-
1 Thessalonians 5 2-1 Thessalonians 5 4
For you yourselves know very well that the day of the Lord will come just like a thief in the night.When they say,“ Peace and security,” then sudden destruction will come upon them, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.But you, brothers and sisters, are not in the dark, for this day to surprise you like a thief.
-
James 4:1-10
What is the source of wars and fights among you? Don’t they come from your passions that wage war within you?You desire and do not have. You murder and covet and cannot obtain. You fight and wage war. You do not have because you do not ask.You ask and don’t receive because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures.You adulterous people! Don’t you know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? So whoever wants to be the friend of the world becomes the enemy of God.Or do you think it’s without reason that the Scripture says: The spirit he made to dwell in us envies intensely?But he gives greater grace. Therefore he says: God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble.Therefore, submit to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.Be miserable and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom.Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.
-
Mark 13:32-37
“ Now concerning that day or hour no one knows— neither the angels in heaven nor the Son— but only the Father.“ Watch! Be alert! For you don’t know when the time is coming.“ It is like a man on a journey, who left his house, gave authority to his servants, gave each one his work, and commanded the doorkeeper to be alert.Therefore be alert, since you don’t know when the master of the house is coming— whether in the evening or at midnight or at the crowing of the rooster or early in the morning.Otherwise, when he comes suddenly he might find you sleeping.And what I say to you, I say to everyone: Be alert!”
-
Ezekiel 13:5
You did not go up to the gaps or restore the wall around the house of Israel so that it might stand in battle on the day of the LORD.
-
Ezekiel 22:30
I searched for a man among them who would repair the wall and stand in the gap before me on behalf of the land so that I might not destroy it, but I found no one.
-
Amos 9:1-4
I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and he said: Strike the capitals of the pillars so that the thresholds shake; knock them down on the heads of all the people. Then I will kill the rest of them with the sword. None of those who flee will get away; none of the fugitives will escape.If they dig down to Sheol, from there my hand will take them; if they climb up to heaven, from there I will bring them down.If they hide on the top of Carmel, from there I will track them down and seize them; if they conceal themselves from my sight on the sea floor, from there I will command the sea serpent to bite them.And if they are driven by their enemies into captivity, from there I will command the sword to kill them. I will keep my eye on them for harm and not for good.
-
Amos 4:2-3
The Lord GOD has sworn by his holiness: Look, the days are coming when you will be taken away with hooks, every last one of you with fishhooks.You will go through breaches in the wall, each woman straight ahead, and you will be driven along toward Harmon. This is the LORD’s declaration.
-
Luke 21:3-36
“ Truly I tell you,” he said,“ this poor widow has put in more than all of them.For all these people have put in gifts out of their surplus, but she out of her poverty has put in all she had to live on.”As some were talking about the temple, how it was adorned with beautiful stones and gifts dedicated to God, he said,“ These things that you see— the days will come when not one stone will be left on another that will not be thrown down.”“ Teacher,” they asked him,“ so when will these things happen? And what will be the sign when these things are about to take place?”Then he said,“ Watch out that you are not deceived. For many will come in my name, saying,‘ I am he,’ and,‘ The time is near.’ Don’t follow them.When you hear of wars and rebellions, don’t be alarmed. Indeed, it is necessary that these things take place first, but the end won’t come right away.”Then he told them,“ Nation will be raised up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.There will be violent earthquakes, and famines and plagues in various places, and there will be terrifying sights and great signs from heaven.But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and persecute you. They will hand you over to the synagogues and prisons, and you will be brought before kings and governors because of my name.This will give you an opportunity to bear witness.Therefore make up your minds not to prepare your defense ahead of time,for I will give you such words and a wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict.You will even be betrayed by parents, brothers, relatives, and friends. They will kill some of you.You will be hated by everyone because of my name,but not a hair of your head will be lost.By your endurance, gain your lives.“ When you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then recognize that its desolation has come near.Then those in Judea must flee to the mountains. Those inside the city must leave it, and those who are in the country must not enter it,because these are days of vengeance to fulfill all the things that are written.Woe to pregnant women and nursing mothers in those days, for there will be great distress in the land and wrath against this people.They will be killed by the sword and be led captive into all the nations, and Jerusalem will be trampled by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.“ Then there will be signs in the sun, moon, and stars; and there will be anguish on the earth among nations bewildered by the roaring of the sea and the waves.People will faint from fear and expectation of the things that are coming on the world, because the powers of the heavens will be shaken.Then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.But when these things begin to take place, stand up and lift your heads, because your redemption is near.”Then he told them a parable:“ Look at the fig tree, and all the trees.As soon as they put out leaves you can see for yourselves and recognize that summer is already near.In the same way, when you see these things happening, recognize that the kingdom of God is near.Truly I tell you, this generation will certainly not pass away until all things take place.Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.“ Be on your guard, so that your minds are not dulled from carousing, drunkenness, and worries of life, or that day will come on you unexpectedlylike a trap. For it will come on all who live on the face of the whole earth.But be alert at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that are going to take place and to stand before the Son of Man.”
