BibleGateway: Zechariah 7 ESV Text: Zechariah 7 Zechariah 7 (Listen) A Call for Justice and Mercy 7:1 In the fourth year of King Darius, the word of the LORD came to Zechariah on the fourth day… The Lord desires that His people serve Him in justice and in mercy.

BibleGateway: Zechariah 6 ESV Text: Zechariah 6 Zechariah 6 (Listen) A Vision of Four Chariots 6:1 Again I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, four chariots came out from between two mountains. And the mountains… Zechariah records a vision of four chariots. The Lord instructs Zechariah to make a crown and to set it on the head of Joshua the high priest. The Messiah will build the temple of the Lord and will rule over His people as priest and as king.

BibleGateway: Matthew 25 ESV Text: Matthew 25 Matthew 25 (Listen) The Parable of the Ten Virgins 25:1 “Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps1 and went to meet the… Jesus tells the parable of the ten virgins and the parable of the talents. Jesus teaches that in the final judgment He will separate people as a shepherd separates sheep from goats.

BibleGateway: Amos 5 ESV Text: Amos 5 Amos 5 (Listen) Seek the Lord and Live 5:1 Hear this word that I take up over you in lamentation, O house of Israel: 2   “Fallen, no more to rise,    is… Through His prophet Amos, the Lord urges His people to seek Him and live. Rather than sacrifices and the observance of holy days, the Lord desires that His people serve Him with justice and righteousness.

BibleGateway: 1 Thessalonians 4 ESV Text: 1 Thessalonians 4 1 Thessalonians 4 (Listen) A Life Pleasing to God 4:1 Finally, then, brothers,1 we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from… Paul exhorts the Thessalonians to live lives that are pleasing to God. Paul instructs the Thessalonians regarding the second coming of Christ.

BibleGateway: 1 Thessalonians 3 ESV Text: 1 Thessalonians 3 1 Thessalonians 3 (Listen) 3:1 Therefore when we could bear it no longer, we were willing to be left behind at Athens alone, 2 and we sent Timothy,… Paul has received an encouraging report from Timothy regarding the faith of the Thessalonians.

BibleGateway: Matthew 24 ESV Text: Matthew 24 Matthew 24 (Listen) Jesus Foretells Destruction of the Temple 24:1 Jesus left the temple and was going away, when his disciples came to point out to him the buildings… Jesus foretells both the destruction of Jerusalem and the end of this world. Just as the temple was a mere symbol of something greater to come (the redemptive work of Christ), this world is a frail imitation of the perfect and eternal world to which the Lord will call us.

BibleGateway: Matthew 23 ESV Text: Matthew 23 Matthew 23 (Listen) Seven Woes to the Scribes and Pharisees 23:1 Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples, 2 “The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses’… Jesus denounces the scribes and the Pharisees publicly. Jesus weeps over rebellious Jerusalem.

BibleGateway: Matthew 5 ESV Text: Matthew 5 Matthew 5 (Listen) The Sermon on the Mount 5:1 Seeing the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and when he sat down, his disciples came to him. The… Jesus teaches many things in His well-known Sermon on the Mount.

BibleGateway: 1 John 3 ESV Text: 1 John 3 1 John 3 (Listen) 3:1 See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we… Believers in Christ desire to live lives of righteousness, not to continue living in sin. Since God in Christ has demonstrated perfect love toward us, we desire to love one another.