Day One

[Jeremiah 32:17-44 ESV] {17} ‘Ah, Lord GOD! It is you who have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm! Nothing is too hard for you. {18} You show steadfast love to thousands, but you repay the guilt of fathers to their children after them, O great and mighty God, whose name is the LORD of hosts, {19} great in counsel and mighty in deed, whose eyes are open to all the ways of the children of man, rewarding each one according to his ways and according to the fruit of his deeds. {20} You have shown signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, and to this day in Israel and among all mankind, and have made a name for yourself, as at this day. {21} You brought your people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs and wonders, with a strong hand and outstretched arm, and with great terror. {22} And you gave them this land, which you swore to their fathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey. {23} And they entered and took possession of it. But they did not obey your voice or walk in your law. They did nothing of all you commanded them to do. Therefore you have made all this disaster come upon them. {24} Behold, the siege mounds have come up to the city to take it, and because of sword and famine and pestilence the city is given into the hands of the Chaldeans who are fighting against it. What you spoke has come to pass, and behold, you see it. {25} Yet you, O Lord GOD, have said to me, “Buy the field for money and get witnesses”–though the city is given into the hands of the Chaldeans.'” {26} The word of the LORD came to Jeremiah: {27} “Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh. Is anything too hard for me? {28} Therefore, thus says the LORD: Behold, I am giving this city into the hands of the Chaldeans and into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he shall capture it. {29} The Chaldeans who are fighting against this city shall come and set this city on fire and burn it, with the houses on whose roofs offerings have been made to Baal and drink offerings have been poured out to other gods, to provoke me to anger. {30} For the children of Israel and the children of Judah have done nothing but evil in my sight from their youth. The children of Israel have done nothing but provoke me to anger by the work of their hands, declares the LORD. {31} This city has aroused my anger and wrath, from the day it was built to this day, so that I will remove it from my sight {32} because of all the evil of the children of Israel and the children of Judah that they did to provoke me to anger–their kings and their officials, their priests and their prophets, the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. {33} They have turned to me their back and not their face. And though I have taught them persistently, they have not listened to receive instruction. {34} They set up their abominations in the house that is called by my name, to defile it. {35} They built the high places of Baal in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, to offer up their sons and daughters to Molech, though I did not command them, nor did it enter into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin. {36} “Now therefore thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning this city of which you say, ‘It is given into the hand of the king of Babylon by sword, by famine, and by pestilence’: {37} Behold, I will gather them from all the countries to which I drove them in my anger and my wrath and in great indignation. I will bring them back to this place, and I will make them dwell in safety. {38} And they shall be my people, and I will be their God. {39} I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me forever, for their own good and the good of their children after them. {40} I will make with them an everlasting covenant, that I will not turn away from doing good to them. And I will put the fear of me in their hearts, that they may not turn from me. {41} I will rejoice in doing them good, and I will plant them in this land in faithfulness, with all my heart and all my soul. {42} “For thus says the LORD: Just as I have brought all this great disaster upon this people, so I will bring upon them all the good that I promise them. {43} Fields shall be bought in this land of which you are saying, ‘It is a desolation, without man or beast; it is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.’ {44} Fields shall be bought for money, and deeds shall be signed and sealed and witnessed, in the land of Benjamin, in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, in the cities of the hill country, in the cities of the Shephelah, and in the cities of the Negeb; for I will restore their fortunes, declares the LORD.”

[Joel 3:1-14 ESV] {1} “For behold, in those days and at that time, when I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem, {2} I will gather all the nations and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. And I will enter into judgment with them there, on behalf of my people and my heritage Israel, because they have scattered them among the nations and have divided up my land, {3} and have cast lots for my people, and have traded a boy for a prostitute, and have sold a girl for wine and have drunk it. {4} “What are you to me, O Tyre and Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? Are you paying me back for something? If you are paying me back, I will return your payment on your own head swiftly and speedily. {5} For you have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried my rich treasures into your temples. {6} You have sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks in order to remove them far from their own border. {7} Behold, I will stir them up from the place to which you have sold them, and I will return your payment on your own head. {8} I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the people of Judah, and they will sell them to the Sabeans, to a nation far away, for the LORD has spoken.” {9} Proclaim this among the nations: Consecrate for war; stir up the mighty men. Let all the men of war draw near; let them come up. {10} Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears; let the weak say, “I am a warrior.” {11} Hasten and come, all you surrounding nations, and gather yourselves there. Bring down your warriors, O LORD. {12} Let the nations stir themselves up and come up to the Valley of Jehoshaphat; for there I will sit to judge all the surrounding nations. {13} Put in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Go in, tread, for the winepress is full. The vats overflow, for their evil is great. {14} Multitudes, multitudes, in the valley of decision! For the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.

[John 19:31-37 ESV] {31} Since it was the day of Preparation, and so that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a high day), the Jews asked Pilate that their legs might be broken and that they might be taken away. {32} So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first, and of the other who had been crucified with him. {33} But when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead, they did not break his legs. {34} But one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and at once there came out blood and water. {35} He who saw it has borne witness–his testimony is true, and he knows that he is telling the truth–that you also may believe. {36} For these things took place that the Scripture might be fulfilled: “Not one of his bones will be broken.” {37} And again another Scripture says, “They will look on him whom they have pierced.”

