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

Power

2 Kings 14:4

And the

Isaiah 29:24

Matthew 21:29

1 Corinthians 6:9

To make

Bible References

Before

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

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

You yourselves bear me witness that I said, 'I am not the Messiah,' but, 'I have been sent before him.'

In

Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of the LORD comes.

And if you are willing to receive it, this is Elijah, who is to come.

He answered them, "Elijah indeed comes first, and will restore all things,

They asked him, saying, "Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?"

They asked him, "What then? Are you Elijah?" He said, "I am not." "Are you the Prophet?" He answered, "No."

I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them. I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus, and for the word of God, and such as did not worship the beast nor his image, and did not receive the mark on their forehead and on their hand. They lived, and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.

Power

Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the foreigners of Gilead, said to Ahab, "As the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, except by my word."

He answered, "I have not troubled Israel; but you, and your father's house, in that you have forsaken the commandments of the LORD, and you have followed the Baals.

Ahab said to Elijah, "Have you found me, my enemy?" He answered, "I have found you, because you have sold yourself to do that which is evil in the sight of the LORD.

Now therefore thus says the LORD, "You shall not come down from the bed where you have gone up, but shall surely die."'" Elijah departed.

However the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.

And the

They also who err in spirit will come to understanding, and those who grumble will receive instruction."

He answered, 'I will not,' but afterward he changed his mind, and went.

Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the Kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor men who have sexual relations with men,

To make

Samuel said, "Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray for you to the LORD."

The LORD, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this forever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of your people, and prepare their heart for you;

Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, because of that which God had prepared for the people: for the thing was done suddenly.

LORD, you have heard the desire of the humble. You will prepare their heart. You will cause your ear to hear,

and might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that did not make their hearts loyal, whose spirit was not steadfast with God.

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom. All those who do his work have a good understanding. His praise endures forever.

"Therefore thus will I do to you, Israel; because I will do this to you, prepare to meet your God, Israel.

Therefore I sent to you at once, and it was good of you to come. Now therefore we are all here present in the sight of God to hear all things that have been commanded you by the Lord."

and that he might make known the riches of his glory on vessels of mercy, which he prepared beforehand for glory,

giving thanks to the Father, who made you fit to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in the light;

If anyone therefore purges himself from these, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified, and suitable for the master's use, prepared for every good work.

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:

Therefore since all these things will be destroyed like this, what kind of people ought you to be in holy living and godliness,

Now, little children, remain in him, that when he appears, we may have boldness, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.