Thematic Bible: Maternal and paternal love
Thematic Bible
Family Joy » Future » Maternal and paternal love » Saints glorified
who, by exerting that power which enables Him even to subject everything to Himself, will [not only] transform [but completely refashion] our earthly bodies so that they will be like His glorious resurrected body.
And if [we are His] children, [then we are His] heirs also: heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ [sharing His spiritual blessing and inheritance], if indeed we share in His suffering so that we may also share in His glory.
Verse Concepts
God, Glory OfGod, Fatherhood OfAdoption, Results OfAdoption, descriptions ofFellowship With ChristFellowship, In The GospelMillennial KingdomChristiansBirthrightsGod, Suffering OfHeaven, Inheritance OfHeirsReceiving An InheritanceInheritance, SpiritualLand, Spiritual Aspects OfMillenniumParticipation, In ChristReinstatementResurrection, Of Believers
Salvation, Nature OfSuffering, Of BelieversNames And Titles For The ChristianChristians, Names OfGod's Glory RevealedGlorified SaintsSuffering For Christ's SakeSufferings RewardedGlorificationParticipate In Christ GloryGlory of ChristInheritanceSufferingChild Of GodAdoption Entitles To An InheritanceprovidingChristians Are Called ChildrenChristians Are Called Heirs
After these things I looked, and this is what I saw: a vast multitude which no one could count, [gathered] from every nation and from all the tribes and peoples and languages [of the earth], standing before the throne and before the Lamb (Christ), dressed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands;
And behold, two men were conversing with Him -- "Moses and Elijah, Who appeared in splendor and majesty and brightness and were speaking of His exit [from life], which He was about to bring to realization at Jerusalem.
Therefore, I strongly urge the elders among you [pastors, spiritual leaders of the church], as a fellow elder and as an eyewitness [called to testify] of the sufferings of Christ, as well as one who shares in the glory that is to be revealed:
Then I looked, and this is what I saw: the Lamb stood [firmly established] on Mount Zion, and with Him a hundred and forty-four thousand who had His name and His Father’s name inscribed on their foreheads [signifying God’s own possession].
And there will no longer be night; they have no need for lamplight or sunlight, because the Lord God will illumine them; and they will reign [as kings] forever and ever.
Family Joy » Future » Maternal and paternal love » Death will be vanquished
Therefore, since [these His] children share in flesh and blood [the physical nature of mankind], He Himself in a similar manner also shared in the same [physical nature, but without sin], so that through [experiencing] death He might make powerless (ineffective, impotent) him who had the power of death—that is, the devil—
and He will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there will no longer be death; there will no longer be sorrow and anguish, or crying, or pain; for the former order of things has passed away.”
Verse Concepts
Midlife CrisisAnxietyDeath, DefeatedDeath, Of BelieversBattlesComfortingCryingFreedom, Through Jesus ChristAdultsevil, victory overeternal life, nature ofenemies, of believersFear Turned To AssuranceDecayHealingWhat Heaven Will Be LikeNew Heavens And New EarthRegretRest, EternalSecuritySorrowSuffering, Of The InnocentTearsCoping With DeathPromises To Stand onPromises To The AfflictedBrokenhearted
The New CreationThings Passing AwayOvercoming DeathPhysical PainClean FacesHeartbreakGod Will ComfortNot MourningPleasurablenessDeathBenefits Of HeavenMothers DeathHealing CancerAssisted SuicideAbsence Of RegretDeath ofnatural DeathHeavenNo DeathSicknessSufferingDeath Of Loved OneIllnessLoss Of A Loved OneLosing SomeonegrievingAbolishing Death
Shall I ransom them from the power of Sheol (the place of the dead)?
Shall I redeem them from death?
O Sheol, where is your sting?
Compassion is hidden from My eyes [because of their failure to repent].
but now [that extraordinary purpose and grace] has been fully disclosed and realized by us through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus who [through His incarnation and earthly ministry] abolished death [making it null and void] and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel,
He will swallow up death [and abolish it] for all time.
And the Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces,
And He will take away the disgrace of His people from all the earth;
For the Lord has spoken.
The last enemy to be abolished and put to an end is death.
And when this perishable puts on the imperishable, and this mortal puts on immortality, then the Scripture will be fulfilled that says, “Death is swallowed up in victory (vanquished forever).
Then death and Hades [the realm of the dead] were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire [the eternal separation from God].
Family Joy » Future » Maternal and paternal love » Joy in Christ's presence
Jesus said to him, “I assure you and most solemnly say to you, today you will be with Me in Paradise.”
we are [as I was saying] of good courage and confident hope, and prefer rather to be absent from the body and to be at home with the Lord.
