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Therefore I say to you, O nations that hear and understand, "Wait for your shepherd; he will give you everlasting rest, because he who will come at the end of the age is close at hand.
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Be ready for the rewards of the kingdom, because perpetual light will shine on you forevermore.
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Flee from the shadow of this age, receive the joy of your glory; I publicly call on my savior to witness.
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Receive what the Lord has entrusted to you and be joyful, giving thanks to him who has called you to the celestial kingdoms.
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Rise, stand erect and see the number of those who have been sealed at the feast of the Lord.
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Those who have departed from the shadow of this age have received glorious garments from the Lord.
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Take again your full number, O Zion, and close the list of your people who are clothed in white, who have fulfilled the law of the Lord.
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The number of your children, whom you desired, is now complete; implore the Lord's authority that your people, who have been called from the beginning, may be made holy."
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I, Ezra, saw on Mount Zion a great multitude that I could not number, and they all were praising the Lord with songs.
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In their midst was a young man of great stature, taller than any of the others, and on the head of each of them he placed a crown, but he was more exalted than they. And I was held spellbound.
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Then I asked an angel, "Who are these, my lord?"