Matthew 25 Rapture Blog

Psalm 19:11
The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handiwork

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Romans 1: 18-27

18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;

19 Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them;for God hath shewed it unto them.

20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:

21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.

22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

23 And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.

24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:

25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.

26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:

27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.

28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;

29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,

30 Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,

31 Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:

32 Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.

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Psalm 14:1 The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.”

How do we Please God?

1. By exalting Jesus Christ, His Son (Matt. 3:17; Col. 1:15-19)

2. By proclaiming the message of the cross (I Cor. 1:18-2:5)

3. By believing in God and his promises (Heb. 11:6)

4. By asking for wisdom (1 Kings 3:10, Col. 1:9-14; James 1:5-8)

5. By staying away from sexual sin (Eph. 5:3,4,10; 1 Thess. 4:1-8)

6. By sharing the gospel with unbelievers (I Cor. 9:14-27, 10:31-33)

7. By giving to others in time of need (Phil. 4:10-20; Heb. 13:16)

8. By submitting to authority (Rom. 8:7-8, Col. 3:20; 1 John 3:22)

9. By praising God for all things (Ps. 69:30-31; Heb. 13:15-16)

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I had rather stand against the cannons of the wicked than against the prayers of the righteous. —Thomas Lye

St. Valentine – Saints & Angels

Revelation 21

The New Heaven and Earth

1 Then I saw (A)a new heaven and a new earth; for (B)the first heaven and the first earth passed away, and there is no longer any sea.

2 And I saw (C)the holy city, (D)new Jerusalem, (E)coming down out of heaven from God, (F)made ready as a bride adorned for her husband.

3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne, saying, “Behold, (G)the tabernacle of God is among men, and He will (H)dwell among them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself will be among them[a],

4 and He will (I)wipe away every tear from their eyes; and (J)there will no longer be any death; (K)there will no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain; (L)the first things have passed away.”

5 And (M)He who sits on the throne said, “Behold, I am (N)making all things new ” And He said, “Write, for (O)these words are faithful and true.”

6 Then He said to me, “(P)It is done I am the (Q)Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end (R)I will give to the one who thirsts from the spring of the (S)water of life without cost.

7 “(T)He who overcomes will inherit these things, and (U)I will be his God and he will be My son.

8″ (V)But for the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and immoral persons and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their part will be in (W)the lake that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the (X)second death.”

9 (Y)Then one of the seven angels who had the (Z)seven bowls full of the (AA)seven last plagues came and spoke with me, saying, “(AB)Come here, I will show you the (AC)bride, the wife of the Lamb.” The New Jerusalem

10 And (AD)he carried me away [b](AE)in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me (AF)the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,

11 having (AG)the glory of God Her brilliance was like a very costly stone, as a (AH)stone of (AI)crystal-clear jasper.

12 It had a great and high wall, (AJ)with twelve (AK)gates, and at the gates twelve angels; and names were written on them, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel.

13 There were three gates on the east and three gates on the north and three gates on the south and three gates on the west.

14 And the wall of the city had (AL)twelve foundation stones, and on them were the twelve names of the (AM)twelve apostles of the Lamb.

15 The one who spoke with me had a gold measuring (AN)rod to measure the city, and its (AO)gates and its wall.

16 The city is laid out as a square, and its length is as great as the width; and he measured the city with the rod, [c]fifteen hundred miles; its length and width and height are equal.

17 And he measured its wall, [d]seventy-two yards, according to (AP)human measurements, which are also (AQ)angelic measurements.

18 The material of the wall was (AR)jasper; and the city was (AS)pure gold, like clear (AT)glass.

19 (AU)The foundation stones of the city wall were adorned with every kind of precious stone The first foundation stone was (AV)jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, (AW)emerald;

20 the fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, (AX)sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, topaz; the tenth, chrysoprase; the eleventh, jacinth; the twelfth, amethyst.

21 And the twelve (AY)gates were twelve (AZ)pearls; each one of the gates was a single pearl. And the street of the city was (BA)pure gold, like transparent (BB)glass.

22 I saw (BC)no temple in it, for the (BD)Lord God the Almighty and the (BE)Lamb are its temple.

23 And the city (BF)has no need of the sun or of the moon to shine on it, for (BG)the glory of God has illumined it, and its lamp is the (BH)Lamb.

24 (BI)The nations will walk by its light, and the (BJ)kings of the earth will bring their glory into it.

25 In the daytime (for (BK)there will be no night there) (BL)its gates (BM)will never be closed;

26 and (BN)they will bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it;

27 and (BO)nothing unclean, and no one who practices abomination and lying, shall ever come into it, but only those whose names are (BP)written in the Lamb’s book of life.