and many peoples will come and say,
“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,
to the house of the God of Jacob.
He will teach us about His ways
so that we may walk in His paths.”
For instruction will go out of Zion
and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

How narrow is the gate and difficult the road that leads to life, and few find it.

And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead lives in you, then He who raised Christ from the dead will also bring your mortal bodies to life through His Spirit who lives in you.

who through Him are believers in God, who raised Him from the dead and gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.

In thy

But I will see Your face in righteousness;
when I awake, I will be satisfied with Your presence.

His glory is great through Your victory;
You confer majesty and splendor on him.

The pure in heart are blessed,
for they will see God.

You have revealed the paths of life to me;
You will fill me with gladness
in Your presence.

For now we see indistinctly, as in a mirror,
but then face to face.
Now I know in part,
but then I will know fully,
as I am fully known.

For our momentary light affliction

is producing for us an absolutely incomparable eternal weight of glory.

and to know the Messiah’s love that surpasses knowledge, so you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

Dear friends, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when He appears, we will be like Him because we will see Him as He is.

Now to Him who is able to protect you from stumbling and to make you stand in the presence of His glory, blameless and with great joy,

For this reason they are before the throne of God,
and they serve Him day and night in His sanctuary.
The One seated on the throne will shelter them:

Night will no longer exist, and people will not need lamplight or sunlight, because the Lord God will give them light. And they will reign forever and ever.

At thy

Then after speaking to them, the Lord Jesus was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.

“Look! I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!”

Now that He has gone into heaven, He is at God’s right hand with angels, authorities, and powers subject to Him.

Pleasures

They are filled from the abundance of Your house;
You let them drink from Your refreshing stream,

He will put the sheep on His right and the goats on the left.

General references

I know that when I come to you, I will come in the fullness of the blessing of Christ.