and they all praised the Lord with songs.

[Dementia_Madness]

2Esdr 2:42
I Esdras saw upon the mount Sion a great people, whom I could
not number, and they all praised the Lord with songs.
 
2Esdr 2:43
And in the midst of them there was a young man of a high
stature, taller than all the rest, and upon every one of their
heads he set crowns, and was more exalted; which I marvelled at
greatly.
 
2Esdr 2:44
So I asked the angel, and said, Sir, what are these?
 
2Esdr 2:45
He answered and said unto me, These be they that have put off
the mortal clothing, and put on the immortal, and have confessed
the name of God: now are they crowned, and receive palms.
 
2Esdr 2:46
Then said I unto the angel, What young person is it that
crowneth them, and giveth them palms in their hands?
 
2Esdr 2:47
So he answered and said unto me, It is the Son of God, whom
they have confessed in the world. Then began I greatly to
commend them that stood so stiffly for the name of the Lord.
 
2Esdr 2:48
Then the angel said unto me, Go thy way, and tell my people
what manner of things, and how great wonders of the Lord thy
God, thou hast seen.

[plumbervol]

Ah the Book of Esdras or Ezra......

[Dementia_Madness]

Ah the Book of Esdras or Ezra......

INDEED

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2_Esdras#Lost_verses

The book is considered one of the gems of Jewish apocalyptic literature. While it was not received into European Christian canons, the Jewish Apocalypse of Ezra i.e. 2 Esdras 3-14 is regarded as Scripture in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, and it was also widely cited by early Fathers of the Church, particularly Ambrose of Milan.

The introitus of the traditional Requiem in the Catholic Church is loosely based on 2:34-35: "Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them." Several other liturgical prayers are taken from the book. In his Vulgate, Clement VIII placed the book in an appendix after the New Testament with the rest of the Apocrypha, "lest they perish entirely".

My son, eat honey, for it is good, and the drippings of the honeycomb are sweet to your taste. Know that wisdom is such to your soul; if you find it, there will be a future, and your hope will not be cut off.

Proverbs 24:13-14