Thematic Bible: Called God's people
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Jews, the » Called God's people » Dispersion of
"I'll scatter you among the nations and draw the sword after you so that your land becomes desolate and your towns become ruins.
From: James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus, the Messiah. To: The twelve tribes in the Dispersion. Greetings.
Please remember what you spoke in commanding your servant Moses. You said,
Then Haman told King Ahasuerus, "There is a certain people scattered and divided among the people throughout the provinces of your kingdom. Their laws are different than all the other people, they don't obey the king's laws, and it's not in the king's best interest to leave them alone.
You handed us over to be slaughtered like sheep and you scattered us among the nations.
I'll leave a remnant among you those who will escape the sword when I'll have scattered you throughout the earth.
Then I scattered them among the nations, dispersing them to other lands, just as their lifestyles and behavior deserved. That's how I judged them.
Then the Jewish leaders asked one another, "Where does this man intend to go that we won't be able to find him? Surely he's not going to the Dispersion among the Greeks and teach the Greeks, is he?
Jews, the » Called God's people » Return of
At that time, the LORD will reach out his hand yet a second time to recover the remnant that is left of his people, from Assyria, from Lower Egypt, from Upper Egypt, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
then the LORD your God will restore your fortunes and will show compassion to you. He will gather you from among the nations where he had scattered you.
Rather it will be said, "As surely as the LORD lives, who brought the Israelis up from the land of the north and from all the lands to which the LORD had banished them.' I'll bring them back to their land, which I gave to their ancestors.
"I'll gather the remnant of my flock from all the countries where I've driven them, and bring them back to their pasture where they'll be fruitful and increase in numbers.
At that time I will gather you; at that time I will bring you home. Indeed, I will give you a good reputation, making you praiseworthy among all of the people of the world, when I restore your prosperity before your eyes," says the LORD.
I will bring them once again out of the land of Egypt, gathering them from Assyria. I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon, but there will not be enough space for them.
Jews, the » Called God's people » Persecuted
There he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome. Paul went to visit them,
But at that time, King Rezin of Aram recovered Elath for Aram, completely removing the Judeans from Elath. Then the Arameans returned to Elath and have remained there to this day.
Letters were sent by couriers to all of the king's provinces to annihilate, to kill, and to destroy all the Jewish people, both young and old, women and children, and to confiscate their goods on a single day the thirteenth day of the twelfth month of Adar.
They say to themselves, "We'll crush them completely;" They burned down all the meeting places of God in the land.
They say, "Let us go and erase them as a nation so the name of Israel will not be remembered anymore."
Just then, certain influential Chaldeans took this opportunity to come forward and denounce the Jews.
They brought them before the magistrates and said, "These men are stirring up a lot of trouble in our city. They are Jews
Jews, the » Called God's people » Exalted above all nations
so he may elevate you far above all the nations that he has made. Then you will live to the praise, fame, and glory of God, and so be a nation that is holy to the LORD your God, as he has promised."
The LORD will give strength to his people; the LORD will bless his people with peace. A Davidic Psalm for the dedication of the Temple.
Indeed, the LORD won't abandon His people for the sake of His great name, for the LORD desires to make you a people for himself.
Jews, the » Called God's people » The law written upon their hearts
I heard a loud voice from the throne say, "See, the tent of God is among humans! He will make his home with them, and they will be his people. God himself will be with them, and he will be their God.
For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after that time, declares the Lord: I will put my laws in their minds and write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.
For that reason, I endure everything for the sake of those who have been chosen so that they, too, may receive the salvation that is in the Messiah Jesus, along with eternal glory.
Jews, the » Called God's people » Guided like a flock
Acknowledge that the LORD is God. He made us and we belong to him; we are his people and the sheep of his pasture.
Jews, the » Called God's people » Prepared for service
He is the one who will go before the Lord with the spirit and power of Elijah to turn the hearts of parents to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous, and to prepare the people to be ready for the Lord."
Simeon has explained how God first showed his concern for the gentiles by taking from among them a people for his name.
Jews, the » Called God's people » Chosen by jehovah
because you are a holy people to the LORD your God, and the LORD chose to make you his precious possession from among all the nations of the earth."
Jews, the » Called God's people » A peculiar treasure
And now if you carefully obey me and keep my covenant, you are to be my special possession out of all the nations, because the whole earth belongs to me,
Jews, the » Called God's people » Characterized by zeal
He gave himself for us to set us free from every wrong and to cleanse us so that we could be his special people who are enthusiastic about doing good deeds.
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