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Excerpts collected in yellow at the end of this post tell us something about God’s nature or our relationship to Him.
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Excerpts collected in red at the end of this post tell us about something God does not want us to do.
Reading 1: Isaiah 2:1-5
This is what Isaiah, son of Amoz, saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.
In days to come, the mountain of the LORD's house shall be established as the highest mountain and raised above the hills. All nations shall stream toward it; many peoples shall come and say: "Come, let us climb the LORD's mountain, to the house of the God of Jacob, that he may instruct us in his ways, and we may walk in his paths." For from Zion shall go forth instruction, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
He shall judge between the nations, and impose terms on many peoples.
They shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks; one nation shall not raise the sword against another, nor shall they train for war again.
O house of Jacob, come, let us walk in the light of the Lord!
mountain = הַר = har Blue Letter Bible hill, mountain, hill country, mount; range of hills; high elevation
highest = רֹאשׁ = rō'š Blue Letter Bible head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning; top, tip; choicest, best; excellent; principal; highest, supreme
raised = נָשָׂא = nāśā' Blue Letter Bible to lift, bear up, carry, take; to bear, carry, support, sustain, endure; bear continuously; take, receive, take hold of; accept
hills = גִּבְעָה = giḇʿâ Blue Letter Bible hill (lower than a mountain); hillock; little hill; town situated on a hill; place of illicit worship
All = כֹּל = kol Blue Letter Bible the whole; any, each, every, anything; totality, everything, of all kinds, every sort
nations = גּוֹי = gôy Blue Letter Bible nation, people; confluence of men
stream = נָהַר = nāhar Blue Letter Bible to flow, stream; to shine, beam, light, burn; to beam, be radiant; to sparkle; be lightened; be glad, rejoice
toward = אֵל = 'ēl Blue Letter Bible to, unto (of motion); direction, not necessarily physical motion; concerning, in regard to, in reference to, on account of; in between, in within, to within, unto (idea of motion to); denoting motion towards; tens to anything; verge to or towards any place; turning or direction; even to; in respect to; because of; concerning; the direction of the mind; concerning; according to
many = רַב = raḇ Blue Letter Bible much, many, great, vast; numerous, abundant, enough; exceedingly; plenteous
peoples = עַם = ʿam Blue Letter Bible the whole human race; people, nation; persons, members of one's people, compatriots, country-men; kinsman, kindred, relatives; a people as a congregated unit; tribe, flock; folk; inhabitants of a city, locality
come = הָלַךְ = halak Blue Letter Bible to go; proceed, move; enter; follow; go along; proceed; to go with, have intercourse with; to go after; pursue; live, manner of life; to go on, go forward; traverse; march; to flow, be poured out
Come = יָלַךְ = yālaḵ Blue Letter Bible to go, walk, come; to lead, bring, lead away, carry, cause to walk; journey; proceed
climb = עָלָה = ʿālâ Blue Letter Bible to go up, ascend, climb; to be taken up, be brought up, be taken away; to be carried away, be led up; lift (self) up; perfect; recover; restore; from low place to high; go up after; bring up persons; cause to ascend; go from a lower region to a higher; to increase, to become strong; to be elevated
mountain—see above
house = בַּיִת = bayiṯ Blue Letter Bible house, dwelling, habitation, abode; place; receptacle; home; house as containing a family; palace, fortress; inner part, family
instruct= יָרָה = yarah Blue Letter Bible to point out; show; to direct, teach, instruct; throw, shoot, cast, pour; to flow as water (i.e. to rain); to point out (as if by aiming the finger); direct, inform, instruct, lay, shew; lay foundations; to sprinkle, water; to send out the hand
walk—see “Come” above
paths = אֹרַח = 'ōraḥ Blue Letter Bible way, path; road; way of living; a well-trodden road; by-, high-) way; course of living and acting; way of living; mode of living, or of character
go forth = יָצָא = yāṣā' Blue Letter Bible to cause to go or come out, bring out, lead out; to go out, to carry, pluck, pull out; send with commandment, shoot forth; carry or bring out; take or draw out; come out, exit, go forth; to deliver; bring forth (out, up), carry out; go forth; to rise
instruction = תּוֹרָה = tôrâ Blue Letter Bible law; instruction, direction (human or divine); body of prophetic teaching; instruction in Messianic age; body of legal directives; custom, manner; the Deuteronomic or Mosaic Law; precept; statute; doctrine
