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14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed in the whole inhabited earth for a testimony to all the nations,* and then the end will come.

The Arrival of the Son of Man

29 "And immediately after the tribulation of those days,

‘the sun will be darkened

and the moon will not give its light,

and the stars will fall from heaven,

and the powers of heaven will be shaken.’*

30 And then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven,* and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man arriving on the clouds of heaven* with power and great glory. 31 And he will send out his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect together from the four winds, from one end of heaven* to the other end of it.

42 Therefore be on the alert, because you do not know what day your Lord is coming! 43 But understand this: that if the master of the house had known what watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and would not have let his house be broken into. 44 For this reason you also must be ready, because the Son of Man is coming at an hour that you do not think he will come.*

20 teaching them to observe everything I have commanded you, and behold, I am with you all the days until the end of the age."

The Unknown Day and Hour

32 "But concerning that day or hour no one knows—not even the angels in heaven nor the Son—except the Father.

Difficult Times Ahead in the Last Days

1 But know this, that in the last days difficult times will come, 2 for people will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, arrogant, slanderers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3 hardhearted, irreconcilable, slanderous, without self-control, savage, with no interest for what is good, 4 traitors, reckless, conceited, loving pleasure rather than loving God, 5 maintaining a form of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid these people.

17 ‘And it will be in the last days,’ God says,

‘I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh,

and your sons and your daughters will prophesy,

and your young men will see visions,

and your old men will dream dreams.

18 And even on my male slaves and on my female slaves

I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy.

19 And I will cause wonders in the heaven* above

and signs on the earth below,

blood and fire and vapor of smoke.

20 The sun will be changed to darkness

and the moon to blood,

before the great and glorious day of the Lord comes.

21 And it will be that everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord will be saved.’*

Yahweh’s Spirit Poured Out

28 *And it will happen afterward thus:

I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh,

and your sons and your daughters will prophesy,

and your elders will dream dreams;

your young men shall see visions.

29 And also on the male slaves and on the female slaves,

I will pour out my Spirit in those days.

The Time of the Judgment and the Resurrection of Two Groups

1 "Now at that time, Michael, the great prince, will arise, the protector* over the sons of your people, and it will be a time of distress that has not been since your people have been* a nation until that time. And at that time your people will escape, everyone who is found* written in the scroll.*2 And many from those sleeping in the dusty ground* will awake, some to everlasting life* and some to disgrace and everlasting contempt.*3 But the ones having insight will shine like the brightness of the expanse, and the ones providing justice for the many* will be like the stars forever and ever.*

15 For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who remain until the Lord’s coming, will not possibly precede those who have fallen asleep. 16 For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout of command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive, who remain, will be snatched away at the same time together with them in the clouds for a meeting with the Lord in the air, and thus we will be together with the Lord always. 18 Therefore comfort one another with these words.

6 So then, we must not sleep like the rest, but must be on the alert and be self-controlled. 7 For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, are drunk at night. 8 But because* we are of the day, we must be sober, by* putting on the breastplate of faith and love and as a helmet the hope of salvation, 9 because God did not appoint us for wrath, but for the obtaining of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

Be Alert

34 "But take care for yourselves, lest your hearts are weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of daily life, and that day come upon you suddenly 35 like a trap. For it will come upon all who reside on the face of the whole earth. 36 But be alert at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that are going to happen, and to stand before the Son of Man."

8 Now, dear friends, do not let this one thing escape your notice, that one day with the Lord is like a thousand years, and a thousand years is like one day. 9 The Lord is not delaying the promise, as some consider slowness, but is being patient toward you, because he* does not want any to perish, but all to come to repentance. 10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, in which the heavens will disappear with a rushing noise, and the celestial bodies will be destroyed by* being burned up, and the earth and the deeds done on it will be disclosed. 11 Because* all these things are being destroyed in this way, what sort of people must you be in holy behavior and godliness, 12 while* waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be destroyed by* being burned up and the celestial bodies will melt as they* are consumed by heat! 13 But according to his promise, we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness resides.

51 Behold, I tell you a mystery: we will not all fall asleep, but we will all be changed, 52 in a moment, in the blink of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.

New Creation

17 For look! I am about to create new heavens and a new earth,

and the former things shall not be remembered,

and they shall not come to mind.*

18 But rejoice and shout in exultation forever and ever over what I am about to create!

For look! I am about to create Jerusalem as a source of rejoicing,

and her people as a source of joy.

19 And I will shout in exultation over Jerusalem,

and I will rejoice over my people,

and the sound of weeping shall no longer be heard in it,

or* the sound of a cry for help.

1 *"For look! The day is about to come, burning like an oven, and all the arrogant and every evildoer* will be stubble. The coming day will consume* them," says Yahweh of hosts. "It will not leave behind for them root or branch. 2 But for you who revere* my name, the sun of righteousness will rise, with healing in its wings, and you will go out and leap like fattened calves.*

The New Heaven, New Earth, and New Jerusalem

1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea did not exist any longer. 2 And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared like a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying,

"Behold, the dwelling of God is with humanity,

and he will take up residence with them,

and they will be his people

and God himself will be with them.*

4 And he will wipe away every tear from their eyes,

and death will not exist any longer,

and* mourning or wailing or pain will not exist any longer.

The former things* have passed away."