20 Bible Verses about The Future

May the God of peace consecrate you through and through! Spirit, soul, and body, may you be kept without break or blame till the arrival of our Lord Jesus Christ!

Thus you lack no spiritual endowment during these days of waiting till our Lord Jesus Christ is revealed;

So do not criticize at all; the hour of reckoning has still to come, when the Lord will come to bring dark secrets to the light and to reveal life's inner aims and motives. Then each of us will get his meed of praise from God.

to keep your commission free from stain, free from reproach, till the appearance of our Lord Jesus Christ ??15 which will be brought about in due time by that blessed and only Sovereign, King of kings and Lord of lords,

So be ready yourselves, for the Son of man is coming at an hour you do not expect.

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.

He first called his ten servants, giving them each a five-pound note, and telling them, 'Trade with this till I come back.'

awaiting the blessed hope of the appearance of the Glory of the great God and of our Saviour Christ Jesus,

the smoke of their torture rises for ever and ever, and they get no rest from it, day and night, these worshippers of the Beast and his statue, and all who are marked with his name."

and whoever was not found enrolled in the book of Life was flung into the lake of fire ??which is the second death, the lake of fire.

So they shall depart to eternal punishment, and the just to eternal life."

who will transform the body that belongs to our low estate till it resembles the body of his Glory, by the same power that enables him to make everything subject to himself.

Then the just will shine like the sun in the Realm of their Father. He who has an ear, let him listen to this.

and if children, heirs as well, heirs of God, heirs along with Christ ??for we share his sufferings in order to share his glory.

After that I looked, and there was a great host whom no one could count, from every nation and tribe and people and tongue, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clad in white robes, with palm-branches in their hands;

There were two men conversing with him, Moses and Elijah, who appeared in a vision of glory and said he must go through with his death and departure at Jerusalem.

Since the children then share blood and flesh, he himself participated in their nature, so that by dying he might crush him who wields the power of death (that is to say, the devil)

he will wipe every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more ??no more wailing or crying or pain, for the first things have passed away."

and has now revealed in the appearance of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who has put down death and brought life and immortality to light by the gospel.

when he enjoined us to preach to the People, testifying that this was he whom God has appointed to be judge of the living and of the dead.

In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus who will judge the living and the dead, in the light of his appearance and his reign,

So do not criticize at all; the hour of reckoning has still to come, when the Lord will come to bring dark secrets to the light and to reveal life's inner aims and motives. Then each of us will get his meed of praise from God.

and all nations will be gathered in front of him; he will separate them one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats,

Indeed the Father passes judgment on no one; he has committed the judgment which determines life or death entirely to the Son,

It was of these, too, that Enoch the seventh from Adam prophesied, when he said, Behold the Lord comes with myriads of his holy ones, to execute judgment upon all, and to convict all the impious of all the impious deeds they have committed, and of all the harsh things said against him by impious sinners.

Love is complete with us when we have absolute confidence about the day of judgment, since in this world we are living as He lives.

And I saw the dead, high and low, standing before the throne, and books were opened ??also another book, the book of Life, was opened ??and the dead were judged by what was written in these books, by what they had done.

for we have all to appear without disguise before the tribunal of Christ, each to be requited for what he has done with his body, well or ill.

to the assembly of the first-born registered in heaven, to the God of all as judge, to the spirits of just men made perfect,

And I saw the dead, high and low, standing before the throne, and books were opened ??also another book, the book of Life, was opened ??and the dead were judged by what was written in these books, by what they had done.

so shall her plagues fall in a single day, pestilence, tears, and famine: she shall be burnt with fire ??for strong is God the Lord her judge.

whoever maligns his brother must come before the San hedrin, whoever curses his brother must go to the fire of Gehenna.' But I tell you, whoever is angry with his brother [without cause] will be sentenced by God.

Have no fear of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul: rather fear Him who can destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.

If your right eye is a hindrance to you, pluck it out and throw it away: better for you to lose one of your members than to have all your body thrown into Gehenna.

You serpents! you brood of vipers! how can you escape being sentenced to Gehenna?

