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Be ready for the rewards of the kingdom, because the eternal light will shine upon you for evermore.
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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 heavenly kingdoms.
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Rise and stand, and see at the feast of the Lord the number of those who have been sealed.
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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 conclude 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 full; beseech the Lord's power 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, which 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?"
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He answered and said to me, "These are they who have put off mortal clothing and have put on the immortal, and they have confessed the name of God; now they are being crowned, and receive palms."