Psalms 83:4
83:4 They say, “Come on, let’s annihilate them so they are no longer a nation!
Then the name of Israel will be remembered no more.”
Isaiah 7:6-7
7:6 They say, “Let’s attack Judah, terrorize it, and conquer it.
Then we’ll set up the son of Tabeel as its king.”
7:7 For this reason the sovereign master,
the
Lord, says:
“It will not take place;
it will not happen.
Isaiah 8:9-10
8:9 You will be broken, O nations;
you will be shattered!
Pay attention, all you distant lands of the earth!
Get ready for battle, and you will be shattered!
Get ready for battle, and you will be shattered!
8:10 Devise your strategy, but it will be thwarted!
Issue your orders, but they will not be executed!
For God is with us!
Matthew 2:8
2:8 He
sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and look carefully for the child. When you find him, inform me so that I can go and worship him as well.”
Matthew 2:16
2:16 When Herod saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, he became enraged. He sent men to kill all the children in Bethlehem and throughout the surrounding region from the age of two and under, according to the time he had learned from the wise men.
Matthew 27:63-64
27:63 and said, “Sir, we remember that while that deceiver was still alive he said, ‘After three days I will rise again.’
27:64 So give orders to secure the tomb until the third day. Otherwise his disciples may come and steal his body
and say to the people, ‘He has been raised from the dead,’ and the last deception will be worse than the first.”
Matthew 28:2-6
28:2 Suddenly there was a severe earthquake, for an angel of the Lord
descending from heaven came and rolled away the stone and sat on it.
28:3 His
appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow.
28:4 The
guards were shaken and became like dead men because they were so afraid of him.
28:5 But the angel said
to the women, “Do not be afraid; I know
that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified.
28:6 He is not here, for he has been raised,
just as he said. Come and see the place where he
was lying.
Acts 4:17-18
4:17 But to keep this matter from spreading any further among the people, let us warn them to speak no more
to anyone in this name.”
4:18 And they called them in and ordered
them not to speak or teach at all in the name
of Jesus.