word = דָּבָר = dāḇār Blue Letter Bible speech, word, speaking, thing; saying, utterance, discourse; confer; advice, counsel; message, report, tidings; tidings; thought; promise; precept, edict; business, occupation, acts, matter, case, something, manner (by extension)
judge = שָׁפַט = šāp̄aṭ Blue Letter Bible act as law-giver, judge, governor (giving law, deciding controversies and executing law, civil, religious, political, social; deciding cases; making known statutes; decide controversy, discriminate between persons in civil, political, domestic, and religious questions; to judge, govern, vindicate, punish; to act as law-giver or judge or governor; to rule, govern, judge; pronounce sentence; to execute judgment; to govern; condemn; defend; vindicate
nations—see above
impose terms = יָכַח = yakach Blue Letter Bible to prove, decide, judge, rebuke, reprove, correct, be right; argue, chasten, convince, be in the sunshine, be clear, manifest; dispute, altercate
many—see above
peoples—see above
train = לָמַד = lāmaḏ Blue Letter Bible to learn, teach, exercise in; to be taught, be trained; to goad; instruct; chastise, discipline; to train, accustom
come—see “Come” above
walk—see “Come” above
light = אוֹר = 'owr Blue Letter Bible light of day; light of heavenly luminaries (moon, sun, stars); day-break, dawn, morning light; luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.); bright, clear, day, light (-ning), morning, sun
Scriptures addressing similar principles are collected at:
Wisdom Principles--God’s Ways Give Security
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Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 122:1-2, 3-4, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9
R. Let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord.
I rejoiced because they said to me, "We will go up to the house of the LORD."
And now we have set foot within your gates, O Jerusalem.
R. Let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord.
Jerusalem, built as a city with compact unity.
To it the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD.
R. Let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord.
According to the decree for Israel, to give thanks to the name of the LORD.
In it are set up judgment seats, seats for the house of David.
R. Let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord.
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem! May those who love you prosper!
May peace be within your walls, prosperity in your buildings.
R. Let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord.
Because of my brothers and friends I will say, "Peace be within you!"
Because of the house of the LORD, our God, I will pray for your good.
R. Let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord.
rejoiced = שָׂמַח = śāmaḥ Blue Letter Bible to rejoice, be glad; gladden, make glad; to brighten up; make blithe or gleesome; cheer up; make merry; take pleasure in; joyful or cheerful
go = יָלַךְ = yālaḵ Blue Letter Bible to go, walk, come; to lead, bring, lead away, carry, cause to walk; journey; proceed
house = בַּיִת = bayiṯ Blue Letter Bible house, dwelling, habitation, abode; place; receptacle; home; house as containing a family; palace, fortress; inner part, family
set foot = עָמַד = ʿāmaḏ Blue Letter Bible to stand, remain, endure, take one's stand, stand with; hold one's ground; attend upon, be or become servant of; repair; serve; attend to; minister to; be steadfast; defend; resist; persist, persevere
tribes = שֵׁבֶט = šēḇeṭ Blue Letter Bible branch, offshoot; rod, staff, stick; club, crook, shepherd's implement; truncheon, sceptre (mark of authority); measuring rod; clan, tribe;
go up = עָלָה = ʿālâ Blue Letter Bible to go up, ascend, climb; to be taken up, be brought up, be taken away; to be carried away, be led up; lift (self) up; perfect; recover; restore; from low place to high; go up after; bring up persons; cause to ascend; go from a lower region to a higher; to increase, to become strong; to be elevated
tribes—see above
give thanks = יָדָה = yāḏâ Blue Letter Bible to throw, shoot, cast; laud, praise; to profess, confess; to use (i.e. hold out) the hand; to revere or worship (with extended hands); intensively, to bemoan (by wringing the hands); (make) confess(-ion); praise, celebrate
judgment = מִשְׁפָּט = mišpāṭ Blue Letter Bible justice, right, rectitude; judgment, justice, ordinance; proper, fitting, measure, fitness, custom, manner, plan; process, procedure, litigation; sentence, decision; execution; decision; verdict; sentence or formal decree; determination
pray = שָׁאַל = šā'al Blue Letter Bible to ask; borrow; beg, be a beggar; to enquire, enquire of, consult (of deity, oracle), enquire carefully; interrogate; demand; wish
peace = שָׁלוֹם = šālôm Blue Letter Bible completeness, soundness, welfare, peace; safety; health, prosperity; quiet, tranquility, contentment; friendship, concord
