Book of Common Prayer

Israel’s Zeal Is Not In Accordance With Knowledge

10 Brothers, my heart’s desire and petition to God for them is for their salvation. ² For I testify concerning them that they have a zeal for God— but not in-accordance-with knowledge.

For They Are Ignorant of The Source of True Righteousness

³ For being-ignorant-of the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, they did not subject themselves to the righteousness of God. ⁴ For^[a] Christ is the end^[b] of the Law for^[c] righteousness for everyone believing.

The Law Requires Performance; True Righteousness Comes By Faith In Christ

⁵ For Moses writes [in Lev 18:5] as to the righteousness of the Law that “The person having done them will live by them”. ⁶ But the righteousness of faith speaks^[d] as follows: “Do not say in your heart, “Who will go up into heaven?”, that is, to bring^[e] Christ down, ⁷ or “who will go down into the abyss?”, that is, to bring^[f] Christ up from the dead. ⁸ But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart”, that is, the word of ^[g] faith which we are proclaiming, ⁹ that^[h] if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord and you believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. ¹⁰ For it is believed with the heart resulting-in righteousness, and it is confessed with the mouth resulting in salvation.

The Scripture Says Faith Leads To Salvation For Both Jew And Greek

¹¹ For the Scripture says [in Isa 28:16] “everyone putting-faith upon Him will not be put-to-shame”. ¹² For there is no distinction between both Jew and Greek— for the same Lord is Lord of all, being rich toward all the ones calling-upon Him. ¹³ For “everyone who calls-upon the name of the Lord will be saved” [Joel 2:32].

When You See Daniel’s Abomination, Flee. For There Will Be a Great Affliction

¹⁵ “Therefore when you see^[a] the abomination of desolation^[b]— the thing having been spoken through Daniel the prophet— standing in the holy place^[c] (let the one reading understand), ¹⁶ then let the ones in Judea be fleeing to the mountains. ¹⁷ Let the one upon the housetop not go down to take the things out of his house. ¹⁸ And let the one in the field not turn behind to take his cloak. ¹⁹ And woe to the ones having a child in the womb, and to the ones nursing in those days. ²⁰ And be praying that your flight may not take place in winter, nor on a Sabbath. ²¹ For then^[d] there will be a great affliction^[e] such as has not taken place since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will take place. ²² And if those days had not been shortened^[f], no^[g] flesh would have been saved. But those days will be shortened for the sake of the chosen ones.

Do Not Be Deceived. My Coming Will Be As Visible To All As Lightning

²³ Then^[h] if someone says to you, ‘Behold— here is the Christ,’ or ‘Here’, do not believe it. ²⁴ For false-christs and false-prophets will arise and give great signs and wonders, so as to deceive, if possible, even the chosen ones. ²⁵ Behold— I have told you beforehand. ²⁶ Therefore, if they say to you, ‘Behold— He is in the wilderness’, do not go out; ‘Behold— He is in the inner-rooms’, do not believe it. ²⁷ For just as the lightning comes out from the east and is visible^[i] as far as the west, so will the coming of the Son of Man be. ²⁸ Wherever the corpse^[j] may be, there the vultures will be gathered.

After That Affliction, The Powers Will Be Shaken. I Will Come On The Clouds In Glory

²⁹ “And immediately after the affliction of those days, the sun^[k] will be darkened, and the moon will not give its glow, and the stars will fall from the heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. ³⁰ And then^[l] the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the heaven. And at-that-time all the tribes of the earth will beat-their-breasts. And they will see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. ³¹ And He will send-out His angels with a loud trumpet. And they will gather together His chosen ones from the four winds, from the ends^[m] of the heavens to their [other] ends.