Job 14:12
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12 So man lies down and does not rise.
(A)Till the heavens are no more,
They will not awake
Nor be roused from their sleep.
Job 10:21-22
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21 Before I go to the place from which I shall not return,
(A)To the land of darkness (B)and the shadow of death,
22 A land as dark as darkness itself,
As the shadow of death, without any order,
Where even the light is like darkness.’ ”
Revelation 21:1
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All Things Made New
21 Now (A)I saw a new heaven and a new earth, (B)for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. Also there was no more sea.
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2 Peter 3:10-13
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The Day of the Lord
10 But (A)the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which (B)the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be [a]burned up. 11 Therefore, since all these things will be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be (C)in holy conduct and godliness, 12 (D)looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will (E)be dissolved, being on fire, and the elements will (F)melt with fervent heat? 13 Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for (G)new heavens and a (H)new earth in which righteousness dwells.
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- 2 Peter 3:10 NU laid bare, lit. found
Ecclesiastes 3:19-21
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19 (A)For what happens to the sons of men also happens to animals; one thing befalls them: as one dies, so dies the other. Surely, they all have one breath; man has no advantage over animals, for all is vanity. 20 All go to one place: (B)all are from the dust, and all return to dust. 21 (C)Who[a] knows the spirit of the sons of men, which goes upward, and the spirit of the animal, which goes down to the earth?
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- Ecclesiastes 3:21 LXX, Syr., Tg., Vg. Who knows whether the spirit . . . goes upward, and whether . . . goes downward to the earth?
Job 3:13
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13 For now I would have lain still and been quiet,
I would have been asleep;
Then I would have been at rest
Revelation 20:11
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The Great White Throne Judgment
11 Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat on it, from whose face (A)the earth and the heaven fled away. (B)And there was found no place for them.
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2 Peter 3:7
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7 But (A)the heavens and the earth which are now preserved by the same word, are reserved for (B)fire until the day of judgment and [a]perdition of ungodly men.
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- 2 Peter 3:7 destruction
1 Thessalonians 4:14-15
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14 For (A)if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him (B)those who [a]sleep in Jesus.
15 For this we say to you (C)by the word of the Lord, that (D)we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are [b]asleep.
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- 1 Thessalonians 4:14 Or through Jesus sleep
- 1 Thessalonians 4:15 Dead
Ephesians 5:14
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14 Therefore He says:
(A)“Awake, you who sleep,
Arise from the dead,
And Christ will give you light.”
Matthew 24:35
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35 (A)Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away.
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Isaiah 65:17
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The Glorious New Creation
17 “For behold, I create (A)new heavens and a new earth;
And the former shall not be remembered or [a]come to mind.
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- Isaiah 65:17 Lit. come upon the heart
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