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on the inhabitants of Jerusalem the Spirit of down and worshiped God who sat on the
grace and supplication; then they will look on throne, saying, “Amen! Alleluia!” Then a voice
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Me whom they pierced. Yes, they will mourn for came from the throne, saying, “Praise our
Him as one mourns for his only son, and grieve God, all you His servants and those who fear
for Him as one grieves for a firstborn. In that Him, both small and great!”
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day there shall be a great mourning in Jerusa- 6 And I heard, as it were, the voice of a great
lem, like the mourning at Hadad Rimmon in the multitude, as the sound of many waters and as
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plain of Megiddo. And the land shall mourn, the sound of mighty thunderings, saying,
every family by itself: the family of the house of “Alleluia! For the Lord God Omnipotent
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David by itself, and their wives by themselves; reigns! Let us be glad and rejoice and give
the family of the house of Nathan by itself, and Him glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has
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their wives by themselves; the family of the come, and His wife has made herself ready.”
house of Levi by itself, and their wives by them- 8 And to her it was granted to be arrayed in fine
selves; the family of Shimei by itself, and their linen, clean and bright, for the fine linen is the
wives by themselves; all the families that righteous acts of the saints.
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remain, every family by itself, and their wives 9 Then he said to me, “Write: ‘Blessed are
by themselves. those who are called to the marriage supper of
the Lamb!’ ” And he said to me, “These are the
Psalm 149:1–4 true sayings of God.” And I fell at his feet to
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P raise the LORD! worship him. But he said to me, “See that you
do not do that! I am your fellow servant, and of
Sing to the LORD a new song, your brethren who have the testimony of Je-
And His praise in the assembly of saints. sus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus
is the spirit of prophecy.”
Let Israel rejoice in their Maker;
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Let the children of Zion be joyful in
their King.
3 Let them praise His name with the
dance; 19:11 heaven opened. The One who ascend-
Let them sing praises to Him with the ed to heaven (Acts 1:9–11) and had been seat-
ed at the Father’s right hand (Heb. 8:1; 10:12;
timbrel and harp.
4 For the LORD takes pleasure in His 1Pet. 3:22) will return to take back the earth
from the usurper and establish His kingdom
people; (5:1–10).The nature of this event shows how it
He will beautify the humble with differs from the Rapture.At the Rapture,Christ
salvation. meets His own in the air—in this event, He
Proverbs 30:32–33 comes with them to earth. At the Rapture,
there is no judgment—in this event, it is all
If you have been foolish in exalting judgment. This event is preceded by black-
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yourself, ness—the darkened sun, moon gone out,
Or if you have devised evil, put your stars fallen, smoke—then lightning and blind-
hand on your mouth. ing glory as Jesus comes. Such details are not
33 For as the churning of milk produces included in Rapture passages (John 14:1–3;
butter, 1Thess. 4:13–18). white horse. In the Roman
And wringing the nose produces blood, triumphal processions, the victorious general
So the forcing of wrath produces strife. rode his white war horse up the Via Sacra to
the temple of Jupiter on the Capitoline Hill.
Revelation 19:1–21 Jesus’ First Coming was in humiliation on a
colt (Zech. 9:9). John’s vision portrays Him as
After these things I heard a loud voice of
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destroy the wicked, to overthrow the
“Alleluia! Salvation and glory and honor and Antichrist, to defeat Satan, and to take control
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power belong to the Lord our God! For true of the earth (2 Cor. 2:14). Faithful and True.
and righteous are His judgments, because He True to His word, Jesus will return to earth
has judged the great harlot who corrupted the (Matt. 24:27–31). makes war. This startling
earth with her fornication; and He has statement, appearing only here and 2:16,
avenged on her the blood of His servants shed vividly portrays the holy wrath of God against
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by her.” Again they said, “Alleluia! Her smoke sinners (Ps. 7:11). God’s patience will be
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rises up forever and ever!” And the twenty- exhausted with sinful, rebellious mankind.
four elders and the four living creatures fell
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