Preparation

and the Lord God sanctify in your hearts. And <FI>be<Fi> ready always for defence to every one who is asking of you an account concerning the hope that <FI>is<Fi> in you, with meekness and fear;

The prudent hath seen the evil, and is hidden, And the simple have passed on, and are punished.

Go unto the ant, O slothful one, See her ways and be wise; — read the full passage →

Prepare in an out-place thy work, And make it ready in the field--go afterwards, Then thou hast built thy house.

watch ye, then, in every season, praying that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that are about to come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man.'

these things I have spoken to you, that in me ye may have peace, in the world ye shall have tribulation, but take courage--I have overcome the world.'

`For who of you, willing to build a tower, doth not first, having sat down, count the expence, whether he have the things for completing?

because of this also ye, become ye ready, because in what hour ye do not think, the Son of Man doth come.

I call upon you, therefore, brethren, through the compassions of God, to present your bodies a sacrifice--living, sanctified, acceptable to God--your intelligent service; — read the full passage →

And this, knowing the time, that for us, the hour already <FI>is<Fi> to be aroused out of sleep, for now nearer <FI>is<Fi> our salvation than when we did believe;

be diligent to present thyself approved to God--a workman irreproachable, rightly dividing the word of the truth;

`Then shall the reign of the heavens be likened to ten virgins, who, having taken their lamps, went forth to meet the bridegroom; — read the full passage →

but he who did endure to the end, he shall be saved;

`Watch ye therefore, because ye have not known in what hour your Lord doth come;

A horse is prepared for a day of battle, And the deliverance <FI>is<Fi> of Jehovah!

Watch ye, stand in the faith; be men, be strong;

`And that servant, who having known his lord's will, and not having prepared, nor having gone according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes,

Of man <FI>are<Fi> arrangements of the heart, And from Jehovah an answer of the tongue. — read the full passage →

Be prepared, yea, prepare for thee, Thou and all thine assemblies who are assembled unto thee, And thou hast been to them for a guard.

By faith Noah, having been divinely warned concerning the things not yet seen, having feared, did prepare an ark to the salvation of his house, through which he did condemn the world, and of the righteousness according to faith he became heir.

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

and when ye may hear of wars and uprisings, be not terrified, for it behoveth these things to happen first, but the end <FI>is<Fi> not immediately.' — read the full passage →

And now evening having come, seeing it was the preparation, that is, the fore-sabbath,

and be not conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, for your proving what <FI>is<Fi> the will of God--the good, and acceptable, and perfect.

Without counsel <FI>is<Fi> the making void of purposes, And in a multitude of counsellors it is established.

Because of winter the slothful plougheth not, He asketh in harvest, and there is nothing.

Be sober, vigilant, because your opponent the devil, as a roaring lion, doth walk about, seeking whom he may swallow up,

And when he is sitting on the mount of the Olives, the disciples came near to him by himself, saying, `Tell us, when shall these be? and what <FI>is<Fi> the sign of thy presence, and of the full end of the age?'

and Peter said unto them, `Reform, and be baptized each of you on the name of Jesus Christ, to remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit,

The heart of man deviseth his way, And Jehovah establisheth his step.

`Then shall the reign of the heavens be likened to ten virgins, who, having taken their lamps, went forth to meet the bridegroom; — read the full passage →

and if any one for his own--and especially for those of the household--doth not provide, the faith he hath denied, and than an unbeliever he is worse.

The prudent hath seen the evil, he is hidden, The simple have passed on, they are punished.

in the house of my Father are many mansions; and if not, I would have told you; I go on to prepare a place for you;

The Jews, therefore, that the bodies might not remain on the cross on the sabbath, since it was the preparation, (for that sabbath day was a great one,) asked of Pilate that their legs may be broken, and they taken away.

`Watch ye therefore, because ye have not known in what hour your Lord doth come; — read the full passage →

And the day was a preparation, and sabbath was approaching,

For I have known the thoughts that I am thinking towards you--an affirmation of Jehovah; thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give to you posterity and hope.

And on the morrow that is after the preparation, were gathered together the chief priests, and the Pharisees, unto Pilate,

and he--he is a propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world,

and it was the preparation of the passover, and as it were the sixth hour, and he saith to the Jews, `Lo, your king!'

but seek ye first the reign of God and His righteousness, and all these shall be added to you.

A treasure to be desired, and oil, <FI>Is<Fi> in the habitation of the wise, And a foolish man swalloweth it up.

for of Him we are workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to good works, which God did before prepare, that in them we may walk.

And if those days were not shortened, no flesh would have been saved; but because of the chosen, shall those days be shortened.

Roll unto Jehovah thy works, And established are thy purposes,

there, therefore, because of the preparation of the Jews, because the tomb was nigh, they laid Jesus.

preach the word; be earnest in season, out of season, convict, rebuke, exhort, in all long-suffering and teaching,

Wherefore having girded up the loins of your mind, being sober, hope perfectly upon the grace that is being brought to you in the revelation of Jesus Christ,

Beloved, every spirit believe not, but prove the spirits, if of God they are, because many false prophets have gone forth to the world;

Whoso is tilling his ground is satisfied <FI>with<Fi> bread, And whoso is pursuing vanity, Is filled <FI>with<Fi> poverty. — read the full passage →

And we have known that to those loving God all things do work together for good, to those who are called according to purpose;

Many <FI>are<Fi> the purposes in a man's heart, And the counsel of Jehovah it standeth.

