Chapter 5 - Section 1

[John 20:1-17]
Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance. / So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, and said, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have put him!” / So Peter and the other disciple started for the tomb. / Both were running, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. / He bent over and looked in at the strips of linen lying there but did not go in. / Then Simon Peter came along behind him and went straight into the tomb. He saw the strips of linen lying there, / as well as the cloth that had been wrapped around Jesus’ head. The cloth was still lying in its place, separate from the linen. / Finally the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went inside. He saw and believed. / (They still did not understand from Scripture that Jesus had to rise from the dead.) / Then the disciples went back to where they were staying. Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene / Now Mary stood outside the tomb crying. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb / and saw two angels in white, seated where Jesus’ body had been, one at the head and the other at the foot. / They asked her, “Woman, why are you crying?” “They have taken my Lord away,” she said, “and I don’t know where they have put him.” / At this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not realize that it was Jesus. / He asked her, “Woman, why are you crying? Who is it you are looking for?” Thinking he was the gardener, she said, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will get him.” / Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned toward him and cried out in Aramaic, “Rabboni!” (which means “Teacher”). / Jesus said, “Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’ ”

[1 Corinthians 15:12-20]
But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? / If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. / And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith. / More than that, we are then found to be false witnesses about God, for we have testified about God that he raised Christ from the dead. But he did not raise him if in fact the dead are not raised. / For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised either. / And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins. / Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ are lost. / If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied. / But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.

[Mark 13: 28-29]
“Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near. / Even so, when you see these things happening, you know that it is near, right at the door.

[Psalm 119:15-16]
I meditate on your precepts and consider your ways. / I delight in your decrees; I will not neglect your word.

Chapter 5 - Section 2

[Matthew 27:53]
They came out of the tombs, and after Jesus' resurrection they went into the holy city and appeared to many people.

[Matthew 24:36]
"No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.

[Psalm 119:97]
Oh, how I love your law! I meditate on it all day long.

Chapter 5 - Section 3

[John 11:25-26]
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; / and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?”

[Matthew 24:30]
“Then will appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven. And then all the peoples of the earth will mourn when they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory.

[Psalms 145:5]
They speak of the glorious splendor of your majesty—
and I will meditate on your wonderful works.

Chapter 5 - Section 4

[Romans 1:4]
and who through the Spirit of holiness was appointed the Son of God in power by his resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ our Lord.

[Hebrews 10:37]
For, “In just a little while, he who is coming will come and will not delay.”

[Psalms 19:14]
May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.

Chapter 5 - Section 5

[Psalms 23]
The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. / He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, / he refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths
for his name’s sake. / Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. / You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. / Surely your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

[1 Peter 1:3]
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

[Psalms 119:148]
My eyes stay open through the watches of the night,
that I may meditate on your promises.

Chapter 5 - Section 6

[1 Corinthians 13]
If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. / If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. / If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing. / Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. / It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. / Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. / It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. / Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. / For we know in part and we prophesy in part, / but when completeness comes, what is in part disappears. / When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me. / For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known. / And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

[Matthew 28:5~6]
The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. / He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay.

[Revelation 16:15]
“Look, I come like a thief! Blessed is the one who stays awake and remains clothed, so as not to go naked and be shamefully exposed.”

[Psalms 1:2]
but whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates on his law day and night.

Chapter 5 - Section 7

[1 Thessalonians 4:16~17]
For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. / After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever.

[John 14:3]
And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.

[Joshua 1:8]
Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.

Chapter 5 - Section 8

[Hosea 4:6]
my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge. “Because you have rejected knowledge, I also reject you as my priests; because you have ignored the law of your God,
I also will ignore your children.

[1 Peter 2:9-10]
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. / Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

[Ephesians 1:20]
he exerted when he raised Christ from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms,

[Revealations 22:20]
He who testifies to these things says, “Yes, I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.

[Psalms 49:3]
My mouth will speak words of wisdom; the meditation of my heart will give you understanding.

Chapter 5 - Section 9

[1 Peter 3:21-22]
and this water symbolizes baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God It saves you by the resurrection of Jesus Christ, / who has gone into heaven and is at God’s right hand—with angels, authorities and powers in submission to him.

[John 14:18]
I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.

[Psalms 63:6-7]
On my bed I remember you; I think of you through the watches of the night. / Because you are my help,I sing in the shadow of your wings.

Chapter 5 - Section 10

[1 Corinthians 15:3~4]
For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, / that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,

[Hebrews 9:28]
so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him.

[Psalms 77:12]
I will consider all your works and meditate on all your mighty deeds.”

Chapter 5 - Section 11

[Mark 16:5~6]
As they entered the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, and they were alarmed. / “Don’t be alarmed,” he said. “You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him.

[Revelation 1:7]
“Look, he is coming with the clouds,” and “every eye will see him, even those who pierced him”; and all peoples on earth “will mourn because of him.” So shall it be! Amen.

[Psalms 104:34]
May my meditation be pleasing to him, as I rejoice in the Lord.

Chapter 5 - Section 12

[Acts 1:3]
After his suffering, he presented himself to them and gave many convincing proofs that he was alive. He appeared to them over a period of forty days and spoke about the kingdom of God.

[Acts 1:10~11]
They were looking intently up into the sky as he was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white stood beside them. / “Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven.”

[Psalms 143:5~6]
I remember the days of long ago; I meditate on all your works and consider what your hands have done. / I spread out my hands to you; I thirst for you like a parched land.

Chapter 5 - Section 13

[Acts 26:23]
that the Messiah would suffer and, as the first to rise from the dead, would bring the message of light to his own people and to the Gentiles.”

[Matthew 26:64]
“You have said so,”Jesus replied. “But I say to all of you: From now on you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of heaven.”

[Psalms 145:5]
They speak of the glorious splendor of your majesty — and I will meditate on your wonderful works.

Chapter 5 - Section 14

[Romans 4:25]
He was delivered over to death for our sins and was raised to life for our justification.

[Luke 12:40]
You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.

[Psalm 119:48]
I reach out for your commands, which I love, that I may meditate on your decrees.

Chapter 5 - Section 15

[Matthew 22:30]
At the resurrection people will neither marry nor be given in marriage; they will be like the angels in heaven.