love = אָהַב = 'ahab Blue Letter Bible human love for another, includes family, and sexual; act of being a friend; to have affection for (sexually or otherwise); to desire, breathe after; to delight; to be verdant, to germinate
prosper = שָׁלָה = šālâ Blue Letter Bible be at rest, prosper, be quiet, be at ease; to be tranquil; secure; successful; be happy; be in safety
peace—see above
prosperity = שַׁלְוָה = šalvâ Blue Letter Bible quietness, ease, prosperity; security; abundance
because of = מַעַן = maʿan Blue Letter Bible purpose, intent; for the sake of, in view of, on account of; for the purpose of, to the intent that, in order to; to the end that; as a motive or an aim
brothers = אָח = 'āḥ Blue Letter Bible brother; relative, kinship, same tribe; affinity or resemblance; of the same tribe; ally, confederate; friend
friends = רֵעַ = rēaʿ Blue Letter Bible friend, companion, fellow, another person; intimate; fellow, fellow-citizen; associate; brother; any other person
say = דָּבַר = dabar. Blue Letter Bible to speak, declare, converse, command, promise, warn, threaten, sing; to speak with one another, talk; answer; pronounce; teach; use (entreaties), utter; to lead, to guide; to direct a people; admonish; to speak kindly, console; to speak friendly, peaceably with anyone; to announce welfare
peace—see above
house—see above
pray = בָּקַשׁ = baqash Blue Letter Bible to seek, require, desire, exact, request; to desire, demand; beg, beseech; strive after, try to get
good = טוֹב = ṭôḇ Blue Letter Bible good, pleasant, agreeable; excellent; rich, valuable in estimation; appropriate, becoming; happy, prosperous, kind, benign; right (ethical); welfare, prosperity, happiness
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Reading 2: Romans 13:11-14
You know the time; it is the hour now for you to awake from sleep. For our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed; the night is advanced, the day is at hand.
Let us then throw off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light; let us conduct ourselves properly as in the day, not in orgies and drunkenness, not in promiscuity and lust, not in rivalry and jealousy.
But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh.
Awake = ἐγείρω = egeirō Blue Letter Bible to arouse, cause to rise; to awake; to raise up, produce, cause to appear; bring before the public; rouse from sleep, from sitting or lying, from disease, from death; raise up one “down” with disease, lying sick; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon awaken, rouse, stir up; prick up; keep awake
sleep = ὕπνος = hypnos Blue Letter Bible a slumbering state of soul, i.e., of spiritual conformity to the world; spiritual torpor; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon sleep, slumber; the sleep of death; dream; Sleep, as a god, twinbrother of Death; son of Night without father
salvation = σωτηρία = sōtēria Blue Letter Bible deliverance, preservation, salvation; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon deliverance, preservation; a way or means of safety; keeping safe, preservation; security, guarantee for safety
believed = πιστεύω = pisteuō Blue Letter Bible to be persuaded of, and hence, to place confidence in, to trust, signifies, in this sense of the word, reliance upon, not mere credence; to entrust, commit to; to think to be true, to be persuaded of, to credit, place confidence in; the conviction and trust to which a man is impelled by a certain inner and higher prerogative and law of soul; credit; to have a faith directed unto, believing or in faith to give oneself up to; to commit oneself trustfully; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon trust, put faith in, rely on; comply; feel confident that a thing is
night = νύξ = nyx Blue Letter Bible night; metaph. The time when work ceases; the time of death; the time for deeds of sin and shame; the time of moral stupidity and darkness; the time when the weary and also the drunken give themselves up to slumber; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon night: night-season (opp. Day); a night; midnight; metaph. Of darkness, death
day = ἡμέρα = hēmera Blue Letter Bible the period of natural light; the day, used of the natural day, or the interval between sunrise and sunset, as distinguished from and contrasted with the night; the civil day, or the space of twenty four hours (thus including the night); the time for abstaining from indulgence, vice, crime, because acts of the sort are perpetrated at night and in darkness; a period of opportunity for service; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon day; daybreak; a state or time of life; a fixed day
