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Isaiah
64:1-9
Psalm
80:1-7, 17-19
1
Corinthians 1:3-9
Mark
13:24-37
Isaiah
64:1-9
64:1 O that you would
tear open the heavens and come down, so that the mountains would
quake at your presence--
64:2
as when fire kindles brushwood and the fire causes water to boil--
to make your name known to your adversaries, so that the nations
might tremble at your presence!
64:3
When you did awesome deeds that we did not expect, you came down,
the mountains quaked at your presence.
64:4
From ages past no one has heard, no ear has perceived, no eye has
seen any God besides you, who works for those who wait for him.
64:5
You meet those who gladly do right, those who remember you in your
ways. But you were angry, and we sinned; because you hid yourself
we transgressed.
64:6
We have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous
deeds are like a filthy cloth. We all fade like a leaf, and our
iniquities, like the wind, take us away.
64:7
There is no one who calls on your name, or attempts to take hold
of you; for you have hidden your face from us, and have delivered
us into the hand of our iniquity.
64:8
Yet, O LORD, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you are our
potter; we are all the work of your hand.
64:9
Do not be exceedingly angry, O LORD, and do not remember iniquity
forever. Now consider, we are all your people.
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Psalm
80:1-7, 17-19
80:1 Give ear, O
Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock! You who are
enthroned upon the cherubim, shine forth
80:2
before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh. Stir up your might, and
come to save us!
80:3
Restore us, O God; let your face shine, that we may be saved.
80:4
O LORD God of hosts, how long will you be angry with your people's
prayers?
80:5
You have fed them with the bread of tears, and given them tears to
drink in full measure.
80:6
You make us the scorn of our neighbors; our enemies laugh among
themselves.
80:7
Restore us, O God of hosts; let your face shine, that we may be
saved.
80:17
But let your hand be upon the one at your right hand, the one whom
you made strong for yourself.
80:18
Then we will never turn back from you; give us life, and we will
call on your name.
80:19
Restore us, O LORD God of hosts; let your face shine, that we may
be saved.
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1
Corinthians 1:3-9
1:3 Grace to you and
peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
1:4
I give thanks to my God always for you because of the grace of God
that has been given you in Christ Jesus,
1:5
for in every way you have been enriched in him, in speech and
knowledge of every kind--
1:6
just as the testimony of Christ has been strengthened among you--
1:7
so that you are not lacking in any spiritual gift as you wait for
the revealing of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1:8
He will also strengthen you to the end, so that you may be
blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1:9
God is faithful; by him you were called into the fellowship of his
Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
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Mark
13:24-37
13:24 "But in
those days, after that suffering, the sun will be darkened, and
the moon will not give its light,
13:25
and the stars will be falling from heaven, and the powers in the
heavens will be shaken.
13:26
Then they will see 'the Son of Man coming in clouds' with great
power and glory.
13:27
Then he will send out the angels, and gather his elect from the
four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven.
13:28
"From the fig tree learn its lesson: as soon as its branch
becomes tender and puts forth its leaves, you know that summer is
near.
13:29
So also, when you see these things taking place, you know that he
is near, at the very gates.
13:30
Truly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all
these things have taken place.
13:31
Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.
13:32
"But about that day or hour no one knows, neither the angels
in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.
13:33
Beware, keep alert; for you do not know when the time will come.
13:34
It is like a man going on a journey, when he leaves home and puts
his slaves in charge, each with his work, and commands the
doorkeeper to be on the watch.
13:35
Therefore, keep awake--for you do not know when the master of the
house will come, in the evening, or at midnight, or at cockcrow,
or at dawn,
13:36
or else he may find you asleep when he comes suddenly.
13:37
And what I say to you I say to all: Keep awake."
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