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After He was baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove and settling on Him,

and behold, a voice from the heavens said, "This is My beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased."

"But 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 the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

And immediately coming up out of the water, He saw the heavens opening, and the Spirit, like a dove, descending upon Him;

and a voice came from the heavens: "You are My beloved Son; in You I am well pleased."

AND THE STARS WILL BE FALLING from heaven, and the powers that are in the heavens will be shaken.

people fainting from fear and the expectation of the things that are coming upon the world; for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

and he said, "Behold, I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God."

For we know that if our earthly tent which is our house is torn down, we have a building from God, a house not made by hands, eternal in the heavens.

regarding His plan of the fullness of the times, to bring all things together in Christ, things in the heavens and things on the earth.

He who descended is Himself also He who ascended far above all the heavens, so that He might fill all things.)

for by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones, or dominions, or rulers, or authorities—all things have been created through Him and for Him.

And, "YOU, LORD, IN THE BEGINNING LAID THE FOUNDATION OF THE EARTH, AND THE HEAVENS ARE THE WORKS OF YOUR HANDS;

Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let's hold firmly to our confession.

For it was fitting for us to have such a high priest, holy, innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners, and exalted above the heavens;

Now the main point in what has been said is this: we have such a high priest, who has taken His seat at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens,

Therefore it was necessary for the copies of the things in the heavens to be cleansed with these things, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.

For when they maintain this, it escapes their notice that by the word of God the heavens existed long ago and the earth was formed out of water and by water,

But by His word the present heavens and earth are being reserved for fire, kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly people.

But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, in which the heavens will pass away with a roar and the elements will be destroyed with intense heat, and the earth and its works will be discovered.