Bible Cross References
the earnest
Romans 8:23
But it is not just creation alone which groans; we who have the Spirit as the first of God's gifts also groan within ourselves as we wait for God to make us his children and set our whole being free.
Philippians 1:20
My deep desire and hope is that I shall never fail in my duty, but that at all times, and especially right now, I shall be full of courage, so that with my whole being I shall bring honor to Christ, whether I live or die.
expectation
Isaiah 65:17
The LORD says, "I am making a new earth and new heavens. The events of the past will be completely forgotten.
Acts 3:21
He must remain in heaven until the time comes for all things to be made new, as God announced through his holy prophets of long ago.
2 Peter 3:11-13
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Since all these things will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people should you be? Your lives should be holy and dedicated to God,
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as you wait for the Day of God and do your best to make it come soon---the Day when the heavens will burn up and be destroyed, and the heavenly bodies will be melted by the heat.
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But we wait for what God has promised: new heavens and a new earth, where righteousness will be at home.
Revelation 21:1-5
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Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth. The first heaven and the first earth disappeared, and the sea vanished.
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And I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared and ready, like a bride dressed to meet her husband.
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I heard a loud voice speaking from the throne: "Now God's home is with people! He will live with them, and they shall be his people. God himself will be with them, and he will be their God.
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He will wipe away all tears from their eyes. There will be no more death, no more grief or crying or pain. The old things have disappeared."
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Then the one who sits on the throne said, "And now I make all things new!" He also said to me, "Write this, because these words are true and can be trusted."
the manifestation
Malachi 3:17
"They will be my people," says the LORD Almighty. "On the day when I act, they will be my very own. I will be merciful to them as parents are merciful to the children who serve them.
Malachi 3:18
Once again my people will see the difference between what happens to the righteous and to the wicked, to the person who serves me and the one who does not."
Matthew 25:31-46
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"When the Son of Man comes as King and all the angels with him, he will sit on his royal throne,
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and the people of all the nations will be gathered before him. Then he will divide them into two groups, just as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.
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He will put the righteous people at his right and the others at his left.
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Then the King will say to the people on his right, 'Come, you that are blessed by my Father! Come and possess the kingdom which has been prepared for you ever since the creation of the world.
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I was hungry and you fed me, thirsty and you gave me a drink; I was a stranger and you received me in your homes,
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naked and you clothed me; I was sick and you took care of me, in prison and you visited me.'
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The righteous will then answer him, 'When, Lord, did we ever see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you a drink?
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When did we ever see you a stranger and welcome you in our homes, or naked and clothe you?
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When did we ever see you sick or in prison, and visit you?'
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The King will reply, 'I tell you, whenever you did this for one of the least important of these followers of mine, you did it for me!'
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"Then he will say to those on his left, 'Away from me, you that are under God's curse! Away to the eternal fire which has been prepared for the Devil and his angels!
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I was hungry but you would not feed me, thirsty but you would not give me a drink;
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I was a stranger but you would not welcome me in your homes, naked but you would not clothe me; I was sick and in prison but you would not take care of me.'
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Then they will answer him, 'When, Lord, did we ever see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and we would not help you?'
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The King will reply, 'I tell you, whenever you refused to help one of these least important ones, you refused to help me.'
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These, then, will be sent off to eternal punishment, but the righteous will go to eternal life."
1 John 3:2
My dear friends, we are now God's children, but it is not yet clear what we shall become. But we know that when Christ appears, we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he really is.