And the tongue is a fire, the tongue proves a very world of mischief among our members, staining the whole of the body and setting fire to the round circle of existence with a flame fed by hell.

After that I looked, and there was a great host whom no one could count, from every nation and tribe and people and tongue, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clad in white robes, with palm-branches in their hands;

Then I heard a cry like the shout of a great host and the sound of many waves and the roar of heavy thunder ??"Hallelujah! now the Lord our God almighty reigns!

Then I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels round the throne and of the living Creatures and of the Presbyters, numbering myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands,

You have come to mount Sion, the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to myriads of angels in festal gathering,

"I tell you truly," said Jesus, "you will be in paradise with me this very day."

If anyone serves me, let him follow me, and where I am, there shall my servant be also: if anyone serves me, my Father will honour him.

And when I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me, so that you may be where I am.

Father, it is my will that these, thy gift to me, may be beside me where I am, to behold my glory which thou hast given me, because thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.

and in this confidence I would fain get away from the body and reside with the Lord.

praising God and looked on with favour by all the people. Meantime the Lord added the saved daily to their number.

Blessed are those who wash their robes, that theirs may be the right to the tree of Life, the right to enter the gates of the City!

Still, you have a few souls at Sardis who have not soiled their raiment; they shall walk beside me in white, for they deserve to.

From hour to hour keep awake, praying that you may succeed in escaping all these dangers to come and in standing before the Son of man."

Yes, and people will come from east and west and north and south to their places at the feast within the Realm of God.

Then he will say to those on the left, 'Begone from me, you accursed ones, to the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels!

whoever maligns his brother must come before the San hedrin, whoever curses his brother must go to the fire of Gehenna.' But I tell you, whoever is angry with his brother [without cause] will be sentenced by God.

If your hand is a hindrance to you, cut it off: better be maimed and get into Life, than keep your two hands and go to Gehenna, to the fire that is never quenched.

the Son of man will despatch his angels, and they will gather out of his Realm all who are hindrances and who practise iniquity, and throw them into the furnace of fire; there men will wail and gnash their teeth.

If your foot is a hindrance to you, cut it off: better get into Life a cripple, than keep your two feet and be thrown into Gehenna.

(Lo, I am coming like a thief; blessed be he who keeps awake and holds his raiment fast, not to go naked and have the shame of exposure!)

Now no one knows anything about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, but only my Father.

So be ready yourselves, for the Son of man is coming at an hour you do not expect."

You know perfectly well that the day of the Lord comes like a thief in the night;

Now remember what you received and heard, hold to it and repent. If you will not wake up, I shall come like a thief; you will not know at what hour I come upon you.

He who bears this testimony says, "Even so: I am coming very soon." Amen, Lord Jesus, come!

Lo, I am coming very soon; blessed is he who lays to heart the words of the prophecy of this book!"

I am coming very soon: hold to what you have, in case your crown is taken from you.

Let your forbearance be known to everyone; the Lord is at hand.

For in a little, a very little now, The Coming One will arrive without delay.

and if children, heirs as well, heirs of God, heirs along with Christ ??for we share his sufferings in order to share his glory.

for you did sympathize with the prisoners, and you took the confiscation of your own belongings cheerfully, conscious that elsewhere you had higher, you had lasting, possessions.

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.

if we endure, then we shall reign with him, if we disown him, then he shall disown us,

considering obloquy with the messiah to be richer wealth than all Egypt's treasures ??for he had an eye to the Reward.

and repay you who are troubled (as well as us) with rest and relief, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven together with the angels of his power

Then I heard a voice from heaven saying, "Write this: ??'Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from henceforth! Even so, it is the voice of the Spirit ??blessed in resting from their toils; for what they have done goes with them.'"

There is a sabbath-Rest, then, reserved still for the People of God

and repay you who are troubled (as well as us) with rest and relief, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven together with the angels of his power

Then I heard a voice from heaven saying, "Write this: ??'Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from henceforth! Even so, it is the voice of the Spirit ??blessed in resting from their toils; for what they have done goes with them.'"

There is a sabbath-Rest, then, reserved still for the People of God

The slight trouble of the passing hour results in a solid glory past all comparison,

Present suffering, I hold, is a mere nothing compared to the glory that we are to have revealed.

