 (NKJV) - Then Abram took Sarai his wife and Lot his brother's son, and all their possessions that they had gathered, and the people whom they had acquired in Haran, and they departed to go to the land of Canaan. So they came to the land of Canaan. Heb 11:9 (NKJV) - By faith he dwelt in the land of promise as in a foreign country, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise; Heb 11:8 (NKJV) - By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to the place which he would receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going. Heb 11:9 (NKJV) - By faith he dwelt in the land of promise as in a foreign country, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise; Heb 11:10 (NKJV) - for he waited for the city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God. Heb 11:11 (NKJV) - By faith Sarah herself also received strength to conceive seed, and she bore a child when she was past the age, because she judged Him faithful who had promised. Heb 11:12 (NKJV) - Therefore from one man, and him as good as dead, were born as many as the stars of the sky in multitude; innumerable as the sand which is by the seashore. Heb 11:13 (NKJV) - These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off were assured of them, embraced them and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. Heb 11:14 (NKJV) - For those who say such things declare plainly that they seek a homeland. Heb 11:15 (NKJV) - And truly if they had called to mind that country from which they had come out, they would have had opportunity to return. Heb 11:16 (NKJV) - But now they desire a better, that is, a heavenly country. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them. Heb 11:38 (NKJV) - of whom the world was not worthy. They wandered in deserts and mountains, in dens and caves of the earth. Heb 11:39 (NKJV) - And all these, having obtained a good testimony through faith, did not receive the promise, Heb 11:40 (NKJV) - God having provided something better for us, that they should not be made perfect apart from us. 1 Pet 1:17 (NKJV) - And if you call on the Father, who without partiality judges according to each one's work, conduct yourselves throughout the time of your stay here in fear; 1 Pet 2:11 (NKJV) - Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul, 2 Pet 1:13 (NKJV) - Yes, I think it is right, as long as I am in this tent, to stir you up by reminding you, 2 Pet 1:14 (NKJV) - knowing that shortly I must put off my tent, just as our Lord Jesus Christ showed me. 2 Cor 5:1 (NKJV) - For we know that if our earthly house, this tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. 2 Cor 5:2 (NKJV) - For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed with our habitation which is from heaven, 2 Cor 5:3 (NKJV) - if indeed, having been clothed, we shall not be found naked. 2 Cor 5:4 (NKJV) - For we who are in this tent groan, being burdened, not because we want to be unclothed, but further clothed, that mortality may be swallowed up by life. Rev 20:1 (NKJV) - Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, having the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. Rev 20:2 (NKJV) - He laid hold of the dragon, that serpent of old, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years; Rev 20:3 (NKJV) - and he cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal on him, so that he should deceive the nations no more till the thousand years were finished. But after these things he must be released for a little while. Rev 20:4 (NKJV) - And I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was committed to them. Then I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their witness to Jesus and for the word of God, who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received his mark on their foreheads or on their hands. And they lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. Mat 16:28 (NKJV) - "Assuredly, I say to you, there are some standing here who shall not taste death till they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom." Mat 17:1 (NKJV) - Now after six days Jesus took Peter, James, and John his brother, led them up on a high mountain by themselves; Mat 17:2 (NKJV) - and He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as the light. Mat 17:3 (NKJV) - And behold, Moses and Elijah appeared to them, talking with Him. Mat 17:4 (NKJV) - Then Peter answered and said to Jesus, "Lord, it is good for us to be here; if You wish, let us make here three tabernacles: one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah." Mat 17:5 (NKJV) - While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them; and suddenly a voice came out of the cloud, saying, "This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Hear Him!" Mat 17:6 (NKJV) - And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their faces and were greatly afraid. Mat 17:7 (NKJV) - But Jesus came and touched them and said, "Arise, and do not be afraid." Mat 17:8 (NKJV) - When they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no one but Jesus only. Mat 17:9 (NKJV) - Now as they came down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them, saying, "Tell the vision to no one until the Son of Man is risen from the dead." Rev 20:1 (NKJV) - Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, having the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. Rev 20:2 (NKJV) - He laid hold of the dragon, that serpent of old, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years; Rev 20:3 (NKJV) - and he cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal on him, so that he should deceive the nations no more till the thousand years were finished. But after these things he must be released for a little while. Rev 20:4 (NKJV) - And I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was committed to them. Then I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their witness to Jesus and for the word of God, who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received his mark on their foreheads or on their hands. And they lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. Exo 34:22 (NKJV) - "And you shall observe the Feast of Weeks, of the firstfruits of wheat harvest, and the Feast of Ingathering at the year's end. Zec 14:1 (NKJV) - Behold, the day of the LORD is coming, And your spoil will be divided in your midst. Zec 14:2 (NKJV) - For I will gather all the nations to battle against Jerusalem; The city shall be taken, The houses rifled, And the women ravished. Half of the city shall go into captivity, But the remnant of the people shall not be cut off from the city. Zec 14:3 (NKJV) - Then the LORD will go forth And fight against those nations, As He fights in the day of battle. Zec 14:4 (NKJV) - And in that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, Which faces Jerusalem on the east. And the Mount of Olives shall be split in two, From east to west, Making a very large valley; Half of the mountain shall move toward the north And half of it toward the south. Zec 14:5 (NKJV) - Then you shall flee through My mountain valley, For the mountain valley shall reach to Azal. Yes, you shall flee As you fled from the earthquake In the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Thus the LORD my God will come, And all the saints with You. Zec 14:6 (NKJV) - It shall come to pass in that day That there will be no light; The lights will diminish. Zec 14:7 (NKJV) - It shall be one day Which is known to the LORD; Neither day nor night. But at evening time it shall happen That it will be light. Zec 14:8 (NKJV) - And in that day it shall be That living waters shall flow from Jerusalem, Half of them toward the eastern sea And half of them toward the western sea; In both summer and winter it shall occur. Zec 14:9 (NKJV) - And the LORD shall be King over all the earth. In that day it shall be; "The LORD is one," And His name one. Zec 14:10 (NKJV) - All the land shall be turned into a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem. Jerusalem shall be raised up and inhabited in her place from Benjamin's Gate to the place of the First Gate and the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananeel to the king's winepresses. Zec 14:11 (NKJV) - The people shall dwell in it; And no longer shall there be utter destruction, But Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited. Acts 1:9 (NKJV) - Now when He had spoken these things, while they watched, He was taken up, and a cloud received Him out of their sight. Acts 1:10 (NKJV) - And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as He went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel, Acts 1:11 (NKJV) - who also said, "Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into heaven." Acts 1:12 (NKJV) - Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day's journey. Zec 14:16 (NKJV) - And it shall come to pass that everyone who is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the Feast of Tabernacles. Zec 14:17 (NKJV) - And it shall be that whichever of the families of the earth do not come up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, on them there will be no rain. Zec 14:18 (NKJV) - If the family of Egypt will not come up and enter in, they shall have no rain; they shall receive the plague with which the LORD strikes the nations who do not come up to keep the Feast of Tabernacles. Zec 14:19 (NKJV) - This shall be the punishment of Egypt and the punishment of all the nations that do not come up to keep the Feast of Tabernacles. THE LAST GREAT DAY Lev 23:36 (NKJV) - 'For seven days you shall offer an offering made by fire to the LORD. On the eighth day you shall have a holy convocation, and you shall offer an offering made by fire to the LORD. It is a sacred assembly, and you shall do no customary work on it. Lev 23:39 (NKJV) - 'Also on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you have gathered in the fruit of the land, you shall keep the feast of the LORD for seven days; on the first day there shall be a sabbath-rest, and on the eighth day a sabbath-rest. Rev 20:5 (NKJV) - But the rest of the dead did not live again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection. Rev 20:6 (NKJV) - Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over such the second death has no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with Him a thousand years. Rev 20:7 (NKJV) - Now when the thousand years have expired, Satan will be released from his prison Rev 20:8 (NKJV) - and will go out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle, whose number is as the sand of the sea. Rev 20:9 (NKJV) - They went up on the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city. And fire came down from God out of heaven and devoured them. Rev 20:10 (NKJV) - The devil, who deceived them, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone where the beast and the false prophet are. And they will be tormented day and night forever and ever. HOW MANY RESURRECTIONS? The Great White Throne Judgment Rev 20:11 (NKJV) - Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. And there was found no place for them. Rev 20:12 (NKJV) - And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books. WORKS OR GRACE? John 7:32 (NKJV) - The Pharisees heard the crowd murmuring these things concerning Him, and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take Him. John 7:33 (NKJV) - Then Jesus said to them, "I shall be with you a little while longer, and then I go to Him who sent Me. John 7:34 (NKJV) - "You will seek Me and not find Me, and where I am you cannot come." John 7:35 (NKJV) - Then the Jews said among themselves, "Where does He intend to go that we shall not find Him? Does He intend to go to the Dispersion among the Greeks and teach the Greeks? John 7:36 (NKJV) - "What is this thing that He said, 'You will seek Me and not find Me, and where I am you cannot come'?" John 7:37 (NKJV) - On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, "If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. John 7:38 (NKJV) - "He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water." John 7:39 (NKJV) - But this He spoke concerning the Spirit, whom those believing in Him would receive; for the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified. John 6:44 (NKJV) - "No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up at the last day. Mat 13:10 (NKJV) - And the disciples came and said to Him, "Why do You speak to them in parables?" Mat 13:11 (NKJV) - He answered and said to them, "Because it has been given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given. Mark 4:11 (NKJV) - And He said to them, "To you it has been given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God; but to those who are outside, all things come in parables, Mark 4:12 (NKJV) - "so that 'Seeing they may see and not perceive, And hearing they may hear and not understand; Lest they should turn, And their sins be forgiven them.'" Rom 9:1 (NKJV) - I tell the truth in Christ, I am not lying, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Spirit, Rom 9:2 (NKJV) - that I have great sorrow and continual grief in my heart. Rom 9:3 (NKJV) - For I could wish that I myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my countrymen according to the flesh, Rom 9:4 (NKJV) - who are Israelites, to whom pertain the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the service of God, and the promises; Rom 9:5 (NKJV) - of whom are the fathers and from whom, according to the flesh, Christ came, who is over all, the eternally blessed God. Amen. Rom 11:1 (NKJV) - I say then, has God cast away His people? Certainly not! For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. Rom 11:2 (NKJV) - God has not cast away His people whom He foreknew. Or do you not know what the Scripture says of Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel, saying, Rom 11:3 (NKJV) - "LORD, they have killed Your prophets and torn down Your altars, and I alone am left, and they seek my life"? Rom 11:4 (NKJV) - But what does the divine response say to him? "I have reserved for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal." Rom 11:5 (NKJV) - Even so then, at this present time there is a remnant according to the election of grace. Rom 11:7 (NKJV) - What then? Israel has not obtained what it seeks; but the elect have obtained it, and the rest were blinded. Rom 11:8 (NKJV) - Just as it is written: "God has given them a spirit of stupor, Eyes that they should not see And ears that they should not hear, To this very day." Rom 11:9 (NKJV) - And David says: "Let their table become a snare and a trap, A stumbling block and a recompense to them. Rom 11:10 (NKJV) - Let their eyes be darkened, so that they do not see, and bow down their back always." John 6:35 (NKJV) - And Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst. John 6:36 (NKJV) - "But I said to you that you have seen Me and yet do not believe. John 6:37 (NKJV) - "All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will by no means cast out. John 12:37 (NKJV) - But although He had done so many signs before them, they did not believe in Him, John 12:38 (NKJV) - that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spoke: "Lord, who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?" John 12:39 (NKJV) - Therefore they could not believe, because Isaiah said again: John 12:40 (NKJV) - "He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, Lest they should see with their eyes, Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn, So that I should heal them." Rom 11:22 (NKJV) - Therefore consider the goodness and severity of God: on those who fell, severity; but toward you, goodness, if you continue in His goodness. Otherwise you also will be cut off. Rom 11:23 (NKJV) - And they also, if they do not continue in unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again. Rom 11:25 (NKJV) - For I do not desire, brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be wise in your own opinion, that blindness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in. Rom 11:26 (NKJV) - And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: "The Deliverer will come out of Zion, And He will turn away ungodliness from Jacob; Ezek 37:1 (NKJV) - The hand of the LORD came upon me and brought me out in the Spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley; and it was full of bones. Ezek 37:2 (NKJV) - Then He caused me to pass by them all around, and behold, there were very many in the open valley; and indeed they were very dry. Ezek 37:3 (NKJV) - And