The KJV says “suddenly” 41 times. It falls in 40 verses, 31 times in the Old Testament and 10 in the New. More than half of them describe ruin, judgment or attack that comes without warning. Some eight tell of God helping or appearing, and Jesus uses the word to tell his followers to stay awake. The most hopeful of them comes near the end of the Old Testament. “The Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple,”…

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