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Eli Manning, QB for the 2007 Super Bowl Champion NY Giants
“…the heavens and earth that now exist are stored
up for fire, being kept until the day of judgment
and destruction of the ungodly.”
~ The Apostle Peter in 2 Peter 3:7
“Should not a loving God be patient and keep luring the perpe-
trator into goodness? This is exactly what God does…. But
how patient should God be? The day of reckoning must come, not because God is too eager to pull
the trigger, but because every day of patience in a world of
violence means more violence and every postponement of
vindication means letting insult accompany injury…
“God’s patience is costly, not simply for God, but for the
innocent…. First God suffers violence on the cross for the salvation of the world. Then, after God’s patience with the chaotic powers who refuse to be redeemed by the cross has come to an end, God inflicts
violence against the stubbornly violent to restore creation’s
original peace.”
“Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth…. He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall
there be mourning nor crying nor pain anymore, for the former things have
passed away.”~ The Apostle John in Revelation 21:5
50 I have a baptism to be baptized with,
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and how great is my distress until it isaccomplished….
“The artful butchery and prolonged torture were
not what distressed him, but rather the necessity of his taking on the raw sewage of our sins—so that he, in effect, would choke and drown in it and become the same (cf. 2 Corinthians 5:21).”
51 Do you think I have come to give
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peace on earth? No, I tell you, but ratherdivision. From now on in one house, there will be five divided, three againsttwo and two against three. 53 They will be divided, father against son and sonagainst father, mother against daughter
…and daughter against mother, mother-
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in-law against her daughter-in-law anddaughter-in-law against mother-in-law….
“Do you think I came to smooth things over and make
everything nice? No so. I’ve come to
disrupt and confront.”
54 He also said to the crowds, “When
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you see a cloud rising in the west, yousay at once, ‘A shower is coming.’ Andso it happens. 55 And when you see thesouth wind blowing, you say, ‘There willbe scorching heat,’ and it happens.
56 You hypocrites! You know how to
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interpret the appearance of earth and sky, but why do you not know how to intrepret the present time…?
“The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him. He came to his own, and his own people
did not receive him.”~ The Apostle John in The Gospel of John
57 And why do you not judge for your-
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selves what is right? 58 As you go withyour accuser before the magistrate, makean effort to settle with him on the way, lest he drag you to the judge, and the judge hand you over to the officer, and the officer put you in prison.
Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my words and believes him who sent me has
eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.
”~ Jesus of Nazareth
in John 5:24
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“If it is evil in your eyes to serve the Lord, choose this day whom you will serve… But as for me and my house,
we will serve the Lord.”
~ Joshua 24:15
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other images used for educational purposes:Andrew Mills | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com Image: Photo by Howard Korn / Christianity Today
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