Hebrews 12:23 - Easy To Read Version You have come to the meeting of God’s firstborn {\cf2\super [167]} children. Their names are written in heaven. You have come to God, the judge of all people. And you have come to the spirits of good people who have been made perfect. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 to the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And to the church (assembly) of the Firstborn who are registered [as citizens] in heaven, and to the God Who is Judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous (the redeemed in heaven) who have been made perfect, American Standard Version (1901) to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect, Common English Bible to the assembly of God’s firstborn children who are registered in heaven, to God the judge of all, to the spirits of the righteous who have been made perfect, Catholic Public Domain Version and to the Church of the first-born, those who have been inscribed in the heavens, and to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the just made perfect, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And to the church of the firstborn, who are written in the heavens, and to God the judge of all, and to the spirits of the just made perfect, |
Surely you would not destroy the city. You would not destroy 50 good people to kill the evil people. If that happened, then good people and evil people would be the same—they would both be punished. You are the judge of all the earth. I know you will do the right thing.”
Praise the Lord!\par I thank the Lord with all my heart\par in the assembly where good people\par meet together.\par
Erase their names from the Book of Life.\par Don’t write their names in the book\par with the names of the good people.\par
And I will make him my firstborn {\cf2\super [508]} son.\par He will be the great king on earth.\par
God meets together with the holy ones.\par Those angels are all around him.\par They fear and respect God.\par They stand in awe of him.\par
You are the judge of the whole earth.\par Give proud people the punishment they deserve.\par
Be happy because the Lord is coming.\par The Lord is coming to rule {\cf2\super [529]} the world.\par He will rule the world with justice\par and fairness.\par
Rivers, clap your hands!\par All together now, mountains sing out!\par
“You must give me every male in Israel that is its mother's first child. That means that every firstborn baby {boy} and every firstborn {male} animal will be mine.”
Now, forgive them of this sin! If you will not forgive them, then erase my name from the book [330] you have written.”
Your body came from the earth.\par And when you die,\par your body will go back to the earth.\par But your spirit came from God.\par And when you die,\par your spirit will go back to God.\par
Those people will come back crying.\par But I will lead them and comfort them.\par I will lead those people by streams of water.\par I will lead them on an easy road,\par so that they will not stumble.\par I will lead them in that way\par because I am Israel’s father.\par And Ephraim {\cf2\super [250]} is my firstborn son.\par
Yes, the spirits obey you. And be happy. Why? Not because you have this power, but be happy because your names are written in heaven.”
And the Father has given the Son the power to judge all people. Why? Because that Son is the Son of Man. {\cf2\super [81]}
Be careful for yourselves and for all the people that God has given you. The Holy Spirit {\cf2\super [406]} gave you the work of caring for this flock. {\cf2\super [407]} You must be like shepherds to the church (people) of God. {\cf2\super [408]} This is the church that God bought with his own blood. {\cf2\super [409]}
It is the same with us. Now we see like we are looking into a dark mirror. But at that time, in the future, we shall see clearly. Now I know only a part. But at that time I will know fully, like God has known me.
We were made like that man of earth. So we will also be made like that man of heaven.
So this \{body\} that ruins will clothe itself with that which never ruins. And this body that dies will clothe itself with that which never dies. When this happens, then the Scriptures {\cf2\super [119]} will be made true:
So I say that we have confidence. And we really want to be away from this body and be at home with the Lord.
God put everything under Christ’s power. And God gave him to be the head (ruler) over everything for the church.
The man must accept the first child, the son of the wife he doesn’t love. The man must give the first son a double share of all his things. Why? Because that child is his first child. The right of the firstborn [130] child belongs to that child.
And because you serve faithfully with me, my friend, I ask you to help these women do this. These women served with me in telling people the Good News. {\cf2\super [21]} They served together with Clement and the other people who worked with me. Their names are written in the book of life. {\cf2\super [22]}
and give thanks to the Father. He has made you able to have the things he prepared for you. He has prepared these things for all his people who live in the light (good).
(If a man does not know how to be a leader over his own family, then he will not be able to take care of God’s church.)
Cain and Abel both offered sacrifices {\cf2\super [143]} to God. But Abel offered a better sacrifice to God because Abel had faith. God said he was pleased with the things Abel offered. And so God called Abel a good man because Abel had faith. Abel died, but through his faith he is still speaking.
God planned to give us something better. Then those people could be made perfect, but only together with us.
God decided to give us life through the word of truth. He wanted us to be the most important of all the things he made.
People said bad things to Christ, but he did not say bad things to them. Christ suffered, but he did not threaten (speak against) the people. No! Christ let God take care of him. God is the One who judges rightly.
All the people who live on earth will worship the animal. These are all the people since the beginning of the world whose names are not written in the Lamb’s book of life. The Lamb is the One who was killed.
These 144,000 people are the ones who did not do wrong things with women. They kept themselves pure. They follow the Lamb every place he goes. These 144,000 were redeemed (saved) from among the people of the earth. They are the first people to be offered to God and the Lamb.
And if a person’s name was not found written in the book of life, then that person was thrown into the lake of fire.
Then each one of those souls was given a white robe. They were told to wait a short time longer. There were still some of their brothers in the service of Christ who must be killed like they were. Those souls were told to wait until all of this killing was finished.
The Lamb opened the fifth seal. Then I saw some souls under the altar. {\cf2\super [51]} They were the souls of those people who had been killed because they were faithful to God’s message {\cf2\super [52]} and to the truth they had received.