Thematic Bible: Places
Thematic Bible
Heavenly » Multitude » Places
This is so God’s multi-faceted wisdom may now be made known through the church to the rulers and authorities in the heavens.
He demonstrated this power in the Messiah by raising Him from the dead and seating Him at His right hand in the heavens—
Praise the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavens.
Together with Christ Jesus He also raised us up and seated us in the heavens,
Places » High » Waste
acacias, myrtles, and olive trees.
I will put juniper trees in the desert,
elms and cypress trees together,
you will restore the foundations laid long ago;
you will be called the repairer of broken walls,
the restorer of streets where people live.
He will comfort all her waste places,
and He will make her wilderness like Eden,
and her desert like the garden of the Lord.
Joy and gladness will be found in her,
thanksgiving and melodious song.
the desert will rejoice and blossom like a rose.
and fulfills the counsel of His messengers;
who says to Jerusalem, “She will be inhabited,”
and to the cities of Judah, “They will be rebuilt,”
and I will restore her ruins;
and your land marked by ruins—
will now be indeed too small for the inhabitants,
and those who swallowed you up will be far away.
you ruins of Jerusalem!
For the Lord has comforted His people;
He has redeemed Jerusalem.
they will restore the former devastations;
they will renew the ruined cities,
the devastations of many generations.
I will fill you with people, with the whole house of Israel in its entirety. The cities will be inhabited and the ruins rebuilt.
Places » High » Sometimes used for true worship
“Take your son,” He said, “your only son Isaac, whom you love, go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains I will tell you about.”
“After that you will come to the Hill of God where there are Philistine garrisons. When you arrive at the city, you will meet a group of prophets coming down from the high place prophesying. They will be preceded by harps, tambourines, flutes, and lyres.
Then Jacob offered a sacrifice on the mountain and invited his relatives to eat a meal. So they ate a meal and spent the night on the mountain.
Now summon all Israel to meet me at Mount Carmel, along with the 450 prophets of Baal and the 400 prophets of Asherah who eat at Jezebel’s table.”
The king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there because it was the most famous high place. He offered 1,000 burnt offerings on that altar.
Build a well-constructed altar to the Lord your God on the top of this rock. Take the second bull and offer it as a burnt offering with the wood of the Asherah pole you cut down.”
The women answered, “Yes, he is ahead of you. Hurry, he just now came to the city, because there’s a sacrifice for the people at the high place today.
Places » High » Condemned
you must drive out all the inhabitants of the land before you, destroy all their stone images and cast images, and demolish all their high places.
for the word that he cried out by a revelation from the Lord against the altar in Bethel and against all the shrines of the high places in the cities of Samaria is certain to happen.”
They have built the high places of Topheth in the Valley of Hinnom in order to burn their sons and daughters in the fire, a thing I did not command; I never entertained the thought.
He removed the pagan altars and the high places. He shattered their sacred pillars and chopped down their Asherah poles.
I will destroy your high places, cut down your incense altars, and heap your dead bodies on the lifeless bodies of your idols; I will reject you.
Places » Heavenly
This is so God’s multi-faceted wisdom may now be made known through the church to the rulers and authorities in the heavens.
He demonstrated this power in the Messiah by raising Him from the dead and seating Him at His right hand in the heavens—
Praise the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavens.
Together with Christ Jesus He also raised us up and seated us in the heavens,