*Please note all words in
brackets[ ] with italics are added for
explanation & educational purposes only*
dePARture
= RAPture?
[PAR backwards from t at the center?]
PREPARe=PRE-PARticipate or PARtner?
PREPARATION= PRE-sePARATION?
prePARed to dePARt?
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Jews' PREPARation for God
Matthew 3:3
For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying,
The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make His paths straight.
Matthew 11:10
For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
Matthew 26:17
Now the first day of the feast of unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying unto Him, Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the passover?
Matthew 27:62
Now
the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate,
Mark 1:2,3
As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee. The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make His paths straight.
Mark 14:12,15
And the first day of unleavened bread, when they killed
the passover, His disciples said unto Him, Where wilt thou that we go and prepare that thou mayest eat the passover?...And he will shew you a large upper room furnished and prepared: there
make ready for us.
Mark 15:42
And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath,
Luke 1:17
And he[John] shall go before Him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the
wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.
Luke 1:76
And thou, child,
shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare His ways;
Luke 3:4
As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of
the Lord, make His paths straight.
Luke 7:27
This is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
Luke 22:8,9
And He sent Peter and John, saying, Go and prepare us the passover, that we may eat. And they said
unto Him, Where wilt thou that we prepare?
Luke 23:54,56
And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on...And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to
the commandment.
Luke 24:1
Now upon
the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them.
John 19:14
And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King!
John 19:31,42
The Jews therefore, because it was the
preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away...There
laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews' preparation day; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand.
God' PREPARation for us
Matthew 20:23
And He saith unto them, Ye shall drink
indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father.
Matthew 22:4
Again, He sent forth
other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage.
Matthew 25:34
Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand,
Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
Mark 10:40
But to sit on my right hand and on my left
hand is not mine to give; but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared.
Luke 2:31
Which thou hast prepared
before the face of all people;
John
14:2,3
In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare
a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
Romans 9:23
And that He[Jesus] might make known the riches of His glory on the vessels of mercy, which He had afore prepared unto glory,
1 Corinthians 2:9
But as it is written, Eye
hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love Him.
Hebrews 10:5
Wherefore when He cometh into the world, He saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:
Hebrews 11:16
But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for He hath prepared for them a city.
Revelation 12:6
And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.
Revelation 21:2
And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
Our PREPARation for God
Ephesians 6:15
And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
2 Timothy 2:21
If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, and prepared unto every
good work.
Hebrews 11:7
By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.
1 Peter 3:20
Which sometime were disobedient, when
once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.
Luke 12:47
And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to His will, shall be beaten with many stripes.
dePARTure = RAPTURE?
Philippians 1:23
For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:
2 Timothy 4:6
For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.
WIFE
of CHRIST DEPART? Let NOT WIFE DEPART from CHRIST!
1 Corinthians 7:10,11,15
And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband: But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband: and let not
the husband put away his wife...But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace.
WIFE of CHRIST DEPART? some shall depart from God?
1 Timothy
4:1
Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
2 Timothy 4:10
For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this
present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia.
Hebrews 3:12
Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
WIFE of CHRIST DEPART from iniquity?
2 Timothy 2:19
Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are His. And, let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.
Revelation 6:14
And the heaven departed as
a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.
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