WHY IS THE EARTH IN BIRTH PAINS?
And Jesus answering said to them: Take heed that no man deceive you;
For many will come in my name, saying: I am the Christ; and will deceive many.
And ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars; Look, do not be frightened, because all this must happen, but the end is not yet.
For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines, and pestilence, and earthquakes, in various places.
But all these things are the beginning of pain.
Then they will deliver you up to be tormented, and they will kill you; and you will be hated by all nations because of my name.
At that time many will be offended, and they will betray one another, and they will hate one another.
And many false prophets will arise, and will deceive many.
And because iniquity abounds, the love of many will grow cold.
But he who endures to the end, he will be saved.
Matthew 24:4-13
Jeremiah 10:01-25
1 Hear the word which the LORD speaks to you, O house of Israel.
2 Thus saith the LORD: Learn not the way of the nations, neither be dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the nations are terrified of them,
3 for the customs of the people are vanity; A wood is cut from the forest and plowed with an ax by the hand of the craftsman.
4 They adorn it with silver and gold, they fasten it with nails and hammers, so that it cannot move.
5 They are like a scarecrow in a cucumber field, and cannot speak; they need someone to carry them, because they cannot walk. Do not be afraid of them, for they cannot do evil, nor do they have the power to do good.
6 There is none like you, O Lord; you are great, and great is your name in power.
7 Who would not fear you, O King of nations? for fear is owed to you; for among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like you.
8 But they are all brutish and mad; the instruction of idols is like a tree.
9 They bring silver plated from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the craftsman, and the hand of the smelter; their dresses are blue and purple; expert work are all of them.
10 But the Lord is the true God; he is the living God and the everlasting King, at his wrath the earth quakes, and the nations cannot bear his indignation.
11 Thus shall ye say unto them: The gods which did not make heaven and earth, these shall perish from the earth and from under the heavens.
12 He made the earth by his power; he established the world by his wisdom and by his intelligence he stretched out the heavens.
13 When he makes his voice sound, immediately there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he causes vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he makes lightning for the rain, and out of his treasures he makes the wind come out.
14 Every man is brutish and has no knowledge; of the carved image of him every smelter is ashamed; for the fused images of him are false, and in them there is no breath.
15 They are vanity, the work of deceit; at the time of their visitation they will perish.
16 The portion of Jacob is not like these; for he is the maker of all things, and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance. Lord of hosts is his name.
17 Take your bundle off the ground, you who dwell in a besieged place.
18 For thus saith the LORD: Behold, I will sling the inhabitants of the earth this time, and I will distress them, that they may come to feel it.
19 Woe is me because of my brokenness! my wound causes me great pain; but I had said: Surely this is my infirmity, and I must bear it.
20 My tent is destroyed, and all my cords are torn; my children are gone from me, and they do not exist; there is none else to spread out my tent, and to lift up my curtains.
21 For the shepherds have become brutish, and have not sought the Lord; therefore they have not prospered, and all their flocks are scattered.
22 Behold, a voice of rumor comes, a great tumult from the land of the north, to make the cities of Judah a desolation, a dwelling place for jackals.
23 I know, O Lord, that his way is not in man; nor is it of the man who walks to direct his steps.
24 Correct me, O Lord, but with just measure; not in your anger, lest you bring me to nothing.
25 Pour out your wrath on the nations that do not know you, and on the families that do not call on your name; because they have devoured Jacob; yea, they devoured him, and consumed him, and laid waste his dwelling place.
Little children, keep yourselves from idols.
1 John 5:21
"Thou shalt have no other gods besides me. "Thou shalt not make for thyself any idol, nor any image of anything in heaven, or on earth, or in the waters under the earth. You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing children for the sins of their fathers to the third and fourth generation of those who despise me, but dealing kindly. to a thousand generations to those who love me and keep my commandments. Exodus 20:3-6
"Do not turn to idols or make gods of metal for yourselves. I am the Lord your God.
Leviticus 19:4
Their idols, of silver and gold,
are made by human hands. They have a mouth but cannot speak;
eyes, but cannot see; they have ears but cannot hear;
nose, but cannot smell; they have hands, but cannot feel anything;
feet, but cannot walk;
and they make no sound in their throats. Let those who make them become like them
and all who trust in them.
Psalms 115:4-8
Claiming to be wise, they became mad and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made after the likeness of mortal man, as well as birds, quadrupeds, and reptiles.
Romans 1:22-23
"Cursed is anyone who carves an image or makes a cast idol, the work of craftsmen, detestable to the Lord, and raises it up secretly."
All the people will say, 'Amen!'
Deuteronomy 27:15
half of the wood
he burns in the fire;
on it he prepares his meal,
he roasts the meat and eats his portion.
He also warms up and says:
"Ah! I'm warm;
I see fire.” Of the rest he makes a god, his idol;
bow down to him and worship him.
He prays to him and says, "Save me;
you are my god.” They know nothing, understand nothing;
your eyes are covered,
can't see,
and their minds are closed,
can't understand. To think no one stops,
no one has the knowledge
or understanding to say:
"Half of it I used as fuel;
I even baked bread over its coals,
I roasted meat and ate.
would I do something disgusting
with what's left?
would I kneel before
from a piece of wood?" It feeds on ash,
a deluded heart leads it astray;
he is unable to save himself
or to say:
"This thing in my right hand
isn't it a lie?"
Isaiah 44:16-20
"Do not make idols or images or sacred pillars for yourselves, and do not place any carved stone in your land to bow down to it. I am the Lord your God.
Leviticus 26:1
The religious customs of nations are useless:
a tree is cut down in the forest,
a craftsman shapes it with his chisel; adorn it with silver and gold,
holding everything with hammer and nails
so that it doesn't wobble. like a scarecrow
in a cucumber field,
idols are unable to speak
and have to be transported
because they can't walk.
Don't be afraid of them,
because they can't do
neither bad nor good".
Jeremiah 10:3-5
all these men
they are stupid and ignorant;
every goldsmith is ashamed
for the image he carved.
Your carved images
are a fraud
they have no breath of life. are useless,
are objects of mockery.
When their judgment comes,
will perish.
Jeremiah 10:14-15
"What's the use of an image made
by a sculptor?
Or a metal idol
who teaches lies?
For the one who does
trust your own creation,
making idols unable to speak. Woe to him who says to wood:
'Awake!'
Or to the lifeless stone: 'Wake up!'
Can the idol give guidance?
It's covered in gold and silver,
but don't breathe. The Lord, however,
he is in his holy temple;
before him be silent
all the earth".
Habakkuk 2:18-20
I will destroy your carved images
and its sacred pillars;
you won't bow anymore
before the work of his hands.
Micah 5:13
So what am I saying? Is the sacrifice offered to an idol anything? Or is the idol something? No! I mean that what pagans sacrifice is offered to demons and not to God, and I don't want you to have fellowship with demons.
1 Corinthians 10:19-20
"So, since we are the offspring of God, we should not think that the Godhead is like a sculpture of gold, silver, or stone, made by the art and imagination of man. In the past God did not take account of this ignorance, but now commands that everyone, everywhere, repent. Acts 17:29-30
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