[Luke 21:34~36]
“Be careful, or your hearts will be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness and the anxieties of life, and that day will close on you suddenly like a trap. / For it will come on all those who live on the face of the whole earth. / Be always on the watch, and pray that you may be able to escape all that is about to happen, and that you may be able to stand before the Son of Man.”

[Psalms 119:99~100]
I have more insight than all my teachers, for I meditate on your statutes. / I have more understanding than the elders, for I obey your precepts.

Chapter 5 - Section 16

[John 5:25]
Very truly I tell you, a time is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God and those who hear will live.

[James 5:7~8]
Be patient, then, brothers and sisters, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer waits for the land to yield its valuable crop, patiently waiting for the autumn and spring rains. / You too, be patient and stand firm, because the Lord’s coming is near.

[Proverbs 4:20~22]
My son, pay attention to what I say; turn your ear to my words. / Do not let them out of your sight, keep them within your heart; / for they are life to those who find them and health to one’s whole body.

Chapter 5 - Section 17

[Psalms 121]
I lift up my eyes to the mountains— where does my help come from? / My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth. / He will not let your foot slip— he who watches over you will not slumber; / indeed, he who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. / The Lord watches over you— the Lord is your shade at your right hand;
/ the sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night. / The Lord will keep you from all harm— he will watch over your life; / the Lord will watch over your coming and going
both now and forevermore.

[John 20:19]
On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jewish leaders, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!”

[1 Thesalonians 1:10]
and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead—Jesus, who rescues us from the coming wrath.

[Psalms 48:9]
Within your temple, O God, we meditate on your unfailing love.

Chapter 5 - Section 18

[Matthew 28:5~6]
The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. / He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay.

[1 Thesalonians 3:13]
May he strengthen your hearts so that you will be blameless and holy in the presence of our God and Father when our Lord Jesus comes with all his holy ones.

[Psalms 64:9]
All people will fear; they will proclaim the works of God
and ponder what he has done.

Chapter 5 - Section 19

[Romans 8:11]
And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because of his Spirit who lives in you.

[1 Thesalonians 4:16~17]
For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. / After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever.

[Psalms 92:5~6]
How great are your works, Lord, how profound your thoughts! / Senseless people do not know, fools do not understand,

Chapter 5 - Section 20

[Matthew 20:19]
and will hand him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified. On the third day he will be raised to life!

[Isaiah 40:3~5]
A voice of one calling: “In the wilderness prepare the way for the Lord; make straight in the desert a highway for our God. / Every valley shall be raised up, every mountain and hill made low; the rough ground shall become level, the rugged places a plain. / And the glory of the Lord will be revealed, and all people will see it together. For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”

[Psalms 119:8]
I will obey your decrees; do not utterly forsake me.

Chapter 5 - Section 21

[Acts 2:24]
But God raised him from the dead, freeing him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep its hold on him.

[Psalms 145:12~13]
so that all people may know of your mighty acts and the glorious splendor of your kingdom. / Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and your dominion endures through all generations. The Lord is trustworthy in all he promises and faithful in all he does.

[Psalms 139:17~18]
How precious to me are your thoughts, How vast is the sum of them! / Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand — when I awake, I am still with you.

Chapter 5 - Section 22

[John 6:40]
For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.

[Matthew 25:1~13]
“At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. / Five of them were foolish and five were wise. / The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take any oil with them. / The wise ones, however, took oil in jars along with their lamps. / The bridegroom was a long time in coming, and they all became drowsy and fell asleep. / “At midnight the cry rang out: ‘Here’s the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!’ / “Then all the virgins woke up and trimmed their lamps. / The foolish ones said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil; our lamps are going out.’ / “ ‘No,’ they replied, ‘there may not be enough for both us and you. Instead, go to those who sell oil and buy some for yourselves.’ / “But while they were on their way to buy the oil, the bridegroom arrived. The virgins who were ready went in with him to the wedding banquet. And the door was shut. / “Later the others also came. ‘Lord, Lord,’ they said, ‘open the door for us!’ / “But he replied, ‘Truly I tell you, I don’t know you.’ / “Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour.

[Psalms 143:8]
Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go, for to you I entrust my life.

Chapter 5 - Section 23

[1 Corinthians 15:50~57]
I declare to you, brothers and sisters, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. / Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed— / in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. / For the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality. / When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.” / “Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting? / The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. / But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

[Matthew 16:27]
For the Son of Man is going to come in his Father’s glory with his angels, and then he will reward each person according to what they have done.

[Proverbs 12:5]
The plans of the righteous are just, but the advice of the wicked is deceitful.

Chapter 5 - Section 24

[Ephesians 2:5]
made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions — it is by grace you have been saved.

[Matthew 24:29~31]
“Immediately after the distress of those days “ ‘the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.’ / “Then will appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven. And then all the peoples of the earth will mourn when they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory. / And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.

[Proverbs 24:9~10]
The schemes of folly are sin, and people detest a mocker. / If you falter in a time of trouble, how small is your strength!

Chapter 5 - Section 25

[John 5:24~29]
“Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life. / Very truly I tell you, a time is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God and those who hear will live. / For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself. / And he has given him authority to judge because he is the Son of Man.
/ “Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice / and come out—those who have done what is good will rise to live, and those who have done what is evil will rise to be condemned.

[1 Thessalonians 4:13~15]
Brothers and sisters, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you do not grieve like the rest of mankind, who have no hope. / For we believe that Jesus died and rose again, and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him. / According to the Lord’s word, we tell you that we who are still alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will certainly not precede those who have fallen asleep.

[Proverbs 24:32]
I applied my heart to what I observed and learned a lesson from what I saw:

Chapter 5 - Section 26

[1 Corinthians 15:42~49]
So will it be with the resurrection of the dead. The body that is sown is perishable, it is raised imperishable; / it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power; / it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. / So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being; the last Adam, a life-giving spirit. / The spiritual did not come first, but the natural, and after that the spiritual. / The first man was of the dust of the earth; the second man is of heaven. / As was the earthly man, so are those who are of the earth; and as is the heavenly man, so also are those who are of heaven. / And just as we have borne the image of the earthly man, so shall we bear the image of the heavenly man.

