I am bringing the day of victory near--- it is not far away at all. My triumph will not be delayed. I will save Jerusalem and bring honor to Israel there."

The LORD says to his people, "Do what is just and right, for soon I will save you.

No, it is here with you. You know it and can quote it, so now obey it.

Surely he is ready to save those who honor him, and his saving presence will remain in our land.

"Turn away from your sins," he said, "because the Kingdom of heaven is near!"

I have complete confidence in the gospel; it is God's power to save all who believe, first the Jews and also the Gentiles.

For the gospel reveals how God puts people right with himself: it is through faith from beginning to end. As the scripture says, "The person who is put right with God through faith shall live."

But what the scripture says about being put right with God through faith is this: "You are not to ask yourself, Who will go up into heaven?" (that is, to bring Christ down).

What it says is this: "God's message is near you, on your lips and in your heart"---that is, the message of faith that we preach.

For it is by our faith that we are put right with God; it is by our confession that we are saved.

In days to come the mountain where the Temple stands will be the highest one of all, towering above all the hills. Many nations will come streaming to it,

and their people will say, "Let us go up the hill of the LORD, to the Temple of Israel's God. He will teach us what he wants us to do; we will walk in the paths he has chosen. For the LORD's teaching comes from Jerusalem; from Zion he speaks to his people."

The man led me back to the entrance of the Temple. Water was coming out from under the entrance and flowing east, the direction the Temple faced. It was flowing down from under the south part of the Temple past the south side of the altar.

With his measuring rod the man measured 560 yards downstream to the east and told me to wade through the stream there. The water came only to my ankles.

He measured 560 yards more, and there the stream was so deep I could not wade through it. It was too deep to cross except by swimming.

Jesus drew near and said to them, "I have been given all authority in heaven and on earth.

He said to them, "Go throughout the whole world and preach the gospel to all people.

and in his name the message about repentance and the forgiveness of sins must be preached to all nations, beginning in Jerusalem.

So then, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message comes through preaching Christ.

But I ask: Is it true that they did not hear the message? Of course they did---for as the scripture says: "The sound of their voice went out to all the world; their words reached the ends of the earth."

The LORD's enemies will be destroyed; he will thunder against them from heaven. The LORD will judge the whole world; he will give power to his king, he will make his chosen king victorious."

He calls heaven and earth as witnesses to see him judge his people.

The heavens proclaim that God is righteous, that he himself is judge.

May the nations be glad and sing for joy, because you judge the peoples with justice and guide every nation on earth.

when the LORD comes to rule the earth. He will rule the peoples of the world with justice and fairness.

because he comes to rule the earth. He will rule the peoples of the world with justice and fairness.

He will pass judgment on the nations and fill the battlefield with corpses; he will defeat kings all over the earth.

"The nations must get ready and come to the Valley of Judgment. There I, the LORD, will sit to judge all the surrounding nations.

Nor does the Father himself judge anyone. He has given his Son the full right to judge,

so that all will honor the Son in the same way as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.

For he has fixed a day in which he will judge the whole world with justice by means of a man he has chosen. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising that man from death!"

And so, according to the Good News I preach, this is how it will be on that Day when God through Jesus Christ will judge the secret thoughts of all.

For all of us must appear before Christ, to be judged by him. We will each receive what we deserve, according to everything we have done, good or bad, in our bodily life.

He will not lose hope or courage; he will establish justice on the earth. Distant lands eagerly wait for his teaching."

Listen to me, distant nations, you people who live far away! Before I was born, the LORD chose me and appointed me to be his servant.

They are ships coming from distant lands, Bringing God's people home. They bring with them silver and gold To honor the name of the LORD, The holy God of Israel, Who has made all nations honor his people.

The LORD will terrify them. He will reduce the gods of the earth to nothing, and then every nation will worship him, each in its own land.

I have complete confidence in the gospel; it is God's power to save all who believe, first the Jews and also the Gentiles.

and to enable even the Gentiles to praise God for his mercy. As the scripture says, "And so I will praise you among the Gentiles; I will sing praises to you."

And again, "Praise the Lord, all Gentiles; praise him, all peoples!"