Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer.
For as the lightning comes out of the east, and shines even to the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, And cast him into the bottomless pit,...
Lamentations 3:25-26 25The LORD is good to them that wait for him, to the soul that seeks him. 26It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commands all men every where to repent:
Proverbs 11:3 The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.
And He spoke to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all the trees; When they now shoot forth, you see and know of your own selves that summer is now near at hand. So likewise you, when you see these things come to pass, know you that the kingdom of God is...
