Rapture
- ^8 `Remember, I pray Thee, the word that Thou didst command Moses Thy servant, saying, Ye -- ye trespass -- I scatter you among peoples;
- ^9 ^and ye have turned back unto Me, and kept My commands, and done them -- if your outcast is in the end of the heavens, thence I gather them, and have brought them in unto the place that I have chosen to cause My name to tabernacle there.
- ^10 ^And they [are] Thy servants, and Thy people, whom Thou hast ransomed by Thy great power, and by Thy strong hand.
Gathered those who turned back and kept commands (righteoush) and brought into the tabernacle.
- 6 Therefore a curse consumes the earth; its people must bear their guilt. Therefore earth’s inhabitants are burned up, and very few are left.
- 21 In that day the Lord will punish the powers in the heavens above and the kings on the earth below.
- 22 They will be herded together like prisoners bound in a dungeon; they will be shut up in prison and be punished[a] after many days.
- 23 The moon will be dismayed, the sun ashamed; for the Lord Almighty will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and before its elders—with great glory.
Earth’s inhabitants (unrighteous) burned with few left.. Unrighteous gathered, bound, and put in prison.
- ^10 ^Lo, the Lord Jehovah with strength cometh, And His arm is ruling for Him, Lo, His hire [is] with Him, and His wage before Him.
- ^11 ^As a shepherd His flock He feedeth, With His arm He gathereth lambs, And in His bosom He carrieth [them]: Suckling ones He leadeth.
- 26 Lift up on high your eyes, And see -- who hath prepared these? He who is bringing out by number their host, To all of them by name He calleth, By abundance of strength (And [he is] strong in power) not one is lacking.
Gathered righteous to him.
- 5 Be not afraid, for I [am] with thee, From the east I bring in thy seed, And from the west I gather thee.
- 6 I am saying to the north, Give up,' And to the south, Restrain not.' Bring in My sons from afar, And My daughters from the end of the earth.
Gathered the righteous to him.
- 12 For not in haste do ye go out, Yea, with flight ye go not on, For going before you [is] Jehovah, And gathering you [is] the God of Israel!
- 13 Lo, My servant doth act wisely, He is high, and hath been lifted up, And hath been very high.
Gathered the righteous
- 17 Those sanctifying and cleansing themselves at the gardens, After Ahad in the midst, Eating flesh of the sow, And of the abomination, and of the mouse, Together are consumed, An affirmation of Jehovah.
- 18 And I -- their works and their thoughts, I come to gather all the nations and tongues, And they have come and seen My honour.
- 19 And I have set among them a sign, And have sent out of them those escaping unto the nations, (Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, drawing bow, Tubal and Javan, the isles that are far off,) Who have not heard My fame, nor seen Mine honour, And they have declared Mine honour among nations.
- 20 And they have brought all your brethren out of all the nations, A present to Jehovah, On horses, and on chariot, and on litters, And on mules, and on dromedaries, Unto My holy mountain Jerusalem, said Jehovah, As the sons of Israel bring the present in a clean vessel, Into the house of Jehovah.
- 21 And also of them I take for priests, For Levites, said Jehovah.
- 22 For, as the new heavens and the new earth that I am making, Are standing before Me, An affirmation of Jehovah! So remain doth your seed and your name.
- 23 And it hath been from month to month, And from sabbath to sabbath, Come do all flesh to bow themselves before Me, Said Jehovah.
- 24 And they have gone forth, And looked on the carcases of the men Who are transgressing against me, For their worm dieth not, And their fire is not quenched, And they have been an abhorrence to all flesh!
Consumed the unrighteous. V 18 - who is “their”?
- 4 Be circumcised to Jehovah, And turn aside the foreskins of your heart, O man of Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, Lest My fury go out as fire, and hath burned, And there is none quenching, Because of the evil of your doings.
- 5 Declare in Judah, and in Jerusalem sound, And say ye, Blow a trumpet in the land,' Call ye fully, and say ye: Be gathered, and we go in to the fenced city.'
- 6 Lift up an ensign Zionward, Strengthen yourselves, stand not still, For evil I am bringing in from the north, And a great destruction.
Gathered the unrighteous into the city -
Jeremiah 23:3,
- And I do gather the remnant of My flock Out of all the lands whither I drove them, And have brought them back unto their fold, And they have been fruitful, and multiplied.
Gathered righteous to him.
- Lo, I am bringing them in from the north country, And have gathered them from the sides of the earth, Among them [are] blind and lame, Conceiving and travailing one -- together, A great assembly -- they turn back hither.
- Hear a word of Jehovah, O nations, And declare ye among isles afar off, and say: He who is scattering Israel doth gather him, And hath kept him as a shepherd [doth] his flock,
Gathered righteous to him.
- 4 What -- dost thou boast thyself in valleys? Flowed hath thy valley, O backsliding daughter, Who is trusting in her treasures: Who doth come in unto me?
- 5 Lo, I am bringing in upon thee a fear, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah of Hosts, From all round about thee, And ye have been driven out each before it, And there is no gatherer of the wandering.
