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And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, that God had prepared the people: for the thing was done suddenly.
The Vigil
Today’s scroll, one verse at a time — each linked to the last by the cross-references rather than by any model of you. The same vigil for everyone, and a different one tomorrow.
Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to do the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of the LORD.
from II Chronicles 29:36
And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them:
from II Chronicles 30:12
Therefore shall you lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, so that they may be as bands between your eyes.
from Jeremiah 32:39
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
from Deuteronomy 11:18 · a strong link
For in the days of David and Asaph of old there were chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving to God.
from Colossians 3:16
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As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one.
Thus says the LORD, your redeemer, and he that formed you from the womb, I am the LORD that makes all things; that stretches forth the heavens alone; that spreads abroad the earth by myself;
from I Corinthians 8:4
It is he that sits upon the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are as grasshoppers; that stretches out the heavens as a curtain, and spreads them out as a tent to dwell in:
from Isaiah 44:24
Who cover yourself with light as with a garment: who stretch out the heavens like a curtain:
from Isaiah 40:22 · a strong link
And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his apparel was white as the light.
from Psalms 104:2
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By this we perceive the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.
A new commandment I give to you, That you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another.
from I John 3:16 · a strong link
This is my commandment, That you love one another, as I have loved you.
from John 13:34
But as for brotherly love you need not that I write to you: for you yourselves are taught of God to love one another.
from John 15:12
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But the anointing which you have received of him remains in you, and you need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teaches you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it has taught you, you shall remain in him.
For we have not followed cleverly devised myths, when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
from I John 2:27
And it happened about an eight days after these sayings, he took Peter and John and James, and went up into a mountain to pray.
from II Peter 1:16
And he took with him Peter and James and John, and began to be sore amazed, and to be very heavy;
from Luke 9:28
And he suffered no man to follow him, save Peter, and James, and John the brother of James.
from Mark 14:33
And after six days Jesus took with him Peter, and James, and John, and led them up into a high mountain apart by themselves: and he was transfigured before them.
from Mark 5:37
Your eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall see the land that is very far off.
from Mark 9:2
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And God has set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, varieties of tongues.
Take heed therefore to yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he has purchased with his own blood.
from I Corinthians 12:28
And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed.
from Acts 20:28
The elder to the beloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth.
from Acts 14:23
And the whole city was filled with confusion: and having caught Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul’s companions in travel, they rushed together into the theatre.
from III John 1:1
So he sent into Macedonia two of them that served him, Timothy and Erastus; but he himself stayed in Asia for a while.
from Acts 19:29
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I know also, my God, that you try the heart, and have pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy your people, who are present here, to offer willingly to you.
You are witnesses, and God also, how holy and righteous and blamelessly we behaved ourselves among you that believe:
from I Chronicles 29:17
And when they had come to him, he said to them, You know, from the first day that I came into Asia, after what manner I have been with you at all seasons,
from I Thessalonians 2:10
And this continued for two years; so that all they which dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks.
from Acts 20:18 · a strong link
Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia and the region of Galatia, and were forbidden of the Holy Spirit to preach the word in Asia,
from Acts 19:10
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Clean out therefore the old leaven, so that you may be a new lump, as you are unleavened. For even Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us:
And it was the preparation of the Passover, and about the sixth hour: and he said to the Jews, Look, your King!
from I Corinthians 5:7
Then Jesus came forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate said to them, Look, the man!
from John 19:14
And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on him a purple robe,
from John 19:5
That is the whole thread.
Every verse the cross-references reach from II Chronicles 29:36 along this chain. Today’s own vigil is laid separately.
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