[John 12:47~48]
If anyone hears my words but does not keep them, I do not judge that person. For I did not come to judge the world, but to save the world. / There is a judge for the one who rejects me and does not accept my words; the very words I have spoken will condemn them at the last day.

[Jeremiah 29:11]
For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

Chapter 5 - Section 27

[Philippians 3:21]
who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body.

[Matthew 25:31]
When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne.

[Psalms 143:1]
Lord, hear my prayer, listen to my cry for mercy; in your faithfulness and righteousness come to my relief.

Chapter 5 - Section 28

[Galatians 2:20]
I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

[Matthew 24:14~31]
And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come. / “So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination that causes desolation,’ spoken of through the prophet Daniel—let the reader understand — / then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. / Let no one on the housetop go down to take anything out of the house. / Let no one in the field go back to get their cloak. / How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers! / Pray that your flight will not take place in winter or on the Sabbath. / For then there will be great distress, unequaled from the beginning of the world until now — and never to be equaled again. / “If those days had not been cut short, no one would survive, but for the sake of the elect those days will be shortened. / At that time if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Messiah!’ or, ‘There he is!’ do not believe it. / For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect. / See, I have told you ahead of time. / “So if anyone tells you, ‘There he is, out in the wilderness,’ do not go out; or, ‘Here he is, in the inner rooms,’ do not believe it. / For as lightning that comes from the east is visible even in the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. / Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather. / “Immediately after the distress of those days “ ‘the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the heavenly bodies will be shaken. / “Then will appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven. And then all the peoples of the earth will mourn when they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory. / And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.

[Psalms 143:1]
The Lord is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in love.

Chapter 5 - Section 29

[Job 8:7]
Your beginnings will seem humble, so prosperous will your future be.

[Matthew 28:7~10]
Then go quickly and tell his disciples: ‘He has risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him.’ Now I have told you.” / So the women hurried away from the tomb, afraid yet filled with joy, and ran to tell his disciples. / Suddenly Jesus met them. “Greetings,” he said. They came to him, clasped his feet and worshiped him. / Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid. Go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee; there they will see me.”

[Matthew 24:32~44]
“Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near. / Even so, when you see all these things, you know that it is near, right at the door. / Truly I tell you, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened.

[1 Kings 8:28]
Yet give attention to your servant’s prayer and his plea for mercy, Lord my God. Hear the cry and the prayer that your servant is praying in your presence this day.

Chapter 5 - Section 30

[Mark 9:9~10]
As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus gave them orders not to tell anyone what they had seen until the Son of Man had risen from the dead. / They kept the matter to themselves, discussing what “rising from the dead” meant.

[Matthew 16:27~28]
For the Son of Man is going to come in his Father’s glory with his angels, and then he will reward each person according to what they have done. / “Truly I tell you, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.”

[2 Chronicles 6:20]
May your eyes be open toward this temple day and night, this place of which you said you would put your Name there. May you hear the prayer your servant prays toward this place.

Chapter 5 - Section 31

[Mark 16:19~20]
After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, he was taken up into heaven and he sat at the right hand of God. / Then the disciples went out and preached everywhere, and the Lord worked with them and confirmed his word by the signs that accompanied it.

[Acts 3:20~21]
and that he may send the Messiah, who has been appointed for you—even Jesus. / Heaven must receive him until the time comes for God to restore everything, as he promised long ago through his holy prophets.

[2 Chronicles 6:29~30]
and when a prayer or plea is made by anyone among your people Israel—being aware of their afflictions and pains, and spreading out their hands toward this temple— / then hear from heaven, your dwelling place. Forgive, and deal with everyone according to all they do, since you know their hearts (for you alone know the human heart),

Chapter 5 - Section 32

[Luke 24:36~48]
While they were still talking about this, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.” / They were startled and frightened, thinking they saw a ghost. / He said to them, “Why are you troubled, and why do doubts rise in your minds? / Look at my hands and my feet. It is I myself! Touch me and see; a ghost does not have flesh and bones, as you see I have.” / When he had said this, he showed them his hands and feet. / And while they still did not believe it because of joy and amazement, he asked them, “Do you have anything here to eat?” / They gave him a piece of broiled fish, / and he took it and ate it in their presence. / He said to them, “This is what I told you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets and the Psalms.” / Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures. / He told them, “This is what is written: The Messiah will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day, / and repentance for the forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. / You are witnesses of these things.

[Luke 21:26~27]
People will faint from terror, apprehensive of what is coming on the world, for the heavenly bodies will be shaken. / At that time they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.

[2 Chronicles 6:35]
then hear from heaven their prayer and their plea, and uphold their cause.

Chapter 5 - Section 33

[Luke 24:26]
Did not the Messiah have to suffer these things and then enter his glory?”

[Mark 8:38]
If anyone is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will be ashamed of them when he comes in his Father’s glory with the holy angels.”

[Psalms 91:15]
He will call on me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him.

Chapter 5 - Section 34

[Luke 20:34~38]
Jesus replied, “The people of this age marry and are given in marriage./ But those who are considered worthy of taking part in the age to come and in the resurrection from the dead will neither marry nor be given in marriage, / and they can no longer die; for they are like the angels. They are God’s children, since they are children of the resurrection. / But in the account of the burning bush, even Moses showed that the dead rise, for he calls the Lord ‘the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’ / He is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for to him all are alive.”

[Mark 13:24~26]
“But in those days, following that distress, “ ‘the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; / the stars will fall from the sky, and the heavenly bodies will be shaken. / “At that time people will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory.

[Psalms 116:1]
I love the Lord, for he heard my voice; he heard my cry for mercy.

Chapter 5 - Section 35

[Luke 24:50~53]
When he had led them out to the vicinity of Bethany, he lifted up his hands and blessed them. / While he was blessing them, he left them and was taken up into heaven. / Then they worshiped him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy. / And they stayed continually at the temple, praising God.

[Mark 13:28~30]
“Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near. / Even so, when you see these things happening, you know that it is near, right at the door. / Truly I tell you, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened.

[Psalms 119:170]
May my supplication come before you; deliver me according to your promise.