Now I make this appeal to your presbyters (for I am a presbyter myself, I was a witness of what Christ suffered and I am to share the glory that will be revealed),

illuminating the eyes of your heart so that you can understand the hope to which He calls us, the wealth of his glorious heritage in the saints,

whereas he who was ignorant and did what deserves a beating, will receive few lashes. He who has much given him will have much required from him, and he who has much entrusted to him will have all the more demanded of him.

And if any place will not receive you and the people will not listen to you, shake off the very dust under your feet when you leave, as a warning to them."

They would not be guilty, if I had not come and spoken to them; but, as it is, they have no excuse for their sin ??23 he who hates me hates my Father also.

And this is the sentence of condemnation, that the Light has entered the world and yet men have preferred darkness to light. It is because their actions have been evil;

I tell you this, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you.

His winnowing-fan is in his hand, he will clean out his threshing-floor, his wheat he will gather into the granary, but the straw he will burn with fire unquenchable."

He who believes in the Son has eternal life, but he who disobeys the Son shall not see life ??God's anger broods over him."

to fill the place in this apostolic ministry which Judas left in order to go to his own place."

For the Son of man is coming in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then he will reward everyone for what he has done.

It was of these, too, that Enoch the seventh from Adam prophesied, when he said, Behold the Lord comes with myriads of his holy ones, to execute judgment upon all, and to convict all the impious of all the impious deeds they have committed, and of all the harsh things said against him by impious sinners.

In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus who will judge the living and the dead, in the light of his appearance and his reign,

So do not criticize at all; the hour of reckoning has still to come, when the Lord will come to bring dark secrets to the light and to reveal life's inner aims and motives. Then each of us will get his meed of praise from God.

When the Son of man comes in his glory and all the angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory, and all nations will be gathered in front of him; he will separate them one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats,

who said, "Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking up to heaven? This Jesus who has been taken from you into heaven will come back, just as you have seen him depart to heaven."

so Christ, after being once sacrificed to bear the sins of many, will appear again, not to deal with sin but for the saving of those who look out for him.

and then they will see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.

The day of the Lord will come like a thief, when the heavens will vanish with crackling roar, the stars will be set ablaze and melt, the earth and all its works will disappear.

Jesus said, "I am. And, what is more, you will all see the Son of man sitting at the right hand of the Power and coming with the clouds of heaven."

Whoever is ashamed of me and my words in this disloyal and sinful generation, the Son of man will be ashamed of him when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.

Then the Sign of the Son of man will appear in heaven; then all tribes on earth will wail, they will see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with great power and glory.

Lo, he is coming on the clouds, to be seen by every eye, even by those who impaled him, and all the tribes of earth will wail because of him: even so, Amen.

and repay you who are troubled (as well as us) with rest and relief, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven together with the angels of his power in flaming fire, to inflict punishment on those who ignore God, even on those who refuse obedience to the gospel of our Lord Jesus,

men swooning with panic and foreboding of what is to befall the universe. For the orbs of the heavens will be shaken,

The Lord himself will descend from heaven with a loud summons, when the archangel calls and the trumpet of God sounds; the dead in Christ will rise first;

When Christ, who is our life, appears, then you will appear with him in glory.

so as to strengthen your hearts and make them blameless in holiness before our God and Father when our Lord Jesus comes with all his holy ones. [Amen.]

Have no fear of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul: rather fear Him who can destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.

Do not wonder at this; for there is a time coming when all who are in the tombs will listen to his voice and come out, the doers of good to be raised to life, ill-doers to be raised for the sentence of judgment.

You serpents! you brood of vipers! how can you escape being sentenced to Gehenna?

he will cut him in two and assign him the fate of the impious. There men will wail and gnash their teeth.

Then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from my presence, you workers of iniquity.'

while the sons of the Realm will pass outside, into the darkness; there men will wail and gnash their teeth."

Then said the king to his servants, 'Take him hand and foot, and throw him outside, out into the darkness; there men will wail and gnash their teeth.

