The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from King James Bible: EZR 6:21 And the children of Israel, which were come again out of
captivity, and all such as had separated themselves unto them from the
filthiness of the heathen of the land, to seek the LORD God of Israel,
did eat,
EZR 6:22 And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy:
for the LORD had made them joyful, and turned the heart of the king of
Assyria unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of
God, the God of Israel.
EZR 7:1 Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of
Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,
EZR 7:2 The son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub,
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from King James Bible: tear perpetually, and he kept his wrath for ever:
AMO 1:12 But I will send a fire upon Teman, which shall devour the
palaces of Bozrah.
AMO 1:13 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of the children
of Ammon, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof;
because they have ripped up the women with child of Gilead, that they
might enlarge their border:
AMO 1:14 But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall
devour the palaces thereof, with shouting in the day of battle, with a
tempest in the day of the whirlwind:
AMO 1:15 And their king shall go into captivity, he and his princes
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from King James Bible: whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.
JOH 20:24 But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with
them when Jesus came.
JOH 20:25 The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the
LORD. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print
of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust
my hand into his side, I will not believe.
JOH 20:26 And after eight days again his disciples were within, and
Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in
the midst, and said, Peace be unto you.
JOH 20:27 Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold
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