Luke 1:17

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.

Before

Luke 1:16

John 1:13

John 3:28

In

And the

Matthew 21:29

1 Corinthians 6:9

To make

1 John 2:28

Bible References

Before

and he will turn many of Israel's descendants to the Lord their God.

owing their birth not to nature nor to any human or physical impulse, but to God.

You will bear me witness that I said, 'I am not the Christ; I have been sent in advance of him.'

In

and, if you are ready to accept the idea, he is himself Elijah who was to come.

He answered, "Elijah does come and is to reform everything,

And they asked him, "Why do the scribes say that Elijah has to come first?"

Then I saw thrones with beings seated on them, who were empowered to act as judges. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded on account of the testimony of Jesus and the message of God, who refused to worship the animal and its statue, and would not have its mark put on their foreheads or on their hands. They were restored to life and reigned with the Christ a thousand years.

And the

And he answered, 'I will, sir,' but he did not go.

Do you not know that wrongdoers will not have any share in God's kingdom? Do not let anyone mislead you. People who are immoral or idolaters or adulterers or sensual or given to unnatural vice

To make

So I sent for you immediately, and you have very kindly come. Now we are all here in God's presence, to hear everything that the Lord has instructed you to say."

so as to show all the wealth of his glory in dealing with the objects of his mercy, whom he has prepared from the beginning to share his glory,

and you will thank the Father who has entitled you to share the lot of God's people in the realm of light.

So if a man will cleanse himself from these things, he will be put to great uses, consecrated and used by the master of the house himself, and ready for any good use.

But you are the chosen race, the royal priesthood, the consecrated nation, his own people, so that you may declare the virtues of him who has called you out of darkness into his wonderful light;

If all these things are to be dissolved in this way, what holy and pious lives you ought to lead,

Now, dear children, keep in union with him, so that if he appears, we may have confidence and not shrink from him in shame when he comes.