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PSALM 132:13-14 FOR  THE LORD HATH CHOSEN ZION;  HE HATH DESIRED IT  FOR HIS HABITATION.  THIS IS MY REST FOR EVER:  HERE WILL I DWELL;  FOR I HAVE DESIRED IT.    LOVE

EZEKIEL 8:4-8 AND, BEHOLD, THE GLORY OF  THE GOD OF ISRAEL WAS THERE,  ACCORDING TO THE VISION THAT I SAW IN THE PLAIN. THEN SAID HE UNTO ME,  SON OF MAN,  LIFT UP THINE EYES  NOW THAT WAY TOWARD  THE NORTH.  SO I LIFTED UP  MINE EYES THE WAY TOWARD  THE NORTH, AND BEHOLD  NORTHWARD AT THE GATE OF THE ALTER THIS IMAGE OF JEALOUSY IN THE ENTRY.   HE SAID FURTHERMORE  UNTO ME,  SON OF MAN,  SEEST THOU WHAT THEY DO?  EVEN THE  GREAT ABOMINATIONS  THAT THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL  COMMMITTETH HERE,  THAT I SHOULD GO  FAR OFF FROM MY SANCTUARY?  BUT TURN THEE YET AGAIN, AND THOU SHALT SEE GREATER ABOMINATIONS . AND HE BROUGHT  ME TO THE DOOR OF THE COURT;  AND WHEN I LOOKED,  BEHOLD A HOLE IN THE WALL.  THEN SAID HE UNTO ME,  SON OF MAN,  DIG NOW IN THE WALL:  AND WHEN  I HAD DIGGED IN THE WALL,  BEHOLD A DOOR. LOVE   2023 THE YEAR OF DISTRUST: ...

 JEREMIAH 12:14-17 THUS SAITH THE LORD  AGAINST ALL MINE EVIL NEIGHBOURS, THAT TOUCH THE INHERITANCE WHICH I HAVE CAUSED MY PEOPLE ISRAEL TO INHERIT; BEHOLD, I WILL PLUCK THEM OUT OF THEIR LAND,  AND PLUCK OUT  THE HOUSE OF JUDAH FROM  AMONG THEM.  AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS, AFTER THAT I HAVE PLUCKED THEM OUT I WILL RETURN, AND HAVE COMPASSION ON THEM, AND  WILL BRING THEM AGAIN,  EVERY MAN TO HIS HERITAGE,  AND  EVERY MAN TO HIS LAND.  AND  IT SHALL COME TO PASS, I F THEY WILL DILIGENTLY LEARN THE WAYS OF MY PEOPLE, TO SWEAR BY MY NAME, THE LORD LIVETH; AS THEY TAUGHT MY PEOPLE TO SWEAR BY BAAL; THEN SHALL THEY BE BUILT IN THE MIDST OF MY PEOPLE. BUT IF THEY WILL NOT OBEY, I WILL UTTERLY PLUCK UP  AND DESTROY THAT NATION, SAITH THE LORD.    LOVE  

ISAIAH 9:5-7 FOR EVERY  BATTLE  OF  THE WARRIOR IS WITH  CONFUSED NOISE,  AND GARMENTS ROLLED  IN BLOOD;   BUT THIS SHALL  BE WITH BURNING AND FUEL OF FIRE.  FOR UNTO US  A CHILD IS BORN,    UNTO US A SON IS GIVEN:  AND THE GOVERNMENT SHALL  BE UPON HIS SHOULDER:  AND  HIS NAME SHALL BE  CALLED WONDERFUL,  COUNSELLOR, THE MIGHTY GOD,  THE EVERLASTING FATHER,  THE PRINCE OF PEACE.  OF  THE INCREASE OF HIS  GOVERNMENT AND PEACE THERE SHALL BE NO END,   UPON THE THRONE OF DAVID,  AND UPON HIS KINGDOM,  TO ORDER IT,  AND  TO ESTABLISH IT WITH  JUDGMENT AND WITH  JUSTICE FROM  HENCEFORTH EVEN FOR EVER.  THE ZEAL OF THE   LORD OF HOSTS WILL PERFORM THIS.  LOVE

PSALM 41:4 BLESSED IS HE  THAT CONSIDERETH THE POOR:  THE LORD  WILL DELIVER HIM IN  TIME OF TROUBLE.  THE LORD WILL PRESERVE HIM,  AND  KEEP HIM ALIVE;  AND  HE SHALL BE BLESSED  UPON THE EARTH:  AND  THOU WILT NOT DELIVER  HIM UNTO  THE WILL OF HIS ENEMIES.  THE LORD WILL STRENGTHEN  HIM UPON  THE BED OF LANGUISHING:  THOU WILT MAKE ALL HIS BED  IN HIS SICKNESS.  I SAID, LORD BE MERCIFUL  UNTO ME: HEAL MY SOUL;  FOR I HAVE SINNED AGA INST THEE.    LOVE

REVELATION 13:11-14 AND I BEHELD ANOTHER  BEAST COMING UP OUT OF  THE EARTH;  AND  HE HAD TWO HORNS  LIKE A LAMB,  AND  HE SPAKE AS A DRAGON.   AND HE  EXERCISETH ALL  THE POWER OF THE FIRST  BEAST BEFORE HIM,  AND CAUSETH THE EARTH AND THEM WHICH DWELL THEREIN TO WORSHIP THE FIRST BEAST,   WHOSE DEADLY WOUND WAS HEALED. AND HE DOETH GREAT WONDERS,  SO THAT HE MAKETH  FIRE COME DOWN  FROM HEAVEN ON THE EARTH  IN THE SIGHT OF MEN,  AND  DECEIVETH THEM  THAT DWELL ON THE EARTH  BY  THE MEANS OF THOSE  MIRACLES WHICH  HE HAD POWER  TO DO IN  THE SIGHT OF THE BEAST;  SAYING TO THEM THAT DWELL ON THE EARTH, THAT THEY SHOULD MAKE AN IMAGE TO THE BEAST, WHICH HAD THE WOUND BY A SWORD, AND DID LIVE.   LOVE