Sentences with phrase «come upon the end»

Did I intentionally pray for wisdom, clarity, direction and peace as we come upon the end of the election year and say goodbye to one of the most violent and painful years we have ever had?

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If you don't have money set aside for medical or health emergencies — or some type of critical illness insurance plan that covers all costs upon diagnosis — you may end up struggling with medical debt for years to come.

As 2007 comes to an end and «2,000 Great» is upon us, RELEVANT wanted to reflect on the best albums from the past year.

My initial take was that you had come upon a clear view of what we might feel close to the end.

But in the end, only eight were saved, and the flood waters that came upon the earth returned everything to the way they were before Genesis 1:2.

He was born under such and such circumstances; he came under the formative influences of the people to which he belonged; and when upon reaching maturity he felt an inner impulse and call to this end, he began in his own way to teach others.

Men were already living in the «last days»; the end of the ages had come upon their generation.

Earlier Christians could greet the world as the creation, as a contingent realm deriving its ultimate meaning and reality from a transcendent Creator, even though the primitive Christians looked upon the world as the old creation, an Old Aeon that even now is coming to an end.

Did this living realm of cosmological matter come about by sheer coincidence or was there a cosmological order for the living realms of cellular cosmology to become an ever evolving realm ending upon these celestial shores as being mankind?

It is said that once, for instance, as he came to a stream spanned by a bridge so narrow that two men could not cross it abreast, nor pass one another upon it, a truculent bourgeois arrived at the bridge's other end and — recognizing Kierkegaard — promptly announced that he would not stand aside for an infamous buffoon.

The world time is running out the Son of man is upon the earth soon to open the seals, the day of burning at end of the tribulation when comes in his glory is another event, even so many shall not see the Son until the time of judgement, but the chosen few shall see him before.

As for what Jesus taught, he said some pretty disturbing things about God's wrath upon the earth, and then in his ascended state, he told John the graphic horrific violence that would come at the end of days.

Grant rather that each day may do something so to strengthen my hold upon the unseen world, so to increase my sense of its reality, and so to attach my heart to its holy interests that, as the end of my earthly life draws ever nearer, I may not grow to be a part of these fleeting earthly surroundings, but rather grow more and more conformed to the life of the world to come.

-- The Anthology is full of pessimistic utterances: «Naked came I upon the earth, naked I go below the ground — why then do I vainly toil when I see the end naked before me?»

And, oh, when the hour - glass has run out, the hourglass of time, when the noise of worldliness is silenced, and the restless or the ineffectual busyness comes to an end, when everything is still about thee as it is in eternity — whether thou wast man or woman, rich or poor, dependent or independent, fortunate or unfortunate, whether thou didst bear the splendor of the crown in a lofty station, or didst bear only the labor and heat of the day in an inconspicuous lot; whether thy name shall be remembered as long as the world stands (and so was remembered as long as the world stood), or without a name thou didst cohere as nameless with the countless multitude; whether the glory which surrounded thee surpassed all human description, or the judgment passed upon thee was the most severe and dishonoring human judgement can pass — eternity asks of thee and of every individual among these million millions only one question, whether thou hast lived in despair or not, whether thou wast in despair in such a way that thou didst not know thou wast in despair, or in such a way that thou didst hiddenly carry this sickness in thine inward parts as thy gnawing secret, carry it under thy heart as the fruit of a sinful love, or in such a way that thou, a horror to others, didst rave in despair.

Antichrist sat upon the throne; the last days had arrived — and yet the end might not come for a long time.

Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.

From those recesses came Narnia — that wonderful land upon which night must finally fall when Aslan says «now make an end.»

It should be remembered that in biblical usage the Day of the Lord can refer to both the coming of Jesus Christ and the judgment of God upon the nations at the end of time.

I did indeed support the change of the policy in the end because upon reflection, I came to the conclusion that the seminary is an academic institution and not a denomination.

But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria and to the end of the earth» (Acts 1:7, 8), says the Christ of the ascension.

Since God is the hidden, incomprehensible, infinitely difficult end of our human quest, whether or not we come to know Him depends ultimately upon whether God Himself so acts upon us that He produces the kind of sensitivity through which we can respond to Him.

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth» (Acts 1:6 - 8).

2 - 3), and whether it is apt to celebrate communion in the morning when Jesus instituted the Eucharist after supper (16.1 - 17.1), the pastor in Cyprian returns at the end of the letter to assure forgiveness to those who may have erred in good faith in the past (18.4), and requesting his people to recognise that since Christ's «second coming is now drawing near to us,» (18.4), it is incumbent upon them to act so that «He may find us upholding what He has counselled, observing what He has taught and doing what He Himself has done.»

Which ends up being subjective in practice, as any number of Christians will draw upon their own combination of biblical, traditional and intuitional ideas, with vastly differing results, but all equally believing that these ideas came directly from the Spirit and represent the only «true» morality of God.

