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Psalm 103:17

But the Lord continually shows loyal love to his faithful followers, and is faithful to their descendants,

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Christ » Eternal » Divinity » pre-existence

Christ » Christ's Dominion » Eternal

Isaiah 9:6-7

For a child has been born to us, a son has been given to us. He shoulders responsibility and is called: Extraordinary Strategist, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. His dominion will be vast and he will bring immeasurable prosperity. He will rule on David's throne and over David's kingdom, establishing it and strengthening it by promoting justice and fairness, from this time forward and forevermore. The Lord's intense devotion to his people will accomplish this.

Christ » Priesthood of » Eternal

death » Eternal » Foretold

2 Kings 20:1

In those days Hezekiah was stricken with a terminal illness. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz visited him and told him, "This is what the Lord says, 'Give your household instructions, for you are about to die; you will not get well.'"

1 Samuel 28:19

The Lord will hand you and Israel over to the Philistines! Tomorrow both you and your sons will be with me. The Lord will also hand the army of Israel over to the Philistines!"

Numbers 20:24

"Aaron will be gathered to his ancestors, for he will not enter into the land I have given to the Israelites because both of you rebelled against my word at the waters of Meribah.

Numbers 31:2

"Exact vengeance for the Israelites on the Midianites -- after that you will be gathered to your people."

death » Spiritual death » Eternal

death » Eternal » Gates of

Psalm 9:13

when they prayed: "Have mercy on me, Lord! See how I am oppressed by those who hate me, O one who can snatch me away from the gates of death!

Job 38:17

Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Have you seen the gates of deepest darkness?

Isaiah 38:10

"I thought, 'In the middle of my life I must walk through the gates of Sheol, I am deprived of the rest of my years.'

Divinity » Christ's Dominion » Eternal

Isaiah 9:6-7

For a child has been born to us, a son has been given to us. He shoulders responsibility and is called: Extraordinary Strategist, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. His dominion will be vast and he will bring immeasurable prosperity. He will rule on David's throne and over David's kingdom, establishing it and strengthening it by promoting justice and fairness, from this time forward and forevermore. The Lord's intense devotion to his people will accomplish this.

Dominion » Christ's » Eternal

Isaiah 9:6-7

For a child has been born to us, a son has been given to us. He shoulders responsibility and is called: Extraordinary Strategist, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. His dominion will be vast and he will bring immeasurable prosperity. He will rule on David's throne and over David's kingdom, establishing it and strengthening it by promoting justice and fairness, from this time forward and forevermore. The Lord's intense devotion to his people will accomplish this.

Election » Of saints, is » Eternal

Eternal » Kingdom » Eternal kingdom of God and Christ

Daniel 6:26

I have issued an edict that throughout all the dominion of my kingdom people are to revere and fear the God of Daniel. "For he is the living God; he endures forever. His kingdom will not be destroyed; his authority is forever.

Isaiah 9:7

His dominion will be vast and he will bring immeasurable prosperity. He will rule on David's throne and over David's kingdom, establishing it and strengthening it by promoting justice and fairness, from this time forward and forevermore. The Lord's intense devotion to his people will accomplish this.

Daniel 2:44

In the days of those kings the God of heaven will raise up an everlasting kingdom that will not be destroyed and a kingdom that will not be left to another people. It will break in pieces and bring about the demise of all these kingdoms. But it will stand forever.

Eternal » Punishment » Future

Malachi 4:1

"For indeed the day is coming, burning like a furnace, and all the arrogant evildoers will be chaff. The coming day will burn them up," says the Lord who rules over all. "It will not leave even a root or branch.

Revelation 14:11

And the smoke from their torture will go up forever and ever, and those who worship the beast and his image will have no rest day or night, along with anyone who receives the mark of his name."

Eternal » For punishments, ancient modes of hell » Greek, gehenna), the place of punishment

James 3:6

And the tongue is a fire! The tongue represents the world of wrongdoing among the parts of our bodies. It pollutes the entire body and sets fire to the course of human existence -- and is set on fire by hell.

Eternal » Wicked words of Christ concerning » Compares the suffering of, to fire

Mark 9:43

If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off! It is better for you to enter into life crippled than to have two hands and go into hell, to the unquenchable fire.

Matthew 13:41-42

The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will gather from his kingdom everything that causes sin as well as all lawbreakers. They will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Mark 9:45

If your foot causes you to sin, cut it off! It is better to enter life lame than to have two feet and be thrown into hell.

