Thematic Bible: Pilgrims and strangers


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"If any one comes to Me, and hates not his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and, further, his own soul also, he cannot be My disciple. And whosoever does not bear his own cross, and come after Me, cannot be My disciple.

and said to him, 'Go forth from your country, and from your kindred, and came into the land which I will show you,' Verse ConceptsAbrahamPilgrimsSeparating From Relativesland





Then, having come forth out of the land of the Chaldaeans, he dwelt in Haran; and, from thence, after his father died, He removed him into this land, in which ye now dwell; and He gave him no inheritance in it, not even a foot-breadth; and He promised to give it to him for a possession, and to his Seed after him, when he had no child.


If, therefore, ye were raised up with Christ, seek the things above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God. Keep thinking of the things above, not of the things on the earth,



For we know that, if the earthly house of our tabernacle be dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens. For verily, in this we groan, longing to be clothed upon with our habitation which is from Heaven; if, indeed, being also clothed, we will not be found naked. read more.
For, indeed, we who are in the tabernacle groan, being weighed down; not that we wish to be unclothed, but be clothed upon, that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life. Now He Who wrought us for this very thing is God, Who gave to us the earnest of the Spirit. Being, therefore, always of good courage, and knowing that, while dwelling in the body, we are absent from the Lord (for we walk by faith and not by sight); we are of good courage, I say, and are well pleased to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.







Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ to the sojourners of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, Verse ConceptsChristiansdispersion, theLettersPeter, The ApostlePeter, Preacher And TeacherPilgrimsThe Church ScatteredReckoned As ForeignersAlienspeterimpulsiveness






And, if, indeed, they had been mindful of that country from which they went out, they would have had opportunity to return. Verse Conceptsdoubt, results ofSaints, As PilgrimsRight Time For PeopleReturning to their landOpportunitymindfulness



But now they long for a better country, that is, a heavenly one; wherefore, God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God; for He prepared for them a city. Verse ConceptsBeing A PilgrimCityNames For HeavenHeaven,  Redeemed CommunityNot AshamedThirstZion, As A SymbolWhat Heaven Will Be LikeSaints, As PilgrimsCity Of GodA Place PreparedTaken To HeavenHe Is Our GodCitizensMoving To A New Place





Then Peter, answering, said to Him, "Behold, we left all, and followed Thee; what, then, shall we have?" Verse ConceptsBeing A PilgrimPeter, The DiscipleSelf DenialSaints, As PilgrimsPilgrims, Examples OfNever Giving Upfollowing


Then Peter, answering, said to Him, "Behold, we left all, and followed Thee; what, then, shall we have?" Verse ConceptsBeing A PilgrimPeter, The DiscipleSelf DenialSaints, As PilgrimsPilgrims, Examples OfNever Giving Upfollowing

But now they long for a better country, that is, a heavenly one; wherefore, God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God; for He prepared for them a city. Verse ConceptsBeing A PilgrimCityNames For HeavenHeaven,  Redeemed CommunityNot AshamedThirstZion, As A SymbolWhat Heaven Will Be LikeSaints, As PilgrimsCity Of GodA Place PreparedTaken To HeavenHe Is Our GodCitizensMoving To A New Place





By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as a foreign land, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise; Verse ConceptsForeignersBeing A PilgrimJacob, The PatriarchAbraham, Calling And LifeSaints, As PilgrimsExploits Of FaithReckoned As ForeignersGod's Promise To Abraham

By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as a foreign land, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise; Verse ConceptsForeignersBeing A PilgrimJacob, The PatriarchAbraham, Calling And LifeSaints, As PilgrimsExploits Of FaithReckoned As ForeignersGod's Promise To Abraham