Thematic Bible: Called God's people


Thematic Bible



You, however, I will scatter among the nations and will draw out a sword after you, as your land becomes desolate and your cities become waste. Verse ConceptsWar As God's JudgmentScattering The PeoplesGod Scattering Israel


Remember the word which You commanded Your servant Moses, saying, ‘If you are unfaithful I will scatter you among the peoples; Verse ConceptsOutsidersServants Of The LordUnfaithfulness, To GodGod Scattering Israel

Then Haman said to King Ahasuerus, “There is a certain people scattered and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom; their laws are different from those of all other people and they do not observe the king’s laws, so it is not in the king’s interest to let them remain. Verse ConceptsBribery, Examples OfDifferent TeachingsBreaking Man's LawThe Law Given To Israel

You give us as sheep to be eaten
And have scattered us among the nations.
Verse ConceptsSheepGod Scattering IsraelScattered Like Sheep

“However, I will leave a remnant, for you will have those who escaped the sword among the nations when you are scattered among the countries. Verse ConceptsEscaping EvilSurvivors Of Israel

Also I scattered them among the nations and they were dispersed throughout the lands. According to their ways and their deeds I judged them. Verse ConceptsMan's WaysGod Scattering IsraelRepaid For Deeds

The Jews then said to one another, “Where does this man intend to go that we will not find Him? He is not intending to go to the Dispersion among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks, is He? Verse Conceptsdispersion, theGreeksJudaismNot FindingChrist TeachingWhere To?

Then it will happen on that day that the Lord
Will again recover the second time with His hand
The remnant of His people, who will remain,
From Assyria, Egypt, Pathros, Cush, Elam, Shinar, Hamath,
And from the islands of the sea.
Verse ConceptsDay of the LORDHand Of GodIslandsRemnantRestoring NationsThe Prophecy Towards AssyriaThe Prophecy Towards EgyptDoing Things TwiceSurvivors FavouredRecovery

then the Lord your God will restore you from captivity, and have compassion on you, and will gather you again from all the peoples where the Lord your God has scattered you. Verse ConceptsRestoring NationsRestorationGathering IsraelGod's WillRecoverygathering

but, ‘As the Lord lives, who brought up the sons of Israel from the land of the north and from all the countries where He had banished them.’ For I will restore them to their own land which I gave to their fathers. Verse ConceptsPunishment, Legal Aspects OfRestoring NationsReturn From The NorthGod Bringing Israel Out Of EgyptRebirth Of Israel

“Then I Myself will gather the remnant of My flock out of all the countries where I have driven them and bring them back to their pasture, and they will be fruitful and multiply. Verse ConceptsFruitfulness, NaturalGuidance, Examples Of God'sGathered By GodPeople Multiplyinggatheringfruitfulnessmyself

“At that time I will bring you in,
Even at the time when I gather you together;
Indeed, I will give you renown and praise
Among all the peoples of the earth,
When I restore your fortunes before your eyes,”
Says the Lord.
Verse ConceptsHomeProphecy, Methods Of OtGathering IsraelPeople Have HonourPraising Specific PeopleGiving Back

“I will bring them back from the land of Egypt
And gather them from Assyria;
And I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon
Until no room can be found for them.
Verse ConceptsFullness Of The KingdomThe Prophecy Towards LebanonGathering IsraelGathering Other NationsReturning to their landNo Room

And he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, having recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to leave Rome. He came to them, Verse Conceptsevangelism, motivation forempiresCaesarCommands, in NTPunishment, Legal Aspects OfRefugeesGood Wives ExamplesAquilaRoman EmperorsGroups Sent Away

At that time Rezin king of Aram recovered Elath for Aram, and cleared the Judeans out of Elath entirely; and the Arameans came to Elath and have lived there to this day. Verse ConceptsCapturing CitiesWhere People Live To This Day

Letters were sent by couriers to all the king’s provinces to destroy, to kill and to annihilate all the Jews, both young and old, women and children, in one day, the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to seize their possessions as plunder. Verse ConceptsMonth 12Killing Israelites

They said in their heart, “Let us completely subdue them.”
They have burned all the meeting places of God in the land.
Verse ConceptsBurning JerusalemThose Subjected To Peoplerelentless

They have said, “Come, and let us wipe them out as a nation,
That the name of Israel be remembered no more.”
Verse Conceptsenemies, of Israel and JudahForgetting PeopleNames Blotted OutAttempting To KillJews Under ThreatIdentityIdentity In Christremembrance

For this reason at that time certain Chaldeans came forward and brought charges against the Jews. Verse ConceptsPeople Accusing People

and when they had brought them to the chief magistrates, they said, “These men are throwing our city into confusion, being Jews, Verse ConceptsFalse Accusations, Examples OfTroubling Groups Of Peoplerelentless

and that He will set you high above all nations which He has made, for praise, fame, and honor; and that you shall be a consecrated people to the Lord your God, as He has spoken.” Verse ConceptsSaintsNames And Titles For The ChristianA Holy NationShowing Forth His Praisehonour


For the Lord will not abandon His people on account of His great name, because the Lord has been pleased to make you a people for Himself. Verse ConceptsGod, Greatness OfGod, The LordGod Not Forsaking

And I heard a loud voice from the throne, saying, “Behold, the tabernacle of God is among men, and He will dwell among them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself will be among them, Verse ConceptsGoalsWhat Heaven Will Be LikeImmanuelHeaven,  Redeemed CommunityNew Heavens And New EarthRelationshipsReward, For God's PeopleGod's Shekinah GloryGod Living With UsGod's VoiceGod Is Among YouI Will Be Their God

For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel
After those days, says the Lord:
I will put My laws into their minds,
And I will write them on their hearts.
And I will be their God,
And they shall be My people.
Verse ConceptsMorality, And RedemptionTabletsWritingReceptive HeartsWriting On PeopleI Will Be Their GodTaking The Law To HeartJournalizing

For this reason I endure all things for the sake of those who are chosen, so that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus and with it eternal glory. Verse Conceptseternal life, nature ofEndurance, Results Ofelection, to salvationChristiansGlorySalvation, Described AsEternal BlessingEnduringThe Gospel Of SalvationTemporary Affliction Of SaintsSelflessness


But He led forth His own people like sheep
And guided them in the wilderness like a flock;
Verse ConceptsGod our ShepherdSheep

It is he who will go as a forerunner before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers back to the children, and the disobedient to the attitude of the righteous, so as to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.” Verse ConceptsHeraldPower, HumanSpirit, Emotional Aspects OfProphecies Concerning ChristForerunnersDivine MessengerCausing People To TurnPeople Going BeforeAcquiring WisdomFathers And SonsPowerful Individualsparentingdisobedience

Simeon has related how God first concerned Himself about taking from among the Gentiles a people for His name. Verse ConceptsFirst Among The GentilesOther References To God's Name

For you are a holy people to the Lord your God, and the Lord has chosen you to be a people for His own possession out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth. Verse ConceptsAdoption, nature ofChoicesBeing ChosenHoliness, Believers' Growth InMonogamyNationalismPeople Of God, In OtGod PossessingTreasureCharacter Of SaintsJews As God's Chosen PeopleA Holy NationRoyal Priesthood

Now then, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be My own possession among all the peoples, for all the earth is Mine; Verse ConceptsFaithfulness, To GodPeople Of God, In OtReward, DivineSecurityTreasureCautionObedience To GodJews As God's Chosen PeopleResponsibility, Of Natural WorldAll Things Belong To GodRoyal Priesthood


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