Eternal » Glory » The glory will be endless

More verses: 2 Timothy 2:10

Eternal » Wicked words of Christ concerning » Other allusions to

Malachi 4:1

"For indeed the day is coming, burning like a furnace, and all the arrogant evildoers will be chaff. The coming day will burn them up," says the Lord who rules over all. "It will not leave even a root or branch.

Matthew 3:12

His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clean out his threshing floor and will gather his wheat into the storehouse, but the chaff he will burn up with inextinguishable fire."

Acts 1:25

to assume the task of this service and apostleship from which Judas turned aside to go to his own place."

More verses: 1 Thessalonians 5:3

Eternal » Wicked words of Christ concerning » Other references of Christ to

John 5:28-29

"Do not be amazed at this, because a time is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice and will come out -- the ones who have done what is good to the resurrection resulting in life, and the ones who have done what is evil to the resurrection resulting in condemnation.

Matthew 24:51

and will cut him in two, and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Eternal » Wicked words of Christ concerning » Described as banishment from God

Eternal » Conditions of receiving » Spiritual service

John 4:35-36

Don't you say, 'There are four more months and then comes the harvest?' I tell you, look up and see that the fields are already white for harvest! The one who reaps receives pay and gathers fruit for eternal life, so that the one who sows and the one who reaps can rejoice together.

Eternal » Conditions of receiving » Faith in Christ

John 3:14-15

Just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life."

Eternal » Hope » The soul's sure anchor

Hebrews 6:18-19

so that we who have found refuge in him may find strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us through two unchangeable things, since it is impossible for God to lie. We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, sure and steadfast, which reaches inside behind the curtain,

Eternal » Hope » Cheers the dying hour of the saints

Eternal » Hope » A heavenly treasure

Eternal » Conditions of receiving » Renunciation of the world

Luke 18:28-30

And Peter said, "Look, we have left everything we own to follow you!" Then Jesus said to them, "I tell you the truth, there is no one who has left home or wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of God's kingdom who will not receive many times more in this age -- and in the age to come, eternal life."

Eternal » Conditions of receiving » Sowing in the spirit

Eternal » Hope » Grounded in the resurrection of Christ

Eternal » For punishments, ancient modes of hell

Eternal » Conditions of receiving » Self-sacrifice

Eternal » Hope » Anticipates Christ's coming

Eternal » Hope » Assures of immortality

Eternal » Conditions of receiving » Knowledge of God

Glory » Christ's » Eternal

More verses: 2 Timothy 2:10

Glory » Eternal » Inherited by saints

1 Samuel 2:8

He lifts the weak from the dust; he raises the poor from the ash heap to seat them with princes and to bestow on them an honored position. The foundations of the earth belong to the Lord, and he has placed the world on them.

Glory » Eternal » Saints called to

Glory » Eternal » The bodies of saints shall be raised in

1 Corinthians 15:43

It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power;

Glory » Eternal » Enhanced by present afflictions

Glory » Eternal » Accompanies salvation by Christ

Glory » Eternal » Procured by the death of Christ

Glory » Eternal » Of God's people shall be rich and abundant

Isaiah 60:11-13

Your gates will remain open at all times; they will not be shut during the day or at night, so that the wealth of nations may be delivered, with their kings leading the way. Indeed, nations or kingdoms that do not serve you will perish; such nations will be totally destroyed. The splendor of Lebanon will come to you, its evergreens, firs, and cypresses together, to beautify my palace; I will bestow honor on my throne room.

Glory » Eternal » Saints afore prepared to

Romans 9:23

And what if he is willing to make known the wealth of his glory on the objects of mercy that he has prepared beforehand for glory --

Glory » Eternal » Present afflictions not worthy to be compared with

Glory » Eternal » Saints shall be, of their ministers

1 Thessalonians 2:19-20

For who is our hope or joy or crown to boast of before our Lord Jesus at his coming? Is it not of course you? For you are our glory and joy!

Glory » Of God » Eternal

Psalm 104:31

May the splendor of the Lord endure! May the Lord find pleasure in the living things he has made!

Glory » Eternal » Afflictions of ministers are, to saints

Ephesians 3:13

For this reason I ask you not to lose heart because of what I am suffering for you, which is your glory.

Glory » Eternal » Enhanced by afflictions

Glory » Eternal » Saints prepared unto

Romans 9:23

And what if he is willing to make known the wealth of his glory on the objects of mercy that he has prepared beforehand for glory --

God, Glory of » Described as » Eternal

Psalm 104:31

May the splendor of the Lord endure! May the Lord find pleasure in the living things he has made!

