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Category Archives: suffering
lots of aggravation
WHAT ARE YOU WORKING SO HARD FOR? Ecclesiastes 1:16-18 16 I said in my heart, “I have become great, increasing my wisdom, surpassing all who were over Jerusalem before me, and my heart has experienced tremendous wisdom and knowledge.” 17 … Continue reading
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reorientation
Mark 8:31-33 31 Then he began to teach them that it was necessary for the Son of Man to undergo extreme suffering, and be declared counterfeit[1] by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after … Continue reading
false hopes replaced
Isaiah 51:17-23 17 Get yourself up! Get yourself up! Stand up, Jerusalem, you who have already drunk from the hand of Yahveh the cup of his wrath; you have drunk the glass, the cup of staggering; you have drained it … Continue reading
walk in the flame
Isaiah 50:6-11 6 I surrendered my back to those who struck me, and my cheeks to those who pulled out the beard; I did not hide my face from their insults and spitting. 7 The Lord Yahveh will help me; … Continue reading
losing
Isaiah 23:1-4 1 The oracle of Tyre: Wail, ships of Tarshish, because the house is so torn down that no one can enter. It is announced to them from the land of Cyprus. 2 Be still, coastal inhabitants, merchant of … Continue reading
the coming flood
Isaiah 8:5-10 5 And Yahveh continued to speak to me again, saying, 6 “Because this people has refused the gently flowing waters of Shiloah and enjoys Rezin and the son of Remaliah, 7 therefore see the Lord bringing up the … Continue reading
present sufferings, future destiny
Romans 8:18-30 18 Because I consider that our present sufferings cannot even be compared to the glory that will be revealed to us. 19 Because the creation impatiently waits for the sons of God to be revealed. 20 Because the … Continue reading
admission into grace
Romans 5:1-5 1 Consequently, now that we have been declared righteous by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 through whom we have also obtained admission by faith into this grace in which we stand, … Continue reading
footnote to triumph
Matthew 27:45-56 45 Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour. 46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?”[1] that is, “My … Continue reading
great misfortune
Matthew 24:15-22 15 “So when you see the abomination that makes desolate spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing in the holy place ( let the reader understand), 16 then those who are in Judea should escape to the mountains. … Continue reading
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