365 Days in the Gospels and Spirit of Prophecy

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Flipping the Script: The Last Will Be First — July 3 [Description]

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Luke 13:22-33 365D 184.1

22 And He went through the cities and villages, teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem. 365D 184.2

23 Then one said to Him, “Lord, are there few who are saved?” And He said to them, 365D 184.3

24 “Strive to enter through the narrow gate, for many, I say to you, will seek to enter and will not be able. 365D 184.4

25 When once the Master of the house has risen up and shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and knock at the door, saying, ‘Lord, Lord, open for us,’ and He will answer and say to you, ‘I do not know you, where you are from,’ 365D 184.5

26 then you will begin to say, ‘We ate and drank in Your presence, and You taught in our streets.’ 365D 184.6

27 But He will say, ‘I tell you I do not know you, where you are from. Depart from Me, all you workers of iniquity.’ 365D 184.7

28 There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and yourselves thrust out. 365D 184.8

29 They will come from the east and the west, from the north and the south, and sit down in the kingdom of God. 365D 184.9

30 And indeed there are last who will be first, and there are first who will be last.” 365D 184.10

31 [i] On that very day some Pharisees came, saying to Him, “Get out and depart from here, for Herod wants to kill You.” 365D 184.11

32 And He said to them, “Go, tell that fox, ‘Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I shall be [j] perfected.’ 365D 184.12

33 Nevertheless I must journey today, tomorrow, and the day following; for it cannot be that a prophet should perish outside of Jerusalem. 365D 184.13