Quotes about Permanence

No one shall retrieve from you a cornerstone or a foundation stone, because you will become desolate forever,” declares the LORD.

and say, ‘O LORD, You have promised to cut off this place so that no one will remain—neither man nor beast. Indeed, it will be desolate forever.’

Then the iron, clay, bronze, silver, and gold were shattered and became like chaff on the threshing floor in summer. The wind carried them away, and not a trace of them could be found. But the stone that had struck the statue became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.

I will firmly plant them in their own land, never again to be uprooted from the land that I have given them,” says the LORD your God.

People will live there, and never again will there be an utter destruction. So Jerusalem will dwell securely.

“Because I, the LORD, do not change, you descendants of Jacob have not been destroyed.

Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.

Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.

Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.

A slave is not a permanent member of the family, but a son belongs to it forever.

May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever.”

Now we know that if the earthly tent we live in is dismantled, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.