Habakkuk 2:3
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3 For there is still a vision for the appointed time;
it speaks of the end and does not lie.
If it seems to tarry, wait for it;
it will surely come; it will not delay.(A)
Psalm 27:14
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14 Wait for the Lord;
be strong, and let your heart take courage;
wait for the Lord!(A)
Hebrews 10:36-37
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36 For you need endurance, so that when you have done the will of God you may receive what was promised.(A) 37 For yet
“in a very little while,
the one who is coming will come and will not delay,(B)
Ezekiel 12:25
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25 But I the Lord will speak the word that I speak, and it will be fulfilled. It will no longer be delayed, but in your days, O rebellious house, I will speak the word and fulfill it, says the Lord God.”(A)
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Lamentations 3:25-26
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25 The Lord is good to those who wait for him,
to the soul that seeks him.(A)
26 It is good that one should wait quietly
for the salvation of the Lord.(B)
Psalm 102:13
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13 You will rise up and have compassion on Zion,
for it is time to favor it;
the appointed time has come.(A)
Psalm 130:5-6
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5 I wait for the Lord; my soul waits,
and in his word I hope;(A)
6 my soul waits for the Lord
more than those who watch for the morning,
more than those who watch for the morning.(B)
Daniel 10:14
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14 and have come to help you understand what is to happen to your people at the end of days. For there is a further vision for those days.”(A)
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James 5:7-8
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Patience in Suffering
7 Be patient, therefore, brothers and sisters, until the coming of the Lord. The farmer waits for the precious crop from the earth, being patient with it until it receives the early and the late rains.(A) 8 You also must be patient. Strengthen your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is near.[a](B)
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- 5.8 Or is at hand
Luke 18:7-8
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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? 8 I tell you, he will quickly grant justice to them. And yet, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?”
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Micah 7:7
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7 But as for me, I will look to the Lord;
I will wait for the God of my salvation;
my God will hear me.(A)
Isaiah 30:18
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God’s Promise to Zion
18 Therefore the Lord waits to be gracious to you;
therefore he will rise up to show mercy to you.
For the Lord is a God of justice;
blessed are all those who wait for him.(A)
2 Thessalonians 2:6-8
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6 And you know what is now restraining him, so that he may be revealed when his time comes. 7 For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work, but only until the one who now restrains it is removed.(A) 8 And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus[a] will destroy[b] with the breath of his mouth, annihilating him by the manifestation of his coming.(B)
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Acts 1:7
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7 He replied, “It is not for you to know the times or periods that the Father has set by his own authority.(A)
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Daniel 8:19
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19 He said, “Listen, and I will tell you what will take place later in the period of wrath, for it refers to the appointed time of the end.(A)
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Jeremiah 25:12-14
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12 Then after seventy years are completed, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, the land of the Chaldeans, for their iniquity, says the Lord, making the land an everlasting waste.(A) 13 I will bring upon that land all the words that I have uttered against it, everything written in this book that Jeremiah prophesied against all the nations. 14 For many nations and great kings shall make slaves of them also, and I will repay them according to their deeds and the work of their hands.(B)
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Galatians 4:2
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2 but they remain under guardians and trustees until the date set by the father.
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Luke 2:25
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25 Now there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon; this man was righteous and devout, looking forward to the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit rested on him.(A)
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Daniel 11:35
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35 Some of the wise shall fall, so that they may be refined, purified, and cleansed,[a] until the time of the end, for there is still an interval until the time appointed.(A)
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- 11.35 Heb made them white
Acts 17:26
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26 From one ancestor[a] he made all peoples to inhabit the whole earth, and he allotted the times of their existence and the boundaries of the places where they would live,(A)
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- 17.26 Gk From one; other ancient authorities read From one blood
Daniel 8:17
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17 So he came near where I stood, and when he came, I became frightened and fell prostrate. But he said to me, “Understand, O mortal,[a] that the vision is for the time of the end.”(A)
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- 8.17 Heb son of man
Exodus 12:41
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41 At the end of four hundred thirty years, on that very day, all the companies of the Lord went out from the land of Egypt.(A)
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Daniel 9:24-10:1
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24 “Seventy weeks are decreed for your people and your holy city: to finish the transgression, to put an end to sin, and to atone for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal both vision and prophet, and to anoint a most holy place.[a](A) 25 Know therefore and understand: from the time that the word went out to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the time of an anointed prince, there shall be seven weeks, and for sixty-two weeks it shall be built again with streets and moat, but in a troubled time.(B) 26 After the sixty-two weeks, an anointed one shall be cut off and shall have nothing, and the troops of the prince who is to come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. Its[b] end shall come with a flood, and to the end there shall be war. Desolations are decreed.(C) 27 He shall make a strong covenant with many for one week, and for half of the week he shall make sacrifice and offering cease, and in their place[c] shall be a desolating sacrilege until the decreed end is poured out upon the desolator.”(D)
Conflict of Nations and Heavenly Powers
10 In the third year of King Cyrus of Persia a word was revealed to Daniel, who was named Belteshazzar. The word was true, and it concerned a great conflict. He understood the word, having received understanding in the vision.(E)
2 Kings 6:33
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33 While he was still speaking with them, the king[a] came down to him and said, “This trouble is from the Lord! Why should I hope in the Lord any longer?”(A)
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- 6.33 Cn: Heb messenger
2 Peter 2:3
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3 And in their greed they will exploit you with deceptive words. Their condemnation, pronounced against them long ago, has not been idle, and their destruction is not asleep.(A)
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