Bible Cross References
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Acts 1:1-9
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Dear Theophilus: In my first book I wrote about all the things that Jesus did and taught from the time he began his work
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until the day he was taken up to heaven. Before he was taken up, he gave instructions by the power of the Holy Spirit to the men he had chosen as his apostles.
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For forty days after his death he appeared to them many times in ways that proved beyond doubt that he was alive. They saw him, and he talked with them about the Kingdom of God.
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And when they came together, he gave them this order: "Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift I told you about, the gift my Father promised.
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John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit."
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When the apostles met together with Jesus, they asked him, "Lord, will you at this time give the Kingdom back to Israel?"
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Jesus said to them, "The times and occasions are set by my Father's own authority, and it is not for you to know when they will be.
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But when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, you will be filled with power, and you will be witnesses for me in Jerusalem, in all of Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."
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After saying this, he was taken up to heaven as they watched him, and a cloud hid him from their sight.
and yet
Psalm 103:6
The LORD judges in favor of the oppressed and gives them their rights.
Psalm 130:7
Israel, trust in the LORD, because his love is constant and he is always willing to save.
John 14:2
There are many rooms in my Father's house, and I am going to prepare a place for you. I would not tell you this if it were not so.
Ephesians 3:8
I am less than the least of all God's people; yet God gave me this privilege of taking to the Gentiles the Good News about the infinite riches of Christ,
Colossians 2:9
For the full content of divine nature lives in Christ, in his humanity,
1 Timothy 2:5
For there is one God, and there is one who brings God and human beings together, the man Christ Jesus,
1 Timothy 2:6
who gave himself to redeem the whole human race. That was the proof at the right time that God wants everyone to be saved,
1 John 2:2
And Christ himself is the means by which our sins are forgiven, and not our sins only, but also the sins of everyone.
Revelation 7:4-9
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And I was told that the number of those who were marked with God's seal on their foreheads was 144,000. They were from the twelve tribes of Israel,
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twelve thousand from each tribe: Judah, Reuben, Gad, Asher, Naphtali, Manasseh, Simeon, Levi, Issachar, Zebulun, Joseph, and Benjamin.
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After this I looked, and there was an enormous crowd---no one could count all the people! They were from every race, tribe, nation, and language, and they stood in front of the throne and of the Lamb, dressed in white robes and holding palm branches in their hands.