throw off = ἀποτίθημι = apotithēmi Blue Letter Bible to put off, lay aside; cast off; put way; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon put away, stow away; put away from oneself; lay aside; put it off; cut it off; set aside; disregard; quell desire; put off, defer; reserve, keep back
works = ἔργον = ergon Blue Letter Bible work, employment, task; business, employment, that which any one is occupied; that which one undertakes to do, enterprise, undertaking; to work; toil (as an effort or occupation); any product whatever, anything accomplished by hand, art, industry, mind; a benefaction; what harmonizes with the order of society, a good deed, noble action; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon works of industry; tillage, tilled lands; occupations; deed, action; that which is wrought or made, work; result of work, profit or interest; business; hard work, difficult to do
darkness = σκότος = skotos Blue Letter Bible physical darkness; intellectual darkness; darkened eyesight or blindness; of ignorance respecting divine things and human duties, and the accompanying ungodliness and immorality, together with their consequent misery in hell; persons in whom darkness becomes visible and holds sway; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon darkness, gloom; blindness; ignorance; deceit; shadows
put on = ἐνδύω = endyō Blue Letter Bible clothe, wear; to sink into (clothing), clothe one’s self; array, endue; sinking into a garment; to invest with clothing; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon to go into; assume the person of; to enter, to press into; clothe
armor = ὅπλον = hoplon Blue Letter Bible plural for weapons of warfare; tool or implement for preparing a thing; an instrument; an implement or utensil or tool (literally or figuratively, especially, offensive for war); Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon tool, implement; a ship’s tackle; tools, esp. of smiths’ tools; implements of war, arms and armour; the arms possessed by animals for self-defence
light = φῶς = phōs Blue Letter Bible luminousness in the widest application, natural or artificial, abstract or concrete, literal or figurative; to give light; light as seen by the eye; a luminous emanation; anything emitting light; brightness; fire; that which is exposed to the view of all, openly, publicly; reason, mind, the power of understanding esp. moral and spiritual truth; truth and its knowledge, together with the spiritual purity associated with it; God is light because light has the extremely delicate, subtle, pure, brilliant quality; to live agreeably to saving wisdom; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon light, esp. daylight; daybreak; the light of a torch, lamp, fire, etc. ; illuminations; metaph. For deliverance, happiness, victory, glory, etc.; illumination of the mind
conduct = περιπατέω = peripateō Blue Letter Bible to make one’s way, progress; “to walk,” is sometimes used of the state in which one is living, or of that to which a person is given; to regulate one’s life; to conduct one’s self; to pass one’s life; deport oneself, follow (as a companion or votary); go, be occupied with; to make a due use of opportunities; to frequent, stay in; the garment one is clothed in; to associate with one, to be one’s companion, used of one’s followers and votaries; the standard according to which one governs his life; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon walk up and down, as in a cloister; traverse; walk about while teaching, discourse
properly = εὐσχημόνως = euschēmonōs Blue Letter Bible gracefully, becomingly; decently, honestly; seemly; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon elegant in figure, mien and bearing, graceful; more respectable; decent, becoming; with grace and dignity, like a gentleman; noble, honourable
day—see above
orgies = κῶμος = kōmos Blue Letter Bible a revel, carousal; rioting; feasts and drinking parties that are protracted till late at night and indulge in revelry; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon revel, carousal, merry-making; band of revellers; the ode sung at one of these festive processions
drunkenness = μέθη = methē Blue Letter Bible strong drink, an intoxicant; drunkenness, habitual intoxication; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon strong drink; to be pretty well drunk; drunkenness; carousals
promiscuity = κοίτη = koitē Blue Letter Bible a place for lying down, a place for lying down, resting, sleeping in; illicit intercourse; the marriage bed; adultery; cohabitation, whether lawful or unlawful; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon bedstead; marriage-bed; act of going to bed; lodging, entertainment; sexual connection; to become pregnant by a man; lasciviousness
