Seconds to Midnight; Dawn of the Third Day

[Oracle]

The Father saith unto the Son, Don't fear those who kill the body but are not able to kill the soul; rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear.
For I am the Lord your God who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not fear; I will help you.

Therefore doth the Son say also, I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.
He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for the Lord is with me; His rod and His staff, they comfort me.

[Oracle]

Take heed that no man deceive you.
If any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not, go not after them, nor follow them. Behold, I have told you before.

The days will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye shall not see it.
The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected by this wicked and perverse generation that demands a sign and a wonder; for none shall be given unto them, except the sign of Jonah.
As the lightning, that lighteneth out of the one part under heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall also the Son of man be in his day.

[theone]

The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.

Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain:

And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.

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I baptize you with water for repentance. But after me comes one who is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor, gathering his wheat into the barn and burning up the chaff with unquenchable fire.

[theone]

1 The vision which Isaiah, son of Amoz, saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.

Accusation and Appeal
2
* Hear, O heavens, and listen, O earth,

for the LORD speaks:

Sons have I raised and reared,

but they have rebelled against me!a

3
An ox knows its owner,

and an ass,* its master’s manger;

But Israel does not know,

my people has not understood.b

4
Ah!* Sinful nation, people laden with wickedness,

evil offspring, corrupt children!

They have forsaken the LORD,

spurned the Holy One of Israel,

apostatized,

5
Why* would you yet be struck,

that you continue to rebel?

The whole head is sick,

the whole heart faint.

6
From the sole of the foot to the head

there is no sound spot in it;

Just bruise and welt and oozing wound,

not drained, or bandaged,

or eased with salve.

7
Your country is waste,

your cities burnt with fire;

Your land—before your eyes

strangers devour it,

a waste, like the devastation of Sodom.* d

8
And daughter Zion* is left

like a hut in a vineyard,

Like a shed in a melon patch,

like a city blockaded.

9
If the LORD of hosts* had not

left us a small remnant,

We would have become as Sodom,

would have resembled Gomorrah.e

10
* Hear the word of the LORD,

princes of Sodom!

Listen to the instruction of our God,

people of Gomorrah!

11
What do I care for the multitude of your sacrifices?

says the LORD.

I have had enough of whole-burnt rams

and fat of fatlings;

In the blood of calves, lambs, and goats

I find no pleasure.f

12
When you come to appear before me,

who asks these things of you?

13
Trample my courts no more!

To bring offerings is useless;

incense is an abomination to me.

New moon and sabbath, calling assemblies—

festive convocations with wickedness—

these I cannot bear.g

14
Your new moons and festivals I detest;h

they weigh me down, I tire of the load.

15
When you spread out your hands,

I will close my eyes to you;

Though you pray the more,

I will not listen.

Your hands are full of blood!* i

16
Wash yourselves clean!

Put away your misdeeds from before my eyes;

cease doing evil;

17
learn to do good.

Make justice your aim: redress the wronged,

hear the orphan’s plea, defend the widow.j

18
Come now, let us set things right,*

says the LORD:

Though your sins be like scarlet,

they may become white as snow;

Though they be red like crimson,

they may become white as wool.k

19
If you are willing, and obey,

you shall eat the good things of the land;

20
But if you refuse and resist,

you shall be eaten by the sword:

for the mouth of the LORD has spoken!

The Purification of Jerusalem
21
How she has become a prostitute,

the faithful city,* so upright!

Justice used to lodge within her,

but now, murderers.l

22
Your silver is turned to dross,

your wine is mixed with water.

23
Your princes are rebels

and comrades of thieves;

Each one of them loves a bribe

and looks for gifts.

The fatherless they do not defend,

the widow’s plea does not reach them.m

24
Now, therefore, says the Lord,

the LORD of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel:

Ah! I will take vengeance on my foes

and fully repay my enemies!n

25
I will turn my hand against you,

and refine your dross in the furnace,

removing all your alloy.

26
I will restore your judges* as at first,

and your counselors as in the beginning;

After that you shall be called

city of justice, faithful city.o

27
* Zion shall be redeemed by justice,

and her repentant ones by righteousness.

28
Rebels and sinners together shall be crushed,

those who desert the LORD shall be consumed.

Judgment on the Sacred Groves
29
* You shall be ashamed of the terebinths which you desired,

and blush on account of the gardens which you chose.

30
You shall become like a terebinth whose leaves wither,

like a garden that has no water.

31
The strong tree shall turn to tinder,

and the one who tends it shall become a spark;

Both of them shall burn together,

and there shall be none to quench them.