Revelation 2:27

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he will rule them with an iron rod and like clay jars he will break them to pieces,

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  • Rev 12:5 : 5 So the woman gave birth to a son, a male child, who is going to rule over all the nations with an iron rod. Her child was suddenly caught up to God and to his throne,
  • Rev 19:15 : 15 From his mouth extends a sharp sword, so that with it he can strike the nations. He will rule them with an iron rod, and he stomps the winepress of the furious wrath of God, the All-Powerful.
  • Ps 2:8-9 : 8 Ask me, and I will give you the nations as your inheritance, the ends of the earth as your personal property. 9 You will break them with an iron scepter; you will smash them like a potter’s jar!’”
  • Isa 30:14 : 14 It shatters in pieces like a clay jar, so shattered to bits that none of it can be salvaged. Among its fragments one cannot find a shard large enough to scoop a hot coal from a fire or to skim off water from a cistern.”
  • Jer 19:11 : 11 Tell them the LORD of Heaven’s Armies says,‘I will do just as Jeremiah has done. I will smash this nation and this city as though it were a potter’s vessel which is broken beyond repair. The dead will be buried here in Topheth until there is no more room to bury them.’
  • Matt 11:27 : 27 All things have been handed over to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son decides to reveal him.
  • Luke 22:29 : 29 Thus I grant to you a kingdom, just as my Father granted to me,
  • John 17:24 : 24 “Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, so that they can see my glory that you gave me because you loved me before the creation of the world.
  • Dan 7:22 : 22 until the Ancient of Days arrived and judgment was rendered in favor of the holy ones of the Most High. Then the time came for the holy ones to take possession of the kingdom.
  • Ps 49:14 : 14 They will travel to Sheol like sheep, with death as their shepherd. The godly will rule over them when the day of vindication dawns; Sheol will consume their bodies and they will no longer live in impressive houses.
  • Ps 149:5-9 : 5 Let the godly rejoice because of their vindication! Let them shout for joy upon their beds! 6 May the praises of God be in their mouths and a two-edged sword in their hands, 7 in order to take revenge on the nations, and punish foreigners. 8 They bind their kings in chains, and their nobles in iron shackles, 9 and execute the judgment to which their enemies have been sentenced. All his loyal followers will be vindicated. Praise the LORD!

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  • Ps 2:8-10
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    8 Ask me, and I will give you the nations as your inheritance, the ends of the earth as your personal property.

    9 You will break them with an iron scepter; you will smash them like a potter’s jar!’”

    10 So now, you kings, do what is wise; you rulers of the earth, submit to correction!

  • 26 And to the one who conquers and who continues in my deeds until the end, I will give him authority over the nations–

  • 28 just as I have received the right to rule from my Father– and I will give him the morning star.

  • Rev 19:15-16
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    15 From his mouth extends a sharp sword, so that with it he can strike the nations. He will rule them with an iron rod, and he stomps the winepress of the furious wrath of God, the All-Powerful.

    16 He has a name written on his clothing and on his thigh:“King of kings and Lord of lords.”

  • 40 Then there will be a fourth kingdom, one strong like iron. Just like iron breaks in pieces and shatters everything, and as iron breaks in pieces all of these metals, so it will break in pieces and crush the others.

  • 14 It shatters in pieces like a clay jar, so shattered to bits that none of it can be salvaged. Among its fragments one cannot find a shard large enough to scoop a hot coal from a fire or to skim off water from a cistern.”

  • Ps 149:7-8
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    7 in order to take revenge on the nations, and punish foreigners.

    8 They bind their kings in chains, and their nobles in iron shackles,

  • 7 The one who conquers will inherit these things, and I will be his God and he will be my son.

  • 21 I will grant the one who conquers permission to sit with me on my throne, just as I too conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne.

  • 10 The LORD shatters his adversaries; he thunders against them from the heavens. The LORD executes judgment to the ends of the earth. He will strengthen his king and exalt the power of his anointed one.”

  • Isa 14:5-6
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    5 The LORD has broken the club of the wicked, the scepter of rulers.

    6 It furiously struck down nations with unceasing blows. It angrily ruled over nations, oppressing them without restraint.

  • 2 The LORD extends your dominion from Zion. Rule in the midst of your enemies!

  • 5 So the woman gave birth to a son, a male child, who is going to rule over all the nations with an iron rod. Her child was suddenly caught up to God and to his throne,

  • 20 “Babylon, you are my war club, my weapon for battle. I used you to smash nations. I used you to destroy kingdoms.

  • 4 The LORD says,“I will make youths their officials; malicious young men will rule over them.

  • 7 The beast was permitted to go to war against the saints and conquer them. He was given ruling authority over every tribe, people, language, and nation,

  • 29 Thus I grant to you a kingdom, just as my Father granted to me,

  • 14 I will become his father and he will become my son. When he sins, I will correct him with the rod of men and with wounds inflicted by human beings.

  • 44 The one who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, and the one on whom it falls will be crushed.”

  • 42 In that the toes of the feet were partly of iron and partly of clay, the latter stages of this kingdom will be partly strong and partly fragile.

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    5 Then he angrily speaks to them and terrifies them in his rage, saying,

  • 8 May he rule from sea to sea, and from the Euphrates River to the ends of the earth!

  • 27 A total ruin I will make it! It will come to an end when the one arrives to whom I have assigned judgment.’

  • 24 He shatters the great without inquiry, and sets up others in their place.

  • 33 Its legs were of iron; its feet were partly of iron and partly of clay.

  • 6 He executes judgment against the nations; he fills the valleys with corpses; he shatters their heads over the vast battlefield.

  • 44 I tell you the truth, the master will put him in charge of all his possessions.

  • 47 I tell you the truth, the master will put him in charge of all his possessions.

  • 26 But the court will convene, and his ruling authority will be removed– destroyed and abolished forever!

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    24 Then comes the end, when he hands over the kingdom to God the Father, when he has brought to an end all rule and all authority and power.

    25 For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet.

  • 12 Can you people who are like iron and bronze break that iron fist from the north?

  • 14 They will make war with the Lamb, but the Lamb will conquer them, because he is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those accompanying the Lamb are the called, chosen, and faithful.”

  • 19 I will break your strong pride and make your sky like iron and your land like bronze.

  • 10 If anyone is meant for captivity, into captivity he will go. If anyone is to be killed by the sword, then by the sword he must be killed.This requires steadfast endurance and faith from the saints.

  • 33 As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, with a powerful hand and an outstretched arm, and with an outpouring of rage, I will be king over you.

  • 18 Everyone who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, and the one on whom it falls will be crushed.”

  • Ps 2:2-3
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    2 The kings of the earth form a united front; the rulers collaborate against the LORD and his anointed king.

    3 They say,“Let’s tear off the shackles they’ve put on us! Let’s free ourselves from their ropes!”

  • 23 I used you to smash shepherds and their flocks. I used you to smash farmers and their teams of oxen. I used you to smash governors and leaders.”

  • 4 He will treat the poor fairly, and make right decisions for the downtrodden of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and order the wicked to be executed.

  • 13 “Get up and thresh, Daughter Zion! For I will give you iron horns; I will give you bronze hooves, and you will crush many nations.” You will devote to the LORD the spoils you take from them, and dedicate their wealth to the sovereign Ruler of the whole earth.

  • 32 I will punish their rebellion by beating them with a club, their sin by inflicting them with bruises.

  • 20 He will not break a bruised reed or extinguish a smoldering wick, until he brings justice to victory.

  • 42 They will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.