[Matthew 24:29-31 ESV] {29} “Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. {30} Then will appear in heaven the sign of the Son of Man, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. {31} And he will send out his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

[Revelation 1:7 ESV] {7} Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him, and all tribes of the earth will wail on account of him. Even so. Amen.

[Matthew 5:4 ESV] {4} “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.

Day Three

[Ezekiel 36:16-36 ESV] {16} The word of the LORD came to me: {17} “Son of man, when the house of Israel lived in their own land, they defiled it by their ways and their deeds. Their ways before me were like the uncleanness of a woman in her menstrual impurity. {18} So I poured out my wrath upon them for the blood that they had shed in the land, for the idols with which they had defiled it. {19} I scattered them among the nations, and they were dispersed through the countries. In accordance with their ways and their deeds I judged them. {20} But when they came to the nations, wherever they came, they profaned my holy name, in that people said of them, ‘These are the people of the LORD, and yet they had to go out of his land.’ {21} But I had concern for my holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations to which they came. {22} “Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord GOD: It is not for your sake, O house of Israel, that I am about to act, but for the sake of my holy name, which you have profaned among the nations to which you came. {23} And I will vindicate the holiness of my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, and which you have profaned among them. And the nations will know that I am the LORD, declares the Lord GOD, when through you I vindicate my holiness before their eyes. {24} I will take you from the nations and gather you from all the countries and bring you into your own land. {25} I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols I will cleanse you. {26} And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. {27} And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules. {28} You shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers, and you shall be my people, and I will be your God. {29} And I will deliver you from all your uncleannesses. And I will summon the grain and make it abundant and lay no famine upon you. {30} I will make the fruit of the tree and the increase of the field abundant, that you may never again suffer the disgrace of famine among the nations. {31} Then you will remember your evil ways, and your deeds that were not good, and you will loathe yourselves for your iniquities and your abominations. {32} It is not for your sake that I will act, declares the Lord GOD; let that be known to you. Be ashamed and confounded for your ways, O house of Israel. {33} “Thus says the Lord GOD: On the day that I cleanse you from all your iniquities, I will cause the cities to be inhabited, and the waste places shall be rebuilt. {34} And the land that was desolate shall be tilled, instead of being the desolation that it was in the sight of all who passed by. {35} And they will say, ‘This land that was desolate has become like the garden of Eden, and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are now fortified and inhabited.’ {36} Then the nations that are left all around you shall know that I am the LORD; I have rebuilt the ruined places and replanted that which was desolate. I am the LORD; I have spoken, and I will do it.

[Ezekiel 39:27-29 ESV] {27} when I have brought them back from the peoples and gathered them from their enemies’ lands, and through them have vindicated my holiness in the sight of many nations. {28} Then they shall know that I am the LORD their God, because I sent them into exile among the nations and then assembled them into their own land. I will leave none of them remaining among the nations anymore. {29} And I will not hide my face anymore from them, when I pour out my Spirit upon the house of Israel, declares the Lord GOD.”

[Jeremiah 23:31-32 ESV] {31} Behold, I am against the prophets, declares the LORD, who use their tongues and declare, ‘declares the LORD.’ {32} Behold, I am against those who prophesy lying dreams, declares the LORD, and who tell them and lead my people astray by their lies and their recklessness, when I did not send them or charge them. So they do not profit this people at all, declares the LORD.

[Matthew 26:20-32 ESV] {20} When it was evening, he reclined at table with the twelve. {21} And as they were eating, he said, “Truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me.” {22} And they were very sorrowful and began to say to him one after another, “Is it I, Lord?” {23} He answered, “He who has dipped his hand in the dish with me will betray me. {24} The Son of Man goes as it is written of him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for that man if he had not been born.” {25} Judas, who would betray him, answered, “Is it I, Rabbi?” He said to him, “You have said so.” {26} Now as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and after blessing it broke it and gave it to the disciples, and said, “Take, eat; this is my body.” {27} And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he gave it to them, saying, “Drink of it, all of you, {28} for this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. {29} I tell you I will not drink again of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom.” {30} And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives. {31} Then Jesus said to them, “You will all fall away because of me this night. For it is written, ‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’ {32} But after I am raised up, I will go before you to Galilee.”

[Jeremiah 31:31-33 ESV] {31} “Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah, {32} not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, my covenant that they broke, though I was their husband, declares the LORD. {33} For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

[Romans 11:25-27 ESV] {25} Lest you be wise in your own sight, I do not want you to be unaware of this mystery, brothers: a partial hardening has come upon Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in. {26} And in this way all Israel will be saved, as it is written, “The Deliverer will come from Zion, he will banish ungodliness from Jacob”; {27} “and this will be my covenant with them when I take away their sins.”

