Luke 1:17

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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

he will turn many of the sons of Israel to the Lord their God,

who owe this birth of theirs to God, not to human blood, nor to any impulse of the flesh or of man.

You can bear me out, that I said, 'I am not the Christ'; what I said was, 'I have been sent in advance of him.'

In

He replied, "Elijah to come and restore all things?

So they put this question to him, "Why do the [Pharisees and] scribes say that Elijah has to come first?"

They asked him, "Then what are you? Elijah?" He said, "I am not." "Are you the Prophet?" "No," he answered.

And I saw thrones with people sitting on them, who were allowed to judge ??saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and God's word, those who would not worship the Beast or his statue, and who would not receive his mark on their forehead or hand; they came to life and reigned along with the Christ for a thousand years.

And the

he replied, 'I will go, sir,' but he did not go.

What! do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the Realm of God? Make no mistake about it; neither the immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor catamites nor sodomites

To make

So I sent for you at once, and you have been kind enough to come. Well now, here we are all present before God to listen to what the Lord has commanded you to say."

What if he means to show the wealth that lies in his glory for the objects of his mercy, whom he has made ready beforehand to receive glory ??24 that is, for us whom he has called from among the Gentiles as well as the Jews?

thanking the Father who has qualified us to share the lot of the saints in the Light,

If one will only keep clear of the latter, he will be put to noble use, he will be consecrated and useful to the Owner of the House, he will be set apart for good work of all kinds.

But you are the elect race, the royal priesthood, the consecrated nation, the People who belong to Him, that you may proclaim the wondrous deeds of Him who has called you from darkness to his wonderful light ??10 you who once were no people and now are God's people, you who once were unpitied and now are pitied.

Now as all things are thus to be dissolved, what holy and pious men ought you to be in your behaviour,

Remain within him now, my dear children, so that when he appears we may have confidence, instead of shrinking from him in shame at his arrival.