So they shall depart to eternal punishment, and the just to eternal life."

due to the hope which is laid up for you in heaven. You heard of this hope originally in the message of the Truth, in that gospel

I know that if this earthly tent of mine is taken down, I get a home from God, made by no human hands, eternal in the heavens.

he was waiting for the City with its fixed foundations, whose builder and maker is God.

After that I looked, and there was a great host whom no one could count, from every nation and tribe and people and tongue, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clad in white robes, with palm-branches in their hands;

Then I saw the new heaven and the new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away; and the sea is no more.

but glory, honour, and peace for everyone who does good, for the Jew first and for the Greek as well.

Still, though planter and waterer are on the same level, each will get his own wage for the special work that he has done.

Be sure that everyone, slave or free, will be paid back by the Lord and Master for the good he has done.

remember, you will receive from the Lord the inheritance which is your due; serve Christ your Lord and Master,

Have no fear of what you are to suffer. The devil indeed is going to put some of you in prison, that you may be tested; you will have a distressful ten days. Be faithful, though you have to die for it, and I will give you the crown of Life.

Then you will receive the unfading crown of glory, when the chief Shepherd makes his appearance.

No, you must love your enemies and help them, you must lend to them without expecting any return; then you will have a rich reward, you will be sons of the Most High for he is kind even to the ungrateful and the evil.

The reaper is already getting his wages and harvesting for eternal life, so that the sower shares the reaper's joy.

But we are a colony of heaven, and we wait for the Saviour who comes from heaven, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will transform the body that belongs to our low estate till it resembles the body of his Glory, by the same power that enables him to make everything subject to himself.

Every athlete practises self-restraint all round; but while they do it to win a fading wreath, we do it for an unfading.

Blessed are those who wash their robes, that theirs may be the right to the tree of Life, the right to enter the gates of the City!

the four and twenty Presbyters fall down before him who is seated on the throne, worshipping him who lives for ever and ever, and casting their crowns before the throne, with the cry,

I am coming very soon: hold to what you have, in case your crown is taken from you.

he will wipe every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more ??no more wailing or crying or pain, for the first things have passed away."

he will wipe every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more ??no more wailing or crying or pain, for the first things have passed away."

he will wipe every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more ??no more wailing or crying or pain, for the first things have passed away."

he will wipe every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more ??no more wailing or crying or pain, for the first things have passed away."

Then I saw the new heaven and the new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away; and the sea is no more.

None who is accursed will be there; but the throne of God and the Lamb will be within it, his servants will serve and worship him,

Night there shall be none; they need no lamp or sun to shine upon them, for the Lord God will illumine them; and they will reign for ever and ever.

Now the crown of a good life awaits me, with which the Lord, that just Judge, will reward me on the great Day ??and not only me but all who have loved and longed for his appearance.

His master said to him, 'Capital, you excellent and trusty servant! You have been trusty in charge of a small sum: I will put you in charge of a large sum. Come and share your master's feast.'

And whoever gives one of these little ones even a cup of cold water because he is a disciple, I tell you, he shall not lose his reward."

He, full of the holy Spirit, gazed up at heaven and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at God's right hand. "Look," he said, "I see heaven open and the Son of man standing at God's right hand!"

store up treasures for yourselves in heaven, where neither moth nor rust corrode, where thieves do not break in and steal.

Then you will receive the unfading crown of glory, when the chief Shepherd makes his appearance.

For if God did not spare angels who had sinned, but committing them to pits of the nether gloom in Tartarus, reserved them under punishment for doom:

Blessed is he who endures under trial; for when he has stood the test, he will gain the crown of life which is promised to all who love Him.

Only, do not rejoice because the spirits obey you: rejoice because your names are enrolled in heaven."

Blessed are those servants whom the lord and master finds awake when he comes! I tell you truly, he will gird himself, make them recline at table, and come forward to wait on them.

We are children of God now, beloved; what we are to be is not apparent yet, but we do know that when he appears, we are to be like him ??for we are to see him as he is.

In my Father's house there are many abodes; were it not so, would I have told you that I was going to prepare a place for you?

And when I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me, so that you may be where I am.