Now before I read these verses,
so this is more than we normally read and reflect on, but I just want to give you a picture. So when we think of Jesus all throughout the Gospels,
we see
He came as a child in a manger.
And yet
Revelation 19 has given us a picture of
what He’s going to look like when
He comes back,
and He’s
not a child in a manger,
or a
suffering servant,
He's a Conquering Warrior to Judge
all Deeds
done in his name
So hear the picture of Jesus when
He comes and His return
“Then I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse!
The one sitting
on it is called Faithful and True,
and in
righteousness
he judges and makes war.
His eyes are like a flame of fire, and
on his head are many diadems,
and he has a name written that
no one knows but himself.
He is clothed in a robe dipped in blood, and the name by
which he is called is
The Word of God
And the armies of heaven,
arrayed in fine linen,
white and pure,
were following him on white horses.
From his mouth
comes a sharp sword with which to
strike down the nations,
and he will rule them with a
rod of iron.
He will tread the winepress
of the
fury of the wrath of God the
Almighty
On his robe and on his thigh he has a name written,
King of kings and Lord of lords.“– Revelation 19:11–16
Christ, Jesus, in all of His glory
He who came
as a
child in a manger
is coming back
as a
King on a horse,
and the
picture is His rule, His reign,
His might, His judgment,
His love, His mercy, He will
bring with Him.
The whole picture here just causes us to
praise Jesus, to look to Jesus.
Revelation 19:11–16
Exalts God for His Faithfulness
Oh, Lord Jesus, we bow our hearts before
You right now and we praise You. We exalt You.
This vision is breathtaking of You.
You are faithful and you are true.
You are the righteous judge and you are a messianic warrior.
Jesus, You see all.
Your eye is like a flame of fire.
You know all. You judge all.
Jesus, You are our judge. You’re my judge. You’re all of our judge.
You will come with many crowns on Your head,
with mystery to Your name.
You will come as a conqueror,
Revealing God’s Word
Jesus, You are
The Word of God,
You will bring about the end of the history of
this world
and the
beginning of Your kingdom fully and finally
reigning over all the nations of this world.
You will bring
God’s ultimate consuming wrath
on those who have
turned from God and not trusted
in the grace available in
Your death on the cross in the gospel
You will reign as King of kings
and
Lord of lords forever and ever and ever
We bow our hearts in awe of You.
Jesus, we praise You and we long to see You
We long for Revelation 19:11–16, for faith to be sight like this.
Jesus, we long to see You. We love You. We want to follow You.
Help us to follow You and to obey You today.
Help us to walk with You and live in a way that glorifies You today.
We praise You for Your love for us, Your loving reign over our lives.
Jesus, we trust in You,
we seek You, and we need You. We worship You.
You are our King,
and we exalt You,
Lord Jesus,
and we pray all of this in Your name.
Amen.
Second Resurrection
John 5:28-29 ESV / 21 helpful votes Do not marvel at this, for an hour is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice and come out, those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.
Daniel 12:2 ESV / 19 helpful votes And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
Revelation 20:5 ESV / 16 helpful votes The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended. This is the first resurrection.
Revelation 20:4-6 ESV / 16 helpful votes Then I saw thrones, and seated on them were those to whom the authority to judge was committed. Also I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended. This is the first resurrection. Blessed and holy is the one who shares in the first resurrection! Over such the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and they will reign with him for a thousand years.
Revelation 20:4 ESV / 13 helpful votes Then I saw thrones, and seated on them were those to whom the authority to judge was committed. Also I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.
Revelation 20:1-15 ESV / 13 helpful votes Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding in his hand the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain. And he seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years, and threw him into the pit, and shut it and sealed it over him, so that he might not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were ended. After that he must be released for a little while. Then I saw thrones, and seated on them were those to whom the authority to judge was committed. Also I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended. This is the first resurrection. ...
Acts 24:15 ESV / 12 helpful votes Having a hope in God, which these men themselves accept, that there will be a resurrection of both the just and the unjust.
