And he said to me, “These words are trustworthy and true. And the Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, has sent his angel to show his servants what must soon take place.”
The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John,
And he who was seated on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” Also he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.”
And the angel said to me, “Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.” And he said to me, “These are the true words of God.”
For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
But what God foretold by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ would suffer, he thus fulfilled.
as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old,
Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you saints and apostles and prophets, for God has given judgment for you against her!”
that you should remember the predictions of the holy prophets and the commandment of the Lord and Savior through your apostles,
Besides this, we have had earthly fathers who disciplined us and we respected them. Shall we not much more be subject to the Father of spirits and live?
which he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy Scriptures,
“And behold, I am coming soon. Blessed is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.”
inquiring what person or time the Spirit of Christ in them was indicating when he predicted the sufferings of Christ and the subsequent glories. It was revealed to them that they were serving not themselves but you, in the things that have now been announced to you through those who preached the good news to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, things into which angels long to look.
and the spirits of prophets are subject to prophets.
The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom all causes of sin and all law-breakers,
And the doubling of Pharaoh's dream means that the thing is fixed by God, and God will shortly bring it about.
“The Law and the Prophets were until John; since then the good news of the kingdom of God is preached, and everyone forces his way into it.
My God sent his angel and shut the lions' mouths, and they have not harmed me, because I was found blameless before him; and also before you, O king, I have done no harm.”
Nebuchadnezzar answered and said, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent his angel and delivered his servants, who trusted in him, and set aside the king's command, and yielded up their bodies rather than serve and worship any god except their own God.
But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.
and to grant relief to you who are afflicted as well as to us, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels
This is what I mean, brothers: the appointed time has grown very short. From now on, let those who have wives live as though they had none,
When Peter came to himself, he said, “Now I am sure that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from the hand of Herod and from all that the Jewish people were expecting.”
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