Thematic Bible: Heavens


Thematic Bible



He is the one who sits on the earth's horizon; its inhabitants are like grasshoppers before him. He is the one who stretches out the sky like a thin curtain, and spreads it out like a pitched tent. Verse ConceptsMidgetsCurtainsEarth, Description OfGod, Sovereignty OfInsectsCreation Of The Physical HeavensGod Is TranscendentMan, Insignificance OfGrasshoppersCirclesSmall CreaturesScienceEarthGod Being Outside Of CreationFlat Earth


This is what the true God, the Lord, says -- the one who created the sky and stretched it out, the one who fashioned the earth and everything that lives on it, the one who gives breath to the people on it, and life to those who live on it: Verse ConceptsBreath Of LifeChaosGod, The CreatorGod, The LordCreation Of The Physical HeavensSpirit, Fallen And RedeemedMan, Creation OfGod Giving Breatha new beginningGod's Creationbreathingbreath

In earlier times you established the earth; the skies are your handiwork. Verse ConceptsGod, Activity OfFoundationsCreation, Origin OfBeginningPower Of God, ShownGod Acting Of Old


For all the gods of the nations are worthless, but the Lord made the heavens. Verse ConceptsAstronomyCreation Of The Physical Heavens

When he established the heavens, I was there; when he marked out the horizon over the face of the deep, Verse ConceptsCreation Of The Physical HeavensCirclesCreation Of The Seas


All the stars in the sky will fade away, the sky will roll up like a scroll; all its stars will wither, like a leaf withers and falls from a vine or a fig withers and falls from a tree. Verse ConceptsdrynessAstronomyHost Of HeavenScrollsSkyStarsVinesFigsThe Universe DestroyedNature DecayingAffecting Sun Moon And StarsLucifer


Look up at the sky! Look at the earth below! For the sky will dissipate like smoke, and the earth will wear out like clothes; its residents will die like gnats. But the deliverance I give is permanent; the vindication I provide will not disappear. Verse ConceptsFailture, God Will Nevereternity, nature ofAstronomyInsectsEarth, Destruction OfSmokeEcological ConcernsImputed RighteousnessSalvation, Described AsEternal DeliveranceThe Universe DestroyedDisappearanceThings Wearing OutLooking At God's WorksAbrasionSmoke Used Poetically




They will perish, but you will endure. They will wear out like a garment; like clothes you will remove them and they will disappear. Verse ConceptsDecayClothing The EarthClean ClothesThings Wearing OutAbrasion

The sky was split apart like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was moved from its place. Verse ConceptsScrollsCataclysmMountains RemovedRollingThe Universe DestroyedSky, Figurative UseThe End Of The WorldEnd TimesMoving To A New Place




"For just as the new heavens and the new earth I am about to make will remain standing before me," says the Lord, "so your descendants and your name will remain. Verse ConceptsThe Completion Of The AgeNew ThingsCompletionNew EarthBeginningLand, Spiritual Aspects OfNew Heavens And New EarthNewnessProperty, LandRenewal, Of Natural OrderUniverseThe New CreationThe New UniverseCosmic RenewalGod Establishes Us




"For just as the new heavens and the new earth I am about to make will remain standing before me," says the Lord, "so your descendants and your name will remain. Verse ConceptsThe Completion Of The AgeNew ThingsCompletionNew EarthBeginningLand, Spiritual Aspects OfNew Heavens And New EarthNewnessProperty, LandRenewal, Of Natural OrderUniverseThe New CreationThe New UniverseCosmic RenewalGod Establishes Us

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