Thematic Bible: Delay, examples of fatal
Thematic Bible
Too late » Delay, examples of fatal » Israel, in seeking to enter the promised land
They rose early in the morning and went to the top of the mount, saying, "Here we are. We will go up to the place that Yahweh said, because we have sinned." But Moses said, "Why [are] you going against the command of Yahweh? It will not succeed.
But they dared to go to the top of the mountain, and the ark of the covenant of Yahweh and Moses did not depart from the midst of the camp. So the Amalekites and the Canaanites who were living on the mountain descended, and they beat them down, up to Hormah.
Too late » Delay, examples of fatal » Saul, in repenting his disobedience
Then Saul said to Samuel, "I have sinned because I have transgressed {the commandment of Yahweh} and your words, for I feared the troops and I listened to their voice. So then, please pardon my sin and return with me {so that I can worship} Yahweh."
But Samuel said to Saul, "I will not return with you, for you have rejected the word of Yahweh, and he has rejected you from being king over Israel!"
Too late » Delay, examples of fatal » The foolish virgins, in preparing for the coming of the bridegroom
And later the other virgins came also, saying, 'Lord, lord, open [the door] for us!' But he answered [and] said, 'Truly I say to you, I do not know you!'
Too late » Delay, examples of fatal » The egyptians, in attempting to escape God's judgments
And during the morning watch, Yahweh looked down to the Egyptian camp [from] in the column of fire and cloud, and he threw the Egyptian camp into a panic. And he removed the wheels of their chariots [so that] they drove them with difficulty, and [the] Egyptians said, "We must flee away from Israel because Yahweh [is] fighting for them against Egypt."
Too late » Delay, examples of fatal » Esau, in repenting the sale of his birthright
For you know that also afterwards, [when he] wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, because he did not find an occasion for repentance, although he sought it with tears.
Too late » Delay, examples of fatal » Israel, in repenting of sin
[The] harvest has passed, [the] summer has come to an end, and we have not received help.
Too late » Delay, examples of fatal » Judas, in repenting his betrayal of Christ
Then [when] Judas, the one who had betrayed him, saw that he had been condemned, he regretted [what he had done] [and] returned the thirty silver coins to the chief priests and elders,
Too late » Delay, examples of fatal » Those knocking at the closed door
when once the master of the house has gotten up and shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and knock [on] the door, saying, 'Lord, open [the door] for us!' And he will answer [and] say to you, 'I do not know where you are from!'