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Zechariah 13,14

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False Prophets Ashamed

¹ "On that day a ^(C1)fountain will be opened for the house of David and for the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for ^(C2)sin and for ^(C3)defilement.

² "And it will come about on that day," declares the LORD of armies, "that I will ^(C1)eliminate the names of the idols from the land, and they will no longer be remembered; and I will also remove the ^(C2)prophets and the ^(C3)unclean spirit from the land.³ "And if anyone still ^(C1)prophesies, then his father and mother who gave birth to him will say to him, 'You shall ^(C2)not live, because you have spoken ^(C3)falsely in the name of the LORD'; and his ^(C4)father and mother who gave birth to him shall pierce him through when he prophesies.⁴ "Also it will come about on that day that the prophets will each be ^(C1)ashamed of his vision when he prophesies, and they will not put on a ^(C2)hairy robe in order to deceive;⁵ but he will say, 'I am ^(C1)not a prophet; I am a cultivator of the ground, because a man ^(F1)sold me as a slave in my youth.'⁶ "And someone will say to him, 'What are these wounds ^(C1)between your ^(F1)arms?' Then he will say, 'Those with which I was wounded at the house of ^(F2)my friends.'

⁷ "Awake, ^(C1)sword, against My ^(C2)Shepherd,
And against the Man, My ^(C3)Associate,"
Declares the LORD of armies.
"^(C4)Strike the Shepherd and the sheep will be scattered;
And I will ^(C5)turn My hand ^(F1)against the little ones.

⁸ "And it will come about in all the land,"
Declares the LORD,
"That ^(C1)two parts in it will be cut off and perish;
But the third will be left in it.

⁹ "And I will bring the third part through the ^(C1)fire,
Refine them as silver is refined,
And test them as gold is tested.
They will ^(C2)call on My name,
And I will ^(C3)answer them;
I will say, 'They are ^(C4)My people,'
And they will say, 'The LORD is my God.'"

God Will Battle Jerusalem's Enemies

¹ Behold, a ^(C1)day is coming for the LORD when ^(C2)the spoils taken from you will be divided among you.² For I will ^(C1)gather all the nations against Jerusalem to battle, and the city will be taken, the ^(C2)houses plundered, the women raped, and half of the city exiled, but the rest of the people will not be eliminated from the city.³ Then the LORD will go forth and ^(C1)fight against those nations, as ^(F1)when He fights on a day of battle.⁴ On that day His feet will ^(C1)stand on the Mount of Olives, which is in front of Jerusalem on the east; and the Mount of Olives will be ^(C2)split ^(F1)in its middle from east to west forming a very large valley. Half of the mountain will move toward the north, and the other half toward the south.⁵ And you will flee by the valley of My mountains, for the valley of the mountains will reach to Azel; yes, you will flee just as you fled from the ^(C1)earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. ^(C2)Then the LORD, my God, will come, and all the holy ones with ^(F1)Him!

⁶ On that day there will be ^(C1)no light; the ^(F1)luminaries will die out.⁷ For it will be ^(C1)a unique day which is ^(C2)known to the LORD, neither day nor night, but it will come about that at the ^(C3)time of evening there will be light.

⁸ And on that day ^(C1)living waters will flow out of Jerusalem, half of them toward the eastern sea and the other half toward the western sea; it will be in summer as well as in winter.

God Will Be King over All

⁹ And the LORD will be ^(C1)King over all the earth; on that day the LORD will be the only ^(C2)one, and His name the only one.

¹⁰ All the land will change into a plain from ^(C1)Geba to ^(C2)Rimmon south of Jerusalem; but ^(F1)Jerusalem will ^(C3)rise and ^(C4)remain on its site from ^(C5)Benjamin's Gate as far as the place of the First Gate to the ^(C6)Corner Gate, and from the ^(C7)Tower of Hananel to the king's wine presses.¹¹ People will live in it, and there will ^(C1)no longer be a curse, for Jerusalem will ^(C2)live in security.

¹² Now this will be the plague with which the LORD will strike all the peoples who have gone to war against Jerusalem; their flesh will ^(C1)rot while they stand on their feet, and their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongue will rot in their mouth.¹³ And it will come about on that day that a great panic from the LORD will ^(F1)fall on them; and they will ^(C1)seize one another's hand, and the hand of one will ^(F2)be raised against the hand of another.¹⁴ ^(C1)Judah also will fight at Jerusalem; and the ^(C2)wealth of all the surrounding nations will be gathered, gold, silver, and garments in great abundance.¹⁵ And just like this ^(C1)plague, there will be a plague on the horse, the mule, the camel, the donkey, and all the cattle that will be in those camps.

¹⁶ Then it will come about that any who are left of all the nations that came against Jerusalem will ^(C1)go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of armies, and to celebrate the ^(C2)Feast of Booths.¹⁷ And it will be that whichever of the families of the earth does not go up to Jerusalem to worship the ^(C1)King, the LORD of armies, there will be ^(C2)no rain on them.¹⁸ And if the family of Egypt does not go up or enter, then no rain will fall on them; it will be the ^(C1)plague with which the LORD strikes the nations that do not go up to celebrate the Feast of Booths.¹⁹ This will be the ^(F1)punishment of Egypt, and the ^(F1)punishment of all the nations that do not go up to celebrate the Feast of Booths.

²⁰ On that day there will be inscribed on the bells of the horses, "^(C1)HOLY TO THE LORD." And the ^(C2)cooking pots in the LORD'S house will be like the bowls before the altar.²¹ Every cooking pot in Jerusalem and in Judah will be ^(C1)holy to the LORD of armies; and all who sacrifice will come and take of them and boil in them. And there will no longer be a ^(F1)^(C2)Canaanite in the house of the LORD of armies on that day.