Chapter 5 - Section 36

[John 5:24~29]
“Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life. / Very truly I tell you, a time is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God and those who hear will live. / For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself. / And he has given him authority to judge because he is the Son of Man.
/ “Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice / and come out—those who have done what is good will rise to live, and those who have done what is evil will rise to be condemned.

[Mark 13:33~37]
Be on guard! Be alert! You do not know when that time will come. / It’s like a man going away: He leaves his house and puts his servants in charge, each with their assigned task, and tells the one at the door to keep watch. / “Therefore keep watch because you do not know when the owner of the house will come back—whether in the evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or at dawn. / If he comes suddenly, do not let him find you sleeping. / What I say to you, I say to everyone: ‘Watch!’ ”

[Psalms 130:2]
Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to my cry for mercy.

Chapter 5 - Section 37

[John 6:38~40]
For I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent me. / And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all those he has given me, but raise them up at the last day. / For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.”

[Mark 14:62]
“I am,”said Jesus. “And you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of heaven.”

[Psalms 144:3]
Lord, what are human beings that you care for them, mere mortals that you think of them?

Chapter 5 - Section 38

[John 6:44]
No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws them, and I will raise them up at the last day.

[1 Corinthians 1:7]
Therefore you do not lack any spiritual gift as you eagerly wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to be revealed.

[Psalms 138:2~3]
I will bow down toward your holy temple and will praise your name for your unfailing love and your faithfulness, for you have so exalted your solemn decree that it surpasses your fame. / When I called, you answered me; you greatly emboldened me.

Chapter 5 - Section 39

[John 6:54~58]
Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day. / For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink. / Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in them. / Just as the living Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so the one who feeds on me will live because of me. / This is the bread that came down from heaven. Your ancestors ate manna and died, but whoever feeds on this bread will live forever.

[1 Corinthians 4:5]
Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of the heart. At that time each will receive their praise from God.

[Psalms 142:1]
I cry aloud to the Lord; I lift up my voice to the Lord for mercy.

Chapter 5 - Section 40

[John 13:1]
It was just before the Passover Festival. Jesus knew that the hour had come for him to leave this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.

[1 Corinthians 15:20~24]
But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. / For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man. / For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive. / But each in turn: Christ, the firstfruits; then, when he comes, those who belong to him. / Then the end will come, when he hands over the kingdom to God the Father after he has destroyed all dominion, authority and power.

[Daniel 9:17]
Now, our God, hear the prayers and petitions of your servant. For your sake, Lord, look with favor on your desolate sanctuary.

Chapter 5 - Section 41

[Philippians 4:13]
I can do all this through him who gives me strength.

[John 14:2~4]
My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? / And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. / You know the way to the place where I am going.

[1 Corinthians 5:1~2]
It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that even pagans do not tolerate: A man is sleeping with his father’s wife. / And you are proud! Shouldn’t you rather have gone into mourning and have put out of your fellowship the man who has been doing this?

[2 Chronicles 6:19]
Yet, Lord my God, give attention to your servant’s prayer and his plea for mercy. Hear the cry and the prayer that your servant is praying in your presence.

Chapter 5 - Section 42

[John 20:17]
Jesus said, “Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’ ”

[1 Thessalonians 5:23]
May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

[Daniel 9:19]
Lord, listen! Lord, forgive! Lord, hear and act! For your sake, my God, do not delay, because your city and your people bear your Name.

Chapter 5 - Section 43

[Romans 8:18~23]
I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. / For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed. / For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope / that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God. / We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. / Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption to sonship, the redemption of our bodies.

[1 Corinthians 5:3~6]
For my part, even though I am not physically present, I am with you in spirit. As one who is present with you in this way, I have already passed judgment in the name of our Lord Jesus on the one who has been doing this. / So when you are assembled and I am with you in spirit, and the power of our Lord Jesus is present, / hand this man over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved on the day of the Lord. / Your boasting is not good. Don’t you know that a little yeast leavens the whole batch of dough?

[Daniel 9:19]
Lord, listen! Lord, forgive! Lord, hear and act! For your sake, my God, do not delay, because your city and your people bear your Name.

Chapter 5 - Section 44

[Romans 6:4~9]
We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.
/ For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly also be united with him in a resurrection like his. / For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body ruled by sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin— / because anyone who has died has been set free from sin. / Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. / For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, he cannot die again; death no longer has mastery over him.

[1 Thessalonians 2:19~20]
For what is our hope, our joy, or the crown in which we will glory in the presence of our Lord Jesus when he comes? Is it not you? / Indeed, you are our glory and joy.

[Deuteronomy 32:28]
They are a nation without sense, there is no discernment in them.

Chapter 5 - Section 45

[1 Corinthians 6:13~20]
You say, “Food for the stomach and the stomach for food, and God will destroy them both.” The body, however, is not meant for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. / By his power God raised the Lord from the dead, and he will raise us also. / Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ himself? Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never! / Do you not know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, “The two will become one flesh.” / But whoever is united with the Lord is one with him in spirit. / Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body. / Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; / you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.

[2 Thessalonians 1:10]
on the day he comes to be glorified in his holy people and to be marveled at among all those who have believed. This includes you, because you believed our testimony to you.

[Deuteronomy 32:29]
If only they were wise and would understand this and discern what their end will be!

Chapter 5 - Section 46

[1 Corinthians 4:5]
Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of the heart. At that time each will receive their praise from God.

[2 Thessalonians 1:7~9]
and give relief to you who are troubled, and to us as well. This will happen when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven in blazing fire with his powerful angels. / He will punish those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. / They will be punished with everlasting destruction and shut out from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might

[Deuteronomy 32:30]
How could one man chase a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the Lord had given them up?

Chapter 5 - Section 47

[1 Corinthians 15:21~28]
For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man. / For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive. / But each in turn: Christ, the firstfruits; then, when he comes, those who belong to him. / Then the end will come, when he hands over the kingdom to God the Father after he has destroyed all dominion, authority and power. / For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet. / The last enemy to be destroyed is death. / For he “has put everything under his feet.” Now when it says that “everything” has been put under him, it is clear that this does not include God himself, who put everything under Christ. / When he has done this, then the Son himself will be made subject to him who put everything under him, so that God may be all in all.

