Scriptures for Discussion: 2 Esdras 14:11-15 11 For the age is divided into twelve parts, and nine[a] of its parts have already passed, 12 as well as half of the tenth part; so two of its parts remain, besides half of the tenth part.[b] 13 Now therefore, set your house in order, and reprove your people; comfort the lowly among them, and instruct those that are wise.[c] And now renounce the life that is corruptible, 14 and put away from you mortal thoughts; cast away from you the burdens of man, and divest yourself now of your weak nature, 15 and lay to one side the thoughts that are most grievous to you, and hasten to escape from these times. 2 Esdras 15:10-13 10 Behold, my people is led like a flock to the slaughter; I will not allow them to live any longer in the land of Egypt, 11 but I will bring them out with a mighty hand and with an uplifted arm, and will smite Egypt with plagues, as before, and will destroy all its land.” 12 Let Egypt mourn, and its foundations, for the plague of chastisement and punishment that the Lord will bring upon it. 13 Let the farmers that till the ground mourn, because their seed shall fail and their trees shall be ruined by blight and hail and by a terrible tempest. 2 Esdras 16:13-21 13 For his right hand that bends the bow is strong, and his arrows that he shoots are sharp and will not miss when they begin to be shot to the ends of the world. 14 Behold, calamities are sent forth and shall not return until they come over the earth. 15 The fire is kindled, and shall not be put out until it consumes the foundations of the earth. 16 Just as an arrow shot by a mighty archer does not return, so the calamities that are sent upon the earth shall not return. 17 Alas for me! Alas for me! Who will deliver me in those days? 18 The beginning of sorrows, when there shall be much lamentation; the beginning of famine, when many shall perish; the beginning of wars, when the powers shall be terrified; the beginning of calamities, when all shall tremble. What shall they do in these circumstances, when the calamities come? 19 Behold, famine and plague, tribulation and anguish are sent as scourges for the correction of men. 20 Yet for all this they will not turn from their iniquities, nor be always mindful of the scourges. 21 Behold, provision will be so cheap upon earth that men will imagine that peace is assured for them, and then the calamities shall spring up on the earth-the sword, famine, and great confusion. 2 Esdras 16:36 36 Behold the word of the Lord, receive it; do not disbelieve what the Lord says. 2 Esdras 16:40-48 40 “Hear my words, O my people; prepare for battle, and in the midst of the calamities be like strangers on the earth. 41 Let him that sells be like one who will flee; let him that buys be like one who will lose; 42 let him that does business be like one who will not make a profit; and let him that builds a house be like one who will not live in it; 43 let him that sows be like one who will not reap; so also him that prunes the vines, like one who will not gather the grapes; 44 them that marry, like those who will have no children; and them that do not marry, like those who are widowed. 45 Because those who labor, labor in vain; 46 for strangers shall gather their fruits, and plunder their goods, and overthrow their houses, and take their children captive; for in captivity and famine they will beget their children. 47 Those who conduct business, do it only to be plundered; the more they adorn their cities, their houses and possessions, and their persons, 48 the more angry I will be with them for their sins,” says the Lord. 2 Corinthians 5:1-4 5 For we know that if our [a]earthly tent which is our house is torn down, we have a building from God, a house not made by hands, eternal in the heavens. 2 For indeed, in this tent we groan, longing to be clothed with our [b]dwelling from heaven, 3 since in fact after putting it on, we will not be found naked. 4 For indeed, we who are in this tent groan, being burdened, because we do not want to be unclothed but to be clothed, so that what is mortal will be swallowed up by life. John 15:18-19 18 “If the world hates you, [a]you know that it has hated Me before it hated you. 19 If you were of the world, the world would love you asits own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, because of this the world hates you. 1 Peter 2:11 11 Beloved, I urge you as foreigners and strangers to abstain from fleshly lusts, which wage war against the soul. Philippians 3:20 20 For our [a]citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ;
Scriptures for Discussion:
2 Esdras 14:11-15
11 For the age is divided into twelve parts, and nine[a] of its parts have already passed, 12 as well as half of the tenth part; so two of its parts remain, besides half of the tenth part.[b] 13 Now therefore, set your house in order, and reprove your people; comfort the lowly among them, and instruct those that are wise.[c] And now renounce the life that is corruptible, 14 and put away from you mortal thoughts; cast away from you the burdens of man, and divest yourself now of your weak nature, 15 and lay to one side the thoughts that are most grievous to you, and hasten to escape from these times.
