When someone righteous stops doing good and starts doing evil, he will die for it.

But Israel, you say that what I do isn't right. I am going to judge you by what you do."

when they pray, God will answer; they will worship God with joy; God will set things right for them again.

There are many who pray: "Give us more blessings, O LORD. Look on us with kindness!"

Once again you will see a king ruling in splendor over a land that stretches in all directions.

The desert will sing and shout for joy; it will be as beautiful as the Lebanon Mountains and as fertile as the fields of Carmel and Sharon. Everyone will see the LORD's splendor, see his greatness and power.

Then the glory of the LORD will be revealed, and all people will see it. The LORD himself has promised this."

"Happy are the pure in heart; they will see God!

Whoever wants to serve me must follow me, so that my servant will be with me where I am. And my Father will honor anyone who serves me.

"Father! You have given them to me, and I want them to be with me where I am, so that they may see my glory, the glory you gave me; for you loved me before the world was made.

What we see now is like a dim image in a mirror; then we shall see face-to-face. What I know now is only partial; then it will be complete---as complete as God's knowledge of me.

Try to be at peace with everyone, and try to live a holy life, because no one will see the Lord without it.

My dear friends, we are now God's children, but it is not yet clear what we shall become. But we know that when Christ appears, we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he really is.

Everyone who has this hope in Christ keeps himself pure, just as Christ is pure.

I will make those who are victorious pillars in the temple of my God, and they will never leave it. I will write on them the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which will come down out of heaven from my God. I will also write on them my new name.

Then I looked, and there was the Lamb standing on Mount Zion; with him were 144,000 people who have his name and his Father's name written on their foreheads.