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And another angel came out of the temple in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle.
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.
And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the bowls of the wrath of God upon the earth.
And the first went, and poured out his bowl upon the earth; and there fell a foul and painful sore upon the men who had the mark of the beast, and upon them which worshipped his image.
The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and a third of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
from Revelation of John 16:2 · a strong link
And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone.
from Revelation of John 8:7 · a strong link
A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth; for the LORD has a charge against the nations, he will plead with all flesh; he will give them that are wicked to the sword, says the LORD.
from Ezekiel 38:22
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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.
Know therefore this day, and consider it in your heart, that the LORD he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is none else.
from I Corinthians 8:4
And said, O LORD God of our fathers, are you not God in heaven? and rule not you over all the kingdoms of the pagans? and in your hand is there not power and might, so that none is able to withstand you?
from Deuteronomy 4:39
Yours, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is yours; yours is the kingdom, O LORD, and you are exalted as head above all.
from II Chronicles 20:6 · a strong link
Gird your sword upon your thigh, O most mighty, with your glory and your majesty.
from I Chronicles 29:11
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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.
For Christ also has once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, so that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but made alive by the Spirit:
from I John 3:16
So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and to them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin to salvation.
from I Peter 3:18 · a strong link
Which is a clear evidence of the righteous judgment of God, so that you may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you also suffer:
from Hebrews 9:28
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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.
Remain in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it remain in the vine; no more can you, except you remain in me.
from I John 2:27
Whoever transgresses, and does not remain in the doctrine of Christ, has not God. He that remains in the doctrine of Christ, he has both the Father and the Son.
from John 15:4 · a strong link
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 II John 1:9
And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject to them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.
from Colossians 3:16
Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they took offense at him.
from Luke 2:51
And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how is it then that he said, I came down from heaven?
from Mark 6:3
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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.
Which in other ages was not made known to the sons of men, as it is now revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;
from I Corinthians 12:28
Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s elect, and the knowledge of the truth which is after godliness;
from Ephesians 3:5
In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God perhaps will give them repentance to the knowledge of the truth;
from Titus 1:1
Then Peter said to them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
from II Timothy 2:25
And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then prayed they him to stay certain days.
from Acts 2:38 · 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.
And you, Solomon my son, know you the God of your father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searches all hearts, and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts: if you seek him, he will be found of you; but if you forsake him, he will cast you off for ever.
from I Chronicles 29:17 · a strong link
If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
from I Chronicles 28:9
When you are in tribulation, and all these things have come upon you, even in the latter days, if you turn to the LORD your God, and shall be obedient to his voice;
from Job 36:11
The anger of the LORD shall not return, until he have executed, and till he have performed the thoughts of his heart: in the latter days you shall consider it perfectly.
from Deuteronomy 4:30
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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:
That you put off your old self, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
from I Corinthians 5:7
Therefore seeing we also are surrounded with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin that clings so closely, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
from Ephesians 4:22 · a strong link
For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man sees, why does he yet hope for?
from Hebrews 12:1
That is the whole thread.
Every verse the cross-references reach from Revelation of John 14:17 along this chain. Today’s own vigil is laid separately.
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