[2 Thessalonians 2:1~8]
Concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to him, we ask you, brothers and sisters, / not to become easily unsettled or alarmed by the teaching allegedly from us—whether by a prophecy or by word of mouth or by letter—asserting that the day of the Lord has already come. / Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way, for that day will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the man doomed to destruction. / He will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worshiped, so that he sets himself up in God’s temple, proclaiming himself to be God.
/ Don’t you remember that when I was with you I used to tell you these things? / And now you know what is holding him back, so that he may be revealed at the proper time. / For the secret power of lawlessness is already at work; but the one who now holds it back will continue to do so till he is taken out of the way. / And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will overthrow with the breath of his mouth and destroy by the splendor of his coming.

[Nehemiah 5:19]
Remember me with favor, my God, for all I have done for these people.

Chapter 5 - Section 48

[1 Corinthians 15:29~32]
Now if there is no resurrection, what will those do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptized for them? / And as for us, why do we endanger ourselves every hour? / I face death every day—yes, just as surely as I boast about you in Christ Jesus our Lord. / If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus with no more than human hopes, what have I gained? If the dead are not raised, “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”

[2 Timothy 4:8]
Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing.

[Job 7:7]
Remember, O God, that my life is but a breath; my eyes will never see happiness again.

Chapter 5 - Section 49

[2 Corinthians 5:1~10]
For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands. / Meanwhile we groan, longing to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling, / because when we are clothed, we will not be found naked. / For while we are in this tent, we groan and are burdened, because we do not wish to be unclothed but to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life. / Now the one who has fashioned us for this very purpose is God, who has given us the Spirit as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come. / Therefore we are always confident and know that as long as we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord. / For we live by faith, not by sight. / We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord. / So we make it our goal to please him, whether we are at home in the body or away from it. / For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each of us may receive what is due us for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.

[Colossians 3:4]
When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.

[Psalms 40:5]
Many, Lord my God, are the wonders you have done, the things you planned for us. None can compare with you; were I to speak and tell of your deeds, they would be too many to declare.

Chapter 5 - Section 50

[1 Peter 4:5~6]
But they will have to give account to him who is ready to judge the living and the dead. / For this is the reason the gospel was preached even to those who are now dead, so that they might be judged according to human standards in regard to the body, but live according to God in regard to the spirit.

[Philippians 4:5]
Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near.

[Psalms 40:17]
But as for me, I am poor and needy; may the Lord think of me. You are my help and my deliverer; you are my God, do not delay.

Chapter 5 - Section 51

[Daniel 12:2~3]
Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake: some to everlasting life, others to shame and everlasting contempt. / Those who are wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars for ever and ever.

[Philippians 3:20~21]
But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, / who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body.

[Psalms 48:9]
Within your temple, O God, we meditate on your unfailing love.

Chapter 5 - Section 52

[Acts 10:39~43]
“We are witnesses of everything he did in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem. They killed him by hanging him on a cross, / but God raised him from the dead on the third day and caused him to be seen. / He was not seen by all the people, but by witnesses whom God had already chosen—by us who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead. / He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that he is the one whom God appointed as judge of the living and the dead. / All the prophets testify about him that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name.”

[1 Peter 4:7]
The end of all things is near. Therefore be alert and of sober mind so that you may pray.

[Psalms 50:21]
When you did these things and I kept silent, you thought I was exactly like you. But I now arraign you and set my accusations before you.

Chapter 5 - Section 53

[Isaiah 40:31]
but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.

[Acts 17:31~32]
For he has set a day when he will judge the world with justice by the man he has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising him from the dead.” / When they heard about the resurrection of the dead, some of them sneered, but others said, “We want to hear you again on this subject.”

[2 Peter 3:8~14]
But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day. / The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance. / But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything done in it will be laid bare. / Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to live holy and godly lives / as you look forward to the day of God and speed its coming. That day will bring about the destruction of the heavens by fire, and the elements will melt in the heat. / But in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness dwells. / So then, dear friends, since you are looking forward to this, make every effort to be found spotless, blameless and at peace with him.

[Psalms 50:22]
“Consider this, you who forget God, or I will tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you:

Chapter 5 - Section 54

[Acts 24:15]
and I have the same hope in God as these men themselves have, that there will be a resurrection of both the righteous and the wicked.

[1 Peter 4:13]
But rejoice inasmuch as you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed.

[Psalms 64:9]
All people will fear; they will proclaim the works of God and ponder what he has done.

Chapter 5 - Section 55

[Acts 3:14~15]
You disowned the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a murderer be released to you. / You killed the author of life, but God raised him from the dead. We are witnesses of this.

[Revelation 3:11]
I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.

[Psalms 73:16~17]
When I tried to understand all this, it troubled me deeply / till I entered the sanctuary of God; then I understood their final destiny.

Chapter 5 - Section 56

[Acts 2:29~32]
“Fellow Israelites, I can tell you confidently that the patriarch David died and was buried, and his tomb is here to this day. / But he was a prophet and knew that God had promised him on oath that he would place one of his descendants on his throne. / Seeing what was to come, he spoke of the resurrection of the Messiah, that he was not abandoned to the realm of the dead, nor did his body see decay. / God has raised this Jesus to life, and we are all witnesses of it.

[Revelation 1:7]
“Look, he is coming with the clouds,” and “every eye will see him, even those who pierced him”; and all peoples on earth “will mourn because of him.” So shall it be! Amen.

[Psalms 119:78]
May the arrogant be put to shame for wronging me without cause; but I will meditate on your precepts.

Chapter 5 - Section 57

[1 Timothy 3:16]
Beyond all question, the mystery from which true godliness springs is great: He appeared in the flesh, was vindicated by the Spirit, was seen by angels, was preached among the nations, was believed on in the world, was taken up in glory.

[Revelation 1:3]
Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear it and take to heart what is written in it, because the time is near.

[Psalms 92:5]
How great are your works, Lord, how profound your thoughts!

Chapter 5 - Section 58

[2 Timothy 1:10]
but it has now been revealed through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who has destroyed death and has brought life and immortality to light through the gospel.

