Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Abel » Son of adam. History of
Burial » Probable origin of
Cain » Son of adam » Jealousy and crime of
By faith Abel offered a sacrifice more acceptable to God than Cain did, for by it he was approved as an upright man, since God approved him for the offering he made; and by it he still continues to speak, though dead.
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We must not be like Cain who belonged to the evil one and butchered his brother. And why did he butcher him? Because his own actions were wicked and his brother's upright.
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Alas for them, because they have trod the road that Cain did; for gain they have rushed into Balaam's error and have perished in rebellion like that of Korah!
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Escape » None, from the judgments of God
You serpents! You brood of vipers! How can you escape a sentence to the pit!
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And you, who pose as a judge of those who practice such sins and yet continue doing the same yourself, do you for once suppose that you are going to escape the judgment of God?
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for you yourselves know perfectly well that the day of the Lord is coming like a thief in the night. When people say, "Such peace and security!" then suddenly destruction falls upon them, like birth pains upon a woman who is about to become a mother, but they shall not escape, no, not at all.
For if the message spoken through angels proved to be valid, and every violation and infraction of it had its adequate penalty, how can we escape, if we pay no attention at all to a salvation that is so great? This is so because it was first proclaimed by the Lord Himself, and then it was proved to us to be valid by the very men who heard Him themselves,
See to it that you do not refuse to listen to Him who is speaking to you. For if they did not escape, because they refused to listen to him who warned them here on earth, how much less can we, if we reject Him who is from heaven? Then His voice shook the earth,
The kings of the earth, the great men, the military leaders, the rich, the mighty -- everybody, whether slaves or free hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains. And they said to the mountains and the rocks: "Fall on us and conceal us from the sight of Him who is seated on the throne, and from the anger of the Lamb, because the great day of their anger has come, and who can stand it?"
Exposure » No matter how committed, sin will be exposed » Like the sin of cain it may be done in secret
Murder » Represented as a sin crying unto heaven
to Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood which speaks a better message than even Abel's did.
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Then in a loud voice they cried out, "Holy and true Master, how long will you refrain from charging and avenging our blood upon the inhabitants of the earth?"
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Murder » Cries for vengeance
Sin » Will be exposed, no matter how committed » Like the sin of cain it may be done in secret
Sinners » Snared no matter how committed, sin will be exposed » Like the sin of cain it may be done in secret
Types » Of the saviour » Abel
to Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood which speaks a better message than even Abel's did.
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Types of Christ » Abel
Will » The mental faculty » Freedom of, recognized by God
If anyone is willing to keep on doing God's will, he will know whether my teaching comes from God, or merely expresses my own ideas.
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