14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.

29 "But immediately after the tribulation of those days, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light. The stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. 30 Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the heavens, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn when they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 31 And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather together his chosen from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.

42 Therefore keep watch, for you do not know *in what hour your Lord is coming. 43 But know this: If the master of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and not allowed his house to be broken into. 44 Therefore you also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour when you do not expect him.

20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age."**

32 "No one knows about that day *or hour, not even the angels in heaven or the Son, but only the Father.

1 But know this: Hard times will come in the last days. 2 For people will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemous, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3 without natural affection, irreconcilable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, having no love for what is good, 4 traitors, reckless, puffed up, and lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 5 having a form of godliness but denying its power. Avoid such people.

17 ‘In the last days, says God,

I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh.

Your sons and your daughters will prophesy,

your young men will see visions,

and your old men will dream dreams.

18 Even upon my male and female servants

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

19 I will perform wonders in the heavens above

and signs on the earth below:

blood, fire, and mist of smoke.

20 The sun will be turned to darkness

and the moon to blood,

before the coming of the great and glorious day of the Lord.

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

15 According to the word of the Lord, we declare to you that we who are alive, who are left behind until the coming of the Lord, will certainly not precede those who have fallen asleep. 16 For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a commanding shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive, who are left behind, 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. 18 Therefore encourage one another with these words.

6 So then let us not sleep, as others do, but let us be watchful and sober. 7 For those who sleep, sleep at night; and those who get drunk, get drunk at night. 8 But since *we are of the day, let us be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and the hope of salvation as a helmet. 9 For God has not appointed us to suffer wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

34 "Watch yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness, and the cares of this life, and that day come upon you *suddenly. 35 For it will come like a trap upon all who dwell on the face of the whole earth. 36 *Therefore stay alert at all times, praying that you may *be considered worthy to escape *everything that will take place, and to stand before the Son of Man."

8 But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like one day. 9 The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness, but is patient toward *us, not wishing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance. 10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief *in the night. On that day the heavens will pass away with a roar, the elements will be destroyed with intense heat, and the earth and its works will * SBL TH WH 3.1% ¦ not be found ECM NA28 0%be burned up.

11 *Therefore, since all these things will be destroyed, what sort of people ought you to be? You ought to conduct yourselves in holiness and godliness, 12 waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God. On that day the heavens will be set on fire and destroyed, and the elements will melt in the intense heat. 13 But, according to his promise, we wait for new heavens and a new earth, where righteousness dwells.

51 Behold, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed, 52 in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet call. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.

1 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. 2 *A,C,K [87.2%] • MSS [8.4%] ¦ I, John, TR [1%]I also saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down *K [58.6%] ¦ from God out of heaven 𝔐A,C PCK TR [35%]out of heaven from God, prepared like a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And I heard a loud voice from *A,C,K 96.1% ¦ the throne ECM† NA SBL TH WH 1.3%heaven saying, "Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with *K 36.4% • 𝔐A(18),C PCK RP 26.3% ¦ them as their God 𝔐A(24) TR 22.9% • ECM† NA TH 1.7%them. 4 He will wipe away every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more, and there will no longer be mourning, crying, or *A(21),C,K 71.1% • 𝔐A(11) 6% ¦ pain; 𝔐A(13) ECM SBL TH WH 14.9%pain, for the former things have passed away."