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02 2nd bush outside
Comfort (Isaiah 40: 1-3)
Comforter on second bush

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Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.
Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned.
The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness; prepare ye the way of the Lord; make straight in the desert a highway for our God.

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03 Front door wreath
Every (Isaiah 40: 4)
Evan Caldwell hanging from wreath

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Ev’ry valley shall be exalted, and ev’ry moutain and hill made low; the crooked straight and the rough places plain.

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04 Switch by door
And the (Isaiah 40: 5)	 
Switch by front door, reveals GLORY! GLORY! on roof
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And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.

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05a Bulkhead
Thus saith (Haggai 2: 6-7)
Bulkhead with a wreath made of THISTLES (thus) , becomes full of cracks

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Thus saith the Lord, the Lord of hosts: Yet once a little while and I will shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land.
And I will shake all nations; and the desire of all nations shall come.

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05b Bulkhead 2
The Lord (Malachi 3: 1)
A temple breaks out of bulkhead, and the Lord appears in it
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The Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to His temple, even the messenger of the Covenant, whom you delight in; behold, He shall come, saith the Lord of hosts.

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06 Top of piano
But who (Malachi 3: 2)
On top of piano, an owl, “Whooo?”

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But who may abide the day of His coming, and who shall stand when He appeareth? For He is like a refiner’s fire.

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07 Front of piano, top
And He (Malachi 3: 3)
Bleach all over front

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And He shall purify the sons of Levi, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness.

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08 Key lid
Behold (Isaiah 7: 14; Matthew 1: 23)
Mary, pregnant on key lid

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Behold, a virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call His name Emmanuel, God with us.

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09a Platform left of keys 1
O thou (Isaiah 40:9)
John the Baptist with stink lines (odour O-Thou) starting left of low keys, yelling good news
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O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion, get thee up into the high mountain. O thou that tellest good tidings to Jerusalem, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, behold your God!

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09b Platform left of keys 2
Arise (Isaiah 60:1)
Still on platform left of low keys, the sun comes up and shines

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Arise, shine, for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee

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10 Low keys
For behold, (Isaiah 60:2-3)
JTB walks into low keys, 4 bees hold him and force him ahead and to a globe covered in darkness - globe is actually Ms. Gross’ bum and people crawl out of darkness inside, Lord arises from Low C and glory shines on them, the people are actually gentiles coming to light and kings to the brightness of the Lord rising up

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For behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people; but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and His glory shall be seen upon thee.
And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.

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11 Mid keys
The people (Isaiah 9:2)
Pea people on the very dark mid keys join the gentiles and they are all walking toward the light

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The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light;

and they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.

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12 High keys
For (Isaiah 9:6)
Little manger on high keys

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For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government shall be upon His shoulder; and His name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, the mighty God, the Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace.

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13 Little platform right of keys
pastoral
Shepherd with pipes on top little platform

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Pastoral

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14 - front bottom, 15-left leg, 16-right leg, 17 left peddle
14-17 There (Luke 2:8-11, 13, 14)
14 - starry panorama on front bottom
15 - angel appears in left leg
16 - multitude of angels in other leg
17 - they all fly to first left peddle to yell Glory!

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There were shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flocks by night. And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them, and they were sore afraid. And the angel said unto them: “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.
For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.” And suddenly there was with the angel, a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God, and saying:
“Glory to God in the highest, and peace on earth, good will towards men.”

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18 Middle peddle
Rejoice (Zech 9:9-10)
Mary, daughter, dancing on middle peddle

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Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem!
Behold, thy King cometh unto thee; He is the righteous Saviour, and He shall speak peace unto the heathen.
Rejoice greatly. . .

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19 Right peddle
Then (Isaiah 53:5-6)
Right peddle covered with eyeballs opening, ears unplugging, and legs of a deer, and tongues licking

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Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened, and the ears of the deaf unstopped.
Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb shall sing.

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20 left window
He shall (Isaiah 40:11)
Looking out left window see a flock of sheep
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He shall feed His flock like a shepherd; and He shall gather the lambs with His arm, and carry them in His bosom, and gently lead those that are with young.

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21 right window
His (Matt 11:30)
Looking out right window, see a team of humans in yokes on street

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His yoke is easy, and His burden is light.