[Revelation 3:3]
Remember, therefore, what you have received and heard; hold it fast, and repent. But if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what time I will come to you.

[Psalms 94:11]
The Lord knows all human plans; he knows that they are futile.

Chapter 5 - Section 59

[2 Timothy 4:1]
In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of his appearing and his kingdom, I give you this charge:

[Revelation 16:15]
“Look, I come like a thief! Blessed is the one who stays awake and remains clothed, so as not to go naked and be shamefully exposed.”

[Psalms 94:19]
When anxiety was great within me, your consolation brought me joy.

Chapter 5 - Section 60

[Colossians 3:4]
When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.

[Revelation 22:7]
“Look, I am coming soon! Blessed is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy written in this scroll.”

[Psalms 119:57]
You are my portion, Lord; I have promised to obey your words.

Chapter 5 - Section 61

[Hebrews 9:26~28]
Otherwise Christ would have had to suffer many times since the creation of the world. But he has appeared once for all at the culmination of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of himself. / Just as people are destined to die once, and after that to face judgment, / so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him.

[Revelation 22:12]
“Look, I am coming soon! My reward is with me, and I will give to each person according to what they have done.

[Psalms 119:58]
I have sought your face with all my heart; be gracious to me according to your promise.

Chapter 5 - Section 62

[Colossians 3:1]
Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.

[Jude 1:14]
Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about them: “See, the Lord is coming with thousands upon thousands of his holy ones

[Psalms 119:59]
I have considered my ways and have turned my steps to your statutes.

Chapter 5 - Section 63

[Mark 16:11~13]
When they heard that Jesus was alive and that she had seen him, they did not believe it. / Afterward Jesus appeared in a different form to two of them while they were walking in the country. / These returned and reported it to the rest; but they did not believe them either.

[1 John 2:18]
Dear children, this is the last hour; and as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come. This is how we know it is the last hour.

[Psalms 119:60]
I will hasten and not delay to obey your commands.

Chapter 5 - Section 64

[Matthew 27:63~64]
“Sir,” they said, “we remember that while he was still alive that deceiver said, ‘After three days I will rise again.’ / So give the order for the tomb to be made secure until the third day. Otherwise, his disciples may come and steal the body and tell the people that he has been raised from the dead. This last deception will be worse than the first.”

[Titus 2:12~14]
It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age, / while we wait for the blessed hope—the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, / who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good.

[Psalms 119:95]
The wicked are waiting to destroy me, but I will ponder your statutes.

Chapter 5 - Section 65

[Isaiah 58:11]
The Lord will guide you always; he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.

[1 John 2:28]
And now, dear children, continue in him, so that when he appears we may be confident and unashamed before him at his coming.

[Psalms 139:17]
How precious to me are your thoughts, God! How vast is the sum of them!

Chapter 5 - Section 66

[Mark 16:14]
Later Jesus appeared to the Eleven as they were eating; he rebuked them for their lack of faith and their stubborn refusal to believe those who had seen him after he had risen.

[John 5:25~29]
Very truly I tell you, a time is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God and those who hear will live. / For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself. / And he has given him authority to judge because he is the Son of Man. / “Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice / and come out—those who have done what is good will rise to live, and those who have done what is evil will rise to be condemned.

[Psalms 139:23]
Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts.

Chapter 5 - Section 67

[John 3:36]
Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God’s wrath remains on them.

[Matthew 13:49~50]
This is how it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous / and throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

[Psalms 139:24]
See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

Chapter 5 - Section 68

[Luke 24:28~35]
As they approached the village to which they were going, Jesus continued on as if he were going farther. / But they urged him strongly, “Stay with us, for it is nearly evening; the day is almost over.” So he went in to stay with them. / When he was at the table with them, he took bread, gave thanks, broke it and began to give it to them. / Then their eyes were opened and they recognized him, and he disappeared from their sight. / They asked each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?” / They got up and returned at once to Jerusalem. There they found the Eleven and those with them, assembled together / and saying, “It is true! The Lord has risen and has appeared to Simon.” / Then the two told what had happened on the way, and how Jesus was recognized by them when he broke the bread.

[Mark 13:24~27]
“But in those days, following that distress, “ ‘the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; / the stars will fall from the sky, and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.’ / “At that time people will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory. / And he will send his angels and gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of the heavens.

[Psalms 142:7]
Set me free from my prison, that I may praise your name. Then the righteous will gather about me because of your goodness to me.

Chapter 5 - Section 69

[Revelation 20:4~6]
I saw thrones on which were seated those who had been given authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony about Jesus and because of the word of God. They had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ a thousand years. / (The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended.) This is the first resurrection. / Blessed and holy are those who share in the first resurrection. The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with him for a thousand years.

[Matthew 16:27~28]
For the Son of Man is going to come in his Father’s glory with his angels, and then he will reward each person according to what they have done. / “Truly I tell you, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.”

[Proverbs 12:5]
The plans of the righteous are just, but the advice of the wicked is deceitful.

Chapter 5 - Section 70

[John 20:19~21]
On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jewish leaders, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!” / After he said this, he showed them his hands and side. The disciples were overjoyed when they saw the Lord. / Again Jesus said, “Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.”

[Acts 17:31]
For he has set a day when he will judge the world with justice by the man he has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising him from the dead.”

[Proverbs 15:28]
The heart of the righteous weighs its answers, but the mouth of the wicked gushes evil.

Capítulo 5 - Sección 71

[Isaías 26:19]
Pero tus muertos vivirán, sus cadáveres volverán a la vida. ¡Despertad y gritad de alegría, moradores del polvo! Porque tu rocío es como el rocío de la mañana, y la tierra devolverá sus muertos.

[Mateo 24:3]
Más tarde estaba Jesús sentado en el monte de los Olivos, cuando llegaron los discípulos y le preguntaron en privado: ―¿Cuándo sucederá eso, y cuál será la señal de tu venida y del fin del mundo?

[Proverbios 24:9]
Las intrigas del necio son pecado, y todos aborrecen a los insolentes.

Capítulo 5 - Sección 72

[Oseas 6:2]
Después de dos días nos dará vida; al tercer día nos levantará, y así viviremos en su presencia.

