Malachi 3Malachi 4Revelation 22Malachi 3
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See, I am sending my servant, and he will make ready the way before me and the Lord, whom you are looking for, will suddenly come to his Temple and the angel of the agreement, in whom you have delight, see, he is coming, says the Lord of armies.
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But by whom may the day of his coming be faced? and who may keep his place when he is seen? for he is like the metal-tester's fire and the cleaner's soap.
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He will take his seat, testing and cleaning the sons of Levi, burning away the evil from them as from gold and silver so that they may make offerings to the Lord in righteousness.
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Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasing to the Lord, as in days gone by, and as in past years.
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And I will come near to you for judging I will quickly be a witness against the wonder-workers, against those who have been untrue in married life, against those who take false oaths against those who keep back from the servant his payment, and who are hard on the widow and the child without a father, who do not give his rights to the man from a strange country, and have no fear of me, says the Lord of armies.
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For I am the Lord, I am unchanged and so you, O sons of Jacob, have not been cut off.
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From the days of your fathers you have been turned away from my rules and have not kept them. Come back to me, and I will come back to you, says the Lord of armies. But you say, How are we to come back?
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Will a man keep back from God what is right? But you have kept back what is mine. But you say, What have we kept back from you? Tenths and offerings.
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You are cursed with a curse for you have kept back from me what is mine, even all this nation.
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Let your tenths come into the store-house so that there may be food in my house, and put me to the test by doing so, says the Lord of armies, and see if I do not make the windows of heaven open and send down such a blessing on you that there is no room for it.
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And on your account I will keep back the locusts from wasting the fruits of your land and the fruit of your vine will not be dropped on the field before its time, says the Lord of armies
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And you will be named happy by all nations: for you will be a land of delight, says the Lord of armies.
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Your words have been strong against me, says the Lord. And still you say, What have we said against you?
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You have said, It is no use worshipping God: what profit have we had from keeping his orders, and going in clothing of sorrow before the Lord of armies?
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And now to us the men of pride seem happy yes, the evil-doers are doing well they put God to the test and are safe.
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Then those in whom was the fear of the Lord had talk together: and the Lord gave ear, and it was recorded in a book to be kept in mind before him, for those who had the fear of the Lord and gave thought to his name.
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And they will be mine, says the Lord, in the day when I make them my special property and I will have mercy on them as a man has mercy on his son who is his servant.
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Then you will again see how the upright man is different from the sinner, and the servant of God from him who is not.
Malachi 4
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For see, the day is coming, it is burning like an oven all the men of pride and all who do evil will be dry stems of grass: and in the day which is coming they will be burned up, says the Lord of armies, till they have not a root or a branch.
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But to you who give worship to my name, the sun of righteousness will come up with new life in its wings and you will go out, playing like young oxen full of food.
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And the evil-doers will be crushed under you, they will be dust under your feet, in the day when I do my work, says the Lord of armies.
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Keep in mind the law of Moses, my servant, which I gave him in Horeb for all Israel, even the rules and the decisions.
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See, I am sending you Elijah the prophet before the day of the Lord comes, that great day, greatly to be feared.
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And by him the hearts of fathers will be turned to their children, and the hearts of children to their fathers for fear that I may come and put the earth under a curse.
Revelation 22
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And I saw a river of water of life, clear as glass, coming out of the high seat of God and of the Lamb,
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In the middle of its street. And on this side of the river and on that was the tree of life, having twelve sorts of fruits, giving its fruit every month and the leaves of the tree give life to the nations.
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And there will be no more curse: and the high seat of God and of the Lamb will be there and his servants will be worshipping him
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And they will see his face and his name will be on their brows.
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And there will be no more night and they have no need of a light or of the shining of the sun for the Lord God will give them light: and they will be ruling for ever and ever.
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And he said to me, These words are certain and true: and the Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, sent his angel to make clear to his servants the things which are now to come about.
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See, I come quickly. A blessing on him who keeps the words of this book of the prophet.
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And I, John, am he who saw these things and to whose ears they came. And when I had seen and given ear, I went down on my face to give worship at the feet of the angel who made these things clear to me.
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And he said to me, See you do it not I am a brother-servant with you and with your brothers the prophets, and with those who keep the words of this book: give worship to God.
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And he said to me, Let not the words of this prophet's book be kept secret, because the time is near.
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Let the evil man go on in his evil: and let the unclean be still unclean: and let the upright go on in his righteousness: and let the holy be holy still.
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See, I come quickly and my reward is with me, to give to every man the outcome of his works.
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I am the First and the Last, the start and the end.
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A blessing on those whose robes are washed, so that they may have a right to the tree of life, and may go in by the doors into the town.
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Outside are the dogs, and those who make use of evil powers, those who make themselves unclean, and the takers of life, and those who give worship to images, and everyone whose delight is in what is false.
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I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give witness to you of these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, the bright and morning star.
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And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him who gives ear, say, Come. And let him who is in need come and let everyone desiring it take of the water of life freely.
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For I say to every man to whose ears have come the words of this prophet's book, If any man makes an addition to them, God will put on him the punishments which are in this book:
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And if any man takes away from the words of this book, God will take away from him his part in the tree of life and the holy town, even the things which are in this book.
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He who gives witness to these things says, Truly, I come quickly. Even so come, Lord Jesus.
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The grace of the Lord Jesus be with the saints. So be it.
