| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from King James Bible: able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with
the baptism that I am baptized with? They say unto him, We are able.
MAT 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.
MAT 20:24 And when the ten heard it, they were moved with indignation
against the two brethren.
MAT 20:25 But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the
princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are
great exercise authority upon them.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from King James Bible: JER 38:16 So Zedekiah the king sware secretly unto Jeremiah, saying, As
the LORD liveth, that made us this soul, I will not put thee to death,
neither will I give thee into the hand of these men that seek thy life.
JER 38:17 Then said Jeremiah unto Zedekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the
God of hosts, the God of Israel; If thou wilt assuredly go forth unto
the king of Babylon's princes, then thy soul shall live, and this city
shall not be burned with fire; and thou shalt live, and thine house:
JER 38:18 But if thou wilt not go forth to the king of Babylon's
princes, then shall this city be given into the hand of the Chaldeans,
and they shall burn it with fire, and thou shalt not escape out of their
hand.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from King James Bible: shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
MAT 24:40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and
the other left.
MAT 24:41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be
taken, and the other left.
MAT 24:42 Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth
come.
MAT 24:43 But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in
what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not
have suffered his house to be broken up.
MAT 24:44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think
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