1 Thessalonians 4:16 ESV / 11 helpful votes For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first.
Matthew 25:41 ESV / 11 helpful votes “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
Revelation 20:11-12 ESV / 9 helpful votes Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. From his presence earth and sky fled away, and no place was found for them. And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to what they had done.
Hebrews 10:26-29 ESV / 9 helpful votes For if we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a fearful expectation of judgment, and a fury of fire that will consume the adversaries. Anyone who has set aside the law of Moses dies without mercy on the evidence of two or three witnesses. How much worse punishment, do you think, will be deserved by the one who has trampled underfoot the Son of God, and has profaned the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and has outraged the Spirit of grace?
1 Thessalonians 4:15 ESV / 9 helpful votes For this we declare to you by a word from the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep.
John 11:11-14 ESV / 9 helpful votes After saying these things, he said to them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I go to awaken him.” The disciples said to him, “Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover.” Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that he meant taking rest in sleep. Then Jesus told them plainly, “Lazarus has died,
Matthew 24:30-31 ESV / 9 helpful votes Then will appear in heaven the sign of the Son of Man, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. And he will send out his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
Revelation 20:6 ESV / 8 helpful votes Blessed and holy is the one who shares in the first resurrection! Over such the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and they will reign with him for a thousand years.
1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 ESV / 8 helpful votes But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope. For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep. For this we declare to you by a word from the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord. ...
Acts 4:12 ESV / 8 helpful votes And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”
John 6:44 ESV / 8 helpful votes No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him. And I will raise him up on the last day.
John 6:40 ESV / 8 helpful votes For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.”
John 5:29 ESV / 8 helpful votes And come out, those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.
Genesis 2:7 ESV / 8 helpful votes Then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.
Revelation 20:12 ESV / 7 helpful votes And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to what they had done.
Revelation 20:11-15 ESV / 7 helpful votes Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. From his presence earth and sky fled away, and no place was found for them. And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to what they had done. And the sea gave up the dead who were in it, Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them, and they were judged, each one of them, according to what they had done. Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. And if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
1 Peter 4:17 ESV / 7 helpful votes For it is time for judgment to begin at the household of God; and if it begins with us, what will be the outcome for those who do not obey the gospel of God?
1 Corinthians 15:51-52 ESV / 7 helpful votes Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed.
Acts 2:38 ESV / 7 helpful votes And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Acts 2:29 ESV / 7 helpful votes “Brothers, I may say to you with confidence about the patriarch David that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.
Ezekiel 37:1-14 ESV / 7 helpful votes The hand of the Lord was upon me, and he brought me out in the Spirit of the Lord and set me down in the middle of the valley; it was full of bones. And he led me around among them, and behold, there were very many on the surface of the valley, and behold, they were very dry. And he said to me, “Son of man, can these bones live?” And I answered, “O Lord God, you know.” Then he said to me, “Prophesy over these bones, and say to them, O dry bones, hear the word of the Lord. Thus says the Lord God to these bones: Behold, I will cause breath to enter you, and you shall live. ...
Ecclesiastes 12:7 ESV / 7 helpful votes And the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
Psalm 146:4 ESV / 7 helpful votes When his breath departs, he returns to the earth; on that very day his plans perish.
Revelation 20:15 ESV / 6 helpful votes And if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
2 Peter 3:9 ESV / 6 helpful votes The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.
1 Corinthians 15:26 ESV / 6 helpful votes The last enemy to be destroyed is death.
1 Corinthians 15:23 ESV / 6 helpful votes But each in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, then at his coming those who belong to Christ.
1 Corinthians 15:22 ESV / 6 helpful votes For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive.
1 Corinthians 15:18 ESV / 6 helpful votes Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.
Matthew 10:15 ESV / 6 helpful votes Truly, I say to you, it will be more bearable on the day of judgment for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah than for that town.
Malachi 4:3 ESV / 6 helpful votes And you shall tread down the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet, on the day when I act, says the Lord of hosts.
Ezekiel 18:4 ESV / 6 helpful votes Behold, all souls are mine; the soul of the father as well as the soul of the son is mine: the soul who sins shall die.
