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• Ezra 5

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  Ezra 5 is the chapter in which Zerubbabel and Jeshua, moved by the prophecies of Haggai and Zechariah, resume the halted construction of the temple, and Tatnai, governor of the province Beyond the River, writes to King Darius to ask whether the building has been authorized.

• 2 Kings 6:16

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  2 Kings 6:16 records the words Elisha spoke to his frightened servant in the city of Dothan, which the Aramean army had surrounded: "Fear not." Because the verse speaks of God's unseen protection, it is often quoted in sermons on fear and crisis.

• Jeremiah 16

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  Jeremiah 16 is the chapter in which God forbids Jeremiah to marry or to enter houses of mourning and feasting, making his life a sign of the judgment coming on Judah. The chapter also promises both a day of return from exile and a day when the nations will turn to the LORD.

• Ezekiel 13

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  Ezekiel 13 rebukes the prophets of Israel who prophesy on their own initiative though the LORD has not sent them, together with the women who practice divination. It likens false prophecy that proclaims peace when there is no peace to a wall daubed with untempered mortar.

• Zechariah 3

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  Zechariah 3 records one of Zechariah's visions, in which Joshua the high priest, accused by Satan, has his filthy garments removed and receives clean garments and a mitre. The chapter then presents promises concerning "my servant the BRANCH" and a stone with seven eyes.

• Josiah (son of Zephaniah)

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  Josiah, the son of Zephaniah, owned the house where a group of returned exiles gathered. He appears in Zechariah 6:10 and is called "Hen" in Zechariah 6:14.

• 1 Kings 16

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  1 Kings 16 records how royal dynasties in the northern kingdom of Israel repeatedly fell and were replaced, from Baasha through Elah, Zimri, and Omri to Ahab.

• Ezekiel 30

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  Ezekiel 30 contains a prophecy that "the day of the LORD" is coming upon Egypt and its allies (vv. 1–19) and a prophecy that God will break Pharaoh's arms and strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon (vv. 20–26).

• Matthew 12:41

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  Matthew 12:41 records Jesus' warning to those who demanded a sign: the men of Nineveh, who repented at Jonah's preaching, will condemn "this generation" at the judgment. The verse is often cited as a call to repentance and as a revelation of who Jesus is.

• Living Water

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  Living water is a biblical expression for "water that is alive," that is, water that springs up and flows from a source. It represents the life and salvation God bestows, as well as the eternal life and the Holy Spirit that Jesus gives.

• Measuring Line

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  A measuring line is a cord used to measure length and area. In the Bible it appears chiefly in visions that anticipate the rebuilding of Jerusalem and the temple, and it also expresses the standard of divine judgment.

• Abana and Pharpar

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  Abana and Pharpar are two rivers of Damascus that Naaman, commander of the Aramean army, compared favorably with the Jordan River in 2 Kings 5.

• False Prophet

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  A false prophet, in biblical usage, is a prophet who claims to speak the word of God without having been sent by God, or who leads people away from God.

• Lake of Fire

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  The lake of fire is the place of final judgment described in the Book of Revelation. The beast, the false prophet, the devil, death and Hades, and all whose names are not found written in the book of life are cast into it, and the text calls it "the second death."

• Revelation 19

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  Revelation 19 depicts heaven praising God with hallelujahs for the judgment of Babylon, the great whore, and announcing the marriage supper of the Lamb. The rider on the white horse then defeats the armies of the beast and the false prophet.

• Revelation 20:4–6

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  Revelation 20:4–6 is the passage describing how the martyrs and those who had not worshiped the beast "lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years." It is the only text in Scripture that directly mentions the millennium, and it stands at the center of the eschatological debate among premillennialism, amillennialism, and postmillennialism.

• Revelation 20:1–3

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  John's vision in which an angel seizes the dragon, that is, Satan, and shuts him in the bottomless pit for a thousand years. Because it is the first passage in the Bible to mention the "thousand years," it is the central text in debates over the interpretation of the millennium.

• Revelation 20

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  Revelation 20 depicts Satan bound in the bottomless pit for a thousand years while the saints reign with Christ, followed by Satan's final rebellion and defeat and the Last Judgment before the great white throne.

• Armageddon

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  Armageddon is a place name that appears only once in Scripture, in Revelation 16:16. It is described as the place where the kings opposed to God gather in the last days for "the battle of that great day of God Almighty."

• Sons of the Prophets

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  The sons of the prophets were groups in the northern kingdom of Israel who gathered around a prophet during the time of Elijah and Elisha. They appear mainly in 2 Kings, and the name renders a Hebrew expression meaning literally "sons of the prophets."