2 Esdras 15:10-13
10 Behold, my people is led like a flock to the slaughter; I will not allow them to live any longer in the land of Egypt, 11 but I will bring them out with a mighty hand and with an uplifted arm, and will smite Egypt with plagues, as before, and will destroy all its land.”
12 Let Egypt mourn, and its foundations, for the plague of chastisement and punishment that the Lord will bring upon it. 13 Let the farmers that till the ground mourn, because their seed shall fail and their trees shall be ruined by blight and hail and by a terrible tempest.
2 Esdras 16:13-21
13 For his right hand that bends the bow is strong, and his arrows that he shoots are sharp and will not miss when they begin to be shot to the ends of the world. 14 Behold, calamities are sent forth and shall not return until they come over the earth. 15 The fire is kindled, and shall not be put out until it consumes the foundations of the earth. 16 Just as an arrow shot by a mighty archer does not return, so the calamities that are sent upon the earth shall not return. 17 Alas for me! Alas for me! Who will deliver me in those days?
18 The beginning of sorrows, when there shall be much lamentation; the beginning of famine, when many shall perish; the beginning of wars, when the powers shall be terrified; the beginning of calamities, when all shall tremble. What shall they do in these circumstances, when the calamities come? 19 Behold, famine and plague, tribulation and anguish are sent as scourges for the correction of men. 20 Yet for all this they will not turn from their iniquities, nor be always mindful of the scourges. 21 Behold, provision will be so cheap upon earth that men will imagine that peace is assured for them, and then the calamities shall spring up on the earth-the sword, famine, and great confusion.
2 Esdras 16:36
36 Behold the word of the Lord, receive it; do not disbelieve what the Lord says.
2 Esdras 16:40-48
40 “Hear my words, O my people; prepare for battle, and in the midst of the calamities be like strangers on the earth. 41 Let him that sells be like one who will flee; let him that buys be like one who will lose; 42 let him that does business be like one who will not make a profit; and let him that builds a house be like one who will not live in it; 43 let him that sows be like one who will not reap; so also him that prunes the vines, like one who will not gather the grapes; 44 them that marry, like those who will have no children; and them that do not marry, like those who are widowed. 45 Because those who labor, labor in vain; 46 for strangers shall gather their fruits, and plunder their goods, and overthrow their houses, and take their children captive; for in captivity and famine they will beget their children. 47 Those who conduct business, do it only to be plundered; the more they adorn their cities, their houses and possessions, and their persons, 48 the more angry I will be with them for their sins,” says the Lord.
2 Corinthians 5:1-4
5 For we know that if our [a]earthly tent which is our house is torn down, we have a building from God, a house not made by hands, eternal in the heavens. 2 For indeed, in this tent we groan, longing to be clothed with our [b]dwelling from heaven, 3 since in fact after putting it on, we will not be found naked. 4 For indeed, we who are in this tent groan, being burdened, because we do not want to be unclothed but to be clothed, so that what is mortal will be swallowed up by life.
John 15:18-19
18 “If the world hates you, [a]you know that it has hated Me before it hated you. 19 If you were of the world, the world would love you asits own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, because of this the world hates you.
1 Peter 2:11
11 Beloved, I urge you as foreigners and strangers to abstain from fleshly lusts, which wage war against the soul.
Philippians 3:20
20 For our [a]citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ;
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