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And Elijah answered them, If I am a man of God, let fire come down from heaven, and consume you and your fifty. And the fire of God came down from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.
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.
Then the king sent to him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him: and he sat on the top of a hill. And he spoke to him, You man of God, the king has said, Come down.
from II Kings 1:12
And he said, Go and spy where he is, that I may send and fetch him. And it was told him, saying, Look, he is in Dothan.
from II Kings 1:9
And the man said, They have departed hence; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brothers, and found them in Dothan.
from II Kings 6:13 · a strong link
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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.
Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD:
from I Corinthians 8:4 · a strong link
For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
from Deuteronomy 6:4 · a strong link
Neither is there any umpire between us, that might lay his hand upon us both.
from I Timothy 2:5
If I speak of strength, look, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead?
from Job 9:33
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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.
But God commends his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
from I John 3:16 · a strong link
For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.
from Romans 5:8 · a strong link
Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,
from Romans 5:6
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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.
However when he, the Spirit of truth, has come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will show you things to come.
from I John 2:27
But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you know all things.
from John 16:13 · a strong link
But he that is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.
from I John 2:20
And I, brothers, could not speak to you as to spiritual, but as to carnal, even as to babes in Christ.
from I Corinthians 2:15
For every one that uses milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe.
from I Corinthians 3:1
All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
from Hebrews 5:13
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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.
Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially they who labor in the word and doctrine.
from I Corinthians 12:28
And in the same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give: for the laborer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house.
from I Timothy 5:17 · a strong link
And when he had brought them into his house, he set food before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house.
from Luke 10:7
And they, continuing daily together in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their food with gladness and sincerity of heart,
from Acts 16:34
And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached to them, ready to depart on the next day; and continued his speech until midnight.
from Acts 2:46 · a strong link
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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.
For we have great joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed by you, brother.
from I Chronicles 29:17
Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying of you: I am filled with comfort, I am exceeding joyful in all our tribulation.
from Philemon 1:7
Who comforts us in all our tribulation, so that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted of God.
from II Corinthians 7:4
Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, even as also you do.
from II Corinthians 1:4
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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:
For we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread.
from I Corinthians 5:7
And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you are called in one body; and be thankful.
from I Corinthians 10:17
Be therefore imitators of God, as dear children;
from Colossians 3:15
That is the whole thread.
Every verse the cross-references reach from II Kings 1:12 along this chain. Today’s own vigil is laid separately.
Each verse follows the one before it along the chain a study Bible draws — a century old, public, and compiled by people arguing about Scripture rather than about how long you stay. Every card says which verse it came from and opens the chapter it belongs to. Today’s vigil is the same for every reader and is worked out from the date alone, so there is no account, no counter, and nothing stored in your browser or ours.
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