But the Lord is the true God; he is the living God and the everlasting King. At his wrath the earth quakes, and the nations cannot endure his indignation.
“The Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are justice. A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and upright is he.
For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in the high and holy place, and also with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly, and to revive the heart of the contrite.
But you, you are to be feared! Who can stand before you when once your anger is roused?
Who can stand before his indignation? Who can endure the heat of his anger? His wrath is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken into pieces by him.
My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?
For the Lord is good; his steadfast love endures forever, and his faithfulness to all generations.
Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. From his presence earth and sky fled away, and no place was found for them.
Into your hand I commit my spirit; you have redeemed me, O Lord, faithful God.
The Lord is king forever and ever; the nations perish from his land.
Then the earth reeled and rocked; the foundations also of the mountains trembled and quaked, because he was angry.
And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
To the King of the ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
For they themselves report concerning us the kind of reception we had among you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God,
“Men, why are you doing these things? We also are men, of like nature with you, and we bring you good news, that you should turn from these vain things to a living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them.
But who can endure the day of his coming, and who can stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner's fire and like fullers' soap.
He stood and measured the earth; he looked and shook the nations; then the eternal mountains were scattered; the everlasting hills sank low. His were the everlasting ways.
And the mountains will melt under him, and the valleys will split open, like wax before the fire, like waters poured down a steep place.
who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, who keeps faith forever;
Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and your dominion endures throughout all generations. [The Lord is faithful in all his words and kind in all his works.]
Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob,
who looks on the earth and it trembles, who touches the mountains and they smoke!
His lightnings light up the world; the earth sees and trembles.
Your throne is established from of old; you are from everlasting.
Who considers the power of your anger, and your wrath according to the fear of you?
My soul longs, yes, faints for the courts of the Lord; my heart and flesh sing for joy to the living God.
The crash of your thunder was in the whirlwind; your lightnings lighted up the world; the earth trembled and shook.
who shakes the earth out of its place, and its pillars tremble;
For a long time Israel was without the true God, and without a teaching priest and without law,
And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces and said, “The Lord, he is God; the Lord, he is God.”
Your servant has struck down both lions and bears, and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be like one of them, for he has defied the armies of the living God.”
And David said to the men who stood by him, “What shall be done for the man who kills this Philistine and takes away the reproach from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?”
“Lord, when you went out from Seir, when you marched from the region of Edom, the earth trembled and the heavens dropped, yes, the clouds dropped water.
For who is there of all flesh, that has heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the midst of fire as we have, and has still lived?
As for the rich in this present age, charge them not to be haughty, nor to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy.
And this is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.
And behold, the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. And the earth shook, and the rocks were split. The tombs also were opened. And many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised,
But Jesus remained silent. And the high priest said to him, “I adjure you by the living God, tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God.”
Simon Peter replied, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
The mountains saw you and writhed; the raging waters swept on; the deep gave forth its voice; it lifted its hands on high.
The Lord utters his voice before his army, for his camp is exceedingly great; he who executes his word is powerful. For the day of the Lord is great and very awesome; who can endure it?
And to him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve him; his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom one that shall not be destroyed.
I make a decree, that in all my royal dominion people are to tremble and fear before the God of Daniel, for he is the living God, enduring forever; his kingdom shall never be destroyed, and his dominion shall be to the end.
At the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted my eyes to heaven, and my reason returned to me, and I blessed the Most High, and praised and honored him who lives forever, for his dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom endures from generation to generation;
How great are his signs, how mighty his wonders! His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his dominion endures from generation to generation.
But ‘the burden of the Lord’ you shall mention no more, for the burden is every man's own word, and you pervert the words of the living God, the Lord of hosts, our God.
Incline your ear, O Lord, and hear; open your eyes, O Lord, and see; and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to mock the living God.
It may be that the Lord your God will hear the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to mock the living God, and will rebuke the words that the Lord your God has heard; therefore lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left.’”
The Lord gives the word; the women who announce the news are a great host:
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