Warning Before Destruction

Son of man, I have made you a watchman to the house of Israel: therefore hear the word from my mouth, and give them warning from me. — read the full passage →

Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.

But when these things begin to happen, look up, and lift up your heads, because your redemption is near.”

Don’t be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.

Watch therefore, for you don’t know in what hour your Lord comes.

Surely the Lord Yahweh will do nothing, unless he reveals his secret to his servants the prophets.

Blessed is the man who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.

There will be signs in the sun, moon, and stars; and on the earth anxiety of nations, in perplexity for the roaring of the sea and the waves;

For many walk, of whom I told you often, and now tell you even weeping, as the enemies of the cross of Christ, — read the full passage →

“As the days of Noah were, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. — read the full passage →

envyings, murders, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these; of which I forewarn you, even as I also forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit the Kingdom of God.

Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

Again, when a righteous man does turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumbling block before him, he shall die: because you have not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteous deeds which he has done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at your hand. — read the full passage →

Wine is a mocker, and beer is a brawler. Whoever is led astray by them is not wise.

But if the watchman sees the sword come, and doesn’t blow the trumpet, and the people aren’t warned, and the sword comes, and take any person from among them; he is taken away in his iniquity, but his blood will I require at the watchman’s hand. — read the full passage →

We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.

He performs great signs, even making fire come down out of the sky to the earth in the sight of people. — read the full passage →

For God didn’t appoint us to wrath, but to the obtaining of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

Therefore be ready also, for the Son of Man is coming in an hour that you don’t expect him.”

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

for then there will be great oppression, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever will be.

The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked. But now he commands that all people everywhere should repent, — read the full passage →

There is a way which seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.

I will give power to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy one thousand two hundred sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.” — read the full passage →

Before destruction the heart of man is proud, but before honor is humility.

For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

Therefore we ought to pay greater attention to the things that were heard, lest perhaps we drift away.

As he went out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him, “Teacher, see what kind of stones and what kind of buildings!” — read the full passage →

When I tell the wicked, You shall surely die; and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at your hand.

He who believes in him is not judged. He who doesn’t believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the one and only Son of God.

Leave out the court which is outside of the temple, and don’t measure it, for it has been given to the nations. They will tread the holy city under foot for forty-two months.

Peter said to them, “Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Yahweh’s word came to me, saying, — read the full passage →

The fear of Yahweh teaches wisdom. Before honor is humility.

Again, when a righteous man does turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumbling block before him, he shall die: because you have not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteous deeds which he has done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at your hand.

The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, then I will come in to him, and will dine with him, and he with me.

For everything spoken by God is possible.”

But watch yourselves, for they will deliver you up to councils. You will be beaten in synagogues. You will stand before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them.

I will give power to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy one thousand two hundred sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.”

Son of man, I have made you a watchman to the house of Israel: therefore hear the word from my mouth, and give them warning from me.

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.

To whom shall I speak and testify, that they may hear? Behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they can’t listen. Behold, Yahweh’s word has become a reproach to them. They have no delight in it.

Let destruction come on him unawares. Let his net that he has hidden catch himself. Let him fall into that destruction.

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John, — read the full passage →

because he has appointed a day in which he will judge the world in righteousness by the man whom he has ordained; of which he has given assurance to all men, in that he has raised him from the dead.”

For wherever the carcass is, there is where the vultures gather together.

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

lest coming suddenly he might find you sleeping.

But if the watchman sees the sword come, and doesn’t blow the trumpet, and the people aren’t warned, and the sword comes, and take any person from among them; he is taken away in his iniquity, but his blood will I require at the watchman’s hand.

When pride comes, then comes shame, but with humility comes wisdom.

Therefore be watchful all the time, praying that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will happen, and to stand before the Son of Man.”

But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

Likewise, you younger ones, be subject to the elder. Yes, all of you clothe yourselves with humility, to subject yourselves to one another; for “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

“So be careful, or your hearts will be loaded down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day will come on you suddenly. — read the full passage →

You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.”

The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness; but is patient with us, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

not forsaking our own assembling together, as the custom of some is, but exhorting one another; and so much the more, as you see the Day approaching.

For when they are saying, “Peace and safety,” then sudden destruction will come on them, like birth pains on a pregnant woman; and they will in no way escape.

The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea. When they arrived, they went into the Jewish synagogue. — read the full passage →

For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am he!’ and will lead many astray.

He who loves disobedience loves strife. One who builds a high gate seeks destruction.

Yahweh, the God of their fathers, sent to them by his messengers, rising up early and sending, because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place:

“Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child. Children will rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death.

Unless those days had been shortened, no flesh would have been saved. But for the sake of the chosen ones, those days will be shortened.

Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; and a man’s eyes are never satisfied.

I saw a great white throne, and him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. There was found no place for them. — read the full passage →

Therefore we ought to pay greater attention to the things that were heard, lest perhaps we drift away. — read the full passage →

Don’t be deceived. God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.

The light of a lamp will shine no more at all in you. The voice of the bridegroom and of the bride will be heard no more at all in you; for your merchants were the princes of the earth; for with your sorcery all the nations were deceived.

For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places. There will be famines and troubles. These things are the beginning of birth pains.

But no one knows of that day and hour, not even the angels of heaven,but my Father only.

Another angel, a third, followed them, saying with a great voice, “If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives a mark on his forehead, or on his hand, — read the full passage →

“To the angel of the assembly in Laodicea write: “The Amen, the Faithful and True Witness, the Head of God’s creation, says these things: — read the full passage →

how will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation—which at the first having been spoken through the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard;

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

You are of your father, the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and doesn’t stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks on his own; for he is a liar, and its father.

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.

Another, a second angel, followed, saying, “Babylon the great has fallen, which has made all the nations to drink of the wine of the wrath of her sexual immorality.”

and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us, and washed us from our sins by his blood; — read the full passage →

doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself;

Behold, I have this day set you over the nations and over the kingdoms, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant.”

For lack of wood a fire goes out. Without gossip, a quarrel dies down.

I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand. — read the full passage →

I heard another voice from heaven, saying, “Come out of her, my people, that you have no participation in her sins, and that you don’t receive of her plagues,

The fourth poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was given to him to scorch men with fire. — read the full passage →

knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of private interpretation.

he who opposes and exalts himself against all that is called God or that is worshiped; so that he sits as God in the temple of God, setting himself up as God.

Since then the children have shared in flesh and blood, he also himself in the same way partook of the same, that through death he might bring to nothing him who had the power of death, that is, the devil,

Jonah began to enter into the city a day’s journey, and he cried out, and said, “In forty days, Nineveh will be overthrown!”

Their bows will dash the young men in pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb. Their eyes will not spare children.

Therefore let him who thinks he stands be careful that he doesn’t fall.

The fear of Yahweh is to hate evil. I hate pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth.

I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

Jesus said to him, “Do you see these great buildings? There will not be left here one stone on another, which will not be thrown down.”

Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ — read the full passage →

One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and spoke with me, saying, “Come here. I will show you the judgment of the great prostitute who sits on many waters, — read the full passage →

Then he will send out his angels, and will gather together his chosen ones from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of the sky.

Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, to the assembly of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. — read the full passage →

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 →