End-time calamities
Luke 21:10-19 Then he said to them, "Nation will rise against
nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be great earthquakes,
and in various places famines and pestilences. And there will be terrors
and great signs from heaven. But before all this they will lay their
hands on you and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues
and prisons, and you will be brought before kings and governors for
my name's sake. This will be your opportunity to bear witness. Settle
it therefore in your minds not to meditate beforehand how to answer,
for I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which none of your adversaries
will be able to withstand or contradict. You will be delivered up even
by parents and brothers and relatives and friends, and some of you they
will put to death. You will be hated by all for my name's sake. But
not a hair of your head will perish. By your endurance you will gain
your lives.
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