[Lucas 9:26]
Si alguien se avergüenza de mí y de mis palabras, el Hijo del hombre se avergonzará de él cuando venga en su gloria y en la gloria del Padre y de los santos ángeles.

[Proverbios 24:32]
Guardé en mi corazón lo observado, y de lo visto saqué una lección:

Capítulo 5 - Sección 73

[Romanos 5:8]
Pero Dios demuestra su amor por nosotros en esto: en que, cuando todavía éramos pecadores, Cristo murió por nosotros.

[2 Pedro 3:8~9]
Pero no olvidéis, queridos hermanos, que para el Señor un día es como mil años, y mil años, como un día. / El Señor no tarda en cumplir su promesa, según entienden algunos la tardanza. Más bien, él tiene paciencia con vosotros, porque no quiere que nadie perezca, sino que todos se arrepientan.

[Eclesiastés 7:12]
Puedes ponerte a la sombra de la sabiduría o a la sombra del dinero, pero la sabiduría tiene la ventaja de dar vida a quien la posee.

Chapter 5 - Section 74

[1 Corinthians 6:14]
By his power God raised the Lord from the dead, and he will raise us also.

[Luke 9:27]
“Truly I tell you, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God.”

[Ecclesiastes 7:14]
When times are good, be happy; but when times are bad, consider this: God has made the one as well as the other. Therefore, no one can discover anything about their future.

Chapter 5 - Section 75

[2 Corinthians 5:1~4]
For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands. / Meanwhile we groan, longing to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling, / because when we are clothed, we will not be found naked. / For while we are in this tent, we groan and are burdened, because we do not wish to be unclothed but to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.

[Luke 24:36~43]
While they were still talking about this, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.” / They were startled and frightened, thinking they saw a ghost. / He said to them, “Why are you troubled, and why do doubts rise in your minds? / Look at my hands and my feet. It is I myself! Touch me and see; a ghost does not have flesh and bones, as you see I have.” / When he had said this, he showed them his hands and feet. / And while they still did not believe it because of joy and amazement, he asked them, “Do you have anything here to eat?” / They gave him a piece of broiled fish, / and he took it and ate it in their presence.

[Ecclesiastes 11:7~8]
Light is sweet, and it pleases the eyes to see the sun. / However many years anyone may live, let them enjoy them all. But let them remember the days of darkness, for there will be many. Everything to come is meaningless.

Chapter 5 - Section 76

[1 Thessalonians 4:13~14]
Brothers and sisters, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you do not grieve like the rest of mankind, who have no hope. / For we believe that Jesus died and rose again, and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him.

[Revelation 22:12]
“Look, I am coming soon! My reward is with me, and I will give to each person according to what they have done.

[Ecclesiastes 12:13~14]
Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter: Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the duty of all mankind. / For God will bring every deed into judgment, including every hidden thing, whether it is good or evil.

Chapter 5 - Section 77

[1 Timothy 4:4~5]
For everything God created is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving, / because it is consecrated by the word of God and prayer.

[John 5:28~29]
“Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice / and come out—those who have done what is good will rise to live, and those who have done what is evil will rise to be condemned.

[Matthew 25:31~34]
“When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne. / All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. / He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left. / “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world.

[Daniel 9:17]
“Now, our God, hear the prayers and petitions of your servant. For your sake, Lord, look with favor on your desolate sanctuary.

Chapter 5 - Section 78

[1 Thessalonians 4:16~17]
For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. / After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever.

[Hebrews 10:25]
not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.

[Psalms 48:9]
Within your temple, O God, we meditate on your unfailing love.

Chapter 5 - Section 79

[Luke 24:19~24]
“What things?”he asked. “About Jesus of Nazareth,” they replied. “He was a prophet, powerful in word and deed before God and all the people. / The chief priests and our rulers handed him over to be sentenced to death, and they crucified him; / but we had hoped that he was the one who was going to redeem Israel. And what is more, it is the third day since all this took place. / In addition, some of our women amazed us. They went to the tomb early this morning / but didn’t find his body. They came and told us that they had seen a vision of angels, who said he was alive. / Then some of our companions went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said, but they did not see Jesus.”

[Matthew 16:27]
For the Son of Man is going to come in his Father’s glory with his angels, and then he will reward each person according to what they have done.

[Proverbs 28:9]
If anyone turns a deaf ear to my instruction, even their prayers are detestable.

Chapter 5 - Section 80

[Psalms 71:20]
Though you have made me see troubles, many and bitter, you will restore my life again; from the depths of the earth you will again bring me up.

[Mark 1:15]
“The time has come,”he said. “The kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe the good news!”

[Deuteronomy 32:28]
They are a nation without sense, there is no discernment in them.

Chapter 5 - Section 81

[Matthew 13:41~43]
The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will weed out of his kingdom everything that causes sin and all who do evil. / They will throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. / Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Whoever has ears, let them hear.

[Luke 12:40]
You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.”

[2 Chronicles 6:19]
Yet, Lord my God, give attention to your servant’s prayer and his plea for mercy. Hear the cry and the prayer that your servant is praying in your presence.

Chapter 5 - Section 82

[Luke 14:14]
and you will be blessed. Although they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”

[Acts 10:42~43]
He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that he is the one whom God appointed as judge of the living and the dead. / All the prophets testify about him that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name.”

[Nehemiah 5:19]
Remember me with favor, my God, for all I have done for these people.

Chapter 5 - Section 83

[Mark 12:25~27]
When the dead rise, they will neither marry nor be given in marriage; they will be like the angels in heaven. / Now about the dead rising—have you not read in the Book of Moses, in the account of the burning bush, how God said to him, ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? / He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You are badly mistaken!”

[2 Peter 3:10]
But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything done in it will be laid bare.

[Psalms 116:1]
I love the Lord, for he heard my voice; he heard my cry for mercy.

Chapter 5 - Section 84

[John 11:24~26]
Martha answered, “I know he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.” / Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; / and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?”

[2 Corinthians 5:10]
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each of us may receive what is due us for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.

[Psalms 130:2]
Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to my cry for mercy.

Chapter 5 - Section 85

[Romans 10:9]
If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

[2 Peter 2:9]
if this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment.

