Thematic Bible: Delayed Penalty


Thematic Bible



In the fourth generation your descendants will return here, for the sin of the Amorites has not yet reached its limit." Verse ConceptsForbearance Of GodAmoritesCompletionPunishment, DelayedForbearanceDivine DelaysFractions, One FourthFourthReturning to their landIncomplete WorksWaiting Till Marriage

For the sake of my reputation I hold back my anger; for the sake of my prestige I restrain myself from destroying you. Verse ConceptsGod, Patience OfRestraintPunishment, DelayedForbearanceDivine DelaysRestraints From Killing

after they were disobedient long ago when God patiently waited in the days of Noah as an ark was being constructed. In the ark a few, that is eight souls, were delivered through water. Verse ConceptsCovenant, God's with NoahBaptism, significance ofBefore The FloodGod's attitude towards peopleGod, Patience OfNoahSeafaringPunishment, DelayedLongsuffering Of GodThe DelugeDivine DelaysEight PeopleGod WaitingFew Peopledisobedienceinvesting

"Have you noticed how Ahab shows remorse before me? Because he shows remorse before me, I will not bring disaster on his dynasty during his lifetime, but during the reign of his son." Verse ConceptsHumilityPunishment, DelayedDivine DelaysGod Will Bring HarmHumbling OneselfHumble Yourselfhumbleness

However, for your father David's sake I will not do this while you are alive. I will tear it away from your son's hand instead. Verse ConceptsDivine DelaysFor The Sake Of God's Peoplegrandfathers

But the Lord had mercy on them and felt pity for them. He extended his favor to them because of the promise he had made to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He has been unwilling to destroy them or remove them from his presence to this very day. Verse ConceptsAcceptance, From GodGod Of The FathersGod Is GraciousDivine FavourDivine DelaysDriven From God's PresenceGod's Covenant With The Patriarchs

When a sentence is not executed at once against a crime, the human heart is encouraged to do evil. Verse ConceptsSecurity, FalseDivine DelaysPunishmentPunishmentsPunishment of the The WickedExerciseconsequences

So he said to the worker who tended the vineyard, 'For three years now, I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree, and each time I inspect it I find none. Cut it down! Why should it continue to deplete the soil?' But the worker answered him, 'Sir, leave it alone this year too, until I dig around it and put fertilizer on it.

Then if it bears fruit next year, very well, but if not, you can cut it down.'" Verse ConceptsDivine DelaysFelling TreesBearing FruitOlive Treescutting

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