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“Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life. Most assuredly, I say to you, the hour is coming, and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God; and those who hear will live. For as the Father has life in Himself, so He has granted the Son to have life in Himself, and has given Him authority to execute judgment also, because He is the Son of Man. Do not marvel at this; for the hour is coming in which all who are in the graves will hear His voice and come forth—those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation. I can of Myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is righteous, because I do not seek My own will but the will of the Father who sent Me. John 5.24-30

19And He said to them,“What things?” So they said to Him, “The things concerning Jesus of Nazareth,who was a Prophetmighty in deed and word before God and all the people,and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered Him to be condemned to death, and crucified Him.But we were hopingthat it was He who was going to redeem Israel. Indeed, besides all this, today is the third day since these things happened.Yes, andcertain women of our company, who arrived at the tomb early, astonished us.23When they did not find His body, they came saying that they had also seen a vision of angels who said He was alive.Andcertain of thosewho werewith us went to the tomb and founditjust as the women had said; but Him they did not see.” Then He said to them,“O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken!Ought not the Christ to have suffered these things and to enter into Hisglory?”And beginning atMoses andall the Prophets, Heexpounded to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself. Luke 24.19-27

Forto this you were called, because Christ also suffered forus,leavingus an example, that you should follow His steps: “Whocommitted no sin, Nor was deceit found in His mouth”; who, when He was reviled, did not revile in return; when He suffered, He did not threaten, butcommittedHimselfto Him who judges righteously;who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree,that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness—by whosestripes you were healed.Foryou were like sheep going astray, but have now returnedto the Shepherd andOverseer of your souls. 1 Peter 2.21-25

And he said, “How can I, unless someone guides me?” And he asked Philip to come up and sit with him.The place in the Scripture which he read was this: “He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; And as a lamb before its shearerissilent, So He opened not His mouth. In His humiliation Hisjustice was taken away, And who will declare His generation? For His life istaken from the earth.” (Isaiah 53) So the eunuch answered Philip and said, “I ask you, of whom does the prophet say this, of himself or of some other man?”Then Philip opened his mouth,and beginning at this Scripture, preached Jesus to him.Now as they went down the road, they came to some water. And the eunuch said, “See,here iswater.What hinders me from being baptized?” Then Philip said,“If you believe with all your heart, you may.” Acts 8.31-37

32Now they were on the road, going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was going before them; and they were amazed. And as they followed they were afraid.Then He took the twelve aside again and began to tell them the things that would happen to Him:33“Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be betrayed to the chief priests and to the scribes; and they will condemn Him to death and deliver Him to the Gentiles;34and they will mock Him, andscourge Him, and spit on Him, and kill Him. And the third day He will rise again.” Mark 10.32-34

Nowwhen evening had come, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who himself had also become a disciple of Jesus.This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be given to him.When Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,andlaid it in his new tomb which he had hewn out of the rock; and he rolled a large stone against the door of the tomb, and departed.And Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, sittingopposite the tomb. Matthew 27.57-61

SurelyHe has borne ourgriefs And carried oursorrows; Yet weesteemed Him stricken, Smitten by God, and afflicted. But Hewaswoundedfor our transgressions, He wasbruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peacewasupon Him, And by Hisstripeswe are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; We have turned, every one, to his own way; And theLordhas laid on Him the iniquity of us all. Isaiah 53

For Zion’s sake I will nothold My peace, And for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, Until her righteousness goes forth as brightness, And her salvation as a lampthatburns. The Gentiles shall see your righteousness, And allkings your glory. You shall be called by a new name, Which the mouth of theLordwill name. You shall also bea crown of glory In the hand of theLord, And a royal diadem In the hand of your God. Isaiah 62

I thank my God upon every remembrance of you, always in every prayer of mine making request for you all with joy, for your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now, being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ; just as it is right for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart, inasmuch as both in my chains and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, you all are partakers with me of grace. For God is my witness, how greatly I long for you all with the affection of Jesus Christ. Philippians 1.3-8

Little children,it is the last hour; and as you have heard thattheAntichrist is coming,even now many antichrists have come, by which we knowthat it is the last hour. 1 John 2:18

and with all unrighteous deception amongthose who perish, because they did not receivethe love of the truth, that they might be saved.Andfor this reason God will send them strong delusion,that they should believe the lie,that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth buthad pleasure in unrighteousness. 2 Thessalonians 2:10-12

Finally, allof you beof one mind, having compassion for one another; love as brothers,betender-hearted,becourteous; not returning evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contraryblessing, knowing that you were called to this,that you may inherit a blessing.1 Peter 3.8-9

Immediately after the world debt crisis was revealed in September 2008, many of the major Banks and other long-standing established financial institutions in the Western world began to fail. It soon became clear that most financial commentators believed that this crisis was THE worst financial event in history and one that was likely to have economic and social consequences far beyond anything anyone could imagine. As a fully independent authorised UK financial adviser and company director of my own business, I was just at the point of retirement, having spent my whole career in Retail Banking and the Financial Services Industry. I had over 300 personal clients at the time who were not only shattered by the magnitude of this event but who expected me to have all the answers as to why it happened in the first place and what they should do during the panic that followed.

And I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was committed to them. Then I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their witness to Jesus and for the word of God, who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received his mark on their foreheads or on their hands. And they lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. Revelation 20.4

“Enter by thenarrowgate; for wideisthegateand broadisthe way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Becausenarrowisthegateand difficultisthe way which leads to life, and there are few who find it. Matthew 7:13-14