Or we hear that Jesus was merely describing in his hardest sayings what God's will would be for us when the kingdom should have come, not his will for us now; or again, that Jesus» ethic was an «interim ethic,» consciously based upon the assumption that the end of the whole world process was imminent.

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth (Acts 1:8, NRSV).

Peter ends his letter by talking about the second «flood» that will come upon the earth, but this time it will not be a flood of water, but a flood of fire (2 Peter 3:10, 12).

«You shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; you shall be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth» (Acts 1: 8).

The fourteenth chapter contains a deliberate discussion of this new view of Christ's coming, put upon the lips of Jesus as though he were presenting in advance a Hellenistic reinterpretation of the Jewish hope as it would appear in Ephesus at the end of the first century.

For the earth which drinks in the rain that often comes upon it, and bears herbs useful for those by whom it is cultivated, receives blessing from God; but if it bears thorns and briers, it is rejected and near to being cursed, whose end is to be burned.

Still another feature of Galilean Christianity was the expectation of a heavenly figure at the end of days, not the national Messiah but a figure patterned upon Daniel's vision of «one like a son of man» coming on the clouds of heaven.

Wright proffers the controversial view that early Jews believed they were still in exile, even though they were in the Holy Land, and that Jesus came to bring an end to that exile by taking upon himself the punishment for Israel's sins and so set it free.

Hence the prospect that «cosmic» evolution has not come to an end with the emergence of humans is something we should reflect upon seriously.

In verse 8 of the first chapter we read: «But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria and to the end of the earth.»

It wasn't until I came to the end of my striving that I stumbled upon the shocking realization that Jesus never wanted to be «close» to me in the first place.

But now come calculations as to what must take place before the end: that, e.g., four kingdoms must pass away, or twelve plagues must come upon mankind, and monsters rise up out of the sea.

That he had perhaps unwittingly set his face toward the good time coming is revealed in his injunction that «the END of all your studies must be the «SERVICE OF GOD» and the MOTTO upon your whole ministry... CHRIST IS ALL.

Cold weather started upon us the end of August and with it came the desire for warm, hearty dishes.

Of course it would be silly to suggest that winning any game, cup or otherwise, isn't good for the club, but let's remember just how problematic FA Cup success has been for this club... I'm certainly not going to suggest I didn't enjoy seeing Arsenal win, I'm a fan of this club first and foremost, but how bad are things when you find yourself secretly wishing that your own team lost so that just maybe real change would finally come... I resent this team for even making me feel such thoughts and it's going to take a lot of effort on their part to earn my trust again... this club has treated the fans so poorly that it has created an incredibly fragile and toxic environment, so much so that a «what have you done for me lately» mentality has emerged... fans rise and fall depending on the results of each game because we don't have faith in those in charge to make the necessary changes to personnel and tactics... each time we win many fans attack any dissenting voices and make unrealistic claims about the players, the manager and the potential for unprecedented success... every time we lose the boo - birds run rampant, calling for heads to roll and predicting the worst... regardless of what side you fall on, it's not your fault, both sides are simply overcompensating for the horrible state of affairs that have been percolating for several years... it's hard to take the long view when those in charge have lied incessantly and refuse to take any responsibilities for their own actions... in the end, we are trapped by the same catch - 22 that ManU faced upon Fergie's exit... less fearful of maintaining the status quo than facing the unknown, which was validated, wrongly or rightly, by witnessing the difficulties they have faced during this transitory period... to be honest, the thing that scares me most is that this team has never prepared whatsoever for this eventuality, which considering our frugal nature and the way we have shunned many of our most revered former players is more than a little disconcerting

There's no doubts about the qualities of both managers, but I still wouldn't be surprised if Arsenal make Howe their prime candidate for the position, solely based upon availability come the end of the season.

Arsenal fans started to hear a few years ago that the club was coming to an end of the years of frugality forced upon it by the financial policy and the move to the new Emirates stadium.

However, upon Pep Guardiola's arrival at the Etihad in the summer, it fast became clear that his time with the Sky Blues was coming to an end.

Benitez has revealed his spell in charge of Chelsea will come to an end upon the completion of the season.

While conducting paleontological research in northeastern Mexico, the scientists came upon sedimentary rock deposited toward the end of the Cretaceous Period that evidenced an enormous diversity of fossils, including the tracks of birds, dinosaurs and pterosaurs.

Another lawyer, who came to the crime scene upon hearing gunshots and was wounded by a bullet, ended the rampage when he grabbed a pistol from a hardware store and killed the shooter.

«It is appalling that it has been prevalent in the science community for so long, and we are thrilled to finally see scientific societies and institutions coming together to address and act upon the important role we play in helping to put an end to this.

Then I came upon the book that gave me the same message, in a well - versed chapter toward the end: «Don't push the river.»

So since the end of summer is upon us and Labor Day is coming up soon, I thought I'd share a special margarita - inspired recipe with you to give you something to kick back and relax with that also happens to be good for you too!

I stumbled upon the link searching the title of the document and «PDF» at the end and that is what came up.