Thematic Bible: Illustrative of the
Thematic Bible
Agriculture or husbandry » Illustrative of the » Culture of the heart
For this is what the Lord says to the men of Judah and Jerusalem:
Break up the unplowed ground;
do not sow among the thorns.
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do not sow among the thorns.
and reap faithful love;
break up your unplowed ground.
It is time to seek the Lord
until He comes
on you like the rain.
Agriculture or husbandry » Illustrative of the » Culture of the church
For we are God’s coworkers. You are God’s field, God’s building.
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Breastplate » Illustrative of the » Defence of faith and love
But since we belong to the day, we must be serious and put the armor of faith and love on our chests, and put on a helmet of the hope of salvation.
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Breastplate » Illustrative of the » Defence of righteousness
Stand, therefore,
with truth like a belt around your waist,
righteousness like armor on your chest,
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righteousness
Breastplate » Illustrative of the » Righteous judgment of Christ
and a helmet of salvation on His head;
He put on garments of vengeance for clothing,
and He wrapped Himself in zeal as in a cloak.
Drink offering » Illustrative of the » Devotedness of ministers
But even if I am poured out as a drink offering on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with all of you.
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Drink offering » Illustrative of the » Offering of Christ
and He will receive
because He submitted Himself to death,
and was counted among the rebels;
yet He bore the sin of many
and interceded for the rebels.
Drink offering » Illustrative of the » Pouring out of the spirit
I will pour out My Spirit
then your sons and your daughters will prophesy,
your old men will have dreams,
and your young men will see visions.
Whirlwind » Illustrative of the » Sudden destruction of the wicked
He rebukes them, and they flee far away,
driven before the wind like chaff on the hills
and like tumbleweeds before a gale.
and your calamity comes like a whirlwind,
when trouble and stress overcome you.
their stem hardly takes root in the ground
when He blows on them and they wither,
and a whirlwind carries them away like stubble.
Wrath has gone out,
a churning storm.
It will whirl about the heads of the wicked.
whether green or burning—
He will sweep them away.
and a wind will carry them away,
a gale will scatter them.
But you will rejoice in the Lord;
you will boast in the Holy One of Israel.
Whirlwind » Illustrative of the » Fury of God's judgments
“This is what the Lord of Hosts says:
Pay attention! Disaster spreads
from nation to nation.
A great storm is stirred up
from the ends of the earth.”
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from nation to nation.
A great storm is stirred up
from the ends of the earth.”
Wrath has gone out,
a churning storm.
It will whirl about the heads of the wicked.
Whirlwind » Illustrative of the » Velocity of the chariots in hostile armies
and all their bows strung.
Their horses’ hooves are like flint;
their chariot wheels are like a whirlwind.
his chariots are like a storm.
His horses are swifter than eagles.
Woe to us, for we are ruined!
Whirlwind » Illustrative of the » Velocity of Christ's second coming
His chariots are like the whirlwind
to execute His anger with fury
and His rebuke with flames of fire.
Whirlwind » Illustrative of the » Unavoidable fruit of a life of sin and vanity
and reap the whirlwind.
There is no standing grain;
what sprouts fails to yield flour.
Even if they did,
foreigners would swallow it up.
Whirlwind » Illustrative of the » Speed with which God executes his purposes
the Lord will never leave the guilty unpunished.
His path is in the whirlwind and storm,
and clouds are the dust beneath His feet.