Thematic Bible: Divine Ownership
Thematic Bible
divine Ownership » Of the natural world
the cattle on a thousand hills.
A Davidic psalm.The earth and everything in it,
the world and its inhabitants,
belong to the Lord;
the world and its inhabitants,
belong to the Lord;
Now if you will listen to Me and carefully keep My covenant, you will be My own possession out of all the peoples, although all the earth is Mine,
“The land is not to be permanently sold because it is Mine, and you are only foreigners and temporary residents on My land.
But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this? For everything comes from You, and we have given You only what comes from Your own hand.
and Ephraim is My helmet;
Judah is My scepter.
The world and everything in it—You founded them.
“The silver and gold belong to Me”—this is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts.
divine Ownership » First-born set apart as belonging to God
because every firstborn belongs to Me. At the time I struck down every firstborn in the land of Egypt, I consecrated every firstborn in Israel to Myself, both man and animal. They are Mine; I am Yahweh.”
“Consecrate every firstborn male to Me, the firstborn from every womb among the Israelites, both man and domestic animal; it is Mine.”
“But no one can consecrate a firstborn of the livestock, whether an animal from the herd or flock, to the Lord, because a firstborn already belongs to the Lord.
We will also bring the firstborn of our sons and our livestock, as prescribed by the law, and will bring the firstborn of our herds and flocks to the house of our God, to the priests who serve in our God’s house.
He must acknowledge the firstborn, the son of the unloved wife, by giving him two shares of his estate, for he is the firstfruits of his virility; he has the rights of the firstborn.
“The firstborn male from every womb belongs to Me, including all your male livestock, the firstborn of cattle or sheep.
divine Ownership » Of the souls of men
If we live, we live for the Lord; and if we die, we die for the Lord. Therefore, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.
Don’t you know that your body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God? You are not your own,
you foolish and senseless people?
Isn’t He your Father and Creator?
Didn’t He make you and sustain you?
Look, every life belongs to Me. The life of the father is like the life of the son—both belong to Me. The person who sins is the one who will die.
divine Ownership » Of men's possessions
Then Elijah said to her, “Don’t be afraid; go and do as you have said. But first make me a small loaf from it and bring it out to me. Afterward, you may make some for yourself and your son,
because every firstborn belongs to Me. At the time I struck down every firstborn in the land of Egypt, I consecrated every firstborn in Israel to Myself, both man and animal. They are Mine; I am Yahweh.”
you must take some of the first of all the land’s produce that you harvest from the land Yahweh your God is giving you and put it in a container. Then go to the place where the Lord your God chooses to have His name dwell.