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• Seven Last Words of Christ

  The Seven Last Words of Christ (Korean 가상칠언, 架上七言, "seven sayings on the cross") is the traditional name for the seven sayings that Jesus Christ spoke from the cross before his death, as gathered from the four Gospels.

• Luke 23:34

  Luke 23:34 records the prayer of Jesus on the cross for those crucifying him: "Father, forgive them." It is traditionally counted as the first of the Seven Last Words from the Cross, and it presents a textual question because the prayer is absent from some early manuscripts.

• Matthew 27:46

  The cry that Jesus uttered with a loud voice from the cross: "Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" It is one of the Seven Last Words of Christ, and there has been profound theological discussion about what it means for the Son to have been forsaken on the cross.

• Luke 23:43

  Luke 23:43 records the promise Jesus made on the cross to the repentant thief: "To day shalt thou be with me in paradise." The verse is frequently cited in discussions of where believers are immediately after death (the intermediate state) and of whether salvation is possible apart from works or baptism. It is also the subject of a translation debate over the placement of a comma.

• Paradise

  Paradise is a New Testament term for the place where the righteous dead are with Christ, or for the blessed place where God dwells. The word derives from a term originally meaning "an enclosed garden."

• Revelation 3:20

  Revelation 3:20 records Christ's words, "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me." The verse is widely used in evangelism and in prayers for receiving Christ, but discussions of it also note that it was originally addressed to the lukewarm church in Laodicea.

• Revelation 2:8–11

  The letter from the risen Christ to the church in Smyrna in the Book of Revelation, which encourages a suffering church without any rebuke. Because of the words "be thou faithful unto death," it is frequently cited at ordination services and in sermons in Korean churches.

• Book of Revelation

  The Book of Revelation is the last book of the New Testament. Written in the form of apocalyptic literature, it records the visions given to John concerning the second coming of Christ and the final victory of God. It is often referred to simply as Revelation.

• Seven Bowls

  The seven golden bowls full of the wrath of God that seven angels pour out in succession upon the earth, the sea, the rivers, the sun, the throne of the beast, the river Euphrates, and the air in Revelation 15–16, together with the plagues they bring.

• Revelation 15

  Revelation 15 is the chapter in which seven angels appear holding the seven last plagues. Beside the sea of glass, those who have overcome the beast sing the song of Moses and the song of the Lamb, and the seven angels receive golden bowls filled with the wrath of God.

• Anointing of the Sick

  The Anointing of the Sick is one of the seven sacraments of the Catholic Church, a rite in which a priest prays over a gravely ill or frail elderly person and anoints him or her with consecrated oil. Protestant churches do not recognize it as a sacrament.

• Revelation 3

  Revelation 3 contains the last three of the letters to the seven churches of Asia Minor, namely the messages addressed to the churches in Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.

• Jeconiah

  Jeconiah, also called Jehoiachin and Coniah, was one of the last kings of Judah. After reigning for three months, he was taken captive to Babylon and was released from prison thirty-seven years later. His name also appears in the genealogy of Jesus in the Gospel of Matthew.

• Revelation 16

  Revelation 16 is the chapter in which seven angels pour out, one after another, the seven bowls of God's wrath. The plagues follow in succession, kings gather at Armageddon, and the great city Babylon comes under judgment.

• Psalm 120

  A short poem of seven verses in Book V of the Psalms and the first of the fifteen "Songs of Ascents." The psalmist prays for deliverance from a lying tongue and laments the distress of living among those who hate peace.

• Micah 4

  Micah 4 follows announcements of judgment with promises of restoration. It speaks of the nations streaming to Zion in the last days, a peace in which war ceases, the restoration of the scattered remnant, and deliverance in Babylon.

• Memucan

  Memucan is one of the seven princes of the Persian king Ahasuerus who appear in Esther 1. He advised the king to depose Queen Vashti and to issue a royal decree.

• Smyrna

  Smyrna was a port city on the Aegean coast of western Asia Minor and the home of one of the seven churches to which the risen Christ sent letters in Revelation 2. It corresponds to the modern city of İzmir, Türkiye.

• Revelation 20:7–15

  A vision in which Satan, released after the thousand years are completed, gathers Gog and Magog for a final battle and is destroyed, after which the dead are judged before a great white throne. The passage is a key text for interpreting the millennium and for the doctrines of the Last Judgment and hell.

• Revelation 3:19

  A verse from the letter to the church in Laodicea in which Christ says that he rebukes and chastens those he loves, and commands zeal and repentance. It is frequently cited in preaching as a basis for understanding discipline as an expression of love.