2 Esdras 9:1-8

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.
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