Thematic Bible: Pharisaic separation condemned


Thematic Bible



I will destine you for the sword,
and all of you will kneel down to be slaughtered,
because I called and you did not answer,
I spoke and you did not hear;
you did what was evil in My sight
and chose what I did not delight in.
Verse Conceptsevil, warnings againstChoicesListeningRejection Of GodGod's Call, Few RespondReprobatesAnswering GodNot Pleasing GodOthers Not Answeringfate

Because they hated knowledge,
didn’t choose to fear the Lord,
Verse ConceptsHatredRejecting ThingsHating GoodNo Fear Of GodHateFearing GodMoralityhaters

One slaughters an ox, one kills a man;
one sacrifices a lamb, one breaks a dog’s neck;
one offers a grain offering, one offers pig’s blood;
one offers incense, one praises an idol—
all these have chosen their ways
and delight in their detestable practices.
Verse ConceptsBlood Of SacrificesAtonement, in OTDelighting, Wrong Kinds OfBlood, Figurative UseMemorialPleasureAbominations, Sin IsKilling Domesticated AnimalsPigsIncense Offered AmissKilling SacrificesMaking Cereal Offerings And Libationspork

The governor asked them, “Which of the two do you want me to release for you?”

“Barabbas!” they answered. Verse ConceptsBarabbasChoosing PeoplePeople Releasing OthersTwo Other Menliberation

Let both grow together until the harvest. At harvest time I’ll tell the reapers: Gather the weeds first and tie them in bundles to burn them, but store the wheat in my barn.’” Verse ConceptsBinding cornHarvestSicklesBindingEternal JudgmentMixed MultitudeJoining ThingsGathering FoodBurning PlantsGod's StorehousesPlants Growing UpGrowing

So it will be at the end of the age. The angels will go out, separate the evil people from the righteous, Verse ConceptsLast JudgmentLast DaysPunishment Of the WickedEnd Of The WorldPlucking OutThe End Of The WorldEnd Times




I tell you, on that night two will be in one bed: One will be taken and the other will be left. Verse ConceptsSleep, PhysicalBedsDuring One NightTwo PeopleTaking Other PeopleThe Rapturecouples

Besides all this, a great chasm has been fixed between us and you, so that those who want to pass over from here to you cannot; neither can those from there cross over to us.’ Verse ConceptsHell, As An ExperienceGehennaProbation PeriodGapsUnable To Do Other ThingsOccupants Of HellPurgatorybridges


Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from every brother who walks irresponsibly and not according to the tradition received from us. Verse Conceptsevil, believers' responses toExcommunicationSluggardsTraditionsFellowship With WickedBad CompanyEvil AssociationsIn The Name Of ChristChristian TraditionsA Mans CharacterHaving No DealingsMen's OrdersChristians Being Called Brothers


and constant disagreement among people whose minds are depraved and deprived of the truth, who imagine that godliness is a way to material gain. Verse ConceptsCorruption, CausesMind, The HumanPoverty, SpiritualProfitsSpiritual DestitutionPerversionBad CompanyEvil AssociationsThoughts Of The WickedConflictcorruptionmindsetpiety


But now I am writing you not to associate with anyone who claims to be a believer who is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or verbally abusive, a drunkard or a swindler. Do not even eat with such a person. Verse ConceptsBad CompanyAlcoholGreed, Believers' Response ToBad FriendsFellowship With WickedSexual ChastityCorrecting A BrotherGood AssoiciatesWarnings Of Evil AssociationsAvoid ImmoralityAvoiding IdolatryNo DealingsAbusive RelationshipsAddictionCovetousnesssexGreedSexual Immoralitydrunkards

If he pays no attention to them, tell the church. But if he doesn’t pay attention even to the church, let him be like an unbeliever and a tax collector to you. Verse ConceptsChurchProblem SolvingPagansSin, God's Judgment OnTax CollectorsDisfellowshipAvoiding ForeignersEach Local ChurchTreating OthersConflictGoing To ChurchFamily Conflict

If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your home, and don’t say, “Welcome,” to him; Verse ConceptsNot Welcoming PeopleDo Not GreetDoctrines of the The Gospelatheismgoodbyesdoctrinewelcome

Therefore you must distinguish the clean animal from the unclean one, and the unclean bird from the clean one. Do not become contaminated by any land animal, bird, or whatever crawls on the ground; I have set these apart as unclean for you. Verse ConceptsDefilement, Ceremonial CausesMan DifferentiatingClean And UncleanAnimals Having A Soul

You must distinguish between the holy and the common, and the clean and the unclean, Verse ConceptsDiscernment, Nature OfPriests, Function In Ot TimesRitual LawMan DifferentiatingClean And Unclean

Her priests do violence to My instruction and profane My holy things. They make no distinction between the holy and the common, and they do not explain the difference between the clean and the unclean. They disregard My Sabbaths, and I am profaned among them. Verse ConceptsAtonement, in OTHoliness,  Worldly SeparationPriests, Function In Ot TimesUnfaithfulness, To GodCorrupt PriestsClean And UncleanSabbath ViolatedThey Do Not Keep CommandsLack Of Holiness

in order to distinguish between the unclean and the clean, between the animals that may be eaten and those that may not be eaten.” Verse ConceptsAnimal LifeMan DifferentiatingClean And UncleanFood Defined

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