Day Four

[Revelation 15:1, 7-8 ESV] {1} Then I saw another sign in heaven, great and amazing, seven angels with seven plagues, which are the last, for with them the wrath of God is finished. … {7} And one of the four living creatures gave to the seven angels seven golden bowls full of the wrath of God who lives forever and ever, {8} and the sanctuary was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from his power, and no one could enter the sanctuary until the seven plagues of the seven angels were finished.

[Revelation 16:12-16 ESV] {12} The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up, to prepare the way for the kings from the east. {13} And I saw, coming out of the mouth of the dragon and out of the mouth of the beast and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits like frogs. {14} For they are demonic spirits, performing signs, who go abroad to the kings of the whole world, to assemble them for battle on the great day of God the Almighty. {15} (“Behold, I am coming like a thief! Blessed is the one who stays awake, keeping his garments on, that he may not go about naked and be seen exposed!”) {16} And they assembled them at the place that in Hebrew is called Armageddon.

[Revelation 17:14 ESV] {14} They will make war on the Lamb, and the Lamb will conquer them, for he is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those with him are called and chosen and faithful.”

[Revelation 19:11-21 ESV] {11} Then I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse! The one sitting on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and makes war. {12} His eyes are like a flame of fire, and on his head are many diadems, and he has a name written that no one knows but himself. {13} He is clothed in a robe dipped in blood, and the name by which he is called is The Word of God. {14} And the armies of heaven, arrayed in fine linen, white and pure, were following him on white horses. {15} From his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and he will rule them with a rod of iron. He will tread the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty. {16} On his robe and on his thigh he has a name written, King of kings and Lord of lords. {17} Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and with a loud voice he called to all the birds that fly directly overhead, “Come, gather for the great supper of God, {18} to eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of captains, the flesh of mighty men, the flesh of horses and their riders, and the flesh of all men, both free and slave, both small and great.” {19} And I saw the beast and the kings of the earth with their armies gathered to make war against him who was sitting on the horse and against his army. {20} And the beast was captured, and with it the false prophet who in its presence had done the signs by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped its image. These two were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur. {21} And the rest were slain by the sword that came from the mouth of him who was sitting on the horse, and all the birds were gorged with their flesh.

[Acts 1:11 ESV] {11} and said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.”

[Ezekiel 47:1, 8-12 ESV] {1} Then he brought me back to the door of the temple, and behold, water was issuing from below the threshold of the temple toward the east (for the temple faced east). The water was flowing down from below the south end of the threshold of the temple, south of the altar. … {8} And he said to me, “This water flows toward the eastern region and goes down into the Arabah, and enters the sea; when the water flows into the sea, the water will become fresh. {9} And wherever the river goes, every living creature that swarms will live, and there will be very many fish. For this water goes there, that the waters of the sea may become fresh; so everything will live where the river goes. {10} Fishermen will stand beside the sea. From Engedi to Eneglaim it will be a place for the spreading of nets. Its fish will be of very many kinds, like the fish of the Great Sea. {11} But its swamps and marshes will not become fresh; they are to be left for salt. {12} And on the banks, on both sides of the river, there will grow all kinds of trees for food. Their leaves will not wither, nor their fruit fail, but they will bear fresh fruit every month, because the water for them flows from the sanctuary. Their fruit will be for food, and their leaves for healing.”

Day Five

[Leviticus 23:33-43 ESV] {33} And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, {34} “Speak to the people of Israel, saying, On the fifteenth day of this seventh month and for seven days is the Feast of Booths to the LORD. {35} On the first day shall be a holy convocation; you shall not do any ordinary work. {36} For seven days you shall present food offerings to the LORD. On the eighth day you shall hold a holy convocation and present a food offering to the LORD. It is a solemn assembly; you shall not do any ordinary work. {37} “These are the appointed feasts of the LORD, which you shall proclaim as times of holy convocation, for presenting to the LORD food offerings, burnt offerings and grain offerings, sacrifices and drink offerings, each on its proper day, {38} besides the LORD’s Sabbaths and besides your gifts and besides all your vow offerings and besides all your freewill offerings, which you give to the LORD. {39} “On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you have gathered in the produce of the land, you shall celebrate the feast of the LORD seven days. On the first day shall be a solemn rest, and on the eighth day shall be a solemn rest. {40} And you shall take on the first day the fruit of splendid trees, branches of palm trees and boughs of leafy trees and willows of the brook, and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God seven days. {41} You shall celebrate it as a feast to the LORD for seven days in the year. It is a statute forever throughout your generations; you shall celebrate it in the seventh month. {42} You shall dwell in booths for seven days. All native Israelites shall dwell in booths, {43} that your generations may know that I made the people of Israel dwell in booths when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.”

[John 7:1-2, 37-39 ESV] {1} After this Jesus went about in Galilee. He would not go about in Judea, because the Jews were seeking to kill him. {2} Now the Jews’ Feast of Booths was at hand. … {37} On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and cried out, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink. {38} Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.'” {39} Now this he said about the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were to receive, for as yet the Spirit had not been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.

[1 Peter 1:16 ESV] {16} since it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.”