Psalm 115:17 ESV / 6 helpful votes The dead do not praise the Lord, nor do any who go down into silence.
Revelation 22:18 ESV / 5 helpful votes I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book,
Revelation 21:8 ESV / 5 helpful votes But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”
Revelation 21:4 ESV / 5 helpful votes He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”
Revelation 20:13 ESV / 5 helpful votes And the sea gave up the dead who were in it, Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them, and they were judged, each one of them, according to what they had done.
1 John 3:2 ESV / 5 helpful votes Beloved, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is.
1 Timothy 2:4 ESV / 5 helpful votes Who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
1 Thessalonians 4:14-17 ESV / 5 helpful votes For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep. For this we declare to you by a word from the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord.
1 Thessalonians 4:14 ESV / 5 helpful votes For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep.
1 Thessalonians 4:1-18 ESV / 5 helpful votes Finally, then, brothers, we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, just as you are doing, that you do so more and more. For you know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus. For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality; that each one of you know how to control his own body in holiness and honor, not in the passion of lust like the Gentiles who do not know God; ...
Philippians 3:20-21 ESV / 5 helpful votes But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself.
1 Corinthians 15:53 ESV / 5 helpful votes For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality.
1 Corinthians 15:52 ESV / 5 helpful votes In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed.
1 Corinthians 15:51-55 ESV / 5 helpful votes Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed. For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality. When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written: “Death is swallowed up in victory.” “O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?”
1 Corinthians 15:51-53 ESV / 5 helpful votes Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed. For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality.
1 Corinthians 15:20 ESV / 5 helpful votes But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
Romans 6:23 ESV / 5 helpful votes For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
John 5:28 ESV / 5 helpful votes Do not marvel at this, for an hour is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice
John 3:16 ESV / 5 helpful votes “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
Matthew 27:52 ESV / 5 helpful votes The tombs also were opened. And many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised,
Matthew 11:20-24 ESV / 5 helpful votes Then he began to denounce the cities where most of his mighty works had been done, because they did not repent. “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. But I tell you, it will be more bearable on the day of judgment for Tyre and Sidon than for you. And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? You will be brought down to Hades. For if the mighty works done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. But I tell you that it will be more tolerable on the day of judgment for the land of Sodom than for you.”
Malachi 4:1 ESV / 5 helpful votes “For behold, the day is coming, burning like an oven, when all the arrogant and all evildoers will be stubble. The day that is coming shall set them ablaze, says the Lord of hosts, so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.
Isaiah 65:20 ESV / 5 helpful votes No more shall there be in it an infant who lives but a few days, or an old man who does not fill out his days, for the young man shall die a hundred years old, and the sinner a hundred years old shall be accursed.
Revelation 21:3 ESV / 4 helpful votes And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God.
Revelation 21:1-27 ESV / 4 helpful votes Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God. He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.” And he who was seated on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” Also he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.” ...
Revelation 21:1-4 ESV / 4 helpful votes Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God. He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”
Revelation 21:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.
Revelation 20:14 ESV / 4 helpful votes Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire.
Revelation 20:13-14 ESV / 4 helpful votes And the sea gave up the dead who were in it, Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them, and they were judged, each one of them, according to what they had done. Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire.
Revelation 20:12-13 ESV / 4 helpful votes And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to what they had done. And the sea gave up the dead who were in it, Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them, and they were judged, each one of them, according to what they had done.
Revelation 20:11 ESV / 4 helpful votes Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. From his presence earth and sky fled away, and no place was found for them.
Revelation 20:7-10 ESV / 4 helpful votes And when the thousand years are ended, Satan will be released from his prison and will come out to deceive the nations that are at the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them for battle; their number is like the sand of the sea. And they marched up over the broad plain of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city, but fire came down from heaven and consumed them, and the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur where the beast and the false prophet were, and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
Revelation 20:7-8 ESV / 4 helpful votes And when the thousand years are ended, Satan will be released from his prison and will come out to deceive the nations that are at the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them for battle; their number is like the sand of the sea.