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22 left window seat
Behold (John 1: 29)
On left window seat, a Lamb of God

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Behold the Lamb of God, that taketh away the sin of the world.

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23a Right window seat 1
He was (Isaiah 53: 3)
Right window seat, Jesus action figure being maltreated, by deep pies being thrown at him
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He was despised and rejected of men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief.

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23b Right window seat 2
He gave  (Isaiah 53: 6) 
Jesus still on right window seat, takes his back off, hands it to pugilists, then his cheeks for people to pluck off his hair, He didn’t hide his face from being red and people spitting on it.
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He gave His back to the smiters, and His cheeks to them that plucked off His hair: He hid not His face from shame and spitting.
He was despised. . .

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24 Red octagonal chair
Surely (Isaiah 53: 4-5)
Aunt Shirley sitting on round chair, holding a box of kleenexes and a naughty list, she’s bruised, holding up a peace sign, and on her thumb is a chastity belt

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Surely He hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows!

He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon Him.

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25 Star on tree
And with (Isaiah 53: 5)
Star of Christmas tree covered with stripes of blood

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And with His stripes we are healed.

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26 Mouse King
All we (Isaiah 53: 6)
The mouse king becomes a sheep king, and wanders away

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All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way. And the Lord hath laid on Him the iniquity of us all.

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27 Nutcracker
All they that (Psalm 22: 7)
The nutcracker has word “they” across forehead, his eyes pop big and he laughs and laughs and shoots out his lip, and shakes his head

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All they that see Him laugh Him to scorn; they shoot out their lips, and shake their heads, saying:

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28 Red Sleigh
“He (Psalm 22: 8)
The little red sleigh has “delivery” on it

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“He trusted in God that He would deliver Him; let Him deliver Him, if He delight in Him.”

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29 White garland at bottom
Thy (Psalm 69: 20)
The white garland has a broken heart hanging from it, and the heart says “pity? Comfort?”

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Thy rebuke hath broken His heart: He is full of heaviness. He looked for some to have pity on Him, but there was no man, neither found He any to comfort him.

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30 Nativity scene
Behold, (Lamentations 1: 12)
Nativity scene, eyeballs looking at it, and all characters have been replaced by lemons, crying hard.

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Behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto His sorrow.

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31 Tree skirt 
He was (Isaiah 53: 8)
A pair of scissors cut the skirt into pieces
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He was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgressions of Thy people was He stricken.

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32 Mantle-piece
But Thou (Psalm 16: 10)
On mantle-piece, a man pulls a sole of a shoe out of the fire and resuscitates it on the mantle-piece

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But Thou didst not leave His soul in hell; nor didst Thou suffer Thy Holy One to see corruption.

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33 Soldiers with bells
Lift (Psalm 24: 7-10)
Soldiers all are looking up,

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Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of Glory shall come in.
Who is this King of Glory? The Lord strong and mighty, The Lord mighty in battle.
Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of Glory shall come in.
Who is this King of Glory? The Lord of Hosts, He is the King of Glory.

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34 Santa at end
Unto which (Hebrews 1: 5)
Santa calls out to the soldiers, saying “hey angels, you’re not my son”

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Unto which of the angels said He at any time: “Thou art My Son, this day have I begotten Thee?

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35 Stefan’s stocking
Let all (Hebrews 1: 6)
Stefan’s stocking full of angels worshipping

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Let all the angels of God worship Him.

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36 My stocking
Thou art (Psalm 68: 18)	 
My stocking floats up full of gifts and convicts
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Thou art gone up on high; Thou hast led captivity captive, and received gifts for men; yea, even from Thine enemies, that the Lord God might dwell among them.

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37 Chris’ stocking
The Lord (Psalm 68: 11)
Chris, wearing his stocking, holding bible, preaching with a whole bunch of others wearing one stocking, preaching

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The Lord gave the word; great was the company of the preachers.

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38 Sophia’s stocking
How (Isaiah 52: 7; Romans 10: 15)
Sophia is inside her stocking, her beautiful feet sticking out

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How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things.

