In the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which will never be destroyed, and that kingdom will not be left for another people; it will crush and put an end to all these kingdoms, but it will itself endure forever.

“I kept looking in the night visions,
And behold, with the clouds of heaven
One like a Son of Man was coming,
And He came up to the Ancient of Days
And was presented before Him.

The stone which the builders rejected
Has become the chief corner stone.

Therefore thus says the Lord God,
“Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone, a tested stone,
A costly cornerstone for the foundation, firmly placed.
He who believes in it will not be disturbed.

It will come about in that day that I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples; all who lift it will be severely injured. And all the nations of the earth will be gathered against it.

I also say to you that you are

Peter, and upon this rock I will build My church; and the gates of Hades will not overpower it.

He is the stone which was

rejected by you, the builders, but which became the chief corner stone.

This precious value, then, is for you who believe; but for those who disbelieve,

“The stone which the builders

rejected,

This became the very corner stone,”

Then the seventh angel sounded; and there were loud voices in heaven, saying,“The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ; and He will reign forever and ever.”

Was cut

“And through his shrewdness
He will cause deceit to succeed by his influence;
And he will magnify himself in his heart,
And he will destroy many while they are at ease.
He will even

oppose the Prince of princes,

But he will be broken without human agency.

Then he said to me, “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel saying, ‘Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’ says the Lord of hosts.

who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.

For we know that if the earthly tent which is our house is torn down, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

For Christ did not enter a holy place made with hands, a mere copy of the true one, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us;

Without hands

Inasmuch as you saw that a stone was cut out of the mountain without hands and that it crushed the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver and the gold, the great God has made known to the king what will take place in the future; so the dream is true and its interpretation is trustworthy.”

Which

‘Ask of Me, and I will surely give the nations as Your inheritance,
And the very ends of the earth as Your possession.

The Lord is at Your right hand;
He will shatter kings in the day of His wrath.

Let the high praises of God be in their mouth,
And a two-edged sword in their hand,

“For the nation and the kingdom which will not serve you will perish,
And the nations will be utterly ruined.

It will come about in that day that I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples; all who lift it will be severely injured. And all the nations of the earth will be gathered against it.

These will wage war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, because He is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those who are with Him are the called and chosen and faithful.”

And I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and He who sat on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and wages war.

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But in the midst of the uncircumcised you will be broken and lie with those slain by the sword.

Then the Lord will go forth and fight against those nations, as when He fights on a day of battle.

“We heard Him say, ‘I will destroy this temple made with hands, and in three days I will build another made without hands.’”