[Psalms 64:9]
All people will fear; they will proclaim the works of God and ponder what he has done.

Chapter 5 - Section 86

[1 Corinthians 15:3~8]
For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, / that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, / and that he appeared to Cephas, and then to the Twelve. / After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers and sisters at the same time, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep. / Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles, / and last of all he appeared to me also, as to one abnormally born.

[Revelation 20:12~15]
And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged according to what they had done as recorded in the books. / The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them, and each person was judged according to what they had done. / Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the second death. / Anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire.

[Psalms 144:3]
Lord, what are human beings that you care for them, mere mortals that you think of them?

Chapter 5 - Section 87

[1 Peter 2:9]
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.

[2 Peter 3:7]
By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.

[Psalms 9:1]
I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.

Chapter 5 - Section 88

[Psalms 16:10~11]
because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead,
nor will you let your faithful one see decay. / You make known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand.

[Matthew 13:41~42]
The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will weed out of his kingdom everything that causes sin and all who do evil. / They will throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

[Psalms 40:17]
But as for me, I am poor and needy; may the Lord think of me. You are my help and my deliverer; you are my God, do not delay.

Chapter 5 - Section 89

[Ephesians 4:24]
and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.

[1 Corinthians 15:12~21]
But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? / If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. / And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith. / More than that, we are then found to be false witnesses about God, for we have testified about God that he raised Christ from the dead. But he did not raise him if in fact the dead are not raised. / For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised either. / And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins. / Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ are lost. / If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied. / But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. / For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man.

[Revelation 11:18]
The nations were angry, and your wrath has come. The time has come for judging the dead, and for rewarding your servants the prophets and your people who revere your name, both great and small— and for destroying those who destroy the earth.”

[Psalms 143:5~6]
I remember the days of long ago; I meditate on all your works and consider what your hands have done. / I spread out my hands to you; I thirst for you like a parched land.

Chapter 5 - Section 90

[Ephesians 2:1]
As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins,

[John 5:30]
By myself I can do nothing; I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just, for I seek not to please myself but him who sent me.

[Psalms 49:3]
My mouth will speak words of wisdom; the meditation of my heart will give you understanding.

Chapter 5 - Section 91

[Galatians 6:8]
Whoever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.

[Hebrews 1:14]
Are not all angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?

[Psalms 104:34]
May my meditation be pleasing to him, as I rejoice in the Lord.

Chapter 5 - Section 92

[Colossians 2:12]
having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through your faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.

[Romans 2:16]
This will take place on the day when God judges people’s secrets through Jesus Christ, as my gospel declares.

[Psalms 119:99~100]
I have more insight than all my teachers, for I meditate on your statutes. / I have more understanding than the elders, for I obey your precepts.

Chapter 5 - Section 93

[Psalms 49:15~20]
But God will redeem me from the realm of the dead; he will surely take me to himself. / Do not be overawed when others grow rich, when the splendor of their houses increases; / for they will take nothing with them when they die, their splendor will not descend with them. / Though while they live they count themselves blessed— and people praise you when you prosper— / they will join those who have gone before them, who will never again see the light of life. / People who have wealth but lack understanding are like the beasts that perish.

[Matthew 28:20]
and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

[Psalms 64:9]
All people will fear; they will proclaim the works of God and ponder what he has done.

Chapter 5 - Section 94

[John 10:10]
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.

[Matthew 24:30]
“Then will appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven. And then all the peoples of the earth will mourn when they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory.

[Psalms 5:11]
But let all who take refuge in you be glad; let them ever sing for joy. Spread your protection over them, that those who love your name may rejoice in you.

Chapter 5 - Section 95

[Matthew 10:28]
Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

[John 3:19]
This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil.

[Proverbs 24:32]
I applied my heart to what I observed and learned a lesson from what I saw:

Chapter 5 - Section 96

[2 Corinthians 5:17]
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!

[1 Samuel 2:10]
those who oppose the Lord will be broken. The Most High will thunder from heaven; the Lord will judge the ends of the earth. “He will give strength to his king and exalt the horn of his anointed.”

[Psalms 145:18]
The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.

Chapter 5 - Section 97

[1 John 5:11~12]
And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. / Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.

[Hebrews 9:27~28]
Just as people are destined to die once, and after that to face judgment, / so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him.

[2 Chronicles 6:35]
then hear from heaven their prayer and their plea, and uphold their cause.

Chapter 5 - Section 98

[Titus 3:4~7]
But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, / he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, / whom he poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior, / so that, having been justified by his grace, we might become heirs having the hope of eternal life.

[Revelation 21:8]
But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars—they will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.”

[Psalms 119:27]
Cause me to understand the way of your precepts, that I may meditate on your wonderful deeds.

Chapter 5 - Section 99

[Colossians 3:9~10]
Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices / and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.

[Hebrews 1:10~14]
He also says, “In the beginning, Lord, you laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands. / They will perish, but you remain; they will all wear out like a garment. / You will roll them up like a robe; like a garment they will be changed. But you remain the same, and your years will never end.” / To which of the angels did God ever say, “Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet”? / Are not all angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?

[Psalms 19:14]
May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.

Chapter 5 - Section 100

[Isaiah 53:11~12]
After he has suffered, he will see the light of life and be satisfied; by his knowledge my righteous servant will justify many, and he will bear their iniquities. / Therefore I will give him a portion among the great, and he will divide the spoils with the strong, because he poured out his life unto death, and was numbered with the transgressors. For he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.

[Revelation 19:11~16]
I saw heaven standing open and there before me was a white horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True. With justice he judges and wages war. / His eyes are like blazing fire, and on his head are many crowns. He has a name written on him that no one knows but he himself. / He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and his name is the Word of God. / The armies of heaven were following him, riding on white horses and dressed in fine linen, white and clean. / Coming out of his mouth is a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations. “He will rule them with an iron scepter.” He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God Almighty. / On his robe and on his thigh he has this name written:

[Joshua 1:8]
Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.

The Lord's Prayer

Our Father in heaven,
hallowed by your name,
your kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
And forgive us our debts,
as we also have forgiven our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from the evil one.
(For yours is the kingdom and the power
and the glory forever. Amen.)