Revelation 20:7 ESV / 4 helpful votes And when the thousand years are ended, Satan will be released from his prison
Revelation 20:3 ESV / 4 helpful votes And threw him into the pit, and shut it and sealed it over him, so that he might not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were ended. After that he must be released for a little while.
Revelation 20:2-3 ESV / 4 helpful votes And he seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years, and threw him into the pit, and shut it and sealed it over him, so that he might not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were ended. After that he must be released for a little while.
Revelation 12:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world—he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.
Revelation 7:1-17 ESV / 4 helpful votes After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth, that no wind might blow on earth or sea or against any tree. Then I saw another angel ascending from the rising of the sun, with the seal of the living God, and he called with a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm earth and sea, saying, “Do not harm the earth or the sea or the trees, until we have sealed the servants of our God on their foreheads.” And I heard the number of the sealed, 144,000, sealed from every tribe of the sons of Israel: 12,000 from the tribe of Judah were sealed, 12,000 from the tribe of Reuben, 12,000 from the tribe of Gad, ...
Revelation 6:14-17 ESV / 4 helpful votes The sky vanished like a scroll that is being rolled up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place. Then the kings of the earth and the great ones and the generals and the rich and the powerful, and everyone, slave and free, hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains, calling to the mountains and rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of him who is seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb, for the great day of their wrath has come, and who can stand?”
Revelation 5:10 ESV / 4 helpful votes And you have made them a kingdom and priests to our God, and they shall reign on the earth.”
Revelation 2:11 ESV / 4 helpful votes He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who conquers will not be hurt by the second death.’
1 Peter 3:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes Now who is there to harm you if you are zealous for what is good?
Hebrews 11:35 ESV / 4 helpful votes Women received back their dead by resurrection. Some were tortured, refusing to accept release, so that they might rise again to a better life.
Hebrews 6:18 ESV / 4 helpful votes So that by two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us.
Hebrews 6:4-6 ESV / 4 helpful votes For it is impossible, in the case of those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, and have shared in the Holy Spirit, and have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the age to come, and then have fallen away, to restore them again to repentance, since they are crucifying once again the Son of God to their own harm and holding him up to contempt.
Hebrews 6:1-2 ESV / 4 helpful votes Therefore let us leave the elementary doctrine of Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God, and of instruction about washings, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment.
Hebrews 2:3 ESV / 4 helpful votes How shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was declared at first by the Lord, and it was attested to us by those who heard,
1 Thessalonians 5:3 ESV / 4 helpful votes While people are saying, “There is peace and security,” then sudden destruction will come upon them as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
1 Thessalonians 4:17 ESV / 4 helpful votes Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord.
1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 ESV / 4 helpful votes For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord.
1 Thessalonians 4:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope.
1 Thessalonians 4:13-17 ESV / 4 helpful votes But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope. For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep. For this we declare to you by a word from the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord.
Ephesians 4:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes Therefore it says, “When he ascended on high he led a host of captives, and he gave gifts to men.”
Acts 7:60 ESV / 4 helpful votes And falling to his knees he cried out with a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
Acts 2:34 ESV / 4 helpful votes For David did not ascend into the heavens, but he himself says, “‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand,
Matthew 12:41-42 ESV / 4 helpful votes The men of Nineveh will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, something greater than Jonah is here. The queen of the South will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, something greater than Solomon is here.
Ezekiel 37:14 ESV / 3 helpful votes And I will put my Spirit within you, and you shall live, and I will place you in your own land. Then you shall know that I am the Lord; I have spoken, and I will do it, declares the Lord.”
Psalm 13:3 ESV / 3 helpful votes Consider and answer me, O Lord my God; light up my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death,
Revelation 20:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes And they marched up over the broad plain of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city, but fire came down from heaven and consumed them,
Revelation 20:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes And will come out to deceive the nations that are at the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them for battle; their number is like the sand of the sea.
Revelation 20:1-3 ESV / 2 helpful votes Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding in his hand the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain. And he seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years, and threw him into the pit, and shut it and sealed it over him, so that
he might not deceive the nations any longer.