I know there is someone to defend me.\par I know he lives!\par And in the end he will stand here on earth\par and defend me.\par
Revelation 1:18 - Easy To Read Version I am the One who lives. I was dead, but look: I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades. {\cf2\super [11]} Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the Ever-living One [I am living in the eternity of the eternities]. I died, but see, I am alive forevermore; and I possess the keys of death and Hades (the realm of the dead). American Standard Version (1901) and the Living one; and I was dead, and behold, I am alive for evermore, and I have the keys of death and of Hades. Common English Bible and the living one. I was dead, but look! Now I’m alive forever and always. I have the keys of Death and the Grave. Catholic Public Domain Version And I am alive, though I was dead. And, behold, I live forever and ever. And I hold the keys of death and of Hell. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And alive, and was dead, and behold I am living for ever and ever, and have the keys of death and of hell. |
I know there is someone to defend me.\par I know he lives!\par And in the end he will stand here on earth\par and defend me.\par
Job, have you ever seen the gates\par leading to the world of the dead?\par Have you ever seen the gates\par leading to that dark place of death?\par
The Lord is alive!\par I praise my Rock, {\cf2\super [107]} \par God saves me.\par He is great!\par
He is our God.\par He is the God that saves us.\par The Lord our God saves us from death.\par
“I will put the key to David’s house around that man’s neck. If he opens a door, that door will stay opened. No person will be able to close it. If he closes a door, that door will stay closed. No person will be able to open it. That servant will be like a very honored chair in his father’s house.
And you, Capernaum, {\cf2\super [149]} will you be lifted up to heaven? No! You will be thrown down to the place of death. I did many miracles in you. If those same miracles had happened in Sodom, {\cf2\super [150]} \{the people of\} Sodom \{would have stopped sinning and it\} would still be a city today.
I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven. When you speak judgment here on earth, that judgment will be God’s judgment. When you promise forgiveness here on earth, that forgiveness will be God’s forgiveness.” {\cf2\super [232]}
The women were very afraid; they bowed their heads down. The two men said to the women, “Why are you looking for a living person here? This is a place for dead people!
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection. {\cf2\super [176]} I am life. The person that believes in me will have life \{again\} after he dies.
In a very short time the people in the world will not see me any more. But you will see me. You will live because I live.
Christ was raised from death. And we know that he cannot die again. Death has no power over him now.
It is true that Christ was weak when he was killed on the cross. But he lives now by God’s power. And it is true that we are weak in Christ. But for you we will be alive in Christ by God’s power.
So the life that I live now is not really me—it is Christ living in me. I still live in my body, but I live by faith in the Son of God (Jesus). Jesus is the One who loved me. He gave himself to save me.
Your old sinful self has died, and your new life is kept with Christ in God.
The Son shows the glory of God. He is a perfect copy of God’s nature. The Son holds everything together with his powerful command. The Son made people clean from their sins. Then he sat down at the right side {\cf2\super [2]} of the Great One (God) in heaven.
We should always follow the example of Jesus. Jesus is the leader in our faith. And he makes our faith perfect. He suffered death on the cross. But Jesus accepted the shame of the cross like it was nothing. He did this because of the joy that God put before him. And now he is sitting at the right side of God’s throne.
He was made a priest not by any law or rules about his human family. He became a priest through the power of his life which continues forever.
So Christ can save those people who come to God through him. Christ can do this forever, because he always lives, ready to help people when they come before God.
The angel made a promise by \{the power of\} the One who lives forever and ever. He (God) is the One who made the skies and all that is in them. He made the earth and all that is in it, and he made the sea and all that is in it. The angel said, “There will be no more waiting!
Then one of the four living things gave seven golden bowls to the seven angels. The bowls were filled with the anger of God, who lives forever and ever.
The sea gave up the dead people that were in it. Death and Hades {\cf2\super [156]} gave up the dead people that were in them. Each person was judged by the things he had done.
And Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This lake of fire is the second death.
These living things give glory and honor and thanks to the One who sits on the throne. He is the One who lives forever and ever. And every time the living things do this,
The four living things said, “Amen {\cf2\super [48]} !” And the elders {\cf2\super [49]} bowed down and worshiped.
I looked and there before me was a pale-colored horse. The rider on the horse was death. Hades {\cf2\super [50]} was following close behind him. They were given power over a fourth of the earth. They were given power to kill people by using the sword, by starving, by disease, and with the wild animals of the earth.
The fifth angel blew his trumpet. Then I saw a star fall from the sky to the earth. The star was given the key to the deep hole that leads down to the bottomless pit.
The Lord causes people to die, and he causes them to live. The Lord sends people down to the grave, [21] and he can raise them up {to live again}.