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39 Fireplace
Their (2 references)
(Romans 10: 18; Psalm 19: 4)
Someone painted a map of world inside fireplace, and it’s burning speakers

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Their sound is gone out into all lands,
and their words unto the ends of the world.
(2 references)

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40 Hearth in front
Why (Psalm 2: 1-2)
Hearth full of people in their national costumes, raging, there are kings whispering together against the LORD

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Why do the nations so furiously rage together, and why do the people imagine a vain thing?
The kings of the earth rise up, and the rulers take counsel together against the Lord, and against His anointed.

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41 Red couch
Let us (Psalm 2: 3)
Bunch of people roped to the couch (so they’d sit) and they are breaking their bonds
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Let us break their bonds asunder, and cast away their yokes from us.

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42 Trunk
He that (Psalm 2: 4)
trunk is an elevator, goes up to heaven with bad people in it, and there God laughs at them

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He that dwelleth in Heav’n shall laugh them to scorn; The Lord shall have them in derision.

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43 nativity globe
Thou shalt (Psalm 2: 9)
Jesus gets out of his manger, gets the key, and breaks the heads of some of the bad guys that are in the city, they break up like pottery
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Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.

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44a red loveseat
Hallelujah (Revelation 19: 6)
King George standing on the couch defiantly, with a Scepter with a globe on top

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Hallelujah: for the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth.

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44b red loveseat 2
The Kingdom (Revelation 11: 15)
Jesus breaks out of the globe and takes King George’s globe scepter from him
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The kingdom of this world is become the kingdom of our Lord,

and of His Christ; and He shall reign for ever and ever.

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44c red loveseat 3
King (Revelation 19: 16)
Jesus takes his crown and puts it on

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King of Kings, and Lord of Lords.

46
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45a railing
I
(Job 19: 25-26)
railing is made out of worms and eyeballs

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I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that He shall stand
at the latter day upon the earth.
And though worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God.

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45b railing 2
For (I Corinthians 15: 20)
Jesus walks up the stairs. The worms fall off at Jesus’ very healthy feet and into fruit on the stairs

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For now is Christ risen from the dead, the first fruits of them that sleep.
(I Corinthians 15: 20)

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46 glass door wreath
Since (I Corinthians 15: 21-22)
behind each glass piece is a one cent piece on many dead body’s like a mausoleum

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Since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.
For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.

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47 bathroom wreath
Behold (I Corinthians 15: 51-52)
the wreath in a poof of mysterious smoke, changed into a trumpet, and the toilet blows the trumpet

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Behold, I tell you a mystery; we shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet.

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48 coffee pot
The (I Corinthians 15: 52-53)
coffee pot takes the trumpet away and blows it, and the drawers underneath release dead people that become healthy

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The trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
For this corruptible must put on incorruption and this mortal must put on immortality.
The trumpet. . .

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49 Turkey in oven
Then shall (I Corinthians 15: 54)
Oven opens and eats death, turkey turns black and goes poof because of death being in there, and the oven’s brand is Victory!

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Then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: “Death is swallowed up in victory.”

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50 cranberries in pot on stove
O (I Corinthians 15: 55-56)
Death hits up through the stove with his scythe, and it comes up thru the cranberries looking like a stinger

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O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?

The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law.

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51 Zupfe on counter
But (I Corinthians 15: 57)
Chris and Sophia as little kids are saying “Thanks!” To God for Zupfe

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But thanks be to God, who giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

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52 Fridge with Christmas drawings
If (Romans 8: 31, 33-34)
Devil in the fridge trying to hold it shut, but God can open it, and Jesus is at his right hand making intercession

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If God be for us, who can be against us?
Who shall lay anything to the charge of God’s elect? It is God that justifieth, who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is at the right hand of God, who makes intercession for us.

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53 fake snow on balcony doors
Worthy (Revelation 5: 12-14)
Outside the doors there is heaven, and all the crowds are saying
“Worthy, Lamb, Slain, Redeemed, blood, power, riches, wisdom, strength, honour, glory, blessing.
Blessing, honour, glory, power, sitteth, throne, lamb, forever, amen

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Worthy is the Lamb that was slain, and hath redeemed us to God by His blood, to receive power, and riches, and wisdom,
and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing.
Blessing and honour, glory and power, be unto Him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb, for ever and ever.
Amen.

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