Thematic Bible: As saints they


Thematic Bible




Therefore, if you have been raised with the Messiah, keep focusing on the things that are above, where the Messiah is seated at the right hand of God. Keep your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on the earth.


I said, "O, who will give me the wings of a dove, so that I could fly away and live somewhere else? Verse ConceptsFliesdovesWingsSaints, As PilgrimsBirds, Figurative UseWings Of BirdsThose FlyingRestflyingculturesoaring

We know that if the earthly tent we live in is torn down, we have a building in heaven that comes from God, an eternal house not built by human hands. For in this one we sigh, since we long to put on our heavenly dwelling. Of course, if we do put it on, we will not be found without a body. read more.
So while we are still in this tent, we sigh under our burdens, because we do not want to put it off but to put it on, so that our dying bodies may be swallowed up by life. God has prepared us for this and has given us his Spirit as a guarantee. Therefore, we are always confident, and we know that as long as we are at home in this body we are away from the Lord. For we live by faith, not by sight. We are confident, then, and would prefer to be away from this body and to live with the Lord.

may your bolts be made of iron and bronze, and may your strength be sufficient for each day you live." Verse ConceptsIronSaints, As PilgrimsShoesBrassGod Strengthening PeopleThings Like BronzeThings Like IronLocks And BarsBronze GatesPeace And Strengthstrengh

They will pass through the Baca Valley where he will prepare a spring for them; even the early rain will cover it with blessings. They will walk from strength to strength; each will appear before God in Zion.


How terrible for me, that I am an alien in Meshech, that I reside among the tents of Kedar! I have resided too long with those who hate peace. I am in favor of peace; but when I speak, they are in favor of war. A Song of Ascents

Send forth your light and your truth so they may guide me. Let them bring me to your holy mountain and to your dwelling places. Verse ConceptsenlightenmentGuidance, Receiving God'sSaints, As PilgrimsGod Giving LightGod's Truth

They'll ask the way to Zion, turning their faces in that direction. They'll come and join themselves to the LORD in an everlasting covenant that won't be forgotten. Verse ConceptsBeing A PilgrimCovenant, the newSaints, As PilgrimsThe Eternal CovenantPeople Going AstrayAsking Particular QuestionsUnited With GodDirection



If they had been thinking about what they had left behind, they would have had an opportunity to go back. Verse Conceptsdoubt, results ofSaints, As PilgrimsRight Time For PeopleReturning to their landOpportunitymindfulness

Then Moses told Reuel's son Hobab, Moses' relative by marriage from Midian, "We are traveling to the place about which the LORD said "I will give it to you.' So come with us and we'll be good to you, because the LORD has spoken good things about Israel." Verse ConceptsGrace, In OtSaints, As PilgrimsFathers In LawsGod Doing GoodBrothers in law

They'll ask the way to Zion, turning their faces in that direction. They'll come and join themselves to the LORD in an everlasting covenant that won't be forgotten. Verse ConceptsBeing A PilgrimCovenant, the newSaints, As PilgrimsThe Eternal CovenantPeople Going AstrayAsking Particular QuestionsUnited With GodDirection

Instead, they were longing for a better country, that is, a heavenly one. That is why God is not ashamed to be called their God, because he has prepared a city for them. Verse ConceptsBeing A PilgrimCityNames For HeavenHeaven,  Redeemed CommunityNot AshamedThirstZion, As A SymbolWhat Heaven Will Be LikeSaints, As PilgrimsCity Of GodA Place PreparedTaken To HeavenHe Is Our GodCitizensMoving To A New Place




How terrible for me, that I am an alien in Meshech, that I reside among the tents of Kedar! I have resided too long with those who hate peace.

"Look!" Peter replied. "We have left everything and followed you. So what will we get?" Verse ConceptsBeing A PilgrimPeter, The DiscipleSelf DenialSaints, As PilgrimsPilgrims, Examples OfNever Giving Upfollowing




Your statutes are my songs, no matter where I make my home. Verse ConceptsSongsSaints, As PilgrimsMetaphorical Housesstatues


By faith he made his home in the promised land like a stranger, living in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who also inherited the same promise, Verse ConceptsForeignersBeing A PilgrimJacob, The PatriarchAbraham, Calling And LifeSaints, As PilgrimsExploits Of FaithReckoned As ForeignersGod's Promise To Abraham

By faith he made his home in the promised land like a stranger, living in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who also inherited the same promise, Verse ConceptsForeignersBeing A PilgrimJacob, The PatriarchAbraham, Calling And LifeSaints, As PilgrimsExploits Of FaithReckoned As ForeignersGod's Promise To Abraham


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