There will be no end to the increase of His government or of peace,
On the throne of David and over his kingdom,
To establish it and to uphold it with justice and righteousness
From then on and forevermore.

The zeal of the Lord of hosts will accomplish this.

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.

“And to Him was given dominion,
Glory and

a kingdom,

That all the peoples, nations and men of every language

Might serve Him.

His dominion is an everlasting dominion

Which will not pass away;

And His kingdom is one

Which will not be destroyed.

“Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and His kingdom will have no end.”

Now having been questioned by the Pharisees as to when the kingdom of God was coming, He answered them and said, “The kingdom of God is not coming with

signs to be observed;

to obtain an inheritance which is imperishable and undefiled and will not fade away, reserved in heaven for you,

and He has made us to be a kingdom, priests to

His God and Father—to Him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.

“You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to our God; and they will reign upon the earth.”

Have

but Christ was faithful as a Son over His house—whose house we are, if we hold fast our confidence and the boast of our hope firm until the end.

Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful;

We may

Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
Be acceptable in Your sight,
O Lord, my rock and my Redeemer.

Even those I will bring to My holy mountain
And make them joyful in My house of prayer.
Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be acceptable on My altar;
For My house will be called a house of prayer for all the peoples.”

Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.

to the praise of the glory of His grace, which He freely bestowed on us in the Beloved.

trying to learn what is pleasing to the Lord.

But I have received everything in full and have an abundance; I am amply supplied, having received from Epaphroditus what you have sent,

a fragrant aroma, an acceptable sacrifice, well-pleasing to God.

you also, as living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house for a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

With reverence

Therefore let us draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

In the days of His flesh,

He offered up both prayers and supplications with loud crying and tears to the One able to save Him from death, and He was heard because of His piety.

Therefore, brethren, since we have confidence to enter the holy place by the blood of Jesus,

Then Moses said to Aaron, “It is what the Lord spoke, saying,
‘By those who come near Me I

will be treated as holy,

And before all the people I will be honored.’”
So Aaron, therefore, kept silent.

Worship the Lord with

reverence

And rejoice with trembling.

A God greatly feared in the council of the holy ones,
And awesome above all those who are around Him?

He who robs his father or his mother
And says, “It is not a transgression,”
Is the companion of a man who destroys.

Quite right, they were broken off for their unbelief, but you stand by your faith. Do not be conceited, but fear;

If you address as Father the One who impartially judges according to each one’s work, conduct yourselves in fear during the time of your stay on earth;

“Who will not fear, O Lord, and glorify Your name?
For You alone are holy;
For all the nations will come and worship before You,
For Your

righteous acts have been revealed.”

General references

Then he said, “Oh may the Lord not be angry, and I shall speak; suppose thirty are found there?” And He said, “I will not do it if I find thirty there.”

A God greatly feared in the council of the holy ones,
And awesome above all those who are around Him?

And great fear came over the whole church, and over all who heard of these things.