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Revelation 3,4

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Message to Sardis

¹ "To the angel of the church in ^(C1)Sardis write: He who has ^(F1)^(C2)the seven spirits of God and ^(C3)the seven stars, says this: '^(C4)I know your deeds, that you have a name that you are alive, and yet you are ^(C5)dead.² 'Be constantly alert, and strengthen the things that remain, which were about to die; for I have not found your deeds completed in the sight of My God.³ 'So ^(C1)remember ^(F1)what you have received and heard; and ^(F2)keep it, and ^(C1)repent. Then if you are not alert, ^(C1)I will come ^(C2)like a thief, and you will not know at ^(C3)what hour I will come to you.⁴ 'But you have a few ^(F1)^(C1)people in ^(C2)Sardis who have not ^(C3)soiled their garments; and they will walk with Me ^(C4)in white, for they are worthy.⁵ '^(C1)The one who overcomes will be clothed the same way, in ^(C2)white garments; and I will not ^(C3)erase his name from the book of life, and ^(C4)I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels.⁶ '^(C1)The one who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.'

Message to Philadelphia

⁷ "And to the angel of the church in ^(C1)Philadelphia write: ^(C2)He who is holy, ^(C3)who is true, who has ^(C4)the key of David, who opens and no one will shut, and who shuts and no one opens, says this:

⁸ '^(C1)I know your ^(F1)deeds. Behold, I have put before you ^(C2)an open door which no one can shut, because you have a little power, and have followed My word, and ^(C3)have not denied My name.⁹ 'Behold, I ^(F1)will make those of ^(C1)the synagogue of Satan, who say that they are Jews and are not, but lie—I will make them ^(C2)come and bow down before your feet, and make them know that ^(C3)I have loved you.¹⁰ 'Because you have ^(C1)kept ^(C2)My ^(F1)word of perseverance, ^(C3)I also will keep you from the hour of the ^(F2)^(C4)testing, that hour which is about to come upon the whole ^(F3)^(C5)world, to ^(F4)test ^(C6)those who live on the earth.¹¹ '^(C1)I am coming quickly; ^(C2)hold firmly to what you have, so that no one will take your ^(C3)crown.¹² '^(C1)The one who overcomes, I will make him a ^(C2)pillar in the temple of My God, and he will not go out from it anymore; and I will write on him the ^(C3)name of My God, and ^(C4)the name of the city of My God, ^(C5)the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from My God, and My ^(C6)new name.¹³ '^(C1)The one who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.'

Message to Laodicea

¹⁴ "To the angel of the church in ^(C1)Laodicea write: ^(C2)The Amen, ^(C3)the faithful and true Witness, ^(C4)the ^(F1)Origin of the creation of God, says this:

¹⁵ '^(C1)I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot; ^(C2)I wish that you were cold or hot.¹⁶ 'So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will vomit you out of My mouth.¹⁷ 'Because you say, "^(C1)I am rich, and have become wealthy, and have no need of anything," and you do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked,¹⁸ I advise you to ^(C1)buy from Me ^(C2)gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, and ^(C3)white garments so that you may clothe yourself and ^(C4)the shame of your nakedness will not be revealed; and eye salve to apply to your eyes so that you may see.¹⁹ '^(C1)Those whom I love, I rebuke and discipline; therefore be zealous and ^(C2)repent.²⁰ 'Behold, I stand ^(C1)at the door and ^(C2)knock; if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, ^(C3)I will come in to him and will dine with him, and he with Me.²¹ '^(C1)The one who overcomes, I will grant to him ^(C2)to sit with Me on My throne, as ^(C3)I also overcame and sat with My Father on His throne.²² '^(C1)The one who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.'"

Scene in Heaven

¹ After ^(C1)these things I looked, and behold, ^(C2)a door standing open in heaven, and the first voice which I had heard, ^(C3)like the sound of a trumpet speaking with me, said, "^(C4)Come up here, and I will ^(C5)show you what must take place after these things."² Immediately I was ^(C1)in the ^(F1)Spirit; and behold, ^(C2)a throne was standing in heaven, and ^(C3)someone was sitting on the throne.³ And He who was sitting was like a ^(C1)jasper stone and a ^(C2)sardius in appearance; and there was a ^(F1)^(C3)rainbow around the throne, like an ^(C4)emerald in appearance.⁴ ^(C1)Around the throne were ^(C2)twenty-four thrones; and upon the thrones I saw ^(C3)twenty-four elders ^(C4)sitting, clothed in ^(C5)white garments, and ^(C6)golden crowns on their heads.

The Throne and Worship of the Creator

⁵ Out from the throne came flashes of lightning and sounds and peals of thunder. And there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven spirits of God;⁶ and before the throne there was something like a sea of glass, like crystal; and in the center and around the throne, four living creatures full of eyes in front and behind.⁷ The first living creature was like a lion, the second creature like a calf, the third creature had a face like that of a man, and the fourth creature was like a flying eagle.⁸ And the four living creatures, each one of them having six wings, are full of eyes around and within; and day and night they do not cease to say, "HOLY, HOLY, HOLY IS THE LORD GOD, THE ALMIGHTY, who was and who is and who is to come."⁹ And when the living creatures give glory, honor, and thanks to Him who sits on the throne, to Him who lives forever and ever,¹⁰ the twenty-four elders will fall down before Him who sits on the throne, and they will worship Him who lives forever and ever, and will cast their crowns before the throne, saying,¹¹ "Worthy are You, our Lord and our God, to receive glory and honor and power; for You created all things, and because of Your will they existed, and were created."