East From West

For as the lightning flashes from the east, and is seen even to the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

I tell you that many will come from the east and the west, and will sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the Kingdom of Heaven,

I saw another angel ascend from the sunrise, having the seal of the living God. He cried with a loud voice to the four angels to whom it was given to harm the earth and the sea,

For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness. I will remember their sins and lawless deeds no more.”

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of King Herod, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying, — read the full passage →

They will come from the east, west, north, and south, and will sit down in the Kingdom of God.

“I will remember their sins and their iniquities no more.”

On the east were three gates; and on the north three gates; and on the south three gates; and on the west three gates.

He made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the surface of the earth, having determined appointed seasons, and the boundaries of their dwellings,

“Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, so that there may come times of refreshing from the presence of the Lord,

“Then if any man tells you, ‘Behold, here is the Christ,’ or, ‘There,’ don’t believe it. — read the full passage →

They, having heard the king, went their way; and behold, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, until it came and stood over where the young child was.

But you go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you. You will be witnesses to me in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the uttermost parts of the earth.”

The sixth poured out his bowl on the great river, the Euphrates. Its water was dried up, that the way might be prepared for the kings that come from the sunrise.

wiping out the handwriting in ordinances which was against us; and he has taken it out of the way, nailing it to the cross;

He made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the surface of the earth, having determined appointed seasons, and the boundaries of their dwellings, — read the full passage →

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

“Where is he who is born King of the Jews? For we saw his star in the east, and have come to worship him.”

One who believes in the Son has eternal life, but one who disobeys the Son won’t see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.”

“Therefore I tell you, the Kingdom of God will be taken away from you, and will be given to a nation producing its fruit.

There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don’t walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. — read the full passage →

“Then if any man tells you, ‘Behold, here is the Christ,’ or, ‘There,’ don’t believe it.

By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep his commandments.

If I speak with the languages of men and of angels, but don’t have love, I have become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal. — read the full passage →

A great multitude followed him, because they saw his signs which he did on those who were sick.

For there will arise false christs, and false prophets, and they will show great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the chosen ones.

“Don’t think that I came to send peace on the earth. I didn’t come to send peace, but a sword.

After this, I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, so that no wind would blow on the earth, or on the sea, or on any tree.

Without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him.

who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the Kingdom of the Son of his love; — read the full passage →

in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,

by which also you are saved, if you hold firmly the word which I preached to you—unless you believed in vain.

So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death.

There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don’t walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.

Or don’t you know, brothers (for I speak to men who know the law), that the law has dominion over a man for as long as he lives? — read the full passage →

Jesus answered him, “Most certainly, I tell you, unless one is born anew, he can’t see the Kingdom of God.”

and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name to all the nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

He also told a parable to them. “No one puts a piece from a new garment on an old garment, or else he will tear the new, and also the piece from the new will not match the old. — read the full passage →

teaching them to observe all things that I commanded you. Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.

As he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things be? What is the sign of your coming, and of the end of the age?”

But if you had known what this means, ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’you would not have condemned the guiltless.

When he came down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him. — read the full passage →

He opened his mouth and taught them, saying,

Again, the devil took him to an exceedingly high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory.

When he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was hungry afterward.