God » Is declared to be » Eternal

Revelation 4:8-10

Each one of the four living creatures had six wings and was full of eyes all around and inside. They never rest day or night, saying: "Holy Holy Holy is the Lord God, the All-Powerful, Who was and who is, and who is still to come!" And whenever the living creatures give glory, honor, and thanks to the one who sits on the throne, who lives forever and ever, the twenty-four elders throw themselves to the ground before the one who sits on the throne and worship the one who lives forever and ever, and they offer their crowns before his throne, saying:

God » Mercy of » Eternal

Psalm 103:17

But the Lord continually shows loyal love to his faithful followers, and is faithful to their descendants,

Hope » Eternal » In God

Psalm 42:11

Why are you depressed, O my soul? Why are you upset? Wait for God! For I will again give thanks to my God for his saving intervention.

Psalm 146:5

How blessed is the one whose helper is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord his God,

Hope » Eternal » The soul's sure anchor

Hebrews 6:18-19

so that we who have found refuge in him may find strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us through two unchangeable things, since it is impossible for God to lie. We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, sure and steadfast, which reaches inside behind the curtain,

Hope » Eternal » Cheers the dying hour of the saints

Hope » Eternal » A heavenly treasure

Hope » Eternal » Grounded in the resurrection of Christ

Hope » Eternal » Anticipates Christ's coming

Hope » Eternal » Assures of immortality

Life » Eternal » General references to

1 Timothy 6:19

In this way they will save up a treasure for themselves as a firm foundation for the future and so lay hold of what is truly life.

Mercy » Eternal

Psalm 103:17

But the Lord continually shows loyal love to his faithful followers, and is faithful to their descendants,

Priesthood » Of Christ » Eternal

Punishment » Eternal

Matthew 3:12

His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clean out his threshing floor and will gather his wheat into the storehouse, but the chaff he will burn up with inextinguishable fire."

Redemption » Described as » Eternal

Rest, spiritual » Eternal

Salvation » Described as » Eternal

Isaiah 51:6

Look up at the sky! Look at the earth below! For the sky will dissipate like smoke, and the earth will wear out like clothes; its residents will die like gnats. But the deliverance I give is permanent; the vindication I provide will not disappear.

Isaiah 45:17

Israel will be delivered once and for all by the Lord; you will never again be ashamed or humiliated.

Spiritual » Rest » Eternal

God, Trinity » Each person in, described as » Eternal

Romans 16:26

but now is disclosed, and through the prophetic scriptures has been made known to all the nations, according to the command of the eternal God, to bring about the obedience of faith --

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Eternal Blessing

2 Samuel 7:29

Now be willing to bless your servant's dynasty so that it may stand permanently before you, for you, O sovereign Lord, have spoken. By your blessing may your servant's dynasty be blessed on into the future!"

Eternal Deliverance

Isaiah 51:6

Look up at the sky! Look at the earth below! For the sky will dissipate like smoke, and the earth will wear out like clothes; its residents will die like gnats. But the deliverance I give is permanent; the vindication I provide will not disappear.

Eternal Evil

Genesis 43:9

I myself pledge security for him; you may hold me liable. If I do not bring him back to you and place him here before you, I will bear the blame before you all my life.

Eternal Judgement

Psalm 77:7

I asked, "Will the Lord reject me forever? Will he never again show me his favor?

eternal life, gift of

John 5:39-40

You study the scriptures thoroughly because you think in them you possess eternal life, and it is these same scriptures that testify about me,

Eternal Loyalty

Psalm 131:3

O Israel, hope in the Lord now and forevermore!

Eternal Possession

Genesis 17:8

I will give the whole land of Canaan -- the land where you are now residing -- to you and your descendants after you as a permanent possession. I will be their God."

Eternal Security

John 10:28-29

I give them eternal life, and they will never perish; no one will snatch them from my hand.

Eternal World

Ecclesiastes 1:4

A generation comes and a generation goes, but the earth remains the same through the ages.

God, The Eternal

Nehemiah 9:5

The Levites -- Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah -- said, "Stand up and bless the LORD your God!" "May you be blessed, O LORD our God, from age to age. May your glorious name be blessed; may it be lifted up above all blessing and praise.

Rest, Eternal

Hebrews 4:3-4

For we who have believed enter that rest, as he has said, "As I swore in my anger, 'They will never enter my rest!'" And yet God's works were accomplished from the foundation of the world.

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