And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
Behold, I have refined you, but not with silver; I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction.
But God commends his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
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 you have forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as to children, My son, despise not you the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when you are rebuked of him: For whom the Lord loves he chastens, and whips every son whom he receives.
And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom comes; go you out to meet him.
