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Luke 17:22
Then he said to his disciples,“ The time is coming when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, but you will not see it. (niv)
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Acts 14:23
Paul and Barnabas appointed elders for them in each church and, with prayer and fasting, committed them to the Lord, in whom they had put their trust. (niv)
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Daniel 9:26
After the sixty- two‘ sevens,’ the Anointed One will be put to death and will have nothing. The people of the ruler who will come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood: War will continue until the end, and desolations have been decreed. (niv)
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John 12:8
You will always have the poor among you, but you will not always have me.” (niv)
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John 16:28
I came from the Father and entered the world; now I am leaving the world and going back to the Father.” (niv)
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John 13:33
“ My children, I will be with you only a little longer. You will look for me, and just as I told the Jews, so I tell you now: Where I am going, you cannot come. (niv)
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John 16:16-22
Jesus went on to say,“ In a little while you will see me no more, and then after a little while you will see me.”At this, some of his disciples said to one another,“ What does he mean by saying,‘ In a little while you will see me no more, and then after a little while you will see me,’ and‘ Because I am going to the Father’?”They kept asking,“ What does he mean by‘ a little while’? We don’t understand what he is saying.”Jesus saw that they wanted to ask him about this, so he said to them,“ Are you asking one another what I meant when I said,‘ In a little while you will see me no more, and then after a little while you will see me’?Very truly I tell you, you will weep and mourn while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy.A woman giving birth to a child has pain because her time has come; but when her baby is born she forgets the anguish because of her joy that a child is born into the world.So with you: Now is your time of grief, but I will see you again and you will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy. (niv)
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Luke 24:17-21
He asked them,“ What are you discussing together as you walk along?” They stood still, their faces downcast.One of them, named Cleopas, asked him,“ Are you the only one visiting Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in these days?”“ What things?” he asked.“ About Jesus of Nazareth,” they replied.“ He was a prophet, powerful in word and deed before God and all the people.The chief priests and our rulers handed him over to be sentenced to death, and they crucified him;but we had hoped that he was the one who was going to redeem Israel. And what is more, it is the third day since all this took place. (niv)
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2 Corinthians 11 27
I have labored and toiled and have often gone without sleep; I have known hunger and thirst and have often gone without food; I have been cold and naked. (niv)
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John 16:4-7
I have told you this, so that when their time comes you will remember that I warned you about them. I did not tell you this from the beginning because I was with you,but now I am going to him who sent me. None of you asks me,‘ Where are you going?’Rather, you are filled with grief because I have said these things.But very truly I tell you, it is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you. (niv)
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John 14:3-4
And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.You know the way to the place where I am going.” (niv)
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Acts 3:21
Heaven must receive him until the time comes for God to restore everything, as he promised long ago through his holy prophets. (niv)
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1 Corinthians 7 5
Do not deprive each other except perhaps by mutual consent and for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self- control. (niv)
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Isaiah 22:12
The Lord, the Lord Almighty, called you on that day to weep and to wail, to tear out your hair and put on sackcloth. (niv)
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Acts 1:9
After he said this, he was taken up before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight. (niv)
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Zechariah 13:7
“ Awake, sword, against my shepherd, against the man who is close to me!” declares the Lord Almighty.“ Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered, and I will turn my hand against the little ones. (niv)
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Matthew 6:17-18
But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face,so that it will not be obvious to others that you are fasting, but only to your Father, who is unseen; and your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. (niv)
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Acts 13:2-3
While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said,“ Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”So after they had fasted and prayed, they placed their hands on them and sent them off. (niv)
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John 17:11-13
I will remain in the world no longer, but they are still in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them by the power of your name, the name you gave me, so that they may be one as we are one.While I was with them, I protected them and kept them safe by that name you gave me. None has been lost except the one doomed to destruction so that Scripture would be fulfilled.“ I am coming to you now, but I say these things while I am still in the world, so that they may have the full measure of my joy within them. (niv)