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Ezekiel 11:22-23
Then the cherubim spread their wings with their wheels alongside them while the glory of the God of Israel hovered above them.The glory of the LORD rose up from within the city and stopped over the mountain east of it.
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Ezekiel 10:4
Then the glory of the LORD arose from the cherub and moved to the threshold of the temple. The temple was filled with the cloud while the court was filled with the brightness of the LORD’s glory.
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Malachi 3:1-2
“ I am about to send my messenger, who will clear the way before me. Indeed, the Lord you are seeking will suddenly come to his temple, and the messenger of the covenant, whom you long for, is certainly coming,” says the LORD who rules over all.Who can endure the day of his coming? Who can keep standing when he appears? For he will be like a refiner’s fire, like a launderer’s soap.
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Ezekiel 7:20-22
They rendered the beauty of his ornaments into pride, and with it they made their abominable images– their detestable idols. Therefore I will render it filthy to them.I will give it to foreigners as loot, to the world’s wicked ones as plunder, and they will desecrate it.I will turn my face away from them and they will desecrate my treasured place. Vandals will enter it and desecrate it.
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Matthew 24:1-51
Now as Jesus was going out of the temple courts and walking away, his disciples came to show him the temple buildings.And he said to them,“ Do you see all these things? I tell you the truth, not one stone will be left on another. All will be torn down!”As he was sitting on the Mount of Olives, his disciples came to him privately and said,“ Tell us, when will these things happen? And what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?”Jesus answered them,“ Watch out that no one misleads you.For many will come in my name, saying,‘ I am the Christ,’ and they will mislead many.You will hear of wars and rumors of wars. Make sure that you are not alarmed, for this must happen, but the end is still to come.For nation will rise up in arms against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines and earthquakes in various places.All these things are the beginning of birth pains.“ Then they will hand you over to be persecuted and will kill you. You will be hated by all the nations because of my name.Then many will be led into sin, and they will betray one another and hate one another.And many false prophets will appear and deceive many,and because lawlessness will increase so much, the love of many will grow cold.But the person who endures to the end will be saved.And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached throughout the whole inhabited earth as a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.“ So when you see the abomination of desolation– spoken about by Daniel the prophet– standing in the holy place( let the reader understand),then those in Judea must flee to the mountains.The one on the roof must not come down to take anything out of his house,and the one in the field must not turn back to get his cloak.Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing their babies in those days!Pray that your flight may not be in winter or on a Sabbath.For then there will be great suffering unlike anything that has happened from the beginning of the world until now, or ever will happen.And if those days had not been cut short, no one would be saved. But for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short.Then if anyone says to you,‘ Look, here is the Christ!’ or‘ There he is!’ do not believe him.For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.Remember, I have told you ahead of time.So then, if someone says to you,‘ Look, he is in the wilderness,’ do not go out, or‘ Look, he is in the inner rooms,’ do not believe him.For just like the lightning comes from the east and flashes to the west, so the coming of the Son of Man will be.Wherever the corpse is, there the vultures will gather.“ Immediately after the suffering of those days, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of heaven will be shaken.Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man arriving on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet blast, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.“ Learn this parable from the fig tree: Whenever its branch becomes tender and puts out its leaves, you know that summer is near.So also you, when you see all these things, know that he is near, right at the door.I tell you the truth, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place.Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.“ But as for that day and hour no one knows it– not even the angels in heaven– except the Father alone.For just like the days of Noah were, so the coming of the Son of Man will be.For in those days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day Noah entered the ark.And they knew nothing until the flood came and took them all away. It will be the same at the coming of the Son of Man.Then there will be two men in the field; one will be taken and one left.There will be two women grinding grain with a mill; one will be taken and one left.“ Therefore stay alert, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come.But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have been alert and would not have let his house be broken into.Therefore you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.“ Who then is the faithful and wise slave, whom the master has put in charge of his household, to give the other slaves their food at the proper time?Blessed is that slave whom the master finds at work when he comes.I tell you the truth, the master will put him in charge of all his possessions.But if that evil slave should say to himself,‘ My master is staying away a long time,’and he begins to beat his fellow slaves and to eat and drink with drunkards,then the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not foresee,and will cut him in two, and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
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Ezekiel 10:19
The cherubim spread their wings, and they rose up from the earth while I watched( when they went the wheels went alongside them). They stopped at the entrance to the east gate of the LORD’s temple as the glory of the God of Israel hovered above them.
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Ezekiel 8:6
He said to me,“ Son of man, do you see what they are doing– the great abominations that the people of Israel are practicing here, to drive me far from my sanctuary? But you will see greater abominations than these!”
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Luke 21:5-36
Now while some were speaking about the temple, how it was adorned with beautiful stones and offerings, Jesus said,“ As for these things that you are gazing at, the days will come when not one stone will be left on another. All will be torn down!”So they asked him,“ Teacher, when will these things happen? And what will be the sign that these things are about to take place?”He said,“ Watch out that you are not misled. For many will come in my name, saying,‘ I am he,’ and,‘ The time is near.’ Do not follow them!And when you hear of wars and rebellions, do not be afraid. For these things must happen first, but the end will not come at once.”Then he said to them,“ Nation will rise up in arms against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.There will be great earthquakes, and famines and plagues in various places, and there will be terrifying sights and great signs from heaven.But before all this, they will seize you and persecute you, handing you over to the synagogues and prisons. You will be brought before kings and governors because of my name.This will be a time for you to serve as witnesses.Therefore be resolved not to rehearse ahead of time how to make your defense.For I will give you the words along with the wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to withstand or contradict.You will be betrayed even by parents, brothers, relatives, and friends, and they will have some of you put to death.You will be hated by everyone because of my name.Yet not a hair of your head will perish.By your endurance you will gain your lives.“ But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation has come near.Then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains. Those who are inside the city must depart. Those who are out in the country must not enter it,because these are days of vengeance, to fulfill all that is written.Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing their babies in those days! For there will be great distress on the earth and wrath against this people.They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led away as captives among all nations. Jerusalem will be trampled down by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.“ And there will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth nations will be in distress, anxious over the roaring of the sea and the surging waves.People will be fainting from fear and from the expectation of what is coming on the world, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.Then they will see the Son of Man arriving in a cloud with power and great glory.But when these things begin to happen, stand up and raise your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.”Then he told them a parable:“ Look at the fig tree and all the other trees.When they sprout leaves, you see for yourselves and know that summer is now near.So also you, when you see these things happening, know that the kingdom of God is near.I tell you the truth, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place.Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.“ But be on your guard so that your hearts are not weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of this life, and that day close down upon you suddenly like a trap.For it will overtake all who live on the face of the whole earth.But stay alert at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that must happen, and to stand before the Son of Man.”
