2 Esdras 13:20-30

20 Yet is it easier for him that is in danger to come into these things, than to pass away as a cloud out of the world, and not to see the things that happen in the last days." And He answered unto me and said,
21 "The interpretation of the vision shall I show thee, and I will open unto thee the thing that thou hast required.
22 Whereas thou hast spoken of them that are left behind, this is the interpretation:
23 He that shall endure the peril in that time hath kept himself. They that have fallen into danger are such as have works and faith toward the Almighty.
24 Know this therefore, that they that are left behind are more blessed than they that are dead.
25 "This is the meaning of the vision: Whereas thou sawest a Man coming up from the midst of the sea,
26 the same is He whom God the Highest hath kept a great season, who by His own self shall deliver His creature; and He shall order them that are left behind.
27 And whereas thou sawest that out of His mouth there came as a blast of wind and fire and storm,
28 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:
29 Behold, the days come, when the Most High will begin to deliver them that are upon the earth.
30 And He shall come to the astonishment of them that dwell on the earth.
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