Joel 2:1-11
BLOW THE TRUMPET IN ZION, AND SOUND AN ALARM IN My
Holy Mountain! Let All The Inhabitants OF The Land TREMBLE;
FOR THE DAY OF THE
LORD (GOD Almighty) IS COMING, FOR IT IS AT HAND: A Day OF Darkness AND Gloominess,
A Day OF Clouds AND Thick Darkness, LIKE
The Morning Clouds SPREAD OVER The Mountains.
A People COME, Great AND Strong,
THE LIKE OF WHOM HAS NEVER BEEN; NOR WILL
THERE EVER BE ANY SUCH AFTER Them, EVEN FOR Many Successive Generations.
A FIRE DEVOURS BEFORE Them, AND BEHIND Them A FLAME BURNS;
The Land IS LIKE The Garden OF
Eden BEFORE Them, AND BEHIND Them A Desolate Wilderness;
SURELY NOTHING Shall ESCAPE Them. Their Appearance IS LIKE The
Appearance OF Horses; AND LIKE Swift Steeds, SO They RUN.
WITH A NOISE LIKE Chariots
OVER Mountaintops They LEAP, LIKE THE NOISE
OF A Flaming Fire That DEVOURS The Stubble, LIKE A
Strong People SET IN BATTLE ARRAY.
BEFORE Them, The People WRITHE
IN PAIN; All Faces ARE Drained OF Color. They RUN LIKE Mighty Men,
They CLIMB The Wall LIKE Men OF War; EVERY
ONE MARCHES IN FORMATION, AND They Do NOT Break Ranks. They Do NOT Push One Another;
EVERY ONE MARCHES IN His Own Column. THOUGH They LUNGE BETWEEN The
Weapons, They ARE NOT CUT DOWN. They RUN TO AND FOR IN The City, They RUN ON The Wall; They CLIMB INTO The Houses,
They ENTER AT The Windows LIKE A Thief.
The Earth QUAKES BEFORE Them, The Heavens TREMBLE;
The Sun AND Moon GROW DARK, AND The Stars
DIMINISH Their Brightness. THE LORD (GOD Almighty) GIVES VOICE BEFORE HIS ARMY, FOR HIS CAMP IS
VERY GREAT; FOR STRONG IS THE ONE, WHO EXECUTES HIS WORD. FOR THE DAY OF THE LORD (GOD Almighty) IS GREAT AND VERY
TERRIBLE; Who CAN ENDURE IT?
Zephaniah 1:2-18
“I WILL UTTERLY CONSUME EVERYTHING, FROM The Face OF The Land,”
SAYS THE LORD (GOD
Almighty); “I WILL CONSUME Man AND
Beast; I WILL CONSUME The Birds OF The Heavens, The Fish OF The Sea, AND The Stumbling Blocks ALONG WITH The Wicked.
I WILL CUT OFF Man, FROM
The Face OF The Land,” SAYS THE LORD (GOD Almighty).”
“I WILL STRETCH OUT MY HAND
AGAINST Judah, AND AGAINST All The Inhabitants OF Jerusalem. I WILL CUT OFF EVERY TRACE OF
Baal, FROM THIS PLACE, The Names OF The Idolatrous Priests WITH The Pagan Priests, Those Who Worship The
Host OF Heaven (The Sun, The Moon, and The Stars) ON The Housetops; Those Who WORSHIP AND SWEAR OATH, BY THE LORD, BUT, Who ALSO SWEAR By Milcom;
Those Who HAVE TURNED BACK FROM FOLLOWING THE LORD, AND HAVE NOT SOUGHT THE
LORD, NOR INQUIRED OF Him (GOD Almighty).”
BE SILENT IN THE PRESENCE
OF THE LORD GOD; FOR THE DAY OF THE LORD IS AT HAND, FOR THE LORD HAS PREPARED A SACRIFICE; He HAS INVITED His Guests.
“AND IT SHALL BE, IN THE DAY OF THE LORD’s SACRIFICE, THAT I WILL PUNISH The Princes AND The King’s Children, AND ALL SUCH, AS ARE Clothed WITH Foreign Apparel. IN THE SAME DAY, I WILL PUNISH
ALL Those Who LEAP OVER The Threshold, Who FILL Their Masters’ Houses WITH Violence AND Deceit.”
“AND THERE SHALL BE, ON THAT
DAY,” SAYS THE LORD (GOD Almighty), “The SOUND OF A Mournful
Cry FROM The Fish Gate, A Wailing FROM The Second
Quarter, AND A Loud Crashing FROM The Hills. WAIL, YOU Inhabitants OF
Maktesh! FOR ALL
The Merchant People ARE CUT DOWN; ALL Those Who Handle
Money ARE CUT OFF.”
“AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS,
AT THAT TIME, That I (GOD Almighty) WILL
SEARCH Jerusalem WITH LAMPS, AND PUNISH The Men,
Who ARE SETTLED IN Complacency, Who SAY
IN Their Heart, ‘THE LORD (GOD Almighty) WILL
NOT DO GOOD, NOR WILL He (GOD Almighty) DO Evil.’
Therefore, Their Goods
Shall BECOME Booty, AND Their Houses A DESOLATION;
They Shall BUILD Houses, BUT NOT Inhabit Them; They Shall
PLANT Vineyards, BUT NOT Drink Their Wine.”
THE GREAT DAY OF THE LORD
(GOD Almighty) IS NEAR; IT IS NEAR AND HASTENS QUICKLY.
THE NOISE OF THE DAY OF THE LORD (GOD Almighty) IS
BITTER; THERE The Mighty Men SHALL CRY OUT. THAT DAY IS A DAY OF WRATH,
A DAY OF TROUBLE AND DISTRESS, A DAY OF
DEVASTATION AND DESOLATION, A DAY OF DARKNESS AND GLOOMINESS,
A DAY OF CLOUDS AND THICK DARKNESS, A DAY
OF TRUMPET AND ALARM, AGAINST The Fortified Cities
AND AGAINST The High Towers.
“I (GOD Almighty) WILL BRING
DISTRESS UPON Men, AND They Shall WALK LIKE Blind Men, BECAUSE
They HAVE SINNED AGAINST THE LORD (GOD
Almighty); Their Blood Shall BE
POURED OUT LIKE Dust, AND Their Flesh LIKE Refuse.”
NEITHER Their Silver NOR
Their Gold Shall BE ABLE TO DELIVER Them, IN THE DAY OF
THE LORD’s WRATH;
BUT, The Whole Land Shall BE DEVOURED, BY THE FIRE OF HIS JEALOUSY, FOR He (GOD
Almighty) WILL MAKE SPEEDY RIDDANCE OF ALL Those Who DWELL
IN The Land.
Zechariah 12:1-9
THE BURDEN OF THE WORD OF THE LORD
(GOD Almighty) AGAINST Israel. THUS SAYS THE LORD, WHO STRETCHES OUT The Heavens,
LAYS The Foundation OF The Earth, AND FORMS The Spirit OF Man WITHIN Him
(Mankind): “Behold, I WILL MAKE
Jerusalem A Cup OF Drunkenness TO All The Surrounding Peoples, WHEN They LAY SIEGE
AGAINST Judah AND Jerusalem. AND IT Shall
HAPPEN, IN THAT DAY, THAT I WILL MAKE Jerusalem A VERY HEAVY STONE FOR All
Peoples; All Who WOULD HEAVE IT AWAY WILL SURELY BE CUT IN PIECES, THOUGH All Nations
OF The Earth ARE GATHERED AGAINST IT (Jerusalem).
IN THAT DAY,” SAYS THE LORD
(GOD Almighty), “I WILL STRIKE EVERY Horse WITH CONFUSION, AND ITS Rider WITH
MADNESS; I WILL OPEN MY EYES ON The House OF Judah, AND WILL STRIKE EVERY Horse
OF The Peoples WITH BLINDNESS. AND The Governors OF
Judah Shall SAY IN Their Heart, ‘The Inhabitants OF Jerusalem ARE My Strength, IN THE LORD OF HOSTS, Their GOD.’ IN THAT DAY, I WILL MAKE The Governors OF
Judah LIKE A FIREPAN IN The Woodpile, AND LIKE A FIERY TORCH IN The Sheaves;
They Shall DEVOUR All The Surrounding Peoples ON The Right Hand AND ON The Left,
BUT Jerusalem Shall BE INHABITED AGAIN, IN Her Own Place, Jerusalem.”
“THE LORD
(GOD Almighty) WILL SAVE The Tents OF Judah FIRST, SO THAT THE GLORY OF The House
OF David AND THE GLORY OF The Inhabitants OF Jerusalem Shall NOT Become Greater
Than That OF Judah. IN THAT DAY, THE LORD
(GOD Almighty) WILL DEFEND The Inhabitants OF Jerusalem; The One Who IS FEEBLE AMONG
Them, IN THAT DAY, Shall BE LIKE David, AND The House OF David Shall
BE LIKE GOD, LIKE The Angel OF THE LORD BEFORE Them. IT Shall BE, IN THAT DAY, THAT I (GOD Almighty) WILL SEEK
TO DESTROY ALL The Nations THAT COME AGAINST Jerusalem.”
Zechariah 14:1-15
Behold, THE DAY OF THE LORD
(GOD Almighty) IS COMING,
AND Your Spoil WILL BE DIVIDED IN Your Midst. FOR I WILL GATHER ALL The Nations
TO BATTLE AGAINST Jerusalem; The City Shall BE TAKEN,
The Houses RIFLED, AND The Women RAVISHED. Half OF The City Shall GO INTO
Captivity, BUT The Remnant OF The People Shall NOT BE CUT
OFF FROM The City (Jerusalem).
