Thematic Bible: Illustrative of the
Thematic Bible
Agriculture or husbandry » Illustrative of the » Culture of the heart
For thus says Yahweh to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem, "Break up your fallow ground, and don't sow among thorns.
Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap according to kindness. Break up your fallow ground; for it is time to seek Yahweh, until he comes and rains righteousness on you.
Agriculture or husbandry » Illustrative of the » Culture of the church
For we are God's fellow workers. You are God's farming, God's building.
Breastplate » Illustrative of the » Defence of faith and love
But let us, since we belong to the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and, for a helmet, the hope of salvation.
Breastplate » Illustrative of the » Defence of righteousness
Stand therefore, having the utility belt of truth buckled around your waist, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,
Breastplate » Illustrative of the » Righteous judgment of Christ
He put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation on his head; and he put on garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a mantle.
Drink offering » Illustrative of the » Devotedness of ministers
Yes, and if I am poured out on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice, and rejoice with you all.
Drink offering » Illustrative of the » Offering of Christ
Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he poured out his soul to death, and was numbered with the transgressors; yet he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
Drink offering » Illustrative of the » Pouring out of the spirit
"It will happen afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh; and your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your old men will dream dreams. Your young men will see visions.
Whirlwind » Illustrative of the » Sudden destruction of the wicked
The nations will rush like the rushing of many waters: but he will rebuke them, and they will flee far off, and will be chased like the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like the whirling dust before the storm.
when calamity overtakes you like a storm, when your disaster comes on like a whirlwind; when distress and anguish come on you.
They are planted scarcely. They are sown scarcely. Their stock has scarcely taken root in the ground. He merely blows on them, and they wither, and the whirlwind takes them away as stubble.
Behold, the storm of Yahweh, [even his] wrath, is gone forth, a sweeping storm: it shall burst on the head of the wicked.
Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns, he will sweep away the green and the burning alike.
You will winnow them, and the wind will carry them away, and the whirlwind will scatter them. You will rejoice in Yahweh. You will glory in the Holy One of Israel.
Whirlwind » Illustrative of the » Fury of God's judgments
Thus says Yahweh of Armies, Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great storm shall be raised up from the uttermost parts of the earth.
Behold, the storm of Yahweh, [even his] wrath, is gone forth, a sweeping storm: it shall burst on the head of the wicked.
Whirlwind » Illustrative of the » Velocity of the chariots in hostile armies
whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent. Their horses' hoofs will be like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind.
Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots [shall be] as the whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us! For we are ruined.
Whirlwind » Illustrative of the » Velocity of Christ's second coming
For, behold, Yahweh will come with fire, and his chariots shall be like the whirlwind; to render his anger with fierceness, and his rebuke with flames of fire.
Whirlwind » Illustrative of the » Unavoidable fruit of a life of sin and vanity
For they sow the wind, and they will reap the whirlwind. He has no standing grain. The stalk will yield no head. If it does yield, strangers will swallow it up.
Whirlwind » Illustrative of the » Speed with which God executes his purposes
Yahweh is slow to anger, and great in power, and will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. Yahweh has his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.