and to register all the men between the ages of thirty and fifty who were qualified to work in the Tent of the LORD's presence.

When Jesus began his work, he was about thirty years old. He was the son, so people thought, of Joseph, who was the son of Heli,

I thought long and hard about all this and saw that God controls the actions of wise and righteous people, even their love and their hate. No one knows anything about what lies ahead.

It makes no difference. The same fate comes to the righteous and the wicked, to the good and the bad, to those who are religious and those who are not, to those who offer sacrifices and those who do not. A good person is no better off than a sinner; one who takes an oath is no better off than one who does not.

"I, the LORD, the God of Israel, consider that the people who were taken away to Babylonia are like these good figs, and I will treat them with kindness.

I will give them the desire to know that I am the LORD. Then they will be my people, and I will be their God, because they will return to me with all their heart.

There in Babylonia beside the Chebar River, I heard the LORD speak to me, and I felt his power.

So I came to Tel Abib beside the Chebar River, where the exiles were living, and for seven days I stayed there, overcome by what I had seen and heard.

So I went out into the valley, and there I saw the glory of the LORD, just as I had seen it beside the Chebar River. I fell face downward on the ground,

(They were the same creatures that I had seen by the Chebar River.) When the creatures rose in the air

I recognized them as the same creatures which I had seen beneath the God of Israel at the Chebar River.

Their faces looked exactly like the faces I had seen by the Chebar River. Each creature moved straight ahead.

This vision was like the one I had seen when God came to destroy Jerusalem, and the one I saw by the Chebar River. Then I threw myself face downward on the ground.

As soon as Jesus was baptized, he came up out of the water. Then heaven was opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God coming down like a dove and lighting on him.

After all the people had been baptized, Jesus also was baptized. While he was praying, heaven was opened,

And he said to them, "I am telling you the truth: you will see heaven open and God's angels going up and coming down on the Son of Man."

"Look!" he said. "I see heaven opened and the Son of Man standing at the right side of God!"

He saw heaven opened and something coming down that looked like a large sheet being lowered by its four corners to the earth.

At this point I had another vision and saw an open door in heaven. And the voice that sounded like a trumpet, which I had heard speaking to me before, said, "Come up here, and I will show you what must happen after this."

Then I saw heaven open, and there was a white horse. Its rider is called Faithful and True; it is with justice that he judges and fights his battles.

He reached out what seemed to be a hand and grabbed me by the hair. Then in this vision God's spirit lifted me high in the air and took me to Jerusalem. He took me to the inner entrance of the north gate of the Temple, where there was an idol that was an outrage to God.

In the vision the spirit of God lifted me up and brought me back to the exiles in Babylonia. Then the vision faded,

After this, Abram had a vision and heard the LORD say to him, "Do not be afraid, Abram. I will shield you from danger and give you a great reward."

God spoke to him in a vision at night and called, "Jacob, Jacob!" "Yes, here I am," he answered.

and the LORD said, "Now hear what I have to say! When there are prophets among you, I reveal myself to them in visions and speak to them in dreams.

This book contains the messages about Judah and Jerusalem which God revealed to Isaiah son of Amoz during the time when Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah were kings of Judah.

In the third year that Belshazzar was king, I saw a second vision.

In the vision I suddenly found myself in the walled city of Susa in the province of Elam. I was standing by the Ulai River,

"I spoke to the prophets and gave them many visions, and through the prophets I gave my people warnings.

"Afterward I will pour out my Spirit on everyone: your sons and daughters will proclaim my message; your old people will have dreams, and your young people will see visions.

As they came down the mountain, Jesus ordered them, "Don't tell anyone about this vision you have seen until the Son of Man has been raised from death."

There was a believer in Damascus named Ananias. He had a vision, in which the Lord said to him, "Ananias!" "Here I am, Lord," he answered.

and in a vision he has seen a man named Ananias come in and place his hands on him so that he might see again."

It was about three o'clock one afternoon when he had a vision, in which he clearly saw an angel of God come in and say to him, "Cornelius!"

I have to boast, even though it doesn't do any good. But I will now talk about visions and revelations given me by the Lord.