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He answered, "The present is for those who live now, and the future for those who are to come.
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You are certainly not able to love what I have created more than I do. Never again consider yourself among the unrighteous, as you have done so often.
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that you have shown proper humility and not boasted by thinking of yourself as righteous.
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The people of this world who have lived their lives in pride and arrogance will suffer many things in the last days.
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But, Ezra, you should be thinking about the glory that is waiting for you and those like you.
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For all of you, Paradise has been opened, the tree of life has been planted, the world to come has been made ready, all your needs have been provided, the heavenly city has been built, full rest from your labors has been offered, goodness and wisdom have been perfected.
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The source of evil has been sealed off, so that it cannot reach you; all sickness has been removed, death has been taken away, hell is gone, and corruption has disappeared.
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All suffering has been taken away, and the treasure of immortality is at last revealed.
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"So don't ask any more questions about the large number of people who are lost.
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For when they had the opportunity to choose, they despised God Most High, had contempt for his Law, and refused to follow his ways.