- 6 And after this I turn back the captivity of the sons of Ammon, An affirmation of Jehovah.'
No gathering of the wandering.
Jeremiah 29:14
- And I have been found of you -- an affirmation of Jehovah; and I have turned back [to] your captivity, and have gathered you out of all the nations, and out of all the places whither I have driven you -- an affirmation of Jehovah -- and I have brought you back unto the place whence I removed you.
Gathered righteous to him
Ezekiel 11:17
- Therefore say: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: And I have assembled you from the peoples, And I have gathered you from the lands, Into which ye have been scattered, And I have given to you the ground of Israel.
Gathered Israel and gave them the land.
Ezekiel 22:18-20
- The house of Israel hath been to Me for dross, All of them [are] brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, In the midst of a furnace -- dross hath silver been,
- 19 Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because of your all becoming dross, Therefore, lo, I am gathering you unto the midst of Jerusalem,
- 20 A gathering of silver, and brass, and iron, and lead, and tin, Unto the midst of a furnace -- to blow on it fire, to melt it, So do I gather in Mine anger and in My fury, And I have let rest, and have melted you.
Gathered the unrighteous together to melt them.
Ezekiel 28:25
- Thus said the Lord Jehovah: In My gathering the house of Israel, Out of the peoples among whom they were scattered, I have been sanctified in them, Before the eyes of the nations, And they have dwelt on their ground, That I gave to My servant, to Jacob,
Gathered Israel out of where he scattered them.
Ezekiel 29
- 8 Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, I am bringing in against thee a sword, And have cut off from thee man and beast.
- 12 And I have made the land of Egypt a desolation, In the midst of desolate lands, And its cities, in the midst of waste cities, Are a desolation forty years, And I have scattered the Egyptians among nations, And I have dispersed them through lands.
- 13 But thus said the Lord Jehovah: At the end of forty years I gather the Egyptians Out of the peoples whither they have been scattered,
Ezekiel 34
- 12 As a shepherd's searching of his drove, In the day of his being in the midst of his scattered flock, so I do seek My flock, And have delivered them out of all places, Whither they have been scattered, In a day of cloud and thick darkness.
- 13 And brought them out from the peoples, And have gathered them from the lands, And brought them unto their own ground, And have fed them on mountains of Israel, By streams, and by all dwellings of the land.
- 14 With good pasture I do feed them, And on mountains of the high place of Israel is their habitation, There do they lie down in a good habitation, And fat pastures they enjoy on mountains of Israel.
Ezekiel 36
- 24 And I have taken you out of the nations, And have gathered you out of all the lands, And I have brought you in unto your land,
Ezekiel 37:21
- and speak thou unto them: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, I am taking the sons of Israel, From among the nations whither they have gone, And have gathered them from round about, And I have brought them in unto their land.
Joel 3
- For lo, in those days, and in that time, When I turn back [to] the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem,
- 2 Then I have gathered all the nations, And caused them to go down unto the valley of Jehoshaphat, And I have been judged with them there, Concerning My people and Mine inheritance -- Israel, Whom they scattered among nations, And My land they have apportioned.
- 11 Haste, and come in, all ye nations round, And be gathered together, Thither cause to come down, O Jehovah, Thy mighty ones.
- 12 Wake and come up let the nations unto the valley of Jehoshaphat, For there I sit to judge all the nations around.
- 13 Send ye forth a sickle, For ripened hath harvest, Come in, come down, for filled hath been the press, Overflowed hath wine-presses, For great [is] their wickedness.
- 14 Multitudes, multitudes [are] in the valley of decision, For near [is] the day of Jehovah in the valley of decision.
- 15 Sun and moon have been black, And stars have gathered up their shining.
- 16 And Jehovah from Zion doth roar, And from Jerusalem giveth forth His voice, And shaken have the heavens and earth, And Jehovah [is] a refuge to his people, And a stronghold to sons of Israel.
- 17 And ye have known that I [am] Jehovah your God, Dwelling in Zion, My holy mountain, And Jerusalem hath been holy, And strangers do not pass over into it again.
- 21 And I have declared their blood innocent, [That] I did not declare innocent, And Jehovah is dwelling in Zion!
Zephaniah 3
- 7 I have said: Only, ye do fear Me, Ye do accept instruction, And her habitation is not cut off, All that I have appointed for her, But they have risen early, They have corrupted all their doings.
- 8 Therefore, wait for Me -- an affirmation of Jehovah, For the day of My rising for prey, For My judgment [is] to gather nations, To assemble kingdoms, To pour out on them Mine indignation, All the heat of Mine anger, For by the fire of My jealousy consumed is all the earth.
- 9 For then do I turn unto peoples a pure lip, To call all of them by the name of Jehovah, To serve Him [with] one shoulder.
Gathered for judgement
Zephaniah 3
18 Mine afflicted from the appointed place I have gathered, from thee they have been, Bearing for her sake reproach.
19 Lo, I am dealing with all afflicting thee at that time, And I have saved the halting one, And the driven out ones I do gather, And have set them for a praise and for a name, In all the land of their shame.