Boast not thyself of to-morrow, For thou knowest not what a day bringeth forth.

Also with many more other words he was testifying and exhorting, saying, `Be saved from this perverse generation;'

`For who of you, willing to build a tower, doth not first, having sat down, count the expence, whether he have the things for completing? — read the full passage →

Go unto the ant, O slothful one, See her ways and be wise;

To number our days aright let <FI>us<Fi> know, And we bring the heart to wisdom.

because of this take ye up the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to resist in the day of the evil, and all things having done--to stand.

`And concerning that day and the hour no one hath known--not even the messengers of the heavens--except my Father only;

Near the field of a slothful man I passed by, And near the vineyard of a man lacking heart. — read the full passage →

Forming light, and preparing darkness, Making peace, and preparing evil, I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah, doing all these things.'

we have known that of God we are, and the whole world in the evil doth lie;

`Peace I leave to you; my peace I give to you, not according as the world doth give do I give to you; let not your heart be troubled, nor let it be afraid;

`Go ye in through the strait gate, because wide <FI>is<Fi> the gate, and broad the way that is leading to the destruction, and many are those going in through it; — read the full passage →

that if thou mayest confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and mayest believe in thy heart that God did raise him out of the dead, thou shalt be saved,

the times, indeed, therefore, of the ignorance God having overlooked, doth now command all men everywhere to reform, — read the full passage →

and if I go on and prepare for you a place, again do I come, and will receive you unto myself, that where I am ye also may be;

this first knowing, that there shall come in the latter end of the days scoffers, according to their own desires going on, — read the full passage →

for there shall be then great tribulation, such as was not from the beginning of the world till now, no, nor may be. — read the full passage →

reform ye, therefore, and turn back, for your sins being blotted out, that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, — read the full passage →

and having the feet shod in the preparation of the good-news of the peace;

A voice is crying--in a wilderness--Prepare ye the way of Jehovah, Make straight in a desert a highway to our God.

And on the morrow that is after the preparation, were gathered together the chief priests, and the Pharisees, unto Pilate, — read the full passage →

Jesus saith to him, `I am the way, and the truth, and the life, no one doth come unto the Father, if not through me;

have ye not known that those running in a race--all indeed run, but one doth receive the prize? so run ye, that ye may obtain;

And having gone forth, Jesus departed from the temple, and his disciples came near to show him the buildings of the temple, — read the full passage →

Go unto the ant, O slothful one, See her ways and be wise; — read the full passage →

<FI> Nun.<Fi> A lamp to my foot <FI>is<Fi> Thy word, And a light to my path.

`Lo, I am sending a messenger before thee to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee in unto the place which I have prepared;

all your care having cast upon Him, because He careth for you.

but, according as it hath been written, `What eye did not see, and ear did not hear, and upon the heart of man came not up, what God did prepare for those loving Him--'

it behoveth me to be working the works of Him who sent me while it is day; night doth come, when no one is able to work: --

Truth I say in Christ, I lie not, my conscience bearing testimony with me in the Holy Spirit, — read the full passage →

so, then, we may not sleep as also the others, but watch and be sober,

this one came unto him by night, and said to him, `Rabbi, we have known that from God thou hast come--a teacher, for no one these signs is able to do that thou dost, if God may not be with him.'

whose adorning--let it not be that which is outward, of plaiting of hair, and of putting around of things of gold, or of putting on of garments,

for nothing be anxious, but in everything by prayer, and by supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God; — read the full passage →

sanctify them in Thy truth, Thy word is truth;

`Let not your heart be troubled, believe in God, also in me believe; — read the full passage →

And the brethren immediately, through the night, sent forth both Paul and Silas to Berea, who having come, went to the synagogue of the Jews; — read the full passage →

Proclaim ye this among nations, Sanctify a war, stir up the mighty ones, Come nigh, come up, let all the men of war.

And he saith unto them, `It <FI>is<Fi> that which Jehovah hath spoken <FI>of<Fi> ; a rest--a holy sabbath to Jehovah--<FI> is<Fi> to-morrow; that which ye bake, bake; and that which ye boil, boil; and all that is over, let rest for yourselves in charge till the morning.'

`And take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts may be weighed down with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and anxieties of life, and suddenly that day may come on you,

`And thou, take to thyself of all food that is eaten; and thou hast gathered unto thyself, and it hath been to thee and to them for food.'

What, then, shall we say unto these things? if God <FI>is<Fi> for us, who <FI>is<Fi> against us?

be strong and courageous, fear not, nor be terrified because of them, for Jehovah thy God <FI>is<Fi> He who is going with thee; He doth not fail thee nor forsake thee.'

above all, having taken up the shield of the faith, in which ye shall be able all the fiery darts of the evil one to quench,

`Or what king going on to engage with another king in war, doth not, having sat down, first consult if he be able with ten thousand to meet him who with twenty thousand is coming against him?