He said to me, "Son of man, can these bones live?" So I answered, "O Lord GOD, You know." Ezek 37:4 (NKJV) - Again He said to me, "Prophesy to these bones, and say to them, 'O dry bones, hear the word of the LORD! Ezek 37:5 (NKJV) - 'Thus says the Lord GOD to these bones: "Surely I will cause breath to enter into you, and you shall live. Ezek 37:6 (NKJV) - "I will put sinews on you and bring flesh upon you, cover you with skin and put breath in you; and you shall live. Then you shall know that I am the LORD."' " Ezek 37:7 (NKJV) - So I prophesied as I was commanded; and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and suddenly a rattling; and the bones came together, bone to bone. Ezek 37:8 (NKJV) - Indeed, as I looked, the sinews and the flesh came upon them, and the skin covered them over; but there was no breath in them. Ezek 37:9 (NKJV) - Also He said to me, "Prophesy to the breath, prophesy, son of man, and say to the breath, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these slain, that they may live."' " Ezek 37:10 (NKJV) - So I prophesied as He commanded me, and breath came into them, and they lived, and stood upon their feet, an exceedingly great army. Ezek 37:11 (NKJV) - Then He said to me, "Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. They indeed say, 'Our bones are dry, our hope is lost, and we ourselves are cut off!' Ezek 37:12 (NKJV) - "Therefore prophesy and say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Behold, O My people, I will open your graves and cause you to come up from your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel. Ezek 37:13 (NKJV) - "Then you shall know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your graves, O My people, and brought you up from your graves. Ezek 37:14 (NKJV) - "I will put My Spirit in you, and you shall live, and I will place you in your own land. Then you shall know that I, the LORD, have spoken it and performed it," says the LORD.'" Ezek 37:15 (NKJV) - Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Ezek 37:16 (NKJV) - "As for you, son of man, take a stick for yourself and write on it: 'For Judah and for the children of Israel, his companions.' Then take another stick and write on it, 'For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel, his companions.' Ezek 37:17 (NKJV) - "Then join them one to another for yourself into one stick, and they will become one in your hand. Ezek 37:18 (NKJV) - "And when the children of your people speak to you, saying, 'Will you not show us what you mean by these?'; Ezek 37:19 (NKJV) - "say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Surely I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel, his companions; and I will join them with it, with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they will be one in My hand."' Ezek 37:20 (NKJV) - "And the sticks on which you write will be in your hand before their eyes. Ezek 37:21 (NKJV) - "Then say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Surely I will take the children of Israel from among the nations, wherever they have gone, and will gather them from every side and bring them into their own land; Ezek 37:22 (NKJV) - "and I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king over them all; they shall no longer be two nations, nor shall they ever be divided into two kingdoms again. Ezek 37:23 (NKJV) - "They shall not defile themselves anymore with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions; but I will deliver them from all their dwelling places in which they have sinned, and will cleanse them. Then they shall be My people, and I will be their God. Ezek 37:24 (NKJV) - "David My servant shall be king over them, and they shall all have one shepherd; they shall also walk in My judgments and observe My statutes, and do them. Ezek 37:25 (NKJV) - "Then they shall dwell in the land that I have given to Jacob My servant, where your fathers dwelt; and they shall dwell there, they, their children, and their children's children, forever; and My servant David shall be their prince forever. Ezek 37:26 (NKJV) - "Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them, and it shall be an everlasting covenant with them; I will establish them and multiply them, and I will set My sanctuary in their midst forevermore. Ezek 37:27 (NKJV) - "My tabernacle also shall be with them; indeed I will be their God, and they shall be My people. Ezek 37:28 (NKJV) - "The nations also will know that I, the LORD, sanctify Israel, when My sanctuary is in their midst forevermore."' " 1 Pet 4:17 (NKJV) - For the time has come for judgment to begin at the house of God; and if it begins with us first, what will be the end of those who do not obey the gospel of God? Rev 20:12 (NKJV) - And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books. REFERENCES TO HERESY Jude 1:3 (NKJV) - Beloved, while I was very diligent to write to you concerning our common salvation, I found it necessary to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints. Jude 1:4 (NKJV) - For certain men have crept in unnoticed, who long ago were marked out for this condemnation, ungodly men, who turn the grace of our God into lewdness and deny the only Lord God and our Lord Jesus Christ. WHAT PLEASES GOD? 1 John 3:22 (NKJV) - And whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do those things that are pleasing in His sight. Psa 119:18 (NKJV) - Open my eyes, that I may see Wondrous things from Your law. --------------------------------------------------------------------------