20 At that time I bring you in, Even at the time of My assembling you, For I give you for a name, and for a praise, Among all peoples of the land, In My turning back [to] your captivity before your eyes, said Jehovah!
- Zechariah 10
- 7 And Ephraim hath been as a hero, And rejoiced hath their heart as wine, And their sons see, and they have rejoiced, Rejoice doth their heart in Jehovah.
- 8 I hist for them, and I gather them, For I have redeemed them, And they have multiplied as they did multiply.
- 9 And I sow them among peoples, And in far-off places they remember Me, And they have lived with their sons, And they have turned back.
Zechariah 14
- Lo, a day hath come to Jehovah, And divided hath been thy spoil in thy midst.
- 2 And I have gathered all the nations unto Jerusalem to battle, And captured hath been the city, And spoiled have been the houses, And the women are lain with, Gone forth hath half the city in a removal, And the remnant of the people are not cut off from the city.
- 3 And gone forth hath Jehovah, And He hath fought against those nations, As in the day of His fighting in a day of conflict.
Matthew 3
- 11 `I indeed do baptize you with water to reformation, but he who after me is coming is mightier than I, of whom I am not worthy to bear the sandals, he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire,
- 12 whose fan [is] in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his floor, and will gather his wheat to the storehouse, but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.'
- 13 Then cometh Jesus from Galilee upon the Jordan, unto John to be baptized by him,
Matthew 9:37-38
- ^36 ^And having seen the multitudes, he was moved with compassion for them, that they were faint and cast aside, as sheep not having a shepherd,
- ^37 ^then saith he to his disciples, `The harvest indeed [is] abundant, but the workmen few;
- ^38 ^beseech ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he may put forth workmen to His harvest.'
Gathering the righteous
- Harvest:
- ^30 ^Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest
- The field is the world;
- the harvest is the end of the world;
- Reapers:
- I will say to the reapers,
- and the reapers are the angels.
- Tares:
- Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them:
- but the tares are the children of the wicked one;
- 39 The enemy that sowed them is the devil;
- 40 As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world.
- 41 The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;
- 42 And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
- 49 So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just,
- 50 And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
- Wheat:
- but gather the wheat into my barn.
- the good seed are the children of the kingdom;
- 43 Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
Gathered all. First the unrighteous - bound and burned. Then the righteous in the barn.
- and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
Gathered the righteous
- Days of Noah
- as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
- as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark,
- And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
Gathered the righteous into the ark, The flood took away and destroyed the unrighteous
- Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
- Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
- Master and Servant
- Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
- Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.
- Evil servant - And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Promoted the righteous, cut down and destroyed the unrighteous
- Ten Virgins
- And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.
- 3 They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:
- 4 But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
- 6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.
- 7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.
- 8 And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.
Took the righteous to the wedding, left the unrighteous
- Traveling man - Talents
- 20 And so he that had received five talents came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: behold, I have gained beside them five talents more.
- 21 His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
- 22 He also that had received two talents came and said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me two talents: behold, I have gained two other talents beside them.
- 23 His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
- 24 Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed:
- 25 And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is thine.
- 26 His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed:
- 28 Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which hath ten talents.
- 29 For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath.
- 30 And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Cast out and destroyed the unrighteous
- King
- And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:
- he shall set the sheep on his right hand
- Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
- 40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
- but the righteous into life eternal.
- the goats on the left.
- Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
- 45 Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.
- 46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment
Gathered all, Sent unrighteous away
- 26 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.
- 27 And then shall he send his angels,
- and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.
Gathered righteous
Luke 3
- whose winnowing shovel [is] in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his floor, and will gather the wheat to his storehouse, and the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.'
Revelation 7:14:
- ^3 `Do not injure the land, nor the sea, nor the trees, till we may seal the servants of our God upon their foreheads.'
- After these things I saw, and lo, a great multitude, which to number no one was able, out of all nations, and tribes, and peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne, and before the Lamb, arrayed in white robes, and palms in their hands,
- ^13 ^And answer did one of the elders, saying to me, `These, who have been arrayed with the white robes -- who are they, and whence came they?'
- ^14 ^and I have said to him, Sir, thou hast known;' and he said to me, These are those who are coming out of the great tribulation , and they did wash their robes, and they made their robes white in the blood of the Lamb;
- ^15 ^because of this are they before the throne of God, and they do service to Him day and night in His sanctuary, and He who is sitting upon the throne shall tabernacle over them;
Sealed his servants (righteous).
John 15
- if any one may not remain in me, he was cast forth without as the branch, and was withered, and they gather them, and cast to fire, and they are burned;
- `Send forth thy sickle and reap, because come to thee hath the hour of reaping, because ripe hath been the harvest of the earth;' ^16 ^and he who is sitting upon the cloud did put forth his sickle upon the earth, and the earth was reaped.
- `Send forth thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth, because come to perfection have her grapes;' ^19 ^and the messenger did put forth his sickle to the earth, and did gather the vine of the earth, and did cast [it] to the great wine-press of the wrath of God;