But I am hard-pressed between the two. I have the desire to leave [this world] and be with Christ, for that is far, far better;
Then we who are alive and remain [on the earth] will simultaneously be caught up (raptured) together with them [the resurrected ones] in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord!
Family Joy » Future » Maternal and paternal love » The glory will be endless
For our momentary, light distress [this passing trouble] is producing for us an eternal weight of glory [a fullness] beyond all measure [surpassing all comparisons, a transcendent splendor and an endless blessedness]!
For I consider [from the standpoint of faith] that the sufferings of the present life are not worthy to be compared with the glory that is about to be revealed to us and in us!
Therefore, I strongly urge the elders among you [pastors, spiritual leaders of the church], as a fellow elder and as an eyewitness [called to testify] of the sufferings of Christ, as well as one who shares in the glory that is to be revealed:
You will guide me with Your counsel,
And afterward receive me to honor and glory.
And [I pray] that the eyes of your heart [the very center and core of your being] may be enlightened [flooded with light by the Holy Spirit], so that you will know and cherish the hope [the divine guarantee, the confident expectation] to which He has called you, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints (God’s people),
For this reason I [am ready to] patiently endure all things for the sake of those who are the elect (God’s chosen ones), so that they too may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus and with it the reward of eternal glory.
Family Joy » Future » Maternal and paternal love » The ills of time will be known no more
Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away (vanished), and there is no longer any sea.
Family Joy » Future » Maternal and paternal love » Curse
There will no longer exist anything that is cursed [because sin and illness and death are gone]; and the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and His bond-servants will serve and worship Him [with great awe and joy and loving devotion];
Family Joy » Future » Maternal and paternal love » Night
And there will no longer be night; they have no need for lamplight or sunlight, because the Lord God will illumine them; and they will reign [as kings] forever and ever.
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But if a widow has children or grandchildren [who are adults], see to it that these first learn to show great respect to their own family [as their religious duty and natural obligation], and to compensate their parents or grandparents [for their upbringing]; for this is acceptable and pleasing in the sight of God.
Verse Concepts
Acceptance, From GodFaithfulness, In Human Relationshipsethics, personaldiscipleship, nature ofLearning From Other PeopleGrandchildrenGrandparentsHomeLove, And The WorldParentsPleasing GodPoverty, Remedies ForReligionRightsSanctity Of LifeYouthChildren, attitudes towardsWidows, Should BeChildren, Duties OfCaring For Children
Caring For ParentsLove Between RelativesHonouring ParentsPeople ProvidingChildren, responsibilities to GodFamiliesparentingRaising ChildrenWomen's RolesResponsibilityFamily FirstMotherhoodParenting ResponsibilitiesRespecting ParentsGrandmothersLeaving Parents For SpouseFathers Responsibilitiesparenthoodpiety
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If it is unacceptable in your sight to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve: whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you live; but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”
Home » Home Religion » Maternal and paternal love » The philippian jailer and his family are baptized
And he took them that very hour of the night and washed their bloody wounds, and immediately he was baptized, he and all his household.
Home » Home Religion » Maternal and paternal love » Mary sits at jesus' feet in her home
She had a sister named Mary, who seated herself at the Lord’s feet and was continually listening to His teaching.
Home » Home Religion » Maternal and paternal love » Lydia and her household converted
And when she was baptized, along with her household, she pleaded with us, saying, “If you have judged me and decided that I am faithful to the Lord [a true believer], come to my house and stay.” And she persuaded us.
Home » Home Religion » Maternal and paternal love » The entire family of the nobleman accept Christ
Then the father realized that it was at that very hour when Jesus had said to him, “Your son lives”; and he and his entire household believed and confidently trusted [in Him as Savior].
Home » Home Religion » Maternal and paternal love » Andrew leads his brother to Christ
He first looked for and found his own brother Simon and told him, “We have found the Messiah” (which translated means the Christ).
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Home » Home Religion » Maternal and paternal love » Job sanctifies his children
When the days of their feasting were over, Job would send [for them] and consecrate them, rising early in the morning and offering burnt offerings according to the number of them all; for Job said, “It may be that my sons have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” Job did this at all [such] times.
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- Benefits Of Heaven
- Christ With People In Spirit
- Consciousness Following Death
- Coping With Death
- Death
- Death, Defeated
- Death, Of Believers
- Families, Examples Of
- Glorification
- Glorified Saints
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