And he said ldquo Brethren and fathers listen The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia before he dwelt in Haran and said to him lsquo Get out of your country and from your relatives and come to a land that I will show you rsquo

Then he dreamed and behold a ladder was set up on the earth and its top reached to heaven and there the angels of God were ascending and descending on it And behold the Lord stood above it and said ldquo I am the Lord God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac the land on which you lie I will give to you and your descendants 14 Also your descendants shall be as the dust of the earth you shall spread abroad to the west and the east to the north and the south and in you and in your seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed 15 Behold I am with you and will keep a you wherever you go and will bring you back to this land for I will not leave you until I have done what I have spoken to you rdquo

Now when He had said these things He cried with a loud voice ldquo Lazarus come forth rdquo And he who had died came out bound hand and foot with graveclothes and his face was wrapped with a cloth Jesus said to them ldquo Loose him and let him go rdquo

Then the angel said to them ldquo Do not be afraid for behold I bring you good tidings of great joy which will be to all people For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior who is Christ the Lord

When men are cast down then thou shalt say There is lifting up and he shall save the humble person

And it came to pass just as he interpreted for us so it happened He restored me to my office and he hanged him rdquo Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph and they brought him quickly out of the dungeon and he shaved changed his clothing and came to Pharaoh

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you says the Lord thoughts of peace and not of evil to give you a future and a hope

An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter the assembly of the Lord even to the tenth generation none of his descendants shall enter the assembly of the Lord forever because they did not meet you with bread and water on the road when you came out of Egypt and because they hired against you Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of Mesopotamia to curse you Nevertheless the Lord your God would not listen to Balaam but the Lord your God turned the curse into a blessing for you because the Lord your God loves you You shall not seek their peace nor their prosperity all your days forever

For you see your calling brethren that not many wise according to the flesh not many mighty not many noble are called But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise and God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty and the base things of the world and the things which are despised God has chosen and the things which are not to bring to nothing the things that are

Thus says the Lord of hosts ldquo Consider your ways 8 Go up to the mountains and bring wood and build the a temple that I may take pleasure in it and be glorified rdquo says the Lord