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This evil must be harvested, and this world where it was planted must be removed, before the new age where the good is to be planted can appear.
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At the beginning of time one grain of evil seed was sown in the heart of Adam. See how much wickedness it has already produced! Think of how much more it will produce before it is cut down and threshed out at Judgment Day.
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You can see for yourself what a big crop this one evil seed has produced.
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How terrible will be the harvest on Judgment Day when these countless heads of grain are threshed out!"
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Then I asked, "How long do we have to wait before this happens? Why are our lives so short and so full of misery?"
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.