Isaiah 46:13
46:13 I am bringing my deliverance near, it is not far away;
I am bringing my salvation near, it does not wait.
I will save Zion;
I will adorn Israel with my splendor.”
Isaiah 56:1
The Lord Invites Outsiders to Enter
56:1 This is what the Lord says,
“Promote justice! Do what is right!
For I am ready to deliver you;
I am ready to vindicate you openly.
Deuteronomy 30:14
30:14 For the thing is very near you – it is in your mouth and in your mind
so that you can do it.
Psalms 85:9
85:9 Certainly his loyal followers will soon experience his deliverance;
then his splendor will again appear in our land.
Matthew 3:2
3:2 “Repent,
for the kingdom of heaven is near.”
Romans 1:16-17
The Power of the Gospel
1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is God’s power for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
1:17 For the righteousness of God is revealed in the gospel from faith to faith, just as it is written, “The righteous by faith will live.”
Romans 10:6-10
10:6 But the righteousness that is by faith says: “
Do not say in your heart,
‘
Who will ascend into heaven?’”
(that is, to bring Christ down)
10:7 or “
Who will descend into the abyss?”
(that is, to bring Christ up from the dead).
10:8 But what does it say? “
The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart”
(that is, the word of faith that we preach),
10:9 because if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord
and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
10:10 For with the heart one believes and thus has righteousness
and with the mouth one confesses and thus has salvation.