lust = ἀσέλγεια = aselgeia Blue Letter Bible wantonness, licentiousness, lasciviousness; filthy; absence of restraint, indecency; pernicious ways; unbridled lust; excess; outrageousness; insolence; gluttony; venery; carnality; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon licentiousness; wanton violence; insolence
rivalry = ἔρις = eris Blue Letter Bible strife; quarrel; rivalry, contention; wrangling; debates, variance; contention; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon strife, quarrel, contention; political or domestic discord; wordy wrangling, disputation; rivalry; contest
jealously = ζῆλος = zēlos Blue Letter Bible zeal; jealousy; fierceness; indignation; envy; excitement of mind, ardour, fervour of spirit; zeal, ardour in embracing, pursuing, defending anything; fierceness of indignation, punitive zeal; an envious and contentious rivalry, jealousy; emulation; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon jealousy; eager rivalry, emulation; zeal for one; passion; fervour, zeal; pride, honour, glory
put on—see above
Lord = κύριος = kyrios Blue Letter Bible variously translated in the NT, “’Lord,’ ‘master,’ ‘Master,’ ‘owner,’ ‘Sir;’ one who has the disposal of anything; one to whom service is due on any ground; one who exercises power; he to whom a person or thing belongs, about which he has power of deciding; the sovereign, prince, chief; a title of honour expressive of respect and reverence; supreme in authority; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon supreme power, authority; one invested with authority
provision = πρόνοια = pronoia Blue Letter Bible forethought, providential care; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon perceiving beforehand, foresight, foreknowledge; forethought; to take thought for, show care; providence
desires = ἐπιθυμία = epithymia Blue Letter Bible desire, craving, longing; strong desire of any kind; lusts; Such lusts are not necessarily base and immoral, they may be refined in character, but are evil if inconsistent with the will of God; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon desire, yearning, passion, appetite; longing after, inclination
flesh = σάρξ = sarx Blue Letter Bible the complete person; a living creature (because possessed of a body of flesh); Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon the whole body
Scriptures addressing similar principles are collected at:
Wisdom principles—Diligence & Working
Wisdom Principles—God = Light, Departure from God = Darkness
Wisdom Principles—Dealing with Anger
Wisdom Principles—God Loves and Calls Us to Him, In Spite of our Sin
Wisdom Principles—We Should Strive to Live in God’s Presence
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Alleluia: Cf. Psalm 85:8
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Show us Lord, your love; and grant us your salvation.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Show = רָאָה= rā'â Blue Letter Bible to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider; learn about, observe, watch, look upon, look out, find out; consider, look at, give attention to, discern, distinguish; gaze at; enjoy, have experience, take heed; spy, stare; enjoy the light; be pleased with the sight; provide or care for, go to see
kindness = חֶסֶד = ḥeseḏ Blue Letter Bible goodness, kindness, faithfulness; favour, good deed(-liness, -ness), kindly, (loving-) kindness, merciful (kindness), mercy; kindness (especially as extended to the lowly, needy and miserable), mercy; lovely appearance; of God: kindness, lovingkindness in condescending to the needs of his creatures; redemption from enemies and troubles; in preservation of life from death; in quickening of spiritual life; in redemption from sin; in keeping the covenants; fidelity; abundant, plenteous in kindness (goodness); greatness of thy mercy; everlasting; plural mercies, deeds of kindness, the historic displays of lovingkindness; desire, ardor; zeal; benignity, benevolence, pity, mercy; grace
grant = נָתַן = nāṯan Blue Letter Bible permit; cause; to give, bestow, grant; consecrate, devote, dedicate; entrust, give over, deliver up; yield, produce; be (healed); pour; print; teach; to apply the heart to; to constitute, to make a thing like or similar to
salvation = יֵשַׁע = yēšaʿ Blue Letter Bible deliverance, salvation, rescue, safety, welfare; liberty, prosperity; victory; saving; primarily physical rescue, by God, often with added spiritual idea; aid
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Gospel: Matthew 24:37-44
"As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. In those days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day that Noah entered the ark. They did not know until the flood came and carried them all away.
So will it be also at the coming of the Son of Man. Two men will be out in the field; one will be taken, and one will be left. Two women will be grinding at the mill; one will be taken, and one will be left.
