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The interpretation of the vision shall I shew thee, and I will open unto thee the thing that thou hast required.
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Whereas thou hast spoken of them that are left behind, this is the interpretation:
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He that shall endure the peril in that time hath kept himself: they that be fallen into danger are such as have works, and faith toward the Almighty.
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Know this therefore, that they which be left behind are more blessed than they that be dead.
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This is the meaning of the vision: Whereas thou sawest a man coming up from the midst of the sea:
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The same is he whom God the Highest hath kept a great season, which by his own self shall deliver his creature: and he shall order them that are left behind.
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And whereas thou sawest, that out of his mouth there came as a blast of wind, and fire, and storm;
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And that he held neither sword, nor any instrument of war, but that the rushing in of him destroyed the whole multitude that came to subdue him; this is the interpretation:
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Behold, the days come, when the most High will begin to deliver them that are upon the earth.
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And he shall come to the astonishment of them that dwell on the earth.
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And one shall undertake to fight against another, one city against another, one place against another, one people against another, and one realm against another.