2 Esdras 9:1-10

1 He answered me then and said, "Measure thou the time diligently in itself; and when thou seest that part of the signs have passed which I have told thee before,
2 then shalt thou understand that it is the very same time wherein the Highest will begin to visit the world which He made.
3 Therefore when there shall be seen earthquakes and uproars of the people in the world,
4 then shalt thou well understand that the Most High spoke of those things from the days that were before thee, even from the beginning.
5 For as all that is made in the world hath a beginning and an end, and the end is manifest,
6 even so the times also of the Highest have plain beginnings in wonders and powerful works, and endings in effects and signs.
7 And every one that shall be saved, and shall be able to escape by his works and by faith, whereby ye have believed,
8 shall be preserved from the said perils, and shall see My salvation in My land and within My borders; for I have sanctified them for Me from the beginning.
9 Then shall they be in a pitiful state who now have abused My ways, and they that have cast them away despitefully shall dwell in torments.
10 For such as in their life have received benefits and have not known Me,
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