THEN, THE LORD
(GOD Almighty) WILL GO FORTH AND FIGHT AGAINST Those Nations, As He FIGHTS IN THE DAY OF BATTLE. AND IN THAT DAY, His Feet WILL
STAND ON The Mount OF Olives, WHICH FACES Jerusalem ON
The East. AND The
Mount OF Olives Shall BE SPLIT IN TWO, FROM East TO West,
MAKING A VERY LARGE VALLEY;
Half OF The Mountain Shall MOVE TOWARD The North AND Half OF IT TOWARD The South. THEN, YOU Shall FLEE, THROUGH MY MOUNTAIN VALLEY,
FOR The Mountain Valley Shall REACH TO Azal. YES, YOU Shall FLEE, AS YOU FLED FROM The Earthquake, IN The Days
OF Uzziah, King OF Judah. THUS, THE LORD My GOD WILL COME, AND ALL The Saints (Believers) WITH YOU.
IT SHALL COME TO PASS, IN
THAT DAY, That There WILL BE NO Light;
The Lights WILL Diminish. IT Shall BE ONE DAY, WHICH IS KNOWN TO THE LORD
(GOD Almighty), NEITHER Day NOR Night. BUT AT EVENING TIME, IT Shall
HAPPEN, THAT IT WILL BE LIGHT.
AND IN THAT DAY, IT Shall
BE THAT LIVING WATERS Shall FLOW
FROM Jerusalem, Half OF Them TOWARD The Eastern Sea
AND Half OF Them TOWARD The Western Sea; IN BOTH Summer AND Winter IT Shall OCCUR. AND THE LORD Shall BE King OVER
ALL The Earth. IN
THAT DAY, IT Shall BE, “THE LORD IS ONE,” AND HIS NAME, ONE.
All The Land Shall BE TURNED
INTO A Plain, FROM Geba TO Rimmon, South OF Jerusalem. Jerusalem Shall BE RAISED UP AND
INHABITED IN Her Place, FROM Benjamin’s Gate TO The Place OF The First Gate AD
The Corner Gate, AND FROM The Tower OF Hananel TO
The King’s Winepresses. The People Shall DWELL IN IT; AND NO Longer Shall There
BE Utter Destruction, BUT Jerusalem Shall Be SAFELY
INHABITED.
AND THIS Shall BE THE
PLAGUE, WITH WHICH, THE LORD WILL STRIKE All The People Who FOUGHT AGAINST
Jerusalem: Their Flesh Shall DISSOLVE While They STAND ON Their Feet, Their Eyes Shall DISSOLVE IN Their Sockets, AND
Their Tongues Shall DISSOLVE IN Their Mouths.
IT Shall COME TO PASS, IN THAT DAY, THAT A GREAT PANIC FROM THE LORD WILL BE AMONG Them. EVERYONE WILL SEIZE the Hand
OF His Neighbor, AND RAISE His Hand AGAINST His
Neighbor’s Hand; Judah ALSO WILL FIGHT AT Jerusalem. AND The Wealth OF All The Surrounding Nations
Shall BE GATHERED TOGETHER: Gold, Silver,
AND Apparel IN Great Abundance. SUCH ALSO, Shall BE THE PLAGUE ON The Horse AND The Mule, ON The Camel AND The Donkey, AND ON All The
Cattle That WILL BE IN Those Camps.
SO Shall THIS PLAGUE BE.
2 Peter 3:10-13
BUT, THE
DAY OF THE LORD WILL COME AS A Thief IN The Night, IN WHICH, The Heavens WILL
PASS AWAY WITH A GREAT NOISE, AND The Elements WILL MELT WITH FERVENT HEAT; BOTH
The Earth AND The Works THAT ARE IN IT, WILL BE BURNED UP. Therefore,
SINCE ALL THESE THINGS WILL BE DISSOLVED, What Manner OF Persons OUGHT YOU TO BE, IN Holy Conduct AND Godliness, LOOKING FOR AND HASTENING THE COMING OF
THE DAY OF GOD (GOD Almighty), BECAUSE OF WHICH The Heavens WILL BE DISSOLVED, BEING
ON FIRE, AND The Elements WILL MELT WITH FERVENT HEAT? Nevertheless, We
(Believers), ACCORDING TO His Promise, LOOK FOR New Heavens AND A New Earth. IN WHICH RIGHTEOUSNESS DWELLS.
[See
Also: Amos 5:16-27 AND Isaiah 2:5-22]
The Being
Caught Up Together May Occur IN The Next Millisecond. SO, There IS NO Time TO Waste, GET OUT There,
Show YOU Care, AND Share The Gospel OF Jesus Christ.
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