Luke 21:28
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28 Now when these things begin to take place, stand up and raise your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.”[a](A)
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- 21.28 Or at hand
Romans 8:23
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23 and not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly while we wait for adoption, the redemption of our bodies.(A)
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Ephesians 4:30
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30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with which you were marked with a seal for the day of redemption.(A)
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Isaiah 60:1-2
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The Ingathering of the Dispersed
60 Arise, shine, for your light has come,
and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you.(A)
2 For darkness shall cover the earth
and thick darkness the peoples,
but the Lord will arise upon you,
and his glory will appear over you.(B)
Romans 8:19
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19 For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the children of God,
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Isaiah 12:1-3
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Thanksgiving and Praise
12 You will say on that day:
“I will give thanks to you, O Lord,
for though you were angry with me,
your anger turned away,
and you comforted me.(A)
2 Surely God is my salvation;
I will trust and will not be afraid,
for the Lord[a] is my strength and my might;
he has become my salvation.”(B)
3 With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation.(C)
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- 12.2 Q ms Heb mss Gk Syr Vg Tg: MT for Yah, the Lord
Luke 18:7
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7 And will not God grant justice to his chosen ones who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long in helping them?
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Isaiah 25:8-9
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8 he will swallow up death forever.
Then the Lord God will wipe away the tears from all faces,
and the disgrace of his people he will take away from all the earth,
for the Lord has spoken.(A)
9 It will be said on that day,
“See, this is our God; we have waited for him, so that he might save us.
This is the Lord for whom we have waited;
let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation.”(B)
Psalm 98:5-9
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5 Sing praises to the Lord with the lyre,
with the lyre and the sound of melody.
6 With trumpets and the sound of the horn
make a joyful noise before the King, the Lord.(A)
7 Let the sea roar and all that fills it,
the world and those who live in it.(B)
8 Let the floods clap their hands;
let the hills sing together for joy(C)
9 at the presence of the Lord, for he is coming
to judge the earth.
He will judge the world with righteousness
and the peoples with equity.(D)
Ephesians 1:14
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14 this[a] is the pledge of our inheritance toward redemption as God’s own people, to the praise of his glory.(A)
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- 1.14 Other ancient authorities read who
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