Therefore, stay awake! For you do not know on which day your Lord will come. Be sure of this: if the master of the house had known the hour of night when the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and not let his house be broken into. So too, you also must be prepared, for at an hour you do not expect, the Son of Man will come."
kn0w = γινώσκω = ginōskō Blue Letter Bible knowledge as the effect of experience; perceive, feel; to be taking in knowledge, to come to know, recognize, understand; to understand completely; to know in the sense of realizing; to know by observation and experience; to learn; to become acquainted with; to come to know; idiom: to have sexual relations with; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon come to know, perceive; now by reflection, know by observation; discern, distinguish, recognize; perceive; feel; discern, distinguish, recognize; celebrate
taken = παραλαμβάνω = paralambanō Blue Letter Bible to take to, to take with one's self, to join to one's self; to accept or acknowledge one to be such as he professes to be; to receive something transmitted; to receive with the mind; associate with oneself in any familiar or intimate act or relation; take (unto, with); Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon receive from another; take upon oneself, undertake; admit, employ; receive by lesson, hearing or report, ascertain; take to oneself, associate with oneself; get control of
left = ἀφίημι = aphiēmi Blue Letter Bible to send away, to let alone; forsaken; to leave, leave alone, forsake, neglect; left undone; omitted; suffer, permit; to send away; yield; send away; going away or depart; to let go, let alone, let be; to disregard to leave, not to discuss; permit, allow, not to hinder, to give up a thing to a person; to depart from one and leave him to himself so that all mutual claims are abandoned; to go away leaving something behind; to leave one by not taking him as a companion; to leave so that what is left may remain, leave remaining; abandon, leave destitute; forsake; give up, keep no longer; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon end forth, discharge; give oneself up to; let fall from one's grasp; give up or hand over to; send away; let go, loose, set free; let loose; let go, dissolve, disband; dismiss; put away, divorce, break off a marriage; disown; get rid of; give up, leave off; remit; leave alone, pass by; leave unguarded; suffer, permit; send forth from oneself; loose something of one's own from
taken—see above
left—see above
awake = γρηγορέω = grēgoreō Blue Letter Bible give strict attention to, be cautious, active; to take heed lest through remission and indolence some destructive calamity suddenly overtake one; be vigilant; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon to be or become fully awake, watch
come = ἔρχομαι = erchomai Blue Letter Bible denoting either "to come, or to go," signifies the act, in contrast with heko, which stresses the arrival; to come from one place to another; to come into being, arise, come forth, show itself, find place or influence; to come to a thing; to go; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon start, set out; come or go; to go a journey; any kind of motion
known = εἴδω = eidō Blue Letter Bible to know by perception; to have knowledge of, get knowledge of, understand, perceive; be aware, behold; to have regard for one, cherish, pay attention to; to perceive, notice, discern, discover; to be skilled in; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon to know; be assured; know how to do; versed in; cunning in
coming—see “come” above
awake—see above
prepared = ἕτοιμος = hetoimos Blue Letter Bible being in readiness; prepared; ready at hand; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon at once and without hesitation, immediately, offhand; ready to hand; sure to come, certain; ready, active, zealous; bold
come—see above
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What these readings tell us about God’s nature or our relationship to Him:
the mountain of the LORD's house shall be established as the highest mountain and raised above the hills.
All nations shall stream toward it
many peoples shall come and say: "Come, let us climb the LORD's mountain
he may instruct us in his ways
from Zion shall go forth instruction, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
He shall judge between the nations
impose terms on many peoples.
the light of the Lord!
stream toward it
come and say: "Come, let us climb the LORD's mountain
In it are set up judgment seats
our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed
the night is advanced, the day is at hand.
your love
your salvation
As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man
They did not know until the flood came and carried them all away.
one will be taken, and one will be left
one will be taken, and one will be left.
you do not know on which day your Lord will come.
at an hour you do not expect, the Son of Man will come
What these readings tell us to do:
walk in his paths
beat [] swords into plowshares, [] spears into pruning hooks
walk in the light of the Lord!
go rejoicing to the house of the Lord
rejoice[]
go up to the house of the LORD
go rejoicing to the house of the Lord
go up
go rejoicing to the house of the Lord
give thanks to the name of the LORD
go rejoicing to the house of the Lord
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem!
go rejoicing to the house of the Lord
Because of my brothers and friends I will say, "Peace be within you!"
Because of the house of the LORD, our God, I will pray for your good
go rejoicing to the house of the Lord
know the time
awake from sleep
throw off the works of darkness
put on the armor of light
conduct ourselves properly as in the day
put on the Lord Jesus Christ
make no provision for the desires of the flesh
Show us Lord
stay awake
stayed awake
not let his house be broken into
you also must be prepared
What these readings tell us not to do:
raise the sword against another
train for war
works of darkness
orgies
drunkenness
promiscuity
lust
rivalry
jealousy
[gratify] desires of the flesh
not know
