8 Bible Verses about Departures
Most Relevant Verses
Not many days after that, the younger son got together all he had and went away to a distant country, and there he squandered all his property by living in dissipation.
Then Jesus said to them, "Just a little while longer I am to be with you, and then I am going back to Him who has sent me.
Dear children, I am to be with you only a little while longer. You will look for me, but, as I told the Jews, so I now tell you, you cannot just now go where I am going.
You have heard me say that I am going away and coming back to you; if you really loved me, you would rejoice over my telling you that I am going to the Father, because my Father is greater than I.
And now I am no longer to be in the world, but they are to stay on in the world, while I am going to be with you. Holy Father, keep them by the power which you have given me, so that they may be one just as we are.
My life, indeed, is already ebbing out, and the time has come for me to sail away. I have fought the fight for the good, I have run my race, I have kept faith. Now the crown for doing right awaits me, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award me on that day, and not only me but also all who have loved His appearing.
By faith Joseph, at the closing of his life, made mention of the future migration of the Israelites, and gave directions what to do with his body.
by keeping your hold on faith and a good conscience; for some have thrust the latter aside and so have made shipwreck of their faith.