-
Hosea 13:8
I will attack them like a bear robbed of her cubs and tear open the rib cage over their hearts. I will devour them there like a lioness, like a wild beast that would rip them open.
-
Isaiah 47:3
Your nakedness will be uncovered, and your disgrace will be exposed. I will take vengeance; I will spare no one.”
-
Luke 14:31-32
“ Or what king, going to war against another king, will not first sit down and decide if he is able with ten thousand to oppose the one who comes against him with twenty thousand?If not, while the other is still far off, he sends a delegation and asks for terms of peace.
-
Amos 5:4-15
For the LORD says to the house of Israel: Seek me and live!Do not seek Bethel or go to Gilgal or journey to Beer-sheba, for Gilgal will certainly go into exile, and Bethel will come to nothing.Seek the LORD and live, or he will spread like fire throughout the house of Joseph; it will consume everything with no one at Bethel to extinguish it.Those who turn justice into wormwood also throw righteousness to the ground.The one who made the Pleiades and Orion, who turns darkness into dawn and darkens day into night, who summons the water of the sea and pours it out over the surface of the earth— the LORD is his name.He brings destruction on the strong, and it falls on the fortress.They hate the one who convicts the guilty at the city gate, and they despise the one who speaks with integrity.Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact a grain tax from him, you will never live in the houses of cut stone you have built; you will never drink the wine from the lush vineyards you have planted.For I know your crimes are many and your sins innumerable. They oppress the righteous, take a bribe, and deprive the poor of justice at the city gates.Therefore, those who have insight will keep silent at such a time, for the days are evil.Pursue good and not evil so that you may live, and the LORD, the God of Armies, will be with you as you have claimed.Hate evil and love good; establish justice at the city gate. Perhaps the LORD, the God of Armies, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.
-
Matthew 24:44-25:13
This is why you are also to be ready, because the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.“ Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his master has put in charge of his household, to give them food at the proper time?Blessed is that servant whom the master finds doing his job when he comes.Truly I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his possessions.But if that wicked servant says in his heart,‘ My master is delayed,’and starts to beat his fellow servants, and eats and drinks with drunkards,that servant’s master will come on a day he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know.He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.“ At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the groom.Five of them were foolish and five were wise.When the foolish took their lamps, they didn’t take oil with them;but the wise ones took oil in their flasks with their lamps.When the groom was delayed, they all became drowsy and fell asleep.“ In the middle of the night there was a shout:‘ Here’s the groom! Come out to meet him.’“ Then all the virgins got up and trimmed their lamps.The foolish ones said to the wise ones,‘ Give us some of your oil, because our lamps are going out.’“ The wise ones answered,‘ No, there won’t be enough for us and for you. Go instead to those who sell oil, and buy some for yourselves.’“ When they had gone to buy some, the groom arrived, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding banquet, and the door was shut.Later the rest of the virgins also came and said,‘ Master, master, open up for us!’“ He replied,‘ Truly I tell you, I don’t know you!’“ Therefore be alert, because you don’t know either the day or the hour.
-
Matthew 5:25
Reach a settlement quickly with your adversary while you’re on the way with him to the court, or your adversary will hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the officer, and you will be thrown into prison.
-
Amos 2:14
Escape will fail the swift, the strong one will not maintain his strength, and the warrior will not save his life.
-
Revelation 3:3
Remember, then, what you have received and heard; keep it, and repent. If you are not alert, I will come like a thief, and you have no idea at what hour I will come upon you.
