Shocking Scriptures!!!

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Just want people to post on scriptures they found shocking when they first read them or after they contemplated them; and why...

By first will be:
Mathew 11 20-24
"Then he began to denounce most of the cities where his mighty works had been done, because they did not repent. Woe to you Charazin! Woe to you Bethsaida! For if the mighty works done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented in sackcloth and ashes. But I tell you it will be more bearable on the day of judgment for Tyre and Sidon then for you. And you Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? You will be brought down to Hades. For if the mighty works done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. But I tell you that it will be more tolerable on the day of judgment for the land of Sodom than for you."

The first thing that is suprising is the wonderous grace that Lord gives both the jews and us, who are called by his name...

But secondly, what I highlighted seems to state that Jesus knew a people would have turned from destruction to repentence, but the Lord did not grant him the grace he granted the jews of his lifetime...

So have a shocking verse?

God bless.
tony
 
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REVELATION 6:12
12 And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;
REVELATION 6:13
13 And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.
REVELATION 6:14
14 And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.
REVELATION 6:15
15 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;
REVELATION 6:16
16 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
REVELATION 6:17
17 For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?

What a shocking time will it be!!!! Lets Get saved people and we wont be here when this is happening!!!

Lets be born again!!!!
 
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The most profound verse in the New Testament?

After the transfiguration this is written:

"And when they lifted up their eyes, they saw no one but Jesus only."
Mathew 17:8

Now this is shocking for many reasons. Okay transfiguration had just taken place that had revealed nearly fully who Christ was and is and is to become...but then instead of being more awestruck by Jesus after he was revealed as a human without all the glitter and sparks, they are not afraid but say, "It is Jesus only." I would have people trust in the love of Jesus and yet still fear him, even more so when he appears in our lives without the glamour...

Either that, or more profoundly, they no longer cared about anything else and saw Jesus only...

Either way I think this is a great verse...that I have to contemplate more...

God bless now and always
tony
 
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hmm very good points. Without the glamour.. right on. Isaiah said he was an average looking fellow, nothing particularly outstanding about his physical appearance. Would have been about 5 foot 1 tall (going by the average height of Jews in that time) , be surprised if he was 6 ft, tall, dark and handsome.
 
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Was Paul married?

Mark 2:30
Now Simon's mother-in-law lay ill with a fever, and immediately they told him about her.

So I was reading this, and this thought hit me, "what is a mother-in-law?" IT is the mother of your wife or husband...so that pretty much states that Simon/Peter was married...this isn't shocking the way the others are, but it just shows me something I never saw before...
 
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Okay I was reading the scripture of Luke today and two verses hit me...One I think I will make a thread...
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Luke 17: 32-33
Remember Lot's wife. Whoever seeks to preseve his life will lose it but whoever loses his life will keep it.
But okay Now Luke 17:34

I tell you in that night there will be two in one bed. One will be taken the other left.

I have not looked at this verse too in depth lately, but I remember when I was young reading it and thinking "there is no way I ever want to be married!" Kind of a childish response, I know, but it does seem like it is referring to two married people unless you want it to say someone will be in the act of adultry/lust when God comes and one will be taken and one left; or a rape???

The second verse I may make a thread is 18:29-30

ANd [Jesus] said to them, "Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of the kingdom of God, who will not receive many times more in this time, and in the age to come eternal life.

Some would say this is just spiritually but it seems to be physically as well...note he first mentions 'house'...the second striking thing is that he said 'wife' for the kingdom of God...what does this suggest???

God bless
tony
 
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I really think this one is more awe inspiring but here:

Roman 8:31-32
What then shall we say to these things? If Christ be for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things?
 
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