Habakkuk 2:3
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3 This vision is for a future time.
It describes the end, and it will be fulfilled.
If it seems slow in coming, wait patiently,
for it will surely take place.
It will not be delayed.
Psalm 27:14
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14 Wait patiently for the Lord.
Be brave and courageous.
Yes, wait patiently for the Lord.
Hebrews 10:36-37
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36 Patient endurance is what you need now, so that you will continue to do God’s will. Then you will receive all that he has promised.
37 “For in just a little while,
the Coming One will come and not delay.
Ezekiel 12:25
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25 For I am the Lord! If I say it, it will happen. There will be no more delays, you rebels of Israel. I will fulfill my threat of destruction in your own lifetime. I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken!”
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Lamentations 3:25-26
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25 The Lord is good to those who depend on him,
to those who search for him.
26 So it is good to wait quietly
for salvation from the Lord.
Psalm 102:13
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13 You will arise and have mercy on Jerusalem[a]—
and now is the time to pity her,
now is the time you promised to help.
Psalm 130:5-6
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5 I am counting on the Lord;
yes, I am counting on him.
I have put my hope in his word.
6 I long for the Lord
more than sentries long for the dawn,
yes, more than sentries long for the dawn.
Daniel 10:14
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14 Now I am here to explain what will happen to your people in the future, for this vision concerns a time yet to come.”
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James 5:7-8
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Patience and Endurance
7 Dear brothers and sisters,[a] be patient as you wait for the Lord’s return. Consider the farmers who patiently wait for the rains in the fall and in the spring. They eagerly look for the valuable harvest to ripen. 8 You, too, must be patient. Take courage, for the coming of the Lord is near.
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Luke 18:7-8
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7 Even he rendered a just decision in the end. So don’t you think God will surely give justice to his chosen people who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off? 8 I tell you, he will grant justice to them quickly! But when the Son of Man[a] returns, how many will he find on the earth who have faith?”
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- 18:8 “Son of Man” is a title Jesus used for himself.
Micah 7:7
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7 As for me, I look to the Lord for help.
I wait confidently for God to save me,
and my God will certainly hear me.
Isaiah 30:18
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Blessings for the Lord’s People
18 So the Lord must wait for you to come to him
so he can show you his love and compassion.
For the Lord is a faithful God.
Blessed are those who wait for his help.
2 Thessalonians 2:6-8
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6 And you know what is holding him back, for he can be revealed only when his time comes. 7 For this lawlessness is already at work secretly, and it will remain secret until the one who is holding it back steps out of the way. 8 Then the man of lawlessness will be revealed, but the Lord Jesus will slay him with the breath of his mouth and destroy him by the splendor of his coming.
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Acts 1:7
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7 He replied, “The Father alone has the authority to set those dates and times, and they are not for you to know.
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Daniel 8:19
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19 Then he said, “I am here to tell you what will happen later in the time of wrath. What you have seen pertains to the very end of time.
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Jeremiah 25:12-14
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12 “Then, after the seventy years of captivity are over, I will punish the king of Babylon and his people for their sins,” says the Lord. “I will make the country of the Babylonians[a] a wasteland forever. 13 I will bring upon them all the terrors I have promised in this book—all the penalties announced by Jeremiah against the nations. 14 Many nations and great kings will enslave the Babylonians, just as they enslaved my people. I will punish them in proportion to the suffering they cause my people.”
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- 25:12 Or Chaldeans.
Galatians 4:2
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2 They have to obey their guardians until they reach whatever age their father set.
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Luke 2:25
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The Prophecy of Simeon
25 At that time there was a man in Jerusalem named Simeon. He was righteous and devout and was eagerly waiting for the Messiah to come and rescue Israel. The Holy Spirit was upon him
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Daniel 11:35
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35 And some of the wise will fall victim to persecution. In this way, they will be refined and cleansed and made pure until the time of the end, for the appointed time is still to come.
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Acts 17:26
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26 From one man[a] he created all the nations throughout the whole earth. He decided beforehand when they should rise and fall, and he determined their boundaries.
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- 17:26 Greek From one; other manuscripts read From one blood.
Daniel 8:17
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17 As Gabriel approached the place where I was standing, I became so terrified that I fell with my face to the ground. “Son of man,” he said, “you must understand that the events you have seen in your vision relate to the time of the end.”
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Exodus 12:41
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41 In fact, it was on the last day of the 430th year that all the Lord’s forces left the land.
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2 Kings 6:33
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33 While Elisha was still saying this, the messenger arrived. And the king[a] said, “All this misery is from the Lord! Why should I wait for the Lord any longer?”
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- 6:33 Hebrew he.
2 Peter 2:3
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3 In their greed they will make up clever lies to get hold of your money. But God condemned them long ago, and their destruction will not be delayed.
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Daniel 11:27
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27 Seeking nothing but each other’s harm, these kings will plot against each other at the conference table, attempting to deceive each other. But it will make no difference, for the end will come at the appointed time.
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