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The messenger warned him, “If you destroy the image of the Adversary, he will rise against you in wrath.”
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“He shall war against you with every device permitted to him.”
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“He shall strip away possessions, attack your household, and bring severe affliction upon your body.”
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“Therefore you must contend like an athlete who enters the contest knowing the cost.”
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“Hold fast through pain, loss, accusation, and grief.”
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“If you endure, your name shall be remembered through the generations.”
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“What is taken from you shall be restored